Statements: Large numbers of people have fallen sick after consuming sweets from a particular shop in the locality. Major part of the locality is flooded and has become inaccessible to outsides.

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