Who among the following is the senior-most person?

Steps to Solve

1. Identify Medal Count Constraints

   Each player won a different number of medals among 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. From the text, we know:

   • Umesh won the lowest number of medals (1).
   • Payal won 5 medals.
   • Disha won 7 medals.
   • Kruti won more medals than Gokul.

2. Determine Immediate Juniors and Seniors

   • Gokul is senior to Umesh.
   • Inder is junior to Gokul.
   • Somya is junior to Mehul.
   • Therefore, use these relationships to chain the hierarchy.

3. Establish Known Relationships

   • Umesh (1 medal) < Gokul (unknown medals) < Inder (unknown)
   • Disha (7 medals) is neither Red Belt nor the same rank as Umesh.
   • Payal (5 medals) is senior to Inder, but junior to Mehul, who has the highest medals (9).

4. Analyze Remaining Rankings and Medal Counts

   • Kruti's medal count is implied to be a square number.
   • Cube numbers among 1 to 9: 1, 8.
   • Thus, Kruti could have either 4 or 9 medals (but 9 is Mehul's).

5. Finalize Positions Based on Rankings and Medals

   • Establish that if Umesh is 1 (low), and Mehul has the highest (9), the ranks are:
     • Umesh < Gokul < Inder < Payal < Somya < Mehul
     • Have Disha at either 6 or 4, influencing others' ranks.

6. List Conclusive Ranks

   Sorting through each of these clues will allow a final determination of ranks. The senior-most ranking will depend on correctly identifying positions relative to one another.