Directions: Read the following information to answer the given questions.…
2024
Directions: Read the following information to answer the given questions.
Following are the criteria for selecting a Probationary Officer in a bank.
The candidate must,
i) Be a graduate with at least 60% marks.
ii) Have got at least an average of 40 marks in each section in the preliminary exam.
iii) Have got at least an average of 70% marks in the mains exam.
iv) Including the interview, total marks should be above 700 out of 1000.
In the case of a candidate who fulfils all the conditions except
a) iv) above, but has at least 2 years of accounting experience, then his/her case is to be referred to the Specialist Officer.
Based on the above criteria and the information given below, you have to take a decision in each case. You are not to assume anything.
Question:
Krishna Ahuja is a 1st class graduate and has secured an average of 48 marks in each section in the preliminary exam. She has got 73% marks in the mains exam. Including the interview, she got 578 out of 1000.
- A.
The candidate is to be appointed.
- B.
The candidate is not to be appointed.
- C.
The data given are not sufficient to take a decision.
- D.
The case is to be referred to Specialist Officer.
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: B
A Selection Decision Table question is solved by checking a candidate's stated facts against each numbered eligibility condition one at a time; a condition is met only if the passage's threshold is explicitly satisfied by the given data. An exception clause is invoked only when a candidate fails exactly the named condition AND the exception's own extra requirement is explicitly stated as satisfied in the candidate's profile - an unstated requirement is never assumed to be met.
Condition | Requirement | Krishna Ahuja's Data | Met? |
|---|---|---|---|
i) | Graduate with at least 60% marks | 1st class graduate | Yes |
ii) | At least 40 average marks per section (prelims) | 48 average marks | Yes |
iii) | At least 70% average marks (mains) | 73% marks | Yes |
iv) | Total marks (incl. interview) above 700/1000 | 578/1000 | No |
Exception (a) | Fails only iv) AND at least 2 years accounting experience -> refer to Specialist Officer | No accounting experience stated in the profile | Not met |
Krishna Ahuja satisfies conditions i, ii and iii, but fails condition iv since 578 is below the 700 threshold. The referral exception could still apply, but only if the profile explicitly states at least 2 years of accounting experience - it does not. Since the instructions say not to assume anything, this absence is treated as the exception condition not being met, not as an unresolved unknown.
Cross-check: every one of the four main conditions is answerable directly from the stated marks, and the only clause left unresolved is the exception's own accounting-experience trigger, which the profile is silent on - so the standard (non-exception) rule governs, and no further information is needed to decide.
Since condition iv fails and the referral exception is not triggered, the candidate is not to be appointed.