Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the question…
2023
Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below.
Following are the conditions for selecting Manager – HR in an organisation.
The candidate must
(i) be at least 30 years and not more than 35 years as on 1.3.2012.
(ii) have secured at least 60% marks in graduation in any discipline.
(iii) have secured at least 65% marks in post-graduate degree/diploma in Personnel Management/HR.
(iv) have post-qualification work experience of at least five years in the Personnel/HR department of an organisation.
(v) have scored at least 50% marks in the selection process.
In the case of a candidate who satisfies all the above conditions
EXCEPT
(a) at (ii) above, but has scored at least 55% marks in graduation in any discipline and at least 70% marks in the post-graduate degree/diploma in Personnel Management/HR, the case is to be referred to GM – HR.
(b) at (iv) above, but has post-qualification work experience of at least four years, out of which at least two years as Deputy Manager – HR, the case is to be referred to President – HR.
In each question below, details of one candidate are given. You have to take one of the following courses of action based on the information provided and the conditions and sub-conditions given above, and mark the number of that course of action as your answer. You are not to assume anything other than the information provided in each question. All these cases are given to you as on 1.3.2012.
Swapan Ghosh has been working in the Personnel department of an organisation for the past five years after completing his post-graduation degree in HR with 72% marks. He has scored 56% marks in graduation. He was born on 12th May 1977. He has scored 58% marks in the selection process.
- A.
if the candidate is not to be selected
- B.
if the data provided are not adequate to take a decision
- C.
if the case is to be referred to President – HR
- D.
if the case is to be referred to GM – HR
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: D
Concept
In an eligibility/selection-decision-table question, apply the listed conditions to the candidate one by one. If every condition is met, the candidate is selected outright. If exactly one condition falls short, check whether an exception clause covers that specific shortfall at its own (usually lower) threshold; each exception redirects the case to a named authority instead of an outright selection or rejection. A shortfall not covered by any exception, or a shortfall on more than one condition, cannot be resolved by an exception.
Applying it to Swapan Ghosh's profile
Condition (i) – age: born 12th May 1977, so as on 1.3.2012 he is 34 years old – within the 30–35 range. Met.
Condition (ii) – graduation marks: requires at least 60%; he has scored 56%. Not met.
Condition (iii) – post-graduate marks: requires at least 65% in Personnel Management/HR; he has 72%. Met.
Condition (iv) – experience: requires at least five years in the Personnel/HR department; he has completed exactly five years. Met.
Condition (v) – selection-process marks: requires at least 50%; he has scored 58%. Met.
He falls short on exactly one condition, condition (ii). Exception (a) covers a shortfall at condition (ii) whenever the candidate's graduation marks are at least 55% and post-graduate marks are at least 70%. Swapan Ghosh's 56% graduation and 72% post-graduate marks both clear these thresholds.
Cross-check
Exception (b) does not apply here – it covers a shortfall at condition (iv) (experience), and Swapan Ghosh already meets condition (iv) outright, so there is no experience shortfall for it to act on. With every other condition satisfied and the sole shortfall (condition ii) fully covered by exception (a), his case is to be referred to GM – HR.
Correct option: the case is to be referred to GM – HR.