Question

Statements
I. International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) — an arm of the world health organisation (WHO) — will meet in France to take a call on bitumen, the black, oily material used to make roads — to be branded as `probably carcenogenic, i.e., causing cancer to humans.
II. IARC has asked experts from across the globe to submit data from their research studies conducted on bitumen so as to help it to come to some conclusion.
This questions has a statement followed by two Conclusions I and II. Consider the statement and the following conclusions.Decide which of the conclusions follows from the statement.

• A. if Statement I is the cause and Statement II is its effect
• B. if Statement II is the cause and Statement I is its effect
• C. if both the Statements I and II are effects of independent causes
• D. if both the Statements I and II are effects of some common cause

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

if both the Statements I and II are effects of some common cause

Answer 2

IARC is taking measures to check health hazards created by bitumen.Both the actions may have been taken because of some survey or research results.
So the correct option is (D) : .