Answer the questions based on the given information: Following are the…

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Answer the questions based on the given information:

Following are the conditions to appoint a Distributor for petroleum gas throughout Delhi. The applicant should:

1) be an Indian by nationality.

2) be in the age group of 21 - 50 years as on 5th September, 2008.

3) be minimum matriculate or recognized equivalent.

4) be a resident of Delhi for not less than 5 years immediately preceding the date of application.

5) have family income of not more than 50,000 annually.

6) not have any dealership in any oil company.

7) have no close relatives as a dealer/distributor of any oil Company.

However,

8) restrictions relating to annual income, would not be applicable to persons working in corporations, owned or controlled by State Government, but the case shall be referred to the Managing Director.

9) for unemployed graduates, conditions at (6) and (7) maybe waived.

10) if a person belongs to SC/ST but is not a resident of Delhi, the case maybe referred to the Chairman.

Should the given applicant be selected ? (The case is presented as on 1.2.2009)

"Cheena, an Indian resident of Mumbai, is a matriculate with family income of Rs. 20,000 per annum. Her date of birth is 15.3.85. She does not have any dealership in any oil company nor does she have any close relative as a dealer or a distributor. She is an SC candidate."

  1. A.

    Applicant should be selected

  2. B.

    Applicant should not be selected

  3. C.

    The case should be referred to the Managing Director

  4. D.

    The case should be referred to the chairman

Show answer & explanation

Correct answer: D

Concept: In a decision-table (selection) reasoning problem, first check the candidate against every base condition listed. If all base conditions are satisfied, the applicant should be selected. If exactly one base condition is not met, check whether any of the listed exception clauses specifically covers that shortfall for this candidate's profile; if it does, the action prescribed by that exception clause (usually a referral to a named authority) applies instead of an outright accept or reject.

  1. Nationality: Cheena is Indian, so condition 1 is satisfied.

  2. Age: her date of birth is 15.3.1985; as on 5.9.2008 (the date fixed for the age check) she has already turned 23, which falls within the 21-50 band, so condition 2 is satisfied.

  3. Qualification: she is stated to be a matriculate, so condition 3 is satisfied.

  4. Residency: she is a resident of Mumbai, not Delhi, so condition 4 (5 years' Delhi residency) is NOT satisfied - this is the one base condition that fails.

  5. Income: her family income is Rs. 20,000 per annum, within the Rs. 50,000 cap, so condition 5 is satisfied.

  6. Dealership: she holds no dealership in any oil company, so condition 6 is satisfied.

  7. Relatives: she has no close relative as a dealer or distributor, so condition 7 is satisfied.

  8. Since only the residency condition fails, check the listed exceptions: the income-relaxation exception applies only to applicants employed in a state-government-owned corporation, which is not stated of Cheena, and her income already meets the cap unaided; the exception waiving conditions 6 and 7 for unemployed graduates does not affect her since she already meets both.

  9. Cheena's own profile states she is an SC candidate residing outside Delhi - exactly the pairing one of the listed exception clauses reserves for a referral to the Chairman, rather than an outright accept or reject.

Cross-check: recomputing the age confirms she had already turned 23 by 5.9.2008 (born 15.3.1985), so condition 2 genuinely holds; and re-scanning conditions 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7 confirms none of them fails either - residency is the sole shortfall, and it is resolved purely by the one exception clause matching her SC and non-Delhi profile, confirming the case is to be referred rather than accepted or rejected outright.

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