Question

Statement (A): Farmers suffered heavy losses as lakhs of acres of agricultural land along the bank of the river Ganga were inundated.
Statement (B): Many villagers living along the bank of the river Ganga were left homeless as their houses have been washed away.

• A. if statement (A) is the cause and statement (B) is its effect.
• B. if statement (B) is the cause and statement (A) is its effect.
• C. if both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of independent causes.
• D. if both the statements are effects of some common cause.

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

if both the statements are effects of some common cause.

The given statements represent the effects of a common cause, i.e., floods in the river Ganga. Hence the answer is choice (D).