Question

Q10. In 2008 all of the people who applied for a job at Wipro also applied for a job at HCL. Wipro and HCL each offered jobs to half of these applicants. Therefore, every one of these applicants must have been offered a job in 2015.

The argument above is based on which of the following assumptions about these job applicants?

• A. (a) All of the applicants were very well qualified for a job at either Wipro or HCL.
• B. (b) All of the applicants accepted a job at either Wipro or HCL.
• C. (c) None of the applicants was offered a job by both Wipro and HCL.
• D. (d) None of the applicants had applied for jobs at places other than Wipro or HCL.

Answer 1

The correct option is C

(c) None of the applicants was offered a job by both Wipro and HCL.

0.5 +0.5 = 1; For all the applicants to be given job, both the companies should offer jobs to half of the applicants each and these applicants should be mutually exclusive.