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3. A robot will not cause harm to itself.
4. Prem Chopra used his robot to harm jewellery stores.

5. When forced to break the tenets of Robotics, Ram Singh-070 defused itself.

D. Answer the following questions.

1. Where did the salesman take Prem Chopra?
2. Name a few household jobs that the Blue Robot could perform.

3. Which principles did the robot follow?

4. What mistake did Prem Chopra commit while talking to the salesman?

E. Read the following pasage and answer the questions that follow.

From expensive antiques to ornaments and precious stones, the shoplifting went on without
any trace of anxiety and recognition in the beginning. But the confused reactions of shop
owners gradually became louder. Unaware, Prem Chopra went on with his shoplifting spree
until a young fruit vendor noticed an expensive bunch of Afghani grapes disappearing inside
the metallic blue robot. The incident was relayed all over, and no sooner they heard, some
shopkeepers recalled the presence of a metallic Blue Robot in their shops when they found
their valuables missing. This information reached the police headquarters in no time.

1. What items were shoplifted by Prem Chopra’s robot?

2. How shoplifting was detected by a fruit vendor?
3. Whose reactions became louder as the shoplifting continued?

4. Where did the information about the robot’s shoplifting finally reach?

Let’s Listen

Your teacher will read out a paragraph about carnivorous plants. Listen to him/her carefully and
answer the following questions.
1. Where are carnivorous plants found?

2. Where do carnivorous plants get nutrients from?
3. Which plants are called meat-eating plants?
4. Use the following words to make sentences.

(a) nutrients (b) animals

Let’s Speak

Complete the following conversation between two friends.

Friend I : Trees and plants cannot move. Then how do they get their food?

Continue this conversation.
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