Policy transparency rationale: Government decides to release all primary-education information vs. prior public inaccessibility — determine the correct causal direction.
Verbal Reasoning
Cause and Effect
Difficulty: Easy
Choose an option
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AStatement I is the cause and statement II is its effect
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BStatement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
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CBoth the statements I and II are independent causes
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DBoth the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
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EBoth the statements I and II are effects of some common cause
Answer
Correct Answer: Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
Explanation
Given data
- I: Government will make all information on primary education available to the public.
- II: Earlier, the public did not have access to this information.
Concept/Approach
- Policy changes typically address identified gaps; the past inaccessibility (II) motivates the new transparency decision (I).
Step-by-Step reasoning1) Lack of public access (II) → identified problem.2) Government responds with full release policy (I).3) Therefore (II) causes (I).
Verification/Alternative
- (I) causing (II) would mean the decision created past inaccessibility, which contradicts the timeline.
Common pitfalls
- Ignoring temporal order embedded in policy responses.
Final AnswerStatement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.