Following are the conditions for selection of Director in an Organisation. The candidate must
I. Be an MBA in Marketing with 1st class securing a minimum of 65% marks
II. Have an experience of working in related area at least two years after acquiring the desired qualification
III. Have passed the written test with at least 60% marks.
IV. Be not less than 40 years and not more than 50 years of age as on 2.3.2020
Salman Khan is an MBA from IIM Lucknow, passed out in 2000 with 70% marks. He is working as a marketing head since July 2001. His date of birth is 25th Dec 1975. He has cleared the written test with 60% marks.
Indicate your decision by marking answers to each question as follows:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → If the candidate is to be selected
A candidate is selected only if he meets every condition; the facts given about Salman Khan are checked against each one in turn.
Condition I (MBA in Marketing, first class, at least 65%) — taken as met: he is an MBA with 70% marks, a first class; the question does not name the subject of his MBA, but he has worked in marketing ever since (see the Note).
Condition II (at least two years of related experience after the degree) — met: he passed out in 2000 and has been a marketing head since July 2001, more than 18 years by 2020.
Condition III (at least 60% in the written test) — met: he scored 60%, which is “at least 60%”.
Condition IV (40 to 50 years of age on 2.3.2020) — met: born on 25 December 1975, he was 44 years old on 2 March 2020.
All four conditions are met, so the candidate is to be selected.
Note: The question does not say in so many words that Salman Khan’s MBA is in Marketing, which condition I asks for. One can argue that the data is therefore not adequate (Option (3)); the answer given by NTA reads his MBA, followed by his work as a marketing head, as an MBA in Marketing.