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Difficulty: EasyCause and Effect Reasoning

Read the following two statements carefully:

Statement I: The state government announced an immediate financial compensation package for sugarcane farmers in the southern district.
Statement II: A severe unseasonal hailstorm destroyed the standing sugarcane crops across the southern district last week.

Which of the following options correctly describes the logical relationship between Statement I and Statement II?

  1. A
    Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.
  2. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.Answer
  3. C
    Both statements I and II are independent causes.
  4. D
    Both statements I and II are effects of independent causes.
  5. E
    Both statements I and II are effects of a common cause.

Answer

Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.
Statement II describes the severe hailstorm that destroyed standing crops, which is the immediate cause. Statement I describes the government announcing financial compensation for affected farmers, which is the direct consequential effect of the crop loss.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze Statement I
Statement I describes an administrative policy action (financial relief package for farmers).
Understand the event in the first statement.
2
Analyze Statement II
Statement II describes a natural phenomenon resulting in agricultural damage (hailstorm crop destruction).
Understand the event in the second statement.
3
Determine the cause-and-effect connection
The destruction of standing crops logically precedes and necessitates government compensation, making Statement II the cause and Statement I the effect.
Identify the primary directional flow of cause and effect between the two events.

Key Concept

Direct Cause and Effect Relationship
Estimated Time:45s
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Cause and Effect Reasoning

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