Join 60,000+ competitive exam aspirants
or with email
Your Cart
SubtotalтВ╣0
TotalтВ╣0
Examoogle тАв User тАв info@examoogle.com тАв EE-2024-8821
Chapter 1 of 12 тАв Page 1 of 248ЁЯФТ Protected PDF тАв Watermarked
Join 60,000+ competitive exam aspirants
Given below is a cause followed by three effects numbered I, II and III. Read the cause carefully and decide which of the three can be a/the possible effect(s). Cause - City X has been lashed by lightning and heavy rains for the past two days. The Met Department has predicted more rain in the next 48 hours. Effect I - The electricity board has decided to increase the tariff by 50 paise per unit in City X. Effect II - Water-logging is being reported from many areas of City X. Effect III - Several trees reportedly fell last night on MGRoad injuring at least 12 people.
Both I and II are possible effects.
Only II is a possible effect.
Both II and III are possible effects.
Only I is a possible effect.
Both II and III are possible effects.
Analyze the cause for direct logical consequences (weather impacts like water-logging and fallen trees). Administrative policy changes like electricity tariff hikes are entirely independent of immediate weather events.
Analyze the cause for direct logical consequences (weather impacts like water-logging and fallen trees). Administrative policy changes like electricity tariff hikes are entirely independent of immediate weather events.
Analyze the Given Cause
City X is experiencing heavy rains, lightning, and continuous downpours for two days with forecasts of more rain.
Evaluate Effect I
Increasing electricity tariffs is a policy or commercial decision taken by the electricity board based on financial factors, not a direct meteorological consequence of heavy rain.
Evaluate Effect II & III
Water-logging (II) and trees falling due to storms/lightning causing injuries (III) are direct physical results of heavy rains and lightning lashing the city.
A: Option A is wrong because Effect I is not a valid consequence. B: Option B is wrong because III is also a valid effect. D: Option D is wrong because Effect I is not a possible effect.
C is correct because both water-logging (II) and tree-falling incidents causing injuries (III) are direct physical effects of heavy rains and lightning, whereas electricity tariff revision (I) is an unrelated administrative decision.
In cause-effect questions, always separate administrative policy changes (like price hikes, tax revisions, or rule changes) from natural physical consequences unless a direct causal link is explicitly mentioned.
Get instant step-by-step AI explanations, full shift Previous Year Papers (SSC GD, RRB, SSC JE), and regional rank analysis on the official Examoogle App.
Free Download тАв 100K+ Aspirants