I. Many shops in the locality remained closed throughout the day.
II. Many offices in the locality closed during the day.

Options

A. Mark answer(a):if statement Iis the cause and statement II is its effect.
B. Mark answer (b): if statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.
C. Mark answer (c): if both the statements I and II are independent causes.
D. Mark answer (d) : if both the statements are effects of some common cause.

Answer

D

Explanation

From the given two statements I and II, it seems that both the statements may have a common cause like bandh called by a political party etc. Therefore, both the statements I and II are effects of a common cause.