cause & effect based on events section 3 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 21

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 : 22

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 : 23

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 : 24

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 : 25

Event (A):
The ministerial talks between India and Pakistan failed.
Event (B):
Led by a strong believer in people-to-people contact, the Gandhian Nirmala Deshpande, a busload of Indian women spent a week in Pakistan.

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