cause & effect based on events section 2 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

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

Question : 6

Event (A):
Women have achieved parity with men in obtaining four-year college degrees and are more likely to work in managerial and professional careers today than 20 years ago.
Event (B):
The new high-tech economy is leaving women behind men.

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)

The two are independent events contradicting each other.

Question : 7

Event (A):
A special campaign to check drunken driving would be launched next week on National Highways.
Event (B):
Ten persons were killed and twenty-three injured on the National Highways last year.

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: (c)

Event (B) is the cause behind the effect shown in the event (A) but not immediate and principal.

Question : 8

Event (A):
The Supreme Court has ordered to close all industrial units in the residential areas in Delhi.
Event (B):
A mob of about 1,500 people went on the rampage and the police had to use teargas to disperse them and restore normalcy.

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)

Because of event (B), government has decided to roll back the hike in the prices of cooking gas and kerosene.

Question : 9

Event (A):
India is today gearing to become a leading producer and exporter of a range of minerals.
Event (B):
India is endowed with rich mineral resources.

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: (c)

Event (A) is the effect but event (B) is not its immediate and principal cause because to get the above outcome proper use of rich mineral resources is equally important.

Question : 10

Event (A):
The finance ministry has imposed additional taxation.
Event (B):
The fiscal deficit of the country has been reduced.

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)

Additional taxation leads to greater revenues which in turn lead to reduction of fiscal deficit.

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