Instructions

Read the following passage:

In a B-school admission, a candidate is selected based on an entrance exam score and weightage tograduation stream and gender. Selection is also based on interview. There are 6 graduation streams namely, MBBS, Law, Economics, Fashion Technology, CA and Engineering, which are given different weightswith a difference of 5 each by the B-school. Silos were created for 10 candidates P, Q, R ,S, T, U, V, W, Xand Y to assess their scores and out of 10 candidates, 7 were selected for admission. In a silo not morethan 2 candidates are from the same stream. No candidate was selected from Law stream and the finalscore of each candidate is same as the weightage for the graduation stream. Some more details providedare as follows:

(i). In the silo there are 6 females and 4 males, out of which 4 females and 3 males were selected. Onefemale and one male from the lowest weightage stream were selected with a score of 60.
(ii). Fashion Technology is the stream with highest weightage with only one candidate who is also selectedfrom this stream. R is a male, the only candidate from MBBS and not from the lowest scoring stream, whileQ a female is from engineering and is selected.
(iii). CA has a score of 70 in which 2 candidates appeared but only one female was selected.
(iv). T is from Fashion Technology while P is an engineer. V is an unselected male while U scored 65 and isfrom Economics. 2 candidates from Economics were selected.
(v). W is a selected CA and X and Y are not from the same stream. Y scores 80 while S scores 65.

Question 84

If out of 3 selected males, the highest scoring male withdraws admission, then a male from thewaiting list is selected. In the present silo, from which stream will be a male candidate (from the waitinglist) get selected?

Solution

From Statement 2, it can be said that R is the only male candidate from MBBS and Q is a selected female engineering student.

From Statement 4, T is in Fashion Technology, and P is an engineer. V is unselected male.

U is from economics and was selected with a score of 65.

From Statement 5, W is a CA, and Y and S scored 80 and 65, respectively.

Thus, 2 students are from Engineering, CA, and Economics, while the Fashion and MBBS have only 1 student. Thus, 2 students are law graduates.


Also, since U and S scored a score of 65 and U is from economics, S will also be from economics.

Since 1 student each from law and CA are left, X and Y are from Law and CA.

Since W scored 70 and Y scored 80, X is a CA graduate, and Y is from the law.

Also, since MBBS does not have the lowest Silo, thus, engineering will have the lowest Silo.

The Silo of MBBS will be 75, and that of the engineer will be 60.

From statement 3, since W is selected, X will not be selected.

Now since 2 law students and 1 CA is not selected, all the other candidates will be selected(since only 3 people were rejected).

Since only male V is not selected, he will move up the waiting list.

Thus, the correct option is A.


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