Reasoning Aptitude
CAUSE AND EFFECT TEST MCQs
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Question 11. Below 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.
Event (A):
The CNG-run vehicle owners are paying a heavy penalty for their eco-friendly and costeffective decisions.
Event (B):
The drivers wait in long queues at CNG filling stations because of fuel shortage and low pressure.
Event (A):
The CNG-run vehicle owners are paying a heavy penalty for their eco-friendly and costeffective decisions.
Event (B):
The drivers wait in long queues at CNG filling stations because of fuel shortage and low pressure.
Answer: Option A. -> If ‘A’ is the effect and ‘B’ is its immediate and principal cause.
Answer: (a)The second phase is possible only after the first phase.
Answer: (a)The second phase is possible only after the first phase.
Question 12. Below 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.
Event (A):
Since Rani’s own child had died at birth, she was desperate for another.
Event (B):
Rani had quietly kidnapped the child, less than two days old, and shipped out of the hospital.
Event (A):
Since Rani’s own child had died at birth, she was desperate for another.
Event (B):
Rani had quietly kidnapped the child, less than two days old, and shipped out of the hospital.
Answer: Option B. -> If ‘A’ is the immediate and principal cause and ‘B’ is its effect.
Answer: (b)Because of the desperation for another child, Rani kidnapped the child.
Answer: (b)Because of the desperation for another child, Rani kidnapped the child.
Question 13. Below 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.
Event (A):
All India Confederation of Scheduled Castes and Tribes Organisation chairman Udit Raj today resigned from the Government and floated the ‘Justice Party’.
Event (B):
Next month assembly elections will be held in Gujarat.
Event (A):
All India Confederation of Scheduled Castes and Tribes Organisation chairman Udit Raj today resigned from the Government and floated the ‘Justice Party’.
Event (B):
Next month assembly elections will be held in Gujarat.
Answer: Option E. -> None of these
Answer: (e)There is no cause-effect relationship.
Answer: (e)There is no cause-effect relationship.
Question 14. Below 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.
Event (A):
The Congress government in Uttaranchal marked the completion of its first 100 days on the first day of the ongoing week.
Event (B):
The Congress party organised a fete in Uttaranchal’s capital recently.
Event (A):
The Congress government in Uttaranchal marked the completion of its first 100 days on the first day of the ongoing week.
Event (B):
The Congress party organised a fete in Uttaranchal’s capital recently.
Answer: Option A. -> If ‘A’ is the effect and ‘B’ is its immediate and principal cause.
Answer: (a)
By an intuitive look, it is clear that ‘A’ is the effect and ‘B’ is the cause.
Hence, we reject options 2), 4) and 5).
Now check: Is event (B) immediate and principal cause? You get ‘yes’ as your answer.
Hence the correct answer is 1.
Answer: (a)
By an intuitive look, it is clear that ‘A’ is the effect and ‘B’ is the cause.
Hence, we reject options 2), 4) and 5).
Now check: Is event (B) immediate and principal cause? You get ‘yes’ as your answer.
Hence the correct answer is 1.
Question 15. Below 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.
Event (A):
The Indian cricket captain warned his Australian counterpart not to speculate on his involvement in preparing pitches for the three-Test series.
Event (B):
Australian cricket team is coming to India to play a Test series.
Event (A):
The Indian cricket captain warned his Australian counterpart not to speculate on his involvement in preparing pitches for the three-Test series.
Event (B):
Australian cricket team is coming to India to play a Test series.
Answer: Option B. -> If ‘A’ is the immediate and principal cause and ‘B’ is its effect.
Answer: (b)Both are independent events.
Answer: (b)Both are independent events.
Question 16. Below 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.
Event (A):
High Court has ordered to clean city X.
Event (B):
More than 20 people died of cholera in city X.
Event (A):
High Court has ordered to clean city X.
Event (B):
More than 20 people died of cholera in city X.
Answer: Option A. -> If ‘A’ is the effect and ‘B’ is its immediate and principal cause.
Answer: (a)Clearly, the High Court order has come as a consequence of the numerous deaths.
Answer: (a)Clearly, the High Court order has come as a consequence of the numerous deaths.
Question 17. Below 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.
- I. The performance of most of the students in the 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.
Answer: Option D. -> If both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes;
Answer: (d)
The students of government schools performing well in the examinations and the teachers of government schools leaving their jobs to join private schools are two separate situations that must have been triggered by independent causes.
Answer: (d)
The students of government schools performing well in the examinations and the teachers of government schools leaving their jobs to join private schools are two separate situations that must have been triggered by independent causes.
Question 18. Below 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.
- I. A large number of people living in the low-lying areas have been evacuated during the last few days to safer places.
- II. The Government has rushed in relief supplies to the people living in the affected areas.
Answer: Option E. -> If both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause.
Answer: (e)
Evacuating low - lying areas and rushing in relief to the affected areas
clearly indicates that floods have occurred in the area.
Answer: (e)
Evacuating low - lying areas and rushing in relief to the affected areas
clearly indicates that floods have occurred in the area.
Question 19. Below 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.
- I. The employees of the biggest bank in the country have given an indefinite strike call starting from the third of the next month.
- II. The employees of the Central Government have withdrawn their week-long demonstrations.
Answer: Option D. -> If both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes;
Answer: (d)
The employees of a bank going on strike and the government employees calling off their protest seem to be two independent events that might have been triggered by individual causes.
Answer: (d)
The employees of a bank going on strike and the government employees calling off their protest seem to be two independent events that might have been triggered by individual causes.
Question 20. Below 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 statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.
- I. There is a sharp decline in the production of oilseeds this year.
- II. The Government has decided to increase the import quantum of edible oil.
Answer: Option A. -> If statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect;
Answer: (a)
A sharp decline in oilseed production is bound to reduce oil supply and import of oil is the only means to restore the essential supply.
Answer: (a)
A sharp decline in oilseed production is bound to reduce oil supply and import of oil is the only means to restore the essential supply.
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