Read the following information carefully to answer these questions. The…
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Read the following information carefully to answer these questions. The conditions for selecting candidates for interview for recruitment of Medical Representative for a company:
The candidate must :
A. Be a graduate in science with Chemistry and Botany and/or Zoology.
B. Have 60% and above at SSC and 50% and above at graduation
C. Not be more than 25 years of age as on 1st Jan, 1997
D. Have at least represented school/college in any inter school/college competitions
E. Have passed the selection test with 55% and above marks
F. Enclose recommendation of two persons who are not his/her relatives.
However, in the case of a candidate who fulfills all other criteria except:
I. A above, but has passed MSc in Chemistry with 60% or above marks, should be considered for waiting list for interview
II. B above, should be referred to Manager Administration
III. F above should be called to meet Manager HRD.
Based on these criteria and the information provided below, decide the course of action in each case. You are not to assume anything. If the data provided is not adequate to decide the course of action, your answer will be data inadequate. These cases are given to you as on 1st Dec, 1996.
Rajesh Sinha won an inter-college tournament for table-tennis in 1995 while doing his final year of BSc with Chemistry and Zoology. He has passed with more than 60% marks in all the examination right from SSC to selection test held by the company. He has enclosed two good references, one from college principal and another from an industrialist. His father works in a bank.
- A.
Not to be interviewed
- B.
To be interviewed
- C.
To be called for interview
- D.
Data inadequate
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: D
Concept: In a selection decision-table puzzle, a candidate is checked against every one of the named criteria. An outcome of select or reject is valid only when every criterion is either explicitly confirmed or explicitly triggers one of the stated exception clauses; if the passage never touches a named criterion at all, and no exception clause covers exactly that gap, the puzzle's own rule -- never assume an unstated fact -- forces the outcome to be data inadequate, regardless of how strongly the candidate performs elsewhere.
Application (checking each criterion for Rajesh Sinha):
Criterion A (science graduate with Chemistry and Botany/Zoology): satisfied -- he completed BSc with Chemistry and Zoology.
Criterion B (60% and above at SSC, 50% and above at graduation): satisfied -- the case states he passed with more than 60% marks in every examination from SSC onward, which covers both marks thresholds.
Criterion C (not more than 25 years of age as on 1 Jan 1997): NOT addressed anywhere in the passage -- no age or date of birth is given for this candidate.
Criterion D (represented school/college in an inter-school/college competition): satisfied -- he won an inter-college table-tennis tournament.
Criterion E (passed the selection test with 55% and above marks): satisfied -- his more-than-60% record explicitly covers the selection test.
Criterion F (two references, not relatives): satisfied -- he has enclosed references from his college principal and an industrialist; his father's occupation is incidental detail, not one of the two references.
Cross-check: None of the three exception clauses is triggered either -- exception I only applies if criterion A itself fails (it doesn't here), exception II only applies if criterion B fails (it doesn't), and exception III only applies if criterion F fails (it doesn't) -- so no exception rescues or changes this case. Five of the six criteria are explicitly confirmed by the text; only criterion C is left completely unaddressed, and the passage's own instruction -- you are not to assume anything -- rules out treating it as satisfied or failed.
Answer: Since one required criterion (age) can never be verified from the given facts and no exception clause applies, the correct course of action is Data Inadequate.