Two statements numbered I and II are given below. Read them and decide how they are related.
I. The water level in the lake near the town rose sharply this week.
II. For the whole of this week it rained very heavily in the hills around the lake, from where streams flow into it.
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: heavy rain fell for a week in the hills whose streams flow into the lake.
That rainwater is carried by the streams into the lake, so the water level of the lake rises (statement I).
A rise in the lake cannot cause rain in the hills, so II is the cause and I is its effect.