MDCAT 2023

MDCAT 2023 Past Paper with Answers (All Subjects)

667 MCQs from MDCAT 2023 in our bank, each with its correct answer and a solution. This is a recall-based collection gathered from students and past-paper books, not the complete official paper.

MDCAT 2023 by subject

English

1.At last the fly was _________. The most appropriate word to be filled in is: (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. Trapped by the spider
  2. Entertained by the spider
  3. Invited by the spider
  4. Spared by the spider.
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Correct answer: (a) Trapped by the spider

A fly that meets a spider is caught in its web.

2.Right after the Civil War, many distraught soldiers made their way West to find fame and fortune. Some could not go home because there were no homes to go to. The war had devastated them. One young man, Will Goodlad, made his fortune in the hills of Colorado. He found gold in a little river near Grand Junction. His fortune was short lived, however. In 1875, he declared bankruptcy and returned to the land of his birth- the Piedmont of South Carolina. For which side did Will fight during the War? (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. East
  2. West
  3. North
  4. South
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Correct answer: (d) South

He returned to South Carolina, the land of his birth, so he had fought for the South.

3.Q.178 Diseases like diabetes are supposed to be taken seriously or they can be ............ Which of the following words will fill in the blank most appropriately? (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. Cursing
  2. Healthy
  3. Fatal
  4. Impersonating
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Correct answer: (c) Fatal

Neglected, such a disease can kill, so fatal is the word.

4.The word ‘RITUAL’ means: (SZABMU MDCAT 2023)

  1. Original
  2. Religion
  3. Routine
  4. Custom
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Correct answer: (d) Custom

A ritual is a customary observance.

5.Hundreds of years old palace could not withstand the of heavy rain: (SZABMU MDCAT 2023)

  1. Aftermath
  2. Havoc
  3. Annoyance
  4. Massacre
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Correct answer: (b) Havoc

Havoc is widespread destruction, which is what heavy rain does to an old building.

6.He began to the heap of corns very carefully. (SZABMU MDCAT 2023)

  1. Assess
  2. Inspect
  3. Analyze
  4. Evaluate
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Correct answer: (b) Inspect

To look over a heap carefully is to inspect it.

7.The word ‘CREDENTIALS’ means: (SZABMU MDCAT 2023)

  1. Trust
  2. Qualifications
  3. Credits
  4. Beliefs
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Correct answer: (b) Qualifications

Credentials are the qualifications that entitle one to belief or to a post.

8.What does the word 'SPILL' mean? (NUMS MDCAT 2023)

  1. Coil
  2. Deliver
  3. Spoil
  4. Spread
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Correct answer: (d) Spread

To spill is to let something scatter or spread out.

9.What does the word 'CURIOUS' mean? (NUMS MDCAT 2023)

  1. Keen
  2. Careful
  3. Quest
  4. Cruel
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Correct answer: (a) Keen

A curious person is keen to know.

10.A carpenter carves ________ on cab doors. Choose the right word to fill in the blank. (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. Arabesque
  2. Ornate
  3. Decked
  4. Floral
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Correct answer: (a) Arabesque

An arabesque is the flowing ornamental carving used on doors and panels.

11.Q.177 Synonym of the word "Capricious" is: (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. Fickle
  2. Predictable
  3. Uniform
  4. Invariable
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Correct answer: (a) Fickle

To be capricious is to change one’s mind without reason, that is to be fickle.

12.Q.179 Choose the most appropriate antonym for "abandonment": (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. cessation
  2. stoppage
  3. halt
  4. extension
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Correct answer: (d) extension

Abandonment is a giving up; its opposite is a carrying on, that is extension.

13.Choose the similar meaning of the bracketed word. (Providentially), his mind was not injured. (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. Slowly
  2. Steadily
  3. Really
  4. Luckily
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Correct answer: (d) Luckily

Providentially means by good fortune, that is luckily.

14.Q.181 To give one some idea of Rabies' horrors, one ........ only read such descriptions as the following: spasms, restlessness, shudders at the least breath of air, an ardent thirst, convulsive movements, and fits of furious rage. (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. needs
  2. need
  3. needed
  4. has needed
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Correct answer: (a) needs

One is singular, so the verb takes its s: one needs only read.

15.Q.182 By 2030, people .............. been reading the works of Charles Dickens for more than 190 years. (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. had
  2. will
  3. have
  4. will have
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Correct answer: (d) will have

By a future date, a state running on since the past takes will have been.

16.I don’t think I be able to go. (SZABMU MDCAT 2023)

  1. Can
  2. Should
  3. Shall
  4. must
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Correct answer: (c) Shall

With the first person, plain futurity takes shall.

17.Engineers working on a new project for the last three days. (SZABMU MDCAT 2023)

  1. Are
  2. Has been
  3. Have been
  4. Ought to be
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Correct answer: (c) Have been

A plural subject with an action running on since a past point takes have been.

18.I ________ English for five years. (NUMS MDCAT 2023)

  1. Study
  2. Am Studying
  3. Have been studying
  4. studies
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Correct answer: (c) Have been studying

An action begun in the past and still going on takes the present perfect continuous.

19.Unless we _________ now, we cannot be on time (NUMS MDCAT 2023)

  1. Start
  2. Will start
  3. Do not start
  4. Are starting
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Correct answer: (a) Start

Unless introduces a condition, which in English takes the present tense.

20.We just _________ a game of tennis. (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. Has
  2. Had
  3. Have
  4. Have had
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Correct answer: (b) Had

Just with a completed action in the recent past takes the simple past here.

21.The pen is expensive; still I _________ it. (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. Bought
  2. Will buy
  3. Have bought
  4. Buyed
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Correct answer: (a) Bought

The buying is over and done with, so the simple past is right.

22.Q.187 Distribute the handouts ______ the candidates. The correct preposition to be filled in is: (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. into
  2. among
  3. in
  4. on
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Correct answer: (b) among

Among is used for a distribution over more than two.

23.Choose correct option from the following: Finally the accused was found guilty the crime. (SZABMU MDCAT 2023)

  1. From
  2. Of
  3. For
  4. To
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Correct answer: (b) Of

One is found guilty of a crime.

24.Abide ________ the traffic laws for smooth and safe flow of traffic. (NUMS MDCAT 2023)

  1. On
  2. With
  3. By
  4. To
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Correct answer: (c) By

One abides by a law.

25.He prefers death ________ dishonor. (NUMS MDCAT 2023)

  1. Over
  2. On
  3. Upon
  4. To
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Correct answer: (d) To

Prefer takes to, not than.

26.Q.184 Which one of the following is correct? (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. We visited, Istanbul, Turkey, and Kowloon, Hong Kong last summer.
  2. We visited: Istanbul, Turkey, and Kowloon, Hong Kong last summer.
  3. We visited Istanbul, Turkey, Kowloon, Hong Kong last summer.
  4. We visited Istanbul, Turkey, and Kowloon, Hong Kong last summer.
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Correct answer: (d) We visited Istanbul, Turkey, and Kowloon, Hong Kong last summer.

Each city is followed by its country in commas, and the two places are joined by and.

27.Identify the errors in the sentence to choose the correct option from below: (SZABMU MDCAT 2023)

  1. Tennis gives you plenty of exercise it develops quickness of eye, and limb. It calls your brain your thinking power into action.
  2. Tennis gives you plenti off exercise, it develops quickness of eye, limb. It calls your brain, your thinking power intoo action.
  3. Tennis gives you plenty of exercise, It develops quickness of eye, limb. It calls your brane, your thinking power over action.
  4. Tennis gives you plenty of exercise; It develops quickness of eye and limb. It callsyour brain, your thinking power into action.
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Correct answer: (d) Tennis gives you plenty of exercise; It develops quickness of eye and limb. It callsyour brain, your thinking power into action.

Only the last spells every word correctly and joins the two independent clauses with a semicolon.

28.Identify the errors and choose the correct option: (SZABMU MDCAT 2023)

  1. The wind blew, the rain fell, and the lightening flashed.
  2. The wind blue the rain fell, and the lightening flashed.
  3. The wind blew, the rain fell and le lightening flashed.
  4. The wind blew the rain fell, and the lightening Flashed.
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Correct answer: (a) The wind blew, the rain fell, and the lightening flashed.

Three independent clauses in a series are separated by commas with and before the last.

29.Pick the sentence with correct punctuation: (NUMS MDCAT 2023)

  1. He had one motto "serving humanity."
  2. He, had one motto, serving humanity.
  3. He had one motto; serving humanity.
  4. He had one motto: serving humanity.
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Correct answer: (d) He had one motto: serving humanity.

A colon introduces the statement of what the motto was.

30.Punctuate the given sentence correctly. (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. My father is Chairman of the Committee on Internal Relations. He also heads the Discipline Committee,
  2. My father is Chairman of the Committee on Internal Relations – he also heads the Discipline Committee.
  3. My father is Chairman of the Committee on Internal Relations: he also heads the Discipline Committee.
  4. My father is Chairman of the Committee on Internal Relations, but he also heads the Discipline Committee.
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Correct answer: (a) My father is Chairman of the Committee on Internal Relations. He also heads the Discipline Committee,

Two complete statements are written as two sentences, each closed with a full stop.

31.Choose the sentence that is grammatically correct. (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. We agreed that the play was rather boring so we felt bored
  2. We agreed that the play was rather bored so we felt boring
  3. We agreed that the play was rather bore so we felt bores
  4. We agreed that the play was rather bores so we felt bored
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Correct answer: (a) We agreed that the play was rather boring so we felt bored

The play was boring and it made us bored: the -ing form describes the cause, the -ed form the feeling.

32.How cold the night is! Which kind of sentence is it? (SZABMU MDCAT 2023)

  1. Interrogative
  2. Declarative
  3. Exclamatory
  4. Imperative
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Correct answer: (c) Exclamatory

It begins with how and ends in an exclamation mark, so it is exclamatory.

33.Choose the correct option: Negotiations between the two sides have . (SZABMU MDCAT 2023)

  1. Broken off
  2. Broken down
  3. Broken up
  4. Broken in
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Correct answer: (b) Broken down

Negotiations that fail have broken down.

34.Daud is better than _________ of the college. (NUMS MDCAT 2023)

  1. All teachers
  2. Any teachers
  3. All other teachers
  4. Any teacher
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Correct answer: (c) All other teachers

He is one of the teachers, so the comparison must exclude him: all other teachers.

35.Pick the correct option: (NUMS MDCAT 2023)

  1. How has the chair leg broken?
  2. How has the leg of the chair broken?
  3. How the leg of the chair has broken?
  4. How the chair's leg is broken?
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Correct answer: (b) How has the leg of the chair broken?

English does not make a possessive of an inanimate noun here, so it is the leg of the chair, with the auxiliary before the subject.

36.Which of the following sentences is correct? (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. I want to live near my parents live.
  2. I want to live where my parents live.
  3. I want to live where, my parents live.
  4. I want to live where: my parents live.
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Correct answer: (b) I want to live where my parents live.

Where introduces the adverbial clause of place, and no punctuation comes before it.

37.___________ methods don’t work. Choose the correct option: (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. This
  2. These
  3. The
  4. That
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Correct answer: (b) These

Methods is plural, so the demonstrative is these.

38.__________ so many people been out of work as today. Which part is the most appropriate to be filled in the blank? (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. More than ever before
  2. Never before have
  3. In the past, there never have
  4. Formerly, there never were
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Correct answer: (b) Never before have

Never before at the head of the sentence inverts the auxiliary and the subject.

39.Q.180 Fill in the blank with the correct word. The shepherd ploughed this mountain with cattle the first time it ....... ever ploughed. (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. was
  2. was been
  3. had
  4. had been
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Correct answer: (d) had been

The passive of the past perfect is had been ploughed.

40.Identify the sentence, out of the following, that is error free: (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. I do not enjoy being laughed at by other people
  2. I did not enjoy laughing by other people
  3. I am not enjoying laughing by other people
  4. I do not enjoying being laughed at by other people
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Correct answer: (a) I do not enjoy being laughed at by other people

The idiom is to be laughed at, and after do not enjoy the verb takes the gerund being.

41.A few years ago, it _________ that human beings do not belong to this earth. (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. Found
  2. Was found
  3. Were found
  4. Had found
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Correct answer: (b) Was found

The finding was done to us, so the verb is passive: it was found.

42.Q.186 Choose the sentence with the correct use of article. (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. Natasha can play a piano and a violin.
  2. Natasha can play the piano and the violin.
  3. Natasha can play the piano and a violin.
  4. Natasha can play piano and violin.
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Correct answer: (b) Natasha can play the piano and the violin.

A musical instrument takes the definite article: play the piano, play the violin.

43.Spot the error out of the bracketed words. We try to speak (with) (one another) (but) (convey) nothing. (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. with
  2. one another
  3. convey
  4. but
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Correct answer: (a) with

One speaks to another, not with another, in this construction.

44.Q.183 Choose the most suitable/appropriate sentence out of the following: (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. Penny did not let me to get my book.
  2. Penny was not leaving me to get my book.
  3. Penny did not let me get my book.
  4. Penny had not left me get my book.
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Correct answer: (c) Penny did not let me get my book.

Let is followed by the bare infinitive: let me get.

45.It good players who bring good name to a country. (SZABMU MDCAT 2023)

  1. Was
  2. Were
  3. Is
  4. Are
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Correct answer: (c) Is

The subject of the cleft sentence is it, which is singular.

46.Ethics important for a peaceful and loving society. (SZABMU MDCAT 2023)

  1. Have
  2. Has
  3. Are
  4. Is
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Correct answer: (d) Is

Ethics as a subject of study is singular.

47.The soup ________ good (NUMS MDCAT 2023)

  1. Taste
  2. Tastes
  3. Is tasting
  4. Has taste
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Correct answer: (b) Tastes

Soup is singular, and tastes here is a linking verb not used in the continuous.

48.A shoal of fish _________ killed by the fishermen. (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. Has been
  2. Have
  3. Had
  4. Has
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Correct answer: (a) Has been

The subject is shoal, which is singular, and the sense is passive: has been killed.

49.In winter, the days and nights is cold. Choose the part of the sentence that carries error: (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. In winter
  2. The days
  3. And nights
  4. Is cold
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Correct answer: (a) In winter

The subject days and nights is plural, so the verb should be are, not is.

50.Q.185 Which of the following sentences is correct? (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. How could Sarah perswad her mum to stay out later?
  2. How could Sarah persuade her mum to stay out later?
  3. How could Sarah persuad her mum to stay out later?
  4. How could Sarah parsuade her mum to stay out later?
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Correct answer: (b) How could Sarah persuade her mum to stay out later?

The verb is spelt persuade.

51.Choose the correct spelling: (SZABMU MDCAT 2023)

  1. Renessance
  2. Renaissance
  3. Renaisance
  4. Reniassance
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Correct answer: (b) Renaissance

It is spelt renaissance.

52.Pick the word with correct spelling: (NUMS MDCAT 2023)

  1. Collique
  2. Colleague
  3. Collegue
  4. Co-leageu
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Correct answer: (b) Colleague

It is spelt colleague.

Logical Reasoning

53.Read the given passage and the following statements below. Then choose the option, basing your answer only on the information provided. The Early Medieval period (642-1219 CE) witnessed the spread of Islam in a region which is now known as Pakistan. During this period, Sufi missionaries played a pivotal role in converting a majority of the regional Buddhist population to Islam. Statements: I. Islam was spread in Pakistan region during the Early Medieval period. II. Sufi missionaries converted a lot of people to Islam during this time by force. III. It can be said that the Sufis were responsible for Pakistan ultimately become an Islamic country. (SZABMU MDCAT 2023)

  1. Only I is correct.
  2. Only I and II are correct.
  3. I, II and III all are correct.
  4. Only I and III are correct.
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Correct answer: (a) Only I is correct.

The passage says the Sufis converted people; it says nothing of force and draws no conclusion about the founding of the country.

54.Observe the pattern and select the next term in the sequence: SSSSS, SSRSS, SRQRS, RQPQR (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. RQDQR
  2. QRORQ
  3. RQPOPQR
  4. QPOPQ
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Correct answer: (d) QPOPQ

Each term steps one letter back on the outside and one more in the middle, so the next is QPOPQ.

55.All hammers are tools. Some tools are useless things. All useless things are trash. Which of the following conclusions are NECESSARILY TRUE given only in information above? Conclusions: I. Some hammers are trash. II. Some tools are trash. III. All useless things are tools. (SZABMU MDCAT 2023)

  1. I and III.
  2. I and II.
  3. II and III.
  4. II
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Correct answer: (d) II

Some tools are useless and every useless thing is trash, so some tools are trash; nothing follows about hammers.

56.Read the following and choose the correct answer: “X, Y and Z are three whole numbers less than 24 but greater than 11. X is the smallest prime number. Y is the largest number divisible by 3. Z is the samallest number divisible by 11”? (SZABMU MDCAT 2023)

  1. X is 13, Y is 24, Z is 11.
  2. X is 13, Y is 21, Z is 22.
  3. X is 11, Y is 21, Z is 11.
  4. X is 11, Y is 24, Z is 22.
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Correct answer: (b) X is 13, Y is 21, Z is 22.

Between 11 and 24 the smallest prime is 13, the largest multiple of 3 is 21 and the smallest multiple of 11 is 22.

57.Read the following and choose the correct answer: “X, Y and Z are three whole numbers less than 31 but greater than 23. X is a prime number. Y is the largest odd number smaller than 35. Z is the smallest even number? (UHS MDCAT 2023)

  1. X is 31, Y is 29 and Z is 24.
  2. X is 29, Y is 29 and Z is 24.
  3. X is 23, Y is 29 and Z is 24.
  4. X is 27, Y is 31 and Z is 26.
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Correct answer: (b) X is 29, Y is 29 and Z is 24.

Between 23 and 31 the prime is 29, the largest odd is 29 and the smallest even is 24.

58.Read the following statement, assuming everything in it to be true. Then decide which of the given suggested courses of action logically follow and are pursuing. Statement: My laptop’s battery is low and needs to be charged. Courses of Action: I. Stop using the laptop to save power. II. Get a new fully charged battery and replace it with my old one. (SZABMU MDCAT 2023)

  1. I.
  2. II.
  3. Both I and II.
  4. Neither I nor II.
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Correct answer: (d) Neither I nor II.

What the battery needs is charging; neither stopping work nor buying a new battery does that.

59.I. The government has increased the taxes on all bussinesses in pakistan. II. Many small businesses will have to close their operations in pakistan.] (SZABMU MDCAT 2023)

  1. Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.
  2. Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.
  3. Both the statements I and II are independent causes.
  4. Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes.
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Correct answer: (a) Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.

The tax came first and would raise costs, so it is the cause and the closures the effect.

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