Disaster management sequence assessment: Determine the relationship between Statements I and II — 'Many residents in low-lying areas were evacuated to safer places over the last few days' and 'Government rushed relief supplies to people in the affected areas' — classifying them within the cause–effect framework.
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: Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause
Explanation
Given data
- I: Evacuation of people from low-lying areas to safer places.
- II: Government rushing relief supplies to affected areas.
Concept/Approach
Both actions typically respond to a disaster trigger (e.g., floods/cyclone). We identify a common antecedent cause.
Step-by-step evaluation
1) Natural calamity in low-lying areas → evacuation (I).2) The same calamity → relief operations (II).3) Therefore, I and II are parallel effects of a common cause.Verification/Alternative
Neither evacuation directly causes relief dispatch, nor relief dispatch causes evacuation; both are coordinated responses to the same event.
Final AnswerBoth the statements I and II are effects of some common cause.