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

Question : 1

Event (A):
A handful of women have managed to transform the living conditions near their homes.
Event (B):
The project, ‘Better Environment Campaign” was started by a group of retired defence officers’ wives in 1995.

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):
The new government has ordered a major reshuffle in the top echelons of bureaucracy.
Event (B):
Only two days before, the new coalition government took over.

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 financial position of the Electricity Division of state XYZ has weakened and it has made demand to the government for more subsidies.
Event (B):
While the Electricity Division of state XYZ has revised the pay and perks of its employees, several subscribers and farmers have refused to pay long pending dues.

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):
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 : 5

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 : 6

Event (A):
The Centre advised the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) against participation in the Sultan Azlan Shah tournament to be held in Ipoh, Malaysia.
Event (B):
Indian IT professionals in Malaysia faced harassment and were meted out ill-treatment by the Malaysian police.

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