Tips on Cracking Reasoning Questions on Cause And Effect

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4 TIPS on cracking Reasoning Questions on Cause
and Effect
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Tip 1 Generally statements that happened in the
past are the cause while statements in the
present are the effect
Statements (I) The farmers have decided against
selling their kharif crops to the Government
agencies. (II) The Government has reduced the
procurement price of kharif crops starting from
last month to the next six months. Options A.
Statement I is the cause and statement II is its
effect B. Statement II is the cause and statement
I is its effect C. Both statements are
independent causes D. Both statements are
effects of independent causes E. Both statements
are effects of some common cause Solution I
happened after II and thus I cannot be a cause.
This eliminates options A and C. The events are
inter related, which eliminates D. The answer can
be either B or E. Now, it seems that the
reduction in procurement price of crops must have
instigated the farmers not to sell their produce
to Government agencies. So the correct answer
must be B.
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Tip 2 Read each statement carefully to
understand the nature of the cause-effect
relationship
Options A. Statement I is the cause and
statement II is its effect B. Statement II is the
cause and statement I is its effect C. Both
statements are independent causes D. Both
statements are effects of independent causes E.
Both statements are effects of some common
cause Statements (I) The life today is too
fast, demanding and full of variety in all
aspects which at times leads to stressful
situations. (II) Number of suicide cases among
teenagers is on increase. Solution Life has
become too stressful and this has a major impact
on the teenagers, leading to them committing
suicide. Thus, the correct answer is A.
Statements (I) The police authority has
recently caught a group of house breakers. (II)
The citizens group in the locality have started
night vigil in the area. Solution Both the
events are effects of the cause that there has
been an increase in thefts in the area. So the
answer is E.
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Tip 3 Do not try to force fit the statements
into a cause-effect relationship as they could be
the effects of a common cause or two independent
causes
Statements I. The employees of the biggest bank
in the country have given an indefinite strike
call starting from third of the next month. II.
The employees of the Central Government have
withdrawn their week long demonstrations. A.
Statement I is the cause and statement II is its
effect B. Statement II is the cause and statement
I is its effect C. Both statements are
independent causes D. Both statements are
effects of independent causes E. Both statements
are effects of some common cause Solution The
strike must have been called because of some
cause. Similarly, The Central Government
employees have withdrawn their demonstrations due
to some cause. But the causes of these effects
seem to be different and independent. So answer
is D.
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Tip 4 Use general knowledge to link the
statements
Statements (I) There is increase in water level
of all the water tanks supplying drinking water
to the city during the last fortnight. (II) Most
of the trains were cancelled last week due to
water-logging on the tracks. Options A.
Statement I is the cause and statement II is its
effect B. Statement II is the cause and statement
I is its effect C. Both statements are
independent causes D. Both statements are
effects of independent causes E. Both statements
are effects of some common cause Solutions Both
the statements are clearly the result of heavy
downpour in the area. So the correct answer is E.
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