Statements: 1. Large numbers of people have fallen sick after consuming sweets from a particular shop in the locality. 2. Major part of the locality is flooded and has become inaccessible to outsides.

Statements:

Large numbers of people have fallen sick after consuming sweets from a particular shop in the locality.
Major part of the locality is flooded and has become inaccessible to outsides.

[A].	Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.
[B].	Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.
[C].	Both the statements I and II are independent causes.
[D].	Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes.
[E].	Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Both statements I and II are the effects of independent causes.