Effect – Causes Set 3
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 choices correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.
Mark answer (1) if statement (A) is the cause and statement (B) is its effect.
Mark answer (2) if statement (B) is the cause and statement (A) is its effect.
Mark answer (3) if both the Statements (A) and (B) are independent causes
Mark answer (4) if both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of independent causes.
Mark answer (5) if both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of some common cause.
- Statement :
(A) A substantial increase in the unhealthy competition has been observed among the students.
(B) : A rise of 23% is reported every year in the cases of suicides after declaration of grade 10th and 12th examination results.
2. Statement :
(A) The glaciers at the poles of the earth are melting at a fast rate.
(B) In recent times there has been a substantia] increase in the incidents of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
3. Statement :
(A) Many schools have banned the sale of fast food in their premises.
(B) Obesity in youngsters has been linked to their poor eating habits.
4. Statement :
(A) Though mobile phones find a good number of users in the rural India, computers and internet still remain a distant dream.
(B) In the recent past there has been large scale migration from rural parts of India to the urban sectors.
5. Statement :
(A) The share prices are touching an all time low.
(B) Most of the organizations have been grounding or terminating employees and undergoing cost-cutting exercises wherever possible.
