Directions (1-5): 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 or a common cause. 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.
- (1) if statement (A) is the cause and statement (B) is its effect.
- (2) if statement (B) is the cause and statement (A) is its 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.
1. (1)
- (A) Most of the students enrolled themselves for the educational tour scheduled for next month.
- (B) The school authority cancelled the educational tour scheduled for next month.
2. (5)
- (A) The prices of fruits have dropped substantially during the last few days.
- (B) The prices of food grains have increased substantially during the last few days.
3. (2)
- (A) The road traffic between the two towns in the state has been disrupted since last week.
- (B) The rail traffic between the two towns in the state has been disrupted since last week.
4. (4)
- (A) Heavy showers are expected in the city area during next forty-eight hours.
- (B) The inter-club cricket tournament scheduled for the week was called off.
5. (3)
- (A) Govt. has decided to distribute part of the food grain stock through Public Distribution System to people below poverty line.
- (B) There has been bumper khariff crop for the last two seasons.