cause & effect based on events section 4 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):
There is considerable increase in the number of people having computers.
Event (B):
Computer education is being made compulsory in schools.

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)

One of the reasons for the increase in no. of home computers is their being made compulsory in schools.

Other reasons are a general interest in computers for various purposes.

Question : 7

Event (A):
A village in Delhi has reported over 52 jaundice cases this season.
Event (B):
At a number of places in the village, leakages in pipelines have resulted in accumulation of water around the pipes.

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)

In Event (B) it is not clearly mentioned whether this leaked water again enters the pipeline or not.

Because drinking dirty or impure water may be the cause of jaundice. But the only accumulation of water is not related to jaundice.

Question : 8

Event (A):
Rickshaw, taxi, tempo and other means of general communication of city X are on an indefinite strike since last week.
Event (B):
The prices of vegetables and other food articles in city X have increased.

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)

Question : 9

Event (A):
The attack by militants on Parliament in Dec 2001 haunts our parliamentarians whenever militants attack any target in the country.
Event (B):
New parking labels have been introduced for the members of Parliament, aiming at strengthening the security of the Indian Parliament and the parliamentarians.

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)

The new security measures have been taken not only due to the attack on Parliament in Dec 2001 but also to ensure that the Parliament be more safe for Parliamentarians, aiming at the importance of this section of people.

Question : 10

Event (A):
Tension triggered in Manoharpur prompted the authorities to deploy additional forces to maintain law and order in the locality.
Event (B):
Unidentified miscreants allegedly desecrated an idol in a temple in Manoharpur.

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)

Event (A) is the effect and Event (B) is the factor responsible for it. Hence, your answer is either 1) or 3).

Now, check if Event (B) is the immediate and principal cause behind it.

Since your answer is yes, your answer is A.

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