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 - Finance in an organization.
The candidate must
(i) be at least 30 years and not more than 35 years as on 1. 11. 2009.
(ii) be a graduate in any discipline with at least 55% marks.
(iii) be a post graduate degree/diploma holder in Management with Finance specialization with at least 60% marks.
(iv) have post - qualification work experience of at least six years in the finance department of an organisation.
(v) have secured at least 50% marks in the preliminary interview.
(vi) have secured at least 40% marks in the final interview.
In the case of a candidate who satisfies all the above condition
EXCEPT
(a) at (iv) above, but has post-qualification work experience of at least three years as Deputy Finance Manager in an organization, his/her case is to be referred to VP – Finance.
(b) at (vi) above, but has obtained at least 60% marks in the preliminary interview, his/her candidature is to be considered under ‘wait list’.
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. 1. 2009.
Sudha Motwani was born on 24th March 1977. She has secured 58% marks in B.A. and 68% marks postgraduate diploma in Finance Management. She has been working in the Finance department of an organization for the past eight years after completing her post-graduate diploma. She has secured 50% marks in both preliminary and final interview.
- A.
if the candidate is to be selected
- B.
if the candidate is not to be selected
- C.
if the candidate is to be kept on waiting list
- D.
if the case is to be referred to VP - Finance
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: A
This is a selection decision-table question: check the candidate's own particulars against each of the six stated conditions (i)–(vi) in order. If every condition is independently satisfied, the general rule applies and the candidate is selected. If exactly one specific condition, (iv) or (vi), is unmet but the matching exception's own separate threshold is met, follow that exception's stated action instead of outright rejection.
Checking Sudha Motwani's own particulars against each condition:
Condition | Requirement | Sudha's Record | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
(i) | Age 30–35 years (as on 1.11.2009) | Born 24 March 1977 | Met |
(ii) | Graduate, at least 55% | B.A., 58% | Met |
(iii) | PG degree/diploma (Finance), at least 60% | PG diploma in Finance Management, 68% | Met |
(iv) | Work experience at least 6 years (finance department) | 8 years in the finance department | Met |
(v) | Preliminary interview at least 50% | 50% | Met |
(vi) | Final interview at least 40% | 50% | Met |
Because conditions (iv) and (vi) are both satisfied outright, neither exception applies here: exception (a), the VP-Finance referral, activates only when the work-experience condition fails; exception (b), the waitlist, activates only when the final-interview condition fails. Neither failure occurs, so both exception clauses stay switched off.
Since all six conditions are independently satisfied and no exception clause is triggered, the general selection rule governs directly: the candidate is to be selected.