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6. Which of the following words means the same as ‘pride and confidence in oneself’?
(para 1)

(a) Playfulness (b) Kindness
(c) Self-respect (d) Beauty

7. Choose the option that best captures the central idea of the passage from the given
quotes.

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
"Never consider “The mountains “Siblings that say “Leadership is
the possibility of are calling, and I they never fight the capacity to
failure; as long as must go.” are most definitely translate vision
you persist, you –John Muller hiding something.” into reality.”
will be successful.” –Lemony Snicket –Warren Bennis
–Brian Tracy

(a) Option (i) (b) Option (ii)
(c) Option (iii) (d) Option (iv)
8. The author developed a tendency to ask questions and was not satisfied with the
____________________way of life for a girl-child.

(a) legendary (b) mythical
(c) customary (d) classical

9. Petrarch, who was a British citizen, climbed Mont Ventoux. (True/False)
10. Find a word from the passage which means ‘to a very high degree’. (para 1)
11. Find a word from the passage which means ‘summed up’. (para 3)

12. The author of this passage was born at ____________________.

II. Read the following passage carefully.

LIE
LIE DETECTOR TESTSDETECTOR TESTS
(1) Computers and technology have brought us a long way ahead. Yet, there are several
riddles, which remain unsolved. The human brain is also among those. It is very
complex and can keep secrets very well. It can also lie. This one ability leads to many
problems like broken relationships, deception, and what not.
(2) This becomes a bigger problem when you have strong reasons to believe that the
suspect is lying, but you have no way to make it certain. The suspect can be anyone,
your life partner, business partner, or a trusted employee. In such a scenario, life can
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