Below in each question are given two Statements A and B. These statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes or of a common cause. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choices correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.
A. Party 'X' won clear majority in the recently held state assembly elections.
B. Of late, there was unrest in public and also among the members of the ruling party of the state.

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 (e) : if both the statements are effects of some common cause.

Answer

D

Explanation

From the given two statements I and II, it is clear that both statements are consequences of a common cause i.e. bad governance by the ruling part and party X has benefited from anti-incumbency factor. Therefore, both the statements I and II are effects of a common cause.