Below in each question are given two Statements, I and II. These statements…
2023
Below in each question are given two Statements, I and II. 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. Give answer
Q. I. The central government has started to build 500 beds with the help of DRDO in Mumbai after 5000 covid cases come in a single day.
II. Amid surge in covid cases two players of RCB have withdrawn their name from ongoing IPL cricket match.
- A.
If Statement I is the cause and Statement II is its effect.
- B.
If Statement II is the cause and Statement, I is its effect.
- C.
If both the Statements I and II are independent causes.
- D.
If both the Statements I and II are effects of independent causes.
- E.
If both the Statement I and II are effects of some common causes.
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: E
Concept
In a cause-and-effect reasoning question, you must judge how two events are connected. A common cause relationship holds when both stated events are themselves consequences (effects) of a single, separate underlying event that is not written as either statement. Neither statement causes the other; instead, one external factor independently triggers both.
Application
Examine the trigger behind each event:
Statement I describes the government building hospital beds with DRDO because case numbers spiked to 5000 in a single day — a reaction to the rising infections.
Statement II describes cricketers pulling out of the IPL amid the same surge in cases — also a reaction to the rising infections.
The single underlying event — the surge in COVID-19 cases — is what independently drives both responses. The bed construction does not cause players to withdraw, and players withdrawing does not cause beds to be built; the two are parallel reactions to one shared trigger.
Cross-check
Test the rejected relationships: neither statement can be the cause of the other (no logical pathway links bed-building to player withdrawals), so a direct cause–effect link fails. They are not unrelated independent causes either, because both clearly stem from the same pandemic surge. Both being effects of one common cause is therefore the only relationship that fits both statements together.