cause & effect based on events section 5 Detailed Explanation And More Example

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DIRECTIONS:

Given below are pairs of events 'A' and 'B'. You have to read both the events 'A' and 'B' and decide their nature of relationship.

You have to assume that the information given in 'A' and 'B' is true and you wil l not assume anything beyond the given information in deciding the answer.

Mark your answer from the below given choice;
  1. If 'A' is the effect and 'B' is its immediate and principal cause.
  2. If 'A' is the immediate and principal cause and 'B' is its effect.
  3. If 'A' is an effect but 'B' is not its immediate and principal cause.
  4. If 'B' is an effect but 'A' is not its immediate and principal cause.
  5. None of these

The following question based on cause and effect topic of verbal reasoning

Questions : Event (A):
The CNG-run vehicle owners are paying a heavy penalty for their eco-friendly and costeffective decisions.
Event (B):
The drivers wait in long queues at CNG filling stations because of fuel shortage and low pressure.

(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

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

The second phase is possible only after the first phase.

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Question : 1

Event (A):
Since Rani’s own child had died at birth, she was desperate for another.
Event (B):
Rani had quietly kidnapped the child, less than two days old, and shipped out of the hospital.

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

Answer: (b)

Because of the desperation for another child, Rani kidnapped the child.

Question : 2

Event (A):
All India Confederation of Scheduled Castes and Tribes Organisation chairman Udit Raj today resigned from the Government and floated the ‘Justice Party’.
Event (B):
Next month assembly elections will be held in Gujarat.

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

Answer: (e)

There is no cause-effect relationship.

Question : 3

Event (A):
High Court has ordered to clean city X.
Event (B):
More than 20 people died of cholera in city X.

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

Answer: (a)

Clearly, the High Court order has come as a consequence of the numerous deaths.

Question : 4

Event (A):
The high-profile criminal was arrested and put behind bars.
Event (B):
The cops made more than adequate security arrangements in jail.

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

Answer: (b)

The security arrangements were made to check the high-profile criminal from escaping.

Question : 5

Event (A):
The US House of Representatives voted in favour of “permanent normal trade relations” with China.
Event (B):
There was European Union agreement with China on WTO membership.

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

Answer: (a)

Once China becomes a member of the WTO, the US won’t be able to discriminate against it.

So the EU agreement must have led the US to prepare in advance.

Question : 6

Event (A):
If you are a habitual traffic rule breaker this won’t come as good news to you.
Event (B):
The traffic department has enhanced the number of red lights manned by the 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

Answer: (d)

Increasing the number of red lights is an effect. It may be because of heavy traffic, because of modernisation and computerisation.. . But A is not the cause.

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