Discussion
Pankaj Goel was 17 years old as on 11th September, 1993. He has secured 90% marks in his XIIth Std. Science examination with Biology. He has secured 75% marks in the entrance test and can pay the admission fees of Rs.20000.
Answer: B
Pankaj Goel is not admitted.
The paper says he was 17 on 11 September 1993, and the key reads this as his turning 17 on that date, so that he reaches 18 only on 11 September 1994, ten days after the cut-off of 1 September 1994. On that reading he fails the age rule (ii). Rules (v) and (vi) relax only the entrance mark and the fee, not the age, so his 90% in XII and his 75% in the entrance test do not save him.
The wording is loose, because a boy aged 17 on 11 September 1993 might have turned 18 before 1 September 1994. The question is meant to make him fall just short of 18, and the key follows that intention.
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