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DIRECTIONS:

Below in each question are given two statements (A) and (B). These statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statement.

Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.

Mark your answer from the below given choice;
  1. If statement (A) is the cause and statement (B) is its effect.
  2. If statement (B) is the cause and statement (A) is the effect.
  3. If both the statements (A) and (B) are independent causes.
  4. If both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of independent causes.
  5. If both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of some common cause.

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

Questions : Statements (A):
Most of the steel-manufacturing companies in the country made considerable profit during the last financial year.
Statements (B):
Many Asian countries have been importing huge quantities of steel from India.

(a) If statement (A) is the cause and statement (B) is its effect.

(b) If statement (B) is the cause and statement (A) is the effect.

(c) If both the statements (A) and (B) are independent causes.

(d) If both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of independent causes.

e) If both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of some common cause.

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (b)

It there are large exports, considerable profit is quite likely.

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Question : 1

Statements (A):
Rain and thunder showers bashed the city during the past three days.
Statements (B):
Many people stayed indoor during the past three days.

a) If statement (A) is the cause and statement (B) is its effect.

b) If statement (B) is the cause and statement (A) is the effect.

c) If both the statements (A) and (B) are independent causes.

d) If both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of independent causes.

e) If both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of some common cause.

Answer: (a)

Clearly, rain and thunder showers forced the people to stay indoors.

Question : 2

Statements (A):
Major part of the sugarcane crop was affected by pests, resulting into huge loss incurred by the farmers in the state.
Statements (B):
The farmers in the state who were cultivating sugarcane earlier have now switched over to grapes’ cultivation this year.

a) If statement (A) is the cause and statement (B) is its effect.

b) If statement (B) is the cause and statement (A) is the effect.

c) If both the statements (A) and (B) are independent causes.

d) If both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of independent causes.

e) If both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of some common cause.

Answer: (a)

Here ‘A’ is the cause and ‘B’ is its effect. Farmers do not want to incur any loss further.

Hence the reason which led farmers to switch over to another crop is obvious.

Question : 3

Statements (A):
There is a significant drop in the number of people travelling by air during the last quarter.
Statements (B):
There is a significant drop in the number of people travelling by long-distance trains during the last quarter.

a) If statement (A) is the cause and statement (B) is its effect.

b) If statement (B) is the cause and statement (A) is the effect.

c) If both the statements (A) and (B) are independent causes.

d) If both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of independent causes.

e) If both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of some common cause.

Answer: (e)

Both are the effects of a recession in the economy.

Question : 4

Statements (A):
The conditions of most of the national highways are very bad.
Statements (B):
Govt has now sanctioned a huge amount of money to maintain the national highways.

a) If statement (A) is the cause and statement (B) is its effect.

b) If statement (B) is the cause and statement (A) is the effect.

c) If both the statements (A) and (B) are independent causes.

d) If both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of independent causes.

e) If both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of some common cause.

Answer: (a)

The bad condition of the highways has prompted the govt to take the step.

Question : 5

Statements (A):
Many seats in the private engineering colleges in the state have remained vacant this year.
Statements (B):
The government engineering colleges in the state could not accommodate all the students who sought admission this year.

a) If statement (A) is the cause and statement (B) is its effect.

b) If statement (B) is the cause and statement (A) is the effect.

c) If both the statements (A) and (B) are independent causes.

d) If both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of independent causes.

e) If both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of some common cause.

Answer: (d)

Both (A) and (B) are contradictory statements (to each other). The students who did not get admission in the government engineering colleges must have gone to the private engineering colleges.

But this has not happened. Hence, both the statements (A) and (B) are the effects of independent causes.

Directions :

Below in each question are given two statements A and B. These statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes or of a common cause. One of these statements may be the depicts the relationship between these two statements.

Give answer
  1. If statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect;
  2. If statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect;
  3. If both the statements I and II are independent causes;
  4. If both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes; and
  5. If both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause.

Question : 6

  • A. This year, the Government has decided to procure food grains earlier than the stipulated date.
  • B. This year, the farmers have decided to sell their crops to private traders.

a) If statement A is the cause and statement B is its effect

b) If statement B is the cause and Statement A is its effect

c) If both statements are independent causes

d) If both statements are effects of independent causes

e) If both statements are effects of some common cause

Answer: (b)

The government has decided to procure food grain earlier than the stipulated data

because farmers are planning to sell their crops to private traders.

So, Statement B is the cause, and Statement A is its effect.

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