In each of these questions, two Statements I and II aregiven. These may have a cause and effect relationship or may have independent causes or be the effects of independent causes.
I. The prices of petroleum products dropped marginally last week.
II. The State Government reduced the tax on petroleum productslast week.

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 I and II are effects of independent causes.

Answer

B

Explanation

From the given two statements I and II, it is obvious that reduction in taxes affects the prices of the product i.e. reduction in the price of the product. Therefore, statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.