DIRECTIONS: In the following questions, two statements numbered I and II are given. There may be cause and effect relationship between the two statements. These two statements may be the effect of the same cause or independent causes. These statements may be independent causes without having any relationship. Read both the statements in each question and mark your answer.

Statement I: The government has made the rules for the disposal of waste and other chemicals from the industries more stringent to keep a check on pollution level in the atmosphere.

Statement II: Complex reactions of chemicals such as sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emitted from power plants, industries and automobiles escalate the level of particulate matter in the atmosphere.