Statement: The Company X has rejected first lot of values supplied by Company A and has cancelled its entire huge order quoting use of inferior quality material and poor craftsmanship.
Courses of Action:
The Company A needs to investigate functioning of its purchase, production and quality control departments.
The Company A should inspect all the valves rejected by Company X.
The Company A should inform Company X that steps have been taken for improvement and renegotiate schedule of supply.
Options
A. Only I and II follow
B. Only II follows
C. II, and either I or III follow
D. All I, II and III follow
E. None of these
Correct Answer
Only I and II follow
Explanation
First of all, company A should inspect the rejected valves to ensure if they are really sub-standard. If yes, it should scrutinise its working thoroughly and remove its lackenings, be it in the quality of raw material or craftsmanship. So, both I and II follow. III seems to be a far-off action which can be implemented only after the first two steps are put into practice. Thus, III does not follow,
More questions
1. Statement: In case of any difficulty about this case, you may contact our company's lawyer.
Assumptions:
Each company has a lawyer of its own.
The company's lawyer is thoroughly briefed about this case.
No decision can be made regarding other companies. So, I is not implicit. Since one is advised to contact the company's lawyer in case of any problem, it means that the lawyer is fully acquainted with the case. So, II is implicit.
2. Look at this series: 7, 10, 8, 11, 9, 12, ... What number should come next?
Clearly, our Constitution considers youngsters above 18 years of age, mature enough to exercise their decisive power in Government by voting. This implies that such individuals can also judge what is good or bad for them. Thus, argument I holds strong. However, at such places, youngsters may be lead astray by certain indecent guys and swayed from the right path into bad indulgences. So, IV also holds strong. Hiking the entry fees is no way to disallow them, and also the idea of imitating the western countries holds no relevance. So, neither II nor III holds strong.
5. Look at this series: 31, 29, 24, 22, 17, ... What number should come next?
Correct Answer: Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect
Explanation:
It seems quite evident that the parents have instructed their wards to abstain from private tuitions on Sundays and attend special classes organised by the school.
Tyre, steering wheel, and engine are all parts of a car.
8. Statement: The State Government has decided to declare 'Kala Azar' as a notifiable disease under the Epidemics Act. Family members or neighbours of the patient are liable to be punished in case they did not inform the State authorities.
Courses of Action:
Efforts should be made to effectively implement the Act.
The cases of punishment should be propagated through mass media so that more people become aware of the stern actions.
Knitting needles are to sweater as a computer is to a report. This relationship shows the tool needed to make a product. The knitting needles are used to create the sweater; the computer is used to write a report.
10. Choose the picture that would go in the empty box so that the two bottom pictures are related in the same way as the top two:
Toothbrush is to toothpaste as butter knife is to butter. This relationship shows function. The toothbrush is used to apply the toothpaste to teeth; the knife is used to apply butter to bread.