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Read the two statements and decide how they are related. Statement I: The railway authority has attached ten extra coaches to the trains running on a busy route during the festival season. Statement II: The number of passengers travelling on that route rises steeply during the festival season.

Competition practiceLogical / Critical
  • AStatement I is the cause and Statement II is its effect
  • BBoth statements are effects of a common cause
  • CStatement II is the cause and Statement I is its effect
  • DBoth statements are independent causes

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The surge in festival travel creates demand that the existing coaches cannot absorb, and the authority adds coaches in response to it. Extra coaches by themselves would not create a seasonal surge in travellers, so II is the cause and I the effect.
Answer: C) Statement II is the cause and Statement I is its effect

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