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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.

Question : 21

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.

Question : 22

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 : 23

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.

Answer: (b)

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

Question : 24

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 : 25

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.

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