Statements:
(A) Severe unseasonal rainfall flooded rural farmlands across the state.
(B) Wholesale prices of fresh vegetables spiked dramatically in urban markets.
What is the relationship between statements (A) and (B)?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Statement (A) is the cause and statement (B) is its effect
- Step 1: Unseasonal crop flooding damages agricultural yields, causing immediate supply shortages in regional markets.
- Step 2: Supply scarcity directly causes retail and wholesale commodity prices to surge.
- Step 3: Therefore, (A) is the cause and (B) is its logical effect.
Answer
Statement (A) is the cause and statement (B) is its effect.
Why not the others: Price spikes cannot retroactively cause meteorological rainfall; and asserting independence ignores the clear supply-demand mechanism.
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