CAUSE AND EFFECT REASONING
BASIC
DIRECTIONS for the question : In each of the following questions, two statements numbered I and II are given. There-may be cause and effect relationship between the two statements. These two Statements may be the effect of the same cause or independent causes. These statements may be independent causes without having any relationship. Read both the statements in each question and mark your answer as:
a. If statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect;
b. If Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect;
c. If both the statements I-and II are independent causes;
d. If both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes.
1.
I. The prices of vegetables have been increased considerably during this summer.
II. There is tremendous increase in the temperature during this summer thereby damaging crops greatly.
2.
I. Police resorted to lathi-charge to disperse the unlawful gathering of large number of people.
II. The citizens' forum called a general strike in protest against the police atrocities.
3.
I. It is the aim of the city's civic authority to get the air pollution reduced by 20% in the next two months.
II. The number of asthma cases in the city is constantly increasing.
4.
I. The police authority has recently caught a group of house breakers.
II. The citizens have filed an FIR against house breakers. .
5.
I. The university authority has instructed all the colleges under its jurisdiction to ban use of all phones inside the college premises.
II. Majority, of the teachers of the colleges signed a joint petition to the university complaining the disturbances caused by cell phone ring-tones inside the classrooms.
6.
I. The government has recently fixed the fees for professional courses offered by the unaided institutions which are much lower than the fees charged last year.
II. The parents of the, aspiring students launched a severe agitation last year protesting against the high fees charged by the unaided institutions.
7.
I. Few areas of city have been hit severely by the Corona Virus .
II. The Government has rushed in relief supplies to the people living in the affected areas.
8.
I. The performance of most of the students in final exam of class X in the schools run by the Government was excellent.
II Many teachers of the Government schools left the school and joined private schools.
9.
I. Majority of the citizens in the locality belong to higher income group.
II. The sales in the local super market are comparatively much higher than in other localities.
10.
I. There is considerable reduction in the number of people affected by water-borne diseases in City A during this rainy season.
II. The government has opened four new civil hospitals in City A in the beginning of the year.
11.
I. The literacy rate in the district has been increasing for the last four years.
II. The district administration has conducted extensive training programme for the S workers involved in the literacy drive.
12.
I. Most of the steel producing companies in the country have made considerable profit during the last financial year.
II. Many Asian countries have been importing huge quantities of steel from India
13.
I. Rural and semi-urban areas in the country have been suffering due to load shedding for quite some time.
II. The load distribution to the various parts of the country is not even.
14.
I. The employees of the biggest bank in the country have given an indefinite strike call starting from third of the next month.
II. The employees of the Central Government have withdrawn their week long demonstrations.
15.
I. The school authority has asked the X Std. students to attend special classes to be conducted on Sundays.
II. The parents of the X Std. students have withdrawn their wards from attending private tuitions conducted on Sundays.