Directions: The question below is given two statements I and II. These statements may be either independent causes or maybe the effects of independent causes or a common cause. One of the statements may be the effect of the other statements. Read both the statements and decide which of the answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.
Statements:
I. Firm A is a wholesale organization. It purchases 2,000,000 sun coats from manufacturing company M every month. This month though it has placed an order of 4,000,000 sun coats with manufacturing company M.
II. Firm A has made a partial advance payment to manufacturing company C which produces sunscreen for 9,000,000 units of the product in the same month as the order of sun coats.
Statement I is the cause and statement II is the effect.
Statement II is the cause and statement I is the effect.
Both statements are independent causes.
Both the statements are effects of independent causes.
Both the statements are effects of some common cause.