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 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.
Ms. Kartiki Natarajan, a Kathak dancer, who has won inter-University prizes, is a brilliant student holding 1st rank in MSc (Chemistry) in 1996 as well as selection test. She has had more than 75% marks in the examination right from SSC to BSc (Chemistry-Botany). All her teachers speak hightly about her.
- A.
Refer to HR
- B.
To be called for interview
- C.
Not to be called for interview
- D.
Data inadequate
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: D
In a selection decision-table problem, the course of action for a candidate is decided only after checking her profile against every mandatory condition (A-F), and, wherever a condition is not met, against the stated exceptions (I-III). The rules explicitly forbid assuming any fact that is not given, so if the profile leaves even one mandatory condition impossible to verify, the only course of action that can be justified is 'Data inadequate', regardless of how many of the other conditions are clearly satisfied.
Condition A (science graduate with Chemistry and Botany/Zoology): satisfied - she holds a BSc with Chemistry and Botany.
Condition B (60% or above at SSC, 50% or above at graduation): satisfied - her marks are stated to be above 75% right from SSC to BSc.
Condition D (represented school/college in inter school/college competitions): reasonably satisfied - her inter-University prizes in Kathak dance show she has represented her college at an inter-collegiate/inter-university level; even if this point is read differently, it does not change the outcome, since condition C remains unverifiable regardless.
Condition E (55% or above in the selection test): satisfied - she holds the first rank in the selection test.
Condition C (not more than 25 years of age as on 1 Jan 1997): cannot be checked - her date of birth or age is never mentioned anywhere in her profile.
Since condition C cannot be verified and the rules do not allow assuming her age, none of 'called for interview', 'not called for interview' or a referral can be justified from what is actually stated.
Independently of the age gap, condition F (recommendations from two non-relatives) is also never addressed in her profile, so a second mandatory condition is unverifiable as well - confirming the same conclusion from another angle rather than resting on a single ambiguous fact.
Since the profile leaves mandatory conditions unconfirmed and the rules disallow assuming missing facts, the course of action is: Data inadequate.