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Two statements are given, labelled I and II. These statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes or 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 options correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.

Statements:

I. Students called off their protest they held against insufficient employment opportunities.

II. Students went on protest anticipating inability of government to provide employment.

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

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Option 1 : Both the statements, I and II, are effects of independent causes.
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Concept: Cause and effect.

Given:

Statements:

I. Students called off their protest they held against insufficient employment opportunities.

II. Students went on protest anticipating inability of government to provide employment.

Explanation:

I. Students called off their protest they held against insufficient employment opportunities.

  • The students held a protest due to insufficient employment opportunities.
  • The protest was called off by the students.

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II. Students went on protest anticipating inability of government to provide employment.

  • The students started a protest. 
  • The reason for starting the protest was  inability of government to provide employment. 

 

Hence, Both the statements, I and II, are effects of independent causes is the correct answer.

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