All the schools in the area had to be kept closed for most part of the week.
Many parents have withdrawn their children from the local schools.
Options
A. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect
B. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
C. Both the statements I and II are independent causes
D. Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
E. Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause
Correct Answer
Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
Explanation
Closing the schools for a week and the parents withdrawing their wards from the local schools are independent issues, which must have been triggered by different individual causes.
Cause and Effect problems
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1. Statements:
The Reserve Bank of India has recently put restrictions on few small banks in the country.
The small banks in the private and co-operative sector in India are not in a position to withstand the competitions of the bigger in the public sector.
Options
A. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect
B. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
C. Both the statements I and II are independent causes
D. Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
E. Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause
Correct Answer: Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
Explanation:
The inability of the small banks to compete with the bigger ones shall not ensure security and good service to the customers, which is an essential concomitant that has to be looked into by the Reserve Bank. I seems to be a remedial step for the same.
2. Statements:
The government has recently fixed the fees for professional courses offered by the unaided institutions which are much lower than the fees charged last year.
The parents of the aspiring students launched a severe agitation last year protesting against the high fees charged by the unaided institutions.
Options
A. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect
B. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
C. Both the statements I and II are independent causes
D. Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
E. Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause
Correct Answer: Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
Explanation:
The prices of petrol and diesel being stagnant in the domestic market and the increase in the same in the international market must be backed by independent causes.
4. Statements: Until our country achieves economic equality, political freedom and democracy would be meaningless.
Conclusions:
Political freedom and democracy go hand in hand.
Economic equality leads to real political freedom and democracy.
Nothing about the relation between political freedom and democracy is mentioned in the statement. So, I does not follow. But II directly follows from the given statement.
5. Statements: Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
Conclusions:
Fashion designers do not understand the public mind very well.
The public by and large is highly susceptible to novelty.
Correct Answer: Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause
Explanation:
Both the statements are clearly backed by a common cause, which is clearly an increase in the number of thefts in the locality.
9. Statements:
Majority of the students in the college expressed their opinion against the college authority's decision to break away from the university and become autonomous.
The university authorities have expressed their inability to provide grants to its constituent colleges.
Options
A. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect
B. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
C. Both the statements I and II are independent causes
D. Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
E. Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause