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Cause–Effect reasoning: Identify the relationship between Statement I and Statement II. S1: A huge truck overturned in the middle of the road last night. S2: The police cordoned off the entire area in the locality this morning for half of the day. Choose the correct cause–effect option.

Difficulty: Easy

Statement I is the cause and Statement II is its effect.
Statement II is the cause and Statement I is its effect.
Both statements I and II are independent causes.
Both statements I and II are effects of independent causes.
Both statements I and II are effects of a common cause.

Correct Answer: Statement I is the cause and Statement II is its effect.

Explanation:

Given data

S1: A huge truck overturned in the middle of the road last night.
S2: The police cordoned off the entire area this morning for half of the day.

Concept / Approach
Cordon-offs are typical responses to accidents to manage traffic, safety and investigation. Hence an accident (S1) plausibly causes the cordon (S2).

Step-by-step check of options
A: Accident ⇒ police cordon. Matches normal sequence. ✔ B: Police cordon causing the prior night's accident is illogical. ✖ C/D/E: No evidence that both are unrelated effects or independent causes. ✖

Cause–Effect reasoning: Identify the relationship between Statement I and Statement II. S1: A huge truck overturned in the middle of the road last night. S2: The police cordoned off the entire area in the locality this morning for half of the day. Choose the correct cause–effect option.

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