Understanding Event Relationship
This question requires analyzing the cause-and-effect relationship between two distinct events:
- Event A: The teacher gave Zara severe punishment.
- Event B: Zara's parents have spoilt her.
Analyzing Event A (Effect)
Event A, the teacher giving severe punishment, is clearly an effect. Punishment is a consequence that occurs in response to a preceding action or behavior.
Analyzing Event B (Potential Cause)
Event B, Zara being spoilt by her parents, describes her upbringing or a characteristic. While being spoilt might influence Zara's behavior, leading to actions that might warrant punishment, it is not the immediate or principal cause of the teacher's specific act of punishment.
The immediate cause of the punishment would likely be Zara's specific behavior or infraction that the teacher reacted to. Event B is a background factor or a contributing condition, not the direct trigger.
Determining the Relationship
Based on the analysis:
- Event A is the effect.
- Event B is a potential contributing factor but not the immediate and principal cause of Event A.
Therefore, the correct statement is that Event A is the effect, but Event B is not its immediate and principal cause.
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Identify the figure given in the options which when put in place of ? will logically complete the series.
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(B) When the class size gets larger with each successive term.
(C) When each term in the series (except the first) denotes a class having fewer members than the class denoted by the term preceding it.
(D) When the class size gets smaller with each successive term
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
In the following question, select the missing number from the given series.
5, 10, 17, 26, 37, ?, 65
In the following question, select the missing number from the given series.
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