Question

Given below are two statements:
Statement (I): All the schools in the area had to be kept closed for most part of the week.
Statement (II): Many parents have withdrawn their children from the local schools.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

• 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 the statements I and II are independent causes
• D. Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes

Hint:

Track how the first letters and the letter-pairs each progress separately.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Statement I describes schools being shut for most of the week, and Statement II describes parents subsequently pulling their children out of those schools.
Extended school closures naturally disrupt a child's education, and that disruption could reasonably prompt concerned parents to withdraw their children altogether, which makes Statement I a plausible direct cause of the behaviour described in Statement II.
Since the sequence and logical connection fit a straightforward cause-and-effect pattern, option 1 is correct.