Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the question…
2026
Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below. Following are the alternative eligibility criteria for short-listing candidates for interview for an entry-level job in a bank.
i. The candidate should have passed SSC with at least 80% marks.
ii. The candidate should have passed HSC with at least 75% marks.
iii. The candidate should be an Arts/Science/Commerce graduate with at least 60% marks.
iv. The candidate should be an engineer with at least 55% marks.
v. The candidate should be a post-graduate in any discipline with at least 50% marks.
A candidate can be eligible under any one or more of the above criteria depending upon his or her academic pursuits. The details of one candidate are given below. Find out under which of the above conditions the candidate is eligible and mark your answer accordingly from the alternatives given.
Kartik Dare has secured 75% marks in SSC. He completed his B.Com with 65% marks after completing his Higher Secondary in Commerce. He has now enrolled in the Master's Degree of Commerce.
Answer: C. Eligible under (iii) only. — Concept: Alternative eligibility criteria are independent qualifying routes, and each route is tested on its own. A route is cleared only when the data given…
- A.
Eligible under (i) only
- B.
Eligible under (ii) only
- C.
Eligible under (iii) only.
- D.
Eligible under (i) and (iii) only
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Correct answer: C
Concept: Alternative eligibility criteria are independent qualifying routes, and each route is tested on its own. A route is cleared only when the data given establishes both of its parts — the qualification the route names and the minimum percentage attached to it. A qualification that is still in progress is not yet held, and a percentage that is never stated cannot be assumed to reach a threshold.
Application: the profile is checked against every route in turn.
Criterion | What it demands | What the profile gives | Route cleared? |
|---|---|---|---|
(i) | Passed SSC with at least 80% | SSC 75% | No — 75% is below 80% |
(ii) | Passed HSC with at least 75% | Higher Secondary in Commerce completed, percentage not stated | No — the threshold cannot be shown to be met |
(iii) | Arts/Science/Commerce graduate with at least 60% | B.Com completed with 65% | Yes — a Commerce degree at 65% |
(iv) | Engineer with at least 55% | No engineering qualification recorded | No — the route does not apply |
(v) | Post-graduate in any discipline with at least 50% | Master's Degree of Commerce enrolled, not completed | No — the degree is not yet held |
Cross-check: Two near-misses decide this item. An SSC score of 75% looks high but falls five percentage points short of the 80% that route demands, so a strong-sounding number still leaves the route closed. Enrolment in a post-graduate programme is not the same as holding a post-graduate degree, so route (v) stays closed until the degree is completed. Route (ii) fails for a third and different reason: the data is silent on the HSC percentage, and silence is not evidence that the 75% bar was reached.
Result: On the data given, the candidate is eligible under criterion (iii) only.
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