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Decision Making – MBA CET questions with solutions

4 questions · CET 2025 · Easy 2 · Medium 2 · Hard 0. Newest paper first. Full papers

Q71EasyCET 2025 · Slot 5 · Q71
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Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Following are the conditions for granting an advance of Rs. 10 lakhs to the farmers for purchasing tractor, by a Gramin Bank.

The farmer must-
(i) have at least five acres of cultivable land
(ii) be able to produce collateral of at least Rs 8 lakhs.
(iii) not be more than 50 years old as on 1.12.2024
(iv) not have any outstanding unpaid loan from the bank.
(v) be able to produce a recommendation letter from the Panchayat Pradhan.

In the case of a farmer who satisfies all other criteria except-
(A) at (i) above, but is able to cultivate more than one crop in each piece of land, the case is to be referred to Chairman of the bank.
(B) at (iv) above, but has Fixed Deposits of at least Rs. 4 lakhs with the bank, the case is to be referred to the General Manager of the bank.

In each question below, detailed information of one farmer is given. You have to carefully study the information provided in each case and take one of the following courses of actions based on the information and conditions given above. You are not to assume anything other than the information provided in each question. All these cases are given to you as on 1.12.2024. You have to indicate your decision by marking answers to each question as follows:

A if the advance is not to be granted
B. if the case is to be referred to the General Manager of the bank
C: if the case is to be referred to the Chairman of the bank
D: if the advance is to be granted
E: if the data is insufficient to decide

Vilas Deshmukh was born on 3rd February, 1975. He has six acres of cultivable land. He has submitted a recommendation letter issued by Panchayat Pradhan. He can pledge collateral of more than Rs 8 lakhs. He doesn't have any unpaid loan from the bank

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
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Answer: D

Approach: Decision making: test each of the five conditions, then the exceptions.

Solution: (i) Land 6 acres ≥ 5 ✓
(ii) Collateral more than Rs 8 lakh ✓
(iii) Born 3 Feb 1975 → age on 1.12.2024 = 49 years 9 months ≤ 50 ✓
(iv) No unpaid loan ✓
(v) Panchayat Pradhan's letter ✓
All five satisfied → advance is granted.

Why the other options are wrong:
A – no condition fails.
B, C – exceptions apply only when (iv) or (i) fails.
E – every condition has data.

Cetking shortcut: Make a 5-column tick sheet (land, collateral, age, loan, letter) once; each case is then a 10-second check.

Answer: D

Q72MediumCET 2025 · Slot 5 · Q72
Passage / data for this question

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Following are the conditions for granting an advance of Rs. 10 lakhs to the farmers for purchasing tractor, by a Gramin Bank.

The farmer must-
(i) have at least five acres of cultivable land
(ii) be able to produce collateral of at least Rs 8 lakhs.
(iii) not be more than 50 years old as on 1.12.2024
(iv) not have any outstanding unpaid loan from the bank.
(v) be able to produce a recommendation letter from the Panchayat Pradhan.

In the case of a farmer who satisfies all other criteria except-
(A) at (i) above, but is able to cultivate more than one crop in each piece of land, the case is to be referred to Chairman of the bank.
(B) at (iv) above, but has Fixed Deposits of at least Rs. 4 lakhs with the bank, the case is to be referred to the General Manager of the bank.

In each question below, detailed information of one farmer is given. You have to carefully study the information provided in each case and take one of the following courses of actions based on the information and conditions given above. You are not to assume anything other than the information provided in each question. All these cases are given to you as on 1.12.2024. You have to indicate your decision by marking answers to each question as follows:

A if the advance is not to be granted
B. if the case is to be referred to the General Manager of the bank
C: if the case is to be referred to the Chairman of the bank
D: if the advance is to be granted
E: if the data is insufficient to decide

Mahipal Rana was born 8th March, 1975. He can produce a recommendation letter from the Panchayat Pradhan. He does not have any outstanding loan. He has fixed deposit of Rs. 5 lakhs in addition to his collateral of Rs. 8 lakhs. He has four acres of cultivable land with only one crop.

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
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Answer: A

Approach: Decision making: find the failed condition, then check whether its exception applies.

Solution: (i) Land 4 acres < 5 ✗
(ii) Collateral Rs 8 lakh ✓ (iii) Born 8 Mar 1975 → 49 yrs 8 months ✓ (iv) No loan ✓ (v) Letter ✓
Exception check: (A) replaces (i) only if he grows more than one crop on each piece of land → Chairman; (B) replaces (iv) only if FD ≥ Rs 4 lakh → General Manager.
He grows only one crop, so exception (A) does not apply. The FD is irrelevant – (iv) is already met.
Condition (i) fails with no exception → advance not granted.

Why the other options are wrong:
B – the GM exception is for a failed (iv); his (iv) is fine.
C – Chairman needs more than one crop.
D – (i) fails.
E – all data is given.

Cetking shortcut: An extra FD is a distractor unless condition (iv) fails.

Answer: A

Q73EasyCET 2025 · Slot 5 · Q73
Passage / data for this question

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Following are the conditions for granting an advance of Rs. 10 lakhs to the farmers for purchasing tractor, by a Gramin Bank.

The farmer must-
(i) have at least five acres of cultivable land
(ii) be able to produce collateral of at least Rs 8 lakhs.
(iii) not be more than 50 years old as on 1.12.2024
(iv) not have any outstanding unpaid loan from the bank.
(v) be able to produce a recommendation letter from the Panchayat Pradhan.

In the case of a farmer who satisfies all other criteria except-
(A) at (i) above, but is able to cultivate more than one crop in each piece of land, the case is to be referred to Chairman of the bank.
(B) at (iv) above, but has Fixed Deposits of at least Rs. 4 lakhs with the bank, the case is to be referred to the General Manager of the bank.

In each question below, detailed information of one farmer is given. You have to carefully study the information provided in each case and take one of the following courses of actions based on the information and conditions given above. You are not to assume anything other than the information provided in each question. All these cases are given to you as on 1.12.2024. You have to indicate your decision by marking answers to each question as follows:

A if the advance is not to be granted
B. if the case is to be referred to the General Manager of the bank
C: if the case is to be referred to the Chairman of the bank
D: if the advance is to be granted
E: if the data is insufficient to decide

Rishi Thakur was born on 5th June, 1976. He has obtained a recommendation letter from the Panchayat Pradhan. He has eight acres of cultivable land and pledge collateral of Rs. 8 lakhs in addition to his fixed deposit of Rs. 6 lakhs. He has an outstanding loan of Rs. 4 lakhs.

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
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Answer: B

Approach: Decision making: find the failed condition, then check whether its exception applies.

Solution: (i) Land 8 acres ✓ (ii) Collateral Rs 8 lakh ✓ (iii) Born 5 June 1976 → 48 yrs 5 months ✓ (v) Letter ✓
(iv) Outstanding loan of Rs 4 lakh ✗
Exception check: (A) replaces (i) only if he grows more than one crop on each piece of land → Chairman; (B) replaces (iv) only if FD ≥ Rs 4 lakh → General Manager.
He has an FD of Rs 6 lakh ≥ Rs 4 lakh → exception (B) applies → refer to the General Manager.

Why the other options are wrong:
A – the failure of (iv) is covered by exception (B).
C – Chairman is for failure of (i) only.
D – (iv) fails, so it cannot be granted directly.
E – all data is given.

Answer: B

Q45MediumCET 2025 · Slot 2 · Q45

In a computer game, each move requires pressing a button. When the button is pressed, the computer randomly selects a cell on a 4x4 grid and marks an “X.” The game continues until either a full row or a full column is marked with X.

What is the maximum possible number of button presses to finish the game?

  1. 16
  2. 6
  3. 13
  4. 4
  5. 10
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Answer: C

Approach: Maximum marks without completing any row or column, then add one.

Solution:
Each of the 4 rows can hold at most 3 X's without being full → at most 12 X's.
12 is achievable: leave one cell empty in each row and each column (e.g. the main diagonal), so no row or column is full.
The 13th X must go into one of the 4 empty cells and completes a row (and a column).
Maximum presses = 13.

Why the other options are wrong: 16 fills the grid; 4 is the minimum; 6 and 10 are below the safe maximum of 12.

Cetking shortcut: n×n grid → n(n − 1) + 1 = 4 × 3 + 1 = 13.

Answer: C

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