Practice Based on direct cause effect - verbal reasoning Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams

Q-1)  

• Cause: School authority has increased the tuition fee excessively from the current academic session.
• Which of the following can be a possible effect of the cause mentioned above?

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• I. Parents of the students of this school will get their child admitted to other schools.
• II. No new student will get admission in this academic session.
• III. Parents of the students of this school will contact the school authority for the rollback of the increased fee.

(a) None

(b) Only II

(c) Only III

(d) Only I

(e) Both II and III

Q-2)   Cause: All the major rivers in the state have been flowing way over the danger level for the past few weeks.
Which of the following is/are possible effect(s) of the above cause?

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1. Many villages situated near the riverbanks are submerged, forcing the residents to flee.
2. Govt has decided to provide alternate shelter to all the affected villagers residing near the river banks.
3. The entire state has been put on high flood alert.

(a) Only (A)

(b) Only (A) and (B)

(c) Only (B) and (C)

(d) All (A), (B) and (C)

(e) None of these

Q-3)   Cause: The cement manufacturing companies have increased the price of cement by about fifteen per cent with immediate effect.
Which of the following is/are possible effect(s) of the above cause?

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1. Govt will direct the cement manufacturing companies to reduce the price increase to five per cent.
2. The prices of residential flats and commercial companies will see an upward trend.
3. The construction companies may stop all ongoing construction projects with immediate effect.

(a) Only (B)

(b) Only (A)

(c) Only (C)

(d) Only (B) and (C)

(e) None of these

Q-4)  

• Effect: During the last six months the sale of four-wheelers has come down in comparison to the sale of four-wheelers last year for the same period. Which of the following can be the possible cause for the effect mentioned above?
• Which of the following can be a possible cause for the effect mentioned above?

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• I. The government has increased the excise duty on four-wheelers from the beginning of this year.
• II. The cost of petrol has increased immensely during the last eight months.
• III. Interest rates on car and home loans have been increasing for the last seven months.

(a) I, II and III

(b) Both l and II

(c) Both II and III

(d) Only II

(e) Only I

Q-5)  

• Cause: There has been incessant rain during the last 48 h.
• Which of the following can be a possible effect on the cause mentioned above?

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• I. Transport system of the city has completely failed from the last 48 h.
• II. There is a flood-like situation in most downtown areas of the city.
• III. So many slum dwellers have been shifted to municipal schools.

(a) Both I and II

(b) Both II and III

(c) Both I and III

(d) I, II and III

Q-6)   Effect: There has been unprecedented increase in the number of institutions training for spoken phonetic English in all the major cities of India during the last few years.
Which of the following can be a probable cause of the above effect?

(a) Many parents want their children to speak fluent English.

(b) Various activities are being outsourced to India by many European and North American countries.

(c) English is no longer being taught in the schools and colleges in India

(d) India has highest number of English-speaking educated youth compared to any other country.

(e) None of these

Q-7)  

• Cause: Government has recently decided to hike the procurement price of paddy for the rabi crops.
• Which of the following will be a possible effect of the above cause?

(a) The farmers may be encouraged to cultivate paddy for the rabi season

(b) The farmers may switch over to other cash crops in their paddy fields

(c) There was a drop in production of paddy during the Kharif season

(d) The government may not increase the procurement price of paddy during the next Kharif season

(e) The government will buy paddy from the open market during the next few months

Q-8)   Cause: Govt has recently decided to hike the procurement price of paddy for the rabi crops.
Which of the following will be a possible effect of the above cause?

(a) The farmers may be encouraged to cultivate paddy for the rabi season.

(b) The farmers may switch over to other cash crops in their paddy fields.

(c) There was a drop in production of paddy during Kharif season

(d) Govt may not increase the procurement price of paddy during the next Kharif season.

(e) Govt will buy paddy from the open market during the next few months.

Q-9)  

• Effect: At least 20 school children were seriously injured while going for a school picnic during the weekend.
• Which of the following can be a probable cause of the above effect?

(a) The teacher accompanying the school children fell ill during the journey

(b) The bus in which the children were traveling met with an accident while taking a turn on the main highway

(c) The driver of the bus in which the children were traveling did not report after the break at the halting-place on their journey

(d) The school authority banned all school picnics for the next six months with immediate effect

(e) None of the above

Q-10)   Effect: At least 20 school children were seriously injured while going for a school picnic during the weekend.
Which of the following can be a probable cause of the above effect?

(a) The teacher accompanying the school children fell ill during the journey.

(b) The bus in which the children were travelling met with an accident while taking turn on the main highway.

(c) The driver of the bus in which the children were travelling did not report after the break at the halting place on their journey.

(d) The school authority banned all school picnics for the next six months with immediate effect.

(e) None of these