IBPS PO General Awareness: Cause and Effect questions with solutions

Q1. Directions: In the question given below, there are two statements (I) and (II). These statements may be either independent causes or effects of independent causes or a common cause. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read both statements and decide which of the following answer choices correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements. Statement I: Recent law changes in India have made it possible for a mother's name to be used as a legitimate identification identifier on a variety of documents, including passports and PAN cards. Statement II: India is a signatory to international human rights treaties and conventions that uphold gender equality. Choose the correct option.

1. Statement I is the cause and statement II is the effect.
2. Statement II is the cause and statement I is the effect.
3. Both statement I and II are independent causes.
4. Both statements I and II are effects of independent causes.

Answer: Statement II is the cause and statement I is the effect.

Statement II refers to India’s commitment to gender equality through international treaties and conventions. Such commitments can motivate domestic legal reforms like allowing the mother’s name as an identification detail. Hence, statement II is the cause and statement I is the effect.

Q2. I: The co-founders of Instagram have announced that they are quitting the social media company. II: Instagram has largely escaped Facebook's high-profile problems with privacy, foreign election interference, and fake news, and has been able to maintain a younger user base than its parent company. Choose the correct option: A) If statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect. B) If statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect. C) If both the statements I and II are independent causes. D) If both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes.

1. If statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.
2. If statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.
3. If both the statements I and II are independent causes.
4. If both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes.

Answer: If both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes.

Statement I is about the co-founders quitting Instagram, while statement II is about Instagram’s relative insulation from Facebook’s problems. These are unrelated developments, so both are effects of independent causes.