Given below are pairs of the events of 'A' and 'B' . You have to reach both the events 'A' and 'B' and decide their nature of relationship . You have to assume that the information given in 'A' and 'B' is true and and you will not assume anything beyond the given information in deciding the answer .
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Event A : Young people in the colleges watch a lot of MTV and rock videos .
Event B : Drug addiction is a big problem with our college- going generation.

Options

A. If 'A' is the effect and 'B' is its immediate and principal cause
B. If 'A' is the immediate and principal cause and 'B' is its effect
C. If 'A' is an effect but 'B' is not its immediate and principal cause
D. If 'B' is an effect but 'A' is not its immediate and principal cause

Answer

D

Explanation

The cause-effect scheme suggested here is simple , cultural influence is cause , drug addiction is effect . But it is debatable if the said cultural influences are the main and immediate cause for the drug addiction . Can we surely say that if we stop all such broadcasts immediately , the problem will go away ? We can.t . it may diminish but it won.t be wiped out . This is because drug addiction has several causes and cultural influence is only one (and not the principal one ) of them.