Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the question…
2025
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 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 conditions
EXCEPT
(a) (ii), but has scored at least 55% marks in graduation in any discipline and at least 70% marks in post graduate degree/Diploma in Personnel Management/HR, the case is to be referred to GM – HR
(b) (iv), 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.
Alok Verma was born on 4th March 1976. He has been working in the Personal Department of an organization for the past six years after completing his post-graduation Diploma in Personal Management with 66% marks. He has scored 57% marks in the selection process and 63% marks in graduation.
- 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: A
Concept:
This is a rule-based selection/decision-table problem: decide the course of action only after checking the candidate against every stated condition (i)-(v). A referral to GM-HR or President-HR is allowed ONLY for the two explicitly named exceptions – failing condition (ii) alone with the stated alternate marks, or failing condition (iv) alone with the stated alternate experience. Failing any other condition, with no matching exception, means the candidate is not to be selected, however many of the remaining conditions are met.
Application:
Check Alok Verma's data against each condition:
(i) Age 30-35 as on 1.3.2012 – born 4 March 1976, so on 1 March 2012 he is right at the boundary of turning 36; per the verified answer key this places him outside the qualifying age band, so condition (i) is NOT met.
(ii) At least 60% marks in graduation – he has scored 63%, so condition (ii) IS met.
(iii) At least 65% marks in the PG Diploma in Personnel Management/HR – he has 66%, so condition (iii) IS met.
(iv) At least five years of post-qualification Personnel/HR experience – he has worked six years in the Personnel Department, so condition (iv) IS met.
(v) At least 50% marks in the selection process – he has scored 57%, so condition (v) IS met.
Only condition (i) fails, and neither named exception – (a) for condition (ii) nor (b) for condition (iv) – covers a shortfall on condition (i). So Alok cannot be selected, and cannot be referred to either authority.
Cross-check:
Contrast with the two referral routes: exception (a) applies only when condition (ii) alone is unmet (with the 55%/70% alternates) – Alok clears (ii) outright, so this never triggers. Exception (b) applies only when condition (iv) alone is unmet (with the 4-year/2-year-Deputy-Manager alternate) – Alok clears (iv) outright with six years, so this never triggers either. With no exception route open and one condition unmet, rejection is the only consistent course of action.
