Event A: Anumita is suffering from AIDS.
Event B: Anumita is a prostitute.
According to logic, prostitution is considered a potential cause of AIDS. Thus B is the cause and A is the effect.
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Event A: Anumita is suffering from AIDS.
Event B: Anumita is a prostitute.
According to logic, prostitution is considered a potential cause of AIDS. Thus B is the cause and A is the effect.
Event A: The Revlon range of lipsticks is very costly compared to other lipsticks of about the same quality.
Event B: The Revlon range has not been able to penetrate much in the market.
High price is the cause for less penetration. Thus A is the cause and B is the effect.
Event A: There is hardly any visible activity in the city and the shops are closed.
Event B: Curfew has been declared in the city.
Curfew causes shops to close and activity to stop. Thus A is the effect and B is the cause.
Event A: Madan failed.
Event B: Madan did not buy books of ABC Publication.
Not buying books is not necessarily the cause of failure. These can be independent events.
In each of the following questions, two statements (A) and (B) are given. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choices correctly depicts the relationship between these statements.
(A) All the airline corporations have increased the fares in all the domestic sectors with immediate effect.
(B) The state road transport corporations have increased the fares on long distance routes with immediate effect.
There is no direct relation whatsoever between the increase in airline fares & increase in state road transport fares as both of them operate in different routes, one in air and the other on road and have different operational modes. Furthermore, airline corporations come under the private sector and state road transport corporation comes under the state government. Hence, both the statements (A) & (B) are the individual effects of different causes.
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Event A: Gurubhajan Tohra has been expelled from the Party.
Event B: Tohra has formed a new Party.
Expulsion is the cause of forming a new party. Thus A is the cause and B is the effect.
Event A: Pakistan's proposal for a third-party mediation in Kashmir has been rejected by India.
Event B: India considers Kashmir to be a purely bilateral issue.
Considering it a bilateral issue is the reason for India's decision. Thus A is the effect and B is the cause.
(A) There were heavy rains in the city during the past seven days. (B) Municipal authority has warned people that they should not consume prepared food available at the stalls on road-side.
Explanation: The two statements (A)&(B) are not related to each other as the municipal authority issuing a warning not to consume food prepared at the stalls on road-side has nothing to do with heavy rains in the city. It must have been owing to ensuring good hygiene that the municipal authority must have issued a warning. Hence, the two statements are the individual effects of different causes.
(A) Most of the students enrolled themselves for educational tour scheduled for next month. (B) The school authority cancelled the educational tour scheduled for next month.
Explanation: Events described in both the statements are not related to each other. Both these effects are moving in the opposite direction as in one, the tour is getting scheduled for which the students are enrolling while in the other, the tour is getting cancelled by the school authority. Hence, these two are the effects of different causes.
Event A: Romeo loved beauty and innocence.
Event B: Juliet was beautiful and innocent.
Juliet being beautiful and innocent is the reason for Romeo's love. Thus, A is the effect and B is the cause.
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In each of the following questions, two statements (A) and (B) are given. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choices correctly depicts the relationship between these statements.
(A) The Government has increased the prices of petrol and diesel by 10 percent with immediate effect.
(B) The oil producing countries have decided to increase the crude oil production by about 20% during the next quarter.
In statement (A), excess demand for petrol & diesel is triggering the government to raise their prices by 10 percent. In statement (B) also, excess demand for crude oil in the market is making crude oil producing countries to raise their production by 20 percent because there is no sense in producing more, if you don't have excess demand in the market. Thus, both the effects are caused by a common cause "Excess Demand". Hence, both the statements are the individual effects of a common cause.
In each of the following questions, two statements (A) and (B) are given. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choices correctly depicts the relationship between these statements.
(A) The prices of vegetables have fallen considerably during the last few days.
(B) There has been considerable improvement in the quality of vegetable products.
Practically speaking, in real life, if quality of something improves, then its price must also increase accordingly. But here such a scenario doesn't exist, as even after improvement in the quality of vegetable products, their prices have fallen considerably. Hence, the two statements (A) & (B) are not related to each other which makes them two individual effects.
Event A: Reliance Multifarious Ltd. has come out with very good financial results this year.
Event B: Last year, Mr. Dhirubhai Lalwani, the CEO of Reliance, resigned.
These are two independent events. The resignation of the CEO is not the immediate cause of the financial results.
Event A: A peace accord was signed between the Government and the ultras and a popular government was democratically established in Mizoram.
Event B: Mizoram is peaceful now.
The peace accord is the cause of the peaceful situation. Thus A is the cause and B is the effect.
Event A: Burglars came and stole cash and jewellery from Sony Jewellers shop.
Event B: The owner of Sony Jewellers shop went and registered a complaint of theft at the police station.
The theft is the cause of registering a complaint. Thus A is the cause and B is the effect.
(A) Many people left from the city for their native places during the summer months. (B) Many tourists gathered in the city during summer months.
Explanation: As we know that a single individual statement can't be the cause, hence these two statements must be individual effects. Both of these events are happening in the opposite direction as in one, people are leaving the city, and in the other event, people are coming into the city. Hence, both of these events are the effects of independent causes.
Event A: PT Usha has been awarded the Arjuna Award for excellence in Sports.
Event B: PT Usha is a very dedicated athlete.
Being a dedicated athlete is the cause of receiving the award. Thus A is the effect and B is the cause.
(A) Government has decided to distribute part of the foodgrain stock through Public Distribution System to people below poverty line. (B) There has been bumper Kharif crops for the last two seasons.
Explanation: Statements (A) & (B) are not related to each other, as whenever Government launches a new scheme or takes some measures for the public good or common welfare, then its decision is based on the needs and requirements of common public and not due to the fact that there has been a bumper harvest of a particular type of crop. Thus, the two statements (A) & (B) are the two individual effects moving in the opposite direction, one of which is primarily driven by needs of common public while the other is primarily driven by the excess supply of Kharif crops. Hence, the two statements (A) & (B) are the individual effects of different causes.
Event A: Madhumita has got a strange skin infection that seems incurable.
Event B: Last week, Madhumita spent a week with the villagers of Sultanganj where water is not potable.
Drinking impure water is the cause of the infection. Thus A is the effect and B is the cause.
Event A: Prakash Bhagat has been expelled from the Party.
Event B: Bhagat was planning to form a new party, it was heard some time back.
The plan to form a new party coming to light is the cause of expulsion. Thus A is the effect and B is the cause.
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