Two statements numbered I and II are given below. Read them and decide how they are related.
I. The price of tomatoes in the city markets has risen sharply this month.
II. Heavy unseasonal rain last month destroyed a large part of the tomato crop in the districts that supply the city.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.
In a cause-and-effect question, the cause is the event that brings the other about; the effect is what happens as a result.
Statement II: the rain destroyed much of the tomato crop that supplies the city, and it happened first (last month).
With the crop lost, fewer tomatoes reach the markets while people still want to buy them, so the price goes up (statement I).
A rise in market prices cannot cause rain or crop loss, so II is the cause and I is its effect.