cause & effect based on events section 3 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

Event (A):
Used syringes, glucose and blood transfusion pipes were being reused.
Event (B):
Supreme Court made it mandatory for hospitals to dispose of their medical waste.

a) If ‘A’ is the effect and ‘B’ is its immediate and principal cause.

b) If ‘A’ is the immediate and principal cause and ‘B’ is its effect.

c) If ‘A’ is an effect but ‘B’ is not its immediate and principal cause.

d) If ‘B’ is an effect but ‘A’ is not its immediate and principal cause.

e) None of these

Question : 2

Event (A):
In the world’s biggest conference on AIDS in Barcelona, officials in their declaration called for $ 10 billion a year to be donated to the global AIDS fund and for at least two million people with HIV in developing countries to receive antiretroviral treatment by 2004.
Event (B):
According to recent UN report, about 70 million people will die of AIDS over the next two decades in the 45 worst affected countries.

a) If ‘A’ is the effect and ‘B’ is its immediate and principal cause.

b) If ‘A’ is the immediate and principal cause and ‘B’ is its effect.

c) If ‘A’ is an effect but ‘B’ is not its immediate and principal cause.

d) If ‘B’ is an effect but ‘A’ is not its immediate and principal cause.

e) None of these

Question : 3

Event (A):
The Met department predicted that there would be a normal south-west monsoon.
Event (B):
The south-west monsoon arrived over the Andaman Sea as per schedule and is advancing at a steady rate.

a) If ‘A’ is the effect and ‘B’ is its immediate and principal cause.

b) If ‘A’ is the immediate and principal cause and ‘B’ is its effect.

c) If ‘A’ is an effect but ‘B’ is not its immediate and principal cause.

d) If ‘B’ is an effect but ‘A’ is not its immediate and principal cause.

e) None of these

Question : 4

Event (A):
India is lodging a strong protest with Pakistan for firing missiles at IAF helicopters.
Event (B):
Pakistani troops were now targeting even IAF aircraft flying well within the Indian side of the international border.

a) If ‘A’ is the effect and ‘B’ is its immediate and principal cause.

b) If ‘A’ is the immediate and principal cause and ‘B’ is its effect.

c) If ‘A’ is an effect but ‘B’ is not its immediate and principal cause.

d) If ‘B’ is an effect but ‘A’ is not its immediate and principal cause.

e) None of these

Question : 5

Event (A):
The sales of cars has dropped in the state ‘X’ since last Monday.
Event (B):
The state ‘X’ has suspended registration of cars which do not confirm to the emission norms stipulated recently.

a) If ‘A’ is the effect and ‘B’ is its immediate and principal cause.

b) If ‘A’ is the immediate and principal cause and ‘B’ is its effect.

c) If ‘A’ is an effect but ‘B’ is not its immediate and principal cause.

d) If ‘B’ is an effect but ‘A’ is not its immediate and principal cause.

e) None of these

Question : 6

Event (A):
At last, yesterday night Shirin could get the medicines prescribed by the doctor for her ailing father.
Event (B):
The doctor has conducted some tests on Shirin’s father who has been suffering from high fever.

a) If ‘A’ is the effect and ‘B’ is its immediate and principal cause.

b) If ‘A’ is the immediate and principal cause and ‘B’ is its effect.

c) If ‘A’ is an effect but ‘B’ is not its immediate and principal cause.

d) If ‘B’ is an effect but ‘A’ is not its immediate and principal cause.

e) None of these