
Effect: Majority of the employees of the ailing organization opted for voluntary retirement scheme and left the organization with all their retirement benefits within a fortnight of launching the scheme.
Which of the following can be a probable cause of the above effect?
The company has been making huge losses for the past 5 yr and is unable to pay salary to its employees in time
The management of the company made huge personal gains through unlawful activities
One of the competitons of the company went bankrupt last year
The company owns large tracts of land in the state which will fetch huge sum of its owners
None of the above


Important Questions on Cause and Effects
Effect: Atleast 20 school children were seriously injured while going for a school picnic during the weekend.
Which of the following can be a probable cause of the above effect?

Cause: Government has recently decided to hike the procurement price of paddy for the rabi crops.
Which of the following will be a possible effect of the above cause?

Cause: A severe cyclonic storm swept away most parts of the state during the last two days.
Which of the following can be a possible effect of the above cause?

Cause: It has been reported by some important newspapers that current year monsoon can be lower than the desired level as in so many parts of the country it is not raining as it is required.
Which of the following can be a possible effect of the above-mentioned situation?

Effect: It has been reported in recent years that so many seats remain vacant in the engineering colleges of the country, at the end of the admission session.
Which of the following can be a possible cause for the effect mentioned above?

Cause: To make available banking services to all citizens, government has decided to give directions to banks for opening of new branches so that one branch of any bank must be available for villages having population 1000 or more or for group of villages having population less than 1000.
Which of the following can be the possible effect of the cause mentioned above?

Effect: Most of the final year students of the management institution have opted for specialisation in finance.
Which of the following can be a possible cause of the effect mentioned above?

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-wheelers from the beginning of this year.
II. Cost of petrol has increased immensely during the last eight months.
III. Interest rates on car and home loans has been increasing for last seven months.
