Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the question…
2025
Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the question that follow:
Following are the criteria for admitting a student in engineering course.
The student must) Have passed XIIth Std. Science examination with Mathematics and have secured atleast 60%.
ii) Be of 18 year age on 1st October, 2014.
iii) Have obtained 74% marks in the entrance test.
iv) Be able to pay Rs.35000 at the time of admission.
In case of a candidate who satisfies all the other criteria except at
a) iii) above, but has obtained 85% marks in the XIIth Std. Science examination, should be referred to the Dean.
b) iv) above, but can pay Rs. 15000 at the time of admission can be provisionally admitted.
You are given the following cases as on 1st October, 2014. Depending upon the information provided in each case and based on the criteria mentioned above, recommend your decision. You are not to assume anything.
Karan Mahajan was 17yrs. old as on 11th September 2013. He has secured 80% marks in his XIIth Std. Science examination with Mathematics. He has secured 80% marks in the entrance test and can pay the admission fee of Rs. 35000.
- A.
If the student is to be admitted
- B.
If the student is not to be admitted
- C.
If the student is to be referred to the Dean
- D.
If the data are inadequate
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: A
In a Selection Decision Table question, each labelled primary condition is tested independently against the given case data. The exception clauses are not extra independent rules -- each exception is written to activate only when one specific primary condition fails, and only if that exception's own extra threshold is then met. When every primary condition already holds, no exception clause is in scope, and the case is resolved directly under the primary rule.
Condition | Requirement | Karan's data | Met? |
|---|---|---|---|
i | Passed XIIth Std. Science (with Mathematics) with at least 60% | Secured 80% | Yes |
ii | 18 years of age on 1 October 2014 | 17 years old on 11 September 2013 -- so his 18th birthday falls on or before 11 September 2014, well ahead of 1 October 2014 | Yes |
iii | At least 74% marks in the entrance test | Secured 80% | Yes |
iv | Able to pay Rs. 35,000 at admission | Can pay Rs. 35,000 | Yes |
Since all four primary conditions are independently satisfied, the case never needs to invoke either exception clause.
Exception (a) activates only when condition iii is not met, compensated by an XIIth Std. Science score of at least 85%; here condition iii is already satisfied on its own, so this clause is out of scope.
Exception (b) activates only when condition iv is not met, compensated by an ability to pay at least Rs. 15,000; here condition iv is already satisfied on its own, so this clause is out of scope too.
With every primary condition holding and neither exception in scope, no data is missing either -- every figure needed for all four checks is stated in the case.
All four primary conditions are independently satisfied, and neither exception is triggered, so the student is to be admitted.
