Cause and Effect MCQ Question Answers for Competitive Exams

1. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The staff of Airport Authorities called off the strike they were observing in protest against privatization.
Statement II. The staff of Airport Authorities went on strike anticipating a threat to their jobs.

2. What is the cause? Jose drank two glasses of ice-cold water.

3. What is the cause? Judy got an A on her math test

4. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Many people in the area are reported to be suffering from Malaria.
Statement II. Private Medical Practitioners in the area have decided to close their clinics for few days.

5. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The number of floods have increased this year which damaged the vegetables.
Statement II. The prices of vegetables have increased considerably this year.

6. What is the effect? Terry trained well for the track meet; therefore,

7. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. There is a sharp decline in the production of sugarcane this season.
Statement II. The government has decided to increase the import of sugarcane.

8. What is the effect? King George III of England raised taxes in the colonies so

9. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Today mostly the life style of the people demands lot of stress and pressure.
Statement II. Number of suicide cases among teenagers is on increase.

10. Read the cause and choose the effect. I awoke in the morning and ate breakfast. I could feel the food stuck in my teeth.

11. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The price of vegetables have been increased considerably during this summer.
Statement II. There are tremendous increase in the temperature during this summer thereby damaging crops greatly.

12. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Majority of people residing in the locality have decided to protest against the municipality authority's decision to allow construction of a shopping mall in the locality.
Statement II. Many shopping malls have been opened all over the city in the recent time.

13. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The literacy rate in the district has been increasing for the last four years.
Statement II. The district administration has conducted extensive training programme for the workers involved in the literacy drive.

14. What is the cause? People ran for their cars

15. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. There was a huge rush of people to the temple last Sunday the 15th of the month.
Statement II. The temple authority had decided to close down the temple for repairs from 17th of the month.

16. If you eat a lot of food, and you never exercise, you will _____.

17. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The police department has caught a group of chainsnachers
Statement II. Police step up vigil, to keep an eye upon thiefs.

18. The boy hit the dog with a stick and ____.

19. The plant died because it did not get enough water. Identify the effect

20. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Police had resorted to lathi-charge to disperse the unruly mob from the civic headquarters.
Statement II. The civic administration has recently hiked the property tax of the residential buildings by about 30 percent.

21. _____ so dad gave us some money for the movies.

22. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Rural and semi-urban areas in the country have been suffering due to load-shedding for quite some time.
Statement II. If the Government is not able to overcome the power crisis, load-shedding will be extended even to the urban areas.

23. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The prices of petrol and diesel in the domestic market have remained unchanged for the past few months.
Statement II. The crude oil prices in the international market have gone up substantially in the last few month.

24. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The farmers have decided against selling their Kharif crops to the Government agencies.
Statement II. The Government has reduced the procurement price of Kharif crops starting from the last month to the next six months.

25. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Standard of living among the middle class society is constantly going up since part of few years.
Statement II. Indian Economy is observing remarkable growth.

26. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Majority of the citizens in the locality belongs to lower income group.
Statement II. The sales in the local super market are comparatively much lower than in other localities.

27. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Govt. informs that 1.04 cr. workers returned to home States
Statement II. No data available on deaths of migrant workers.

28. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. More than two billion pounds of chemicals are spewed in the air everyday by industries and vehicles of some countries.
Statement II. International pollution control organization is expected to penalize the countries which cross the maximum emission limits.

29. Read the cause in this situation and choose the effect. A child stretched a balloon, put it to his lips, and pursed his lips around the balloon's neck.

30. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Large number of Primary Schools in the rural areas is run by only one teacher.
Statement II. There has been a huge dropout from the primary schools in rural areas

31. Direction: Two Sttaements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Most of the steel producing companies in the country have made considerable profit during the last financial year.
Statement II. Many Asian countries have been importing huge quantities of steel from India.

32. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. For the past few months the prices of petrol and diesel have not been changed in the domestic market.
Statement II. For the past few months the crude oil prices and other petroleum product prices have gone up substantially in the international market.

33. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I.Tom was not granted a ticket to Mumbai.
Statement II.Tom's train to Mumbai was delayed by at least 7 hours.

34. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. All the schools in the area had to be kept closed for most part of the week.
Statement II. Many parents have withdrawn their children from the local schools.

35. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The court applied traffic rules for the people of Tamilnadu.
Statement II. All people of Tamilnadu should follow the traffic rule.

36. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The performance of most of the students in Intermediate final year run by the Government was excellent.
Statement II. Many teachers of the Government schools left the colleges and joined private colleges.

37. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The car manufacturing companies have recently increased the prices.
Statement II. The government has recently increased the duty on the cars.

38. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Large number of Primary Schools in the rural areas is run by only one teacher.
Statement II. There has been a huge dropout from the primary schools in rural areas.

39. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I: Face book has prohibited advertisements that promote financial services that are associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices, naming crypto currencies and initial coin offering.
Statement II: Face book gradually added support for students at various other universities, and eventually to high school students.

40. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The prices of Gold and Silver in the domestic market have increased for the past few months.
Statement II. The precious metal prices in the international market have gone up substantially in the last few months

41. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Primarily death cases are recorded from low-lying areas in Krishna and Godavari districts.
Statement II. Inundation of canals and rivulets were overflowing owing to the heavy rain.

42. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The hostel council will close down the hostel for the next week.
Statement II. A renovation will be done at the hostel in the next month.

43. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. It is the aim of the city's civic authority to get the air pollution reduced by 20% in the next two months.
Statement II. The number of asthma cases in the city is constantly increasing.

44. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The performance of Indian sports persons in the recently held Olympics could not reach the level of expectation the country had on them.
Statement II. The performance of Indian sports person in the last Asian games was far better than any previous games.

45. What is the effect? Angela worked hard all day at her job so

46. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The university authority has instructed all the colleges under its jurisdiction to ban use of all phones inside the college premises.
Statement 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.

47. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Importance of Yoga and exercise is being realized by all sections of the society.
Statement II. There is an increasing awareness about health in the society particularly among middle ages group of people.

48. What is the effect? Because Jane's car wouldn't start on the morning of her important meeting

49. What is the cause? Melissa was promoted to a better-paying position

50. 83. When the fire alarm sounded everyone walked out of the classroom in a quiet line

51. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Importance of Yoga and exercise is being realized by all sections of the society.
Statement II. There is an increasing awareness about health in the society particularly among middle ages group of people.

52. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. India will hold the presidency of the proposed BRICS bank initially for 6 years.
Statement II. India is world`s largest consumer of antibiotics.

53. What is the effect? Because so many people have come to Arizona to live,

54. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Six new metro stations are opened in chennai this year.
Statement II. There is a considerable reduction in the number of accident cases in chennai.

55. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Standard of living among the middle-class society is constantly going up since part of few years.
Statement II. Indian Economy is observing remarkable growth.

56. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The midsized cars prices have been recently increased by Maruti Suzuki.
Statement II. The central government has recently increased the duty fees on middle sized cars.

57. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The employees of the biggest bank in the country have given an indefinite strike call starting from the third of the next month.
Statement II. The employees of the Central Government have withdrawn their week long demonstrations.

58. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The commodity prices in the market have increased over the past few days.
Statement II. Endless rains have created a flood-like situation in most parts of the state.

59. The mother bird gathers dried grass to build her nest.

60. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The Government has imported large quantities of sugar as per trade agreement with other countries.
Statement II. The prices of sugar in the domestic market have fallen sharply in the recent months

61. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The government has decided to make all the information available to the people by Right to Information act..
Statement II. In the past, the general public did not have access to information from a public authority.

62. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Two striker of Brazilian football team missed all three group league matches in the world cup due to hamstring injury.
Statement II. Brazilian football team lost two matches and won one match in the group league.

63. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Standard of living among the middle class society is constantly going up since part of few years.
Statement II. Indian Economy is observing remarkable growth.

64. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. There is a possibility of snowfall in the next 2 days.
Statement II. The handloom industries increased their production by 50%.

65. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The banks has decided to stop giving loans to farmers with immediate effect.
Statement II. A large number of banks are facing issues with Bankruptcy and insolvency.

66. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. There is increase in water level of all the water tanks supplying drinking water to the city during the last fortnight.
Statement II. Most of the trains were cancelled last week due to water-logging on the tracks.

67. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Drinking water significantly affects brain levels & energy levels.
Statement II. water can help dissolve wasted impurities.

68. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Large number of people living in the low lying areas has been evacuated during the last few days to safer places.
Statement II. The Government has rushed in relief supplies to the people living in the affected areas.

69. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The meteorological Department has issued a statement mentioning deficient rainfall during monsoon in many parts of the country.
Statement II. The Government has lowered the revised estimated GDP growth from the level of earlier estimates.

70. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The life today is too fast, demanding all full of variety in all aspects which at times leads to stressful situation.
Statement II. Number of suicide cases among teenagers is on increase.

71. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Many people visited the religious place during weekend.
Statement II. Few people visited the religious place during the week days.

72. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The government has allowed private airline companies in India to operate to overseas destinations.
Statement II. The national air carrier has increased its flights to overseas destinations.

73. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The staff of Airport Authorities called off the strike they were observing in protest against privatization.
Statement II. The staff of Airport Authorities went on strike anticipating a threat to their jobs

74. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The Government has reduced the prices of petroleum products by five percent a week after increasing the prices by ten percent.
Statement II. The rate of inflation dropped marginally during the last week.

75. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Many people visit theatres during the weekend.
Statement II. Many people visit the theatres during the weekdays.

76. Read the cause and choose the effect. I ran as fast as I could, passing all the other runners in the race. I wasn't even tired, either.

77. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Mostly the demand to consumable goods has reduced.
Statement II. The purchasing power of the people has decreased drastically.

78. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Last night in Bhubaneswar a huge truck was overturned.
Statement II. The entire area was sealed by the police for half of the day.

79. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The police authority has recently caught a group of house breakers.
Statement II. The citizens group in the locality have started night vigil in the area.

80. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Ram's father was ill.
II. Ram brought medicine after consulting the doctor.

81. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Large numbers of people have fallen sick after consuming sweets from a particular shop in the locality.
Statement II. Major part of the locality is flooded and has become inaccessible to outsides.

82. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The prices of food grains and other essential commodities in the open market have risen sharply during the past three months.
Statement II. The political party in opposition has given a call for general strike to protest against the government's economic policy.

83. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Many people visited the religious place during the week-end.
Statement II. Few people visited the religious place during the week days.

84. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Rishitha attends the dance classes daily.
Statement II. Rishitha fails to give a performance on the stage.

85. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The State Government has announced special tax package for the new industries to be set-up in the State.
Statement II. Last year the State Government had hiked the taxes for all industrial activities in the State.

86. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. A huge truck overturned on the middle of the road last night.
Statement II. The police had cordoned of entire area in the locality this morning for half of the day.

87. What is the definition of a cause?

88. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The Central Government has recently declared to finish the rebate on farming.
Statement II. The Central Government faced financial loss on account of giving rebate on farming for the last few years.

89. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Villages connected to forests usually faces Human-animal conflicts
Statement II. Habitats with low area & little food makes the wild animals come out of the forests.

90. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Most of the Flights are cancelled due to heavy rainfall.
Statement II. The water level of the canals supplying water to the agricultural fields has increased

91. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. There is considerable reduction in the number of people affected by water-borne diseases in City A during this rainy season.
Statement II. The government has opened four new civil hospitals in City A in the beginning of the year.

92. The music next door was blaring so loud _____.

93. What is the cause? Consumer buying is on the rise

94. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The private medical colleges have increased the tuition fees in the current year by 200 per cent over the last year's fees to meet the expenses.
Statement II. The Government medical colleges have not increased their fees in spite of price escalation.

95. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Upon asked about the management’s decision for converting the institution into autonomous, the students replied in negative.
Statement II. According to management of the institution, it is not possible on their part to allow such things on their own

96. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The Reserve bank of India has recently put restrictions on few small banks in the country.
Statement II. The small banks in the private and co-operative sector in India are not in a position to withstand the competitions of the bigger in the public sector.

97. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. The prices of sugar and rice in the international market have remained unchanged for the past few years.
Statement II. The methane prices in the domestic market have gone up substantially in the last few years.

98. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Many people refer to shop at the big retail chains than the local grocery stores.
Statement II. Retail chains offer a discount of more than 25% as compared to local grocery shops.

99. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I.Kerala tops in the literacy rate among other states.
Statement II. The administration has taken neccessary measures to educate the illiterate people of the state.

100. Direction: Two Statements I and II are given. 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements:
Statement I. Anushiya has not paid the Exam fee.
Statement II. She has not arrived yet