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Statement (A): Many high-rise buildings, bridges and dams collapsed.
Statement (B): Farmers claimed heavy losses as lakhs of acres of agricultural land along the bank of river Ganga got immersed.

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if statement (A) is the cause and statement (B) is its effect.
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if statement (B) is the cause and statement (A) is its effect.
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C
if both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of independent causes.
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if both the statements are effects of some common cause.
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The correct option is C if both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of independent causes.
It is clear that statement (A) is an effect of an earth quake and statement (B) is an effect of floods. As these two are effects of independent causes, the answer is choice (C).

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