Let σ = {σ i |i ∈ I} be some partition of the set of all primes P. A set H of subgroups of G is said to be a complete Hall σ-set of G if every member = 1 of H is a Hall σ i -subgroup of G, for some i ∈ I, and H contains exact one Hall σ i -subgroup of G for every σ i ∈ σ(G). A subgroup H of G is said to be: σ-permutable or σ-quasinormal in G if G possesses a complete Hall σ-set set H such that HAwhere M i is a maximal subgroup of M i−1 , i = 1, 2, . . . , n, then M is said to be an n-maximal subgroup of G. If each n-maximal subgroup of G is σ-subnormal (σ-quasinormal, respectively) in G but, in the case n > 1, some (n − 1)maximal subgroup is not σ-subnormal (not σ-quasinormal, respectively)) in G, we write m σ (G) = n (m σq (G) = n, respectively).In this paper, we show that the parameters m σ (G) and m σq (G) make possible to bound the σ-nilpotent length l σ (G) (see below the definitions of the terms employed), the rank r(G) and the number |π(G)| of all distinct primes dividing the order |G| of a finite soluble group G. We also give conditions under which a finite group is σ-soluble or σ-nilpotent, and describe the structure of a finite soluble group G in the case when m σ (G) = |π(G)|. Some known results are generalized.