Jaikishan and Premkishan Solutions for Exercise 1: Let us Practice

In the question, two statements A and B are provided. These may have a cause and effect relationship or may have independent cause.

Statement A: A mobile phone, if kept on during an air flight, can actually disrupt the plane's electronic systems and eventually lead to a crash, a study has revealed. Older planes are most at risk to mobiles, laptops and i-pads. 

Statement B: One case involved a Boeing 747 flying at a height of 4500 ft whose pilot disengaged by itself. When the fight attendants went through the cabin, they found four passengers using their cell phones. Once these were switched off, the flight carried on without any problem. 

In each question, two statements A and B are provided. These may have a cause and effect relationship or may have an independent cause.

Statement A: India is ranked fifth most powerful country in the world, next to US, China, Russia and Japan, in the hierarchy of top 50 nations, identified on the basis of their GDP as per national security index. 

Statement B: The assessment is based on defence capability, economic strength, effective population, technological capability and energy security of top 50 countries.

In each question, two statements A and B are provided. These may have a cause and effect relationship or may have an independent cause.

Statement A: Sri Lanka keeper Kumar Sangakara justified his decision to step down from the captaincy of the ODI and T20 teams by saying, 'I will be 37 by the next World Cup and I cannot be sure of my place in the team. It is better that Sri Lanka is now led by a player who will be at the peak of his career during that tournament.'

Statement B: Remarkably, unlike most skippers whose individual performance drops after assuming the leadership role, Sangakara has actually batted better as captain in all three formats of the game.

In each question, two statements A and B are provided. These may have a cause and effect relationship or may have an independent cause.

Statement A: Indian women do not believe in donating blood. According to the first-ever data bank on the gender distribution of blood donors, India has only 6% blood donations by women. The rest 94% were male donors.

Statement B: Just 25 countries in the world collect more than 40% of their blood supply from female donors, these include Australia, the US, Thailand, Switzerland, Portugal, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, etc...

In each question, two statements A and B are provided. These may have a cause and effect relationship or may have independent cause.

Statement A: Six months after Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare India brought in its global oral care brand Sensodyne to the Indian market, Sensodyne has garnered a 10% share of the sensitive toothpaste market.

Statement B: GSK has not only invested heavily in the advertising and promotion of the brand but has contacted 15000 dentists in 2 months and is keen on building on the Sensodyne equity.

Effect: Government has allowed all the airlines to charge additional amount as peak time congestion charges for the flights landing between 6:00 am and 10:00 am. 

Which of the following is a probable cause of the above effect?

Effect: During the last six months the sale of four-wheelers has come down in comparison to the sale of four-wheelers last year for the same period. 

Which of the following can be the possible cause for the effect mentioned above? 

I. Government has increased the excise duty on the four-wheeler from the beginning of the year. 

II. Cost of petrol has increased immensely only during the last 8 months. 

III. Interest rates on car and home loans have been increasing from last seven months.

Cause: The Government has recently increased its tax on Petrol and Diesel by about 10%. 

Which of the following can be a possible effect of the above cause?