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3. What can you infer about the use of lie detector tests in court?

(a) Lie detector tests are many times unreliable and can cause wrong judgments.
(b) The tests form a very strong basis for evidence.

(c) The tests only help in making a hypothesis against the convict.
(d) The tests have been used for measuring only the mental condition of the person.
4. Which word means the same as ‘a question or statement intentionally phrased so as
to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning’. (para1)
(a) Technology (b) Complex (c) Deception (d) Riddle

5. Which word means ‘permission for something to happen’? (para 5)
(a) legal (b) consent (c) deception (d) polygraph

6. Which word is the antonym of 'faithfulness'? (para 1)
(a) deception (b) relationships (c) secrets (d) unreliability
7. What is the term mentioned in the passage that means the same as 'lie detector test'?

(a) autopsy (b) polygraph test
(c) perjury (d) falsification of records

8. Why are big commercial organisations and corporations taking the help of the lie
detector?
(a) To keep an eye on their workers.
(b) To keep a record of their business.

(c) To check the volume of their sales.
(d) For appointing key members of the organisation and internal investigations.
9. Find a word from the passage which means ‘questions that are difficult to understand’.
(para 1)

10. Find a word from the passage which means ‘harmful’. (para 7)
11. ____________________ used a number of tools to capture and interpret subjective
emotions in the years leading up to World War I.
12. Name the lie detector test.

III. Read the following passage carefully.

THE BANE OF
THE BANE OF TELEPHONES TELEPHONES
(1) Why don’t I have a telephone? Not because I pretend to be wise or pose as unusual.
There are two chief reasons: because I don’t really like the telephone and because I
find I can still work and play, eat, breathe, and sleep without it. Why don’t I like the
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