Introduction:

Judgement questions are part of the reasoning section in most of the SSC and Railway competitive examinations. Judgement questions are solved by combining the knowledge given in the question and your common sense. The approach followed is logical and it is step by step. Judgement questions are one of the most asked questions in competitive examinations like RRB NTPC, SSC CGL exam, SSC CPO sub-inspector exam, SSC CHSL exam, RRB JE, etc so it is highly advisable to attempt ample amount of questions.

Judgement questions must be prepared comprehensively as this is a scoring section in the reasoning section. 

What is judgement-based reasoning :

Judgement is the analysis, which is drawn after reading the statement and by using your common sense. The statement given is a combination of meaningful sentences. This is the only set of knowledge which you must use while answering the question. 

For example :
if Apples are ripe for a pie or pickle, what would you answer? Obviously, the answer would be sweet apples are best for pies not pickles. As a result, the decision or judgement is that apples are suitable for a pie.

Types of Judgement-Based Reasoning :  

1) Making Decision Based on Passages

In this type of judgement-based question, students are given a paragraph or passage of events, followed by a series of questions.

For example : Sachin is planning a birthday party on 26/07/2022. He wants to celebrate this memorable evening, but his friend is a very shy man who would rather spend the evening at home doing some chores and playing indoor games and he is also a food and drink lover. Sachin has chosen a restaurant that serves the best dishes in the city then which restaurant should Sachin choose so that his friend comes to the party with him? 

(1) Babian restaurant as it serves the best cuisine in the city.

(2) Chandrakala as it serves his friend’s favourite dosa which is the best and cheap as compared to others.

(3) Bikanervala as it serves the best chaat and coffee as compared to others.

(4) Royal sky as it also serves non-veg and alcohol along with a pool corner for entertainment.

2) Eligibility based Judgements :This includes the admission of students within the colleges based on merit. Some of the exams like Bed entrance, PSUs, and banks have eligibility criteria.

You must be familiar with the key strategies if you want to correctly respond to the judgement reasoning questions. They deal with information that has been heard, seen, or read but is open to investigation or verification. Dates, events, natural occurrences, and other assertions are examples of facts. Based on what is known, conclusions are drawn about the unknown. Your ability to read between the lines is put to the test through inferences. Facts are the known information in the statement from which an inference was drawn. Therefore, all inferences are supported by evidence and logical reasoning.

For example: All the intermediate students scoring above 70% are eligible for university admissions, and those below 70% have to give entrance and interview also. Here, the filter technique of judgement will take place and the cutoff will be decided.

 

Tips and Tricks of Judgement based questions :

Tip 1: While doing the judgement-based questions a proper analysis of the statements must be done so that there must be no ambiguity to answer the questions.
 

Tip 2: Analysis of the statements must be done so one can decide whether a decision is worth to be made must be taken into consideration. It helps one to eliminate the options.
 

Tip 3: The actions must be taken based on the instructions given. The theme of the statement must be understood and the clauses must be visualised.

 

Exams where questions based on  Decision making are asked.

1) SSC CGL

2) RRB 

3) Defence

4) State entrance exams etc.

FAQs – Judgement based reasoning

Q1. What is judgement?

Ans. The action or process of making important decisions is judgement.

Q2. How many types of judgement are there?

Ans. Its already been discussed above in the example.

Q3. When I will get tips and tricks of judgement-based reasoning?

Ans. Some of the tips and tricks are given in the above article.

Q4. In which exams this section comes up?

Ans. The following are the exam where Decision making is discussed.

1) SSC CGL

2) RRB

3) Defence

4) State entrance exams etc.