Question

NAME ANNU
English (Language & Literature) 10
Reading
CLASS & SECTION
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CLASSROOM
ASSIGNMENT
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ASSESSMENT
Reading (Passage)
41 Answer any four of the following questions in about 30 - 40 words each
(4x2 = 8 Marks)
(a) In what ways are robots'superior' to human beings even when they lack'intelligence' and 'versatility?
(b) Why are robots feared to be rivals of human beings? Are these fears justified? Why/Why not?
(c) Today's robots are classified as 'inanimate objects'. What status do you think they may get to enjoy
in future?
(d) According to Christensen, how should humans deal with robots? Why?
(e) How will future robots lead to greater prosperity for mankind?
(4) Read the following passage carefully
(12 Marks)
ROBOTS MAY GET RIGHTS BY 2056
(1) Today robots are employed in homes, factories, offices, battlefields, mines, hospitals and research
laboratories to carry out a variety of jobs. Besides working as domestic help, they can lift weights,
weld and stack things, diffuse bombs, carry out military surveillance, explore sea, earth and space,
perform complicated surgeries and analyse data. Lives there an individual who can do so many jobs
with the efficiency, accuracy and speed of robots?
(2) Movies have often depicted robots as competitors and rivals of human beings and many people fear
they will lead to serious unemployment but the fact is that they are not as intelligent and versatile
as human beings.
(3) As robots are increasingly becoming more and more like human beings, many experts believe
robots may one day be given the same rights as humans. Sounds incredible, doesn't it, but an
official report has claimed that by the year 2056, robot rights may become a reality.
(4) Henrik Christensen, director of the Centre of Robotics and Intelligent Machines at the Georgia
Institute of Technology said: "If we make conscious robots, they would want to have rights and they
probably should." Robots and machines are now classed as inanimate objects without rights or
duties but if artificial intelligence becomes ubiquitous, the report argues there may be calls for
human rights to be extended to them.
(5) It is also logical that such rights, are meted out with citizens' duties, including voting, paying tax
and compulsory military service.
(6 Christensen said: "Would it be acceptable to kick a robotic dog even though we shouldn't kick a
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normal one? There will be people who can't distinguish so that we need to have ethical rules to
make sure we as humans interact with robots in an ethical manner.
(7) Among the warnings: a "monumental shift" could occur if robots were developed to the point where
they could reproduce, improve or think for themselves. "Correctly managed, there is a very real
possibility for increased labour output and greater intelligence to be provided by robots that will
ultimately lead to greater human prosperity and an improvement of the human condition, "it said.
(8) However, it warned that robots could sue for their rights if these were denied to them.
(9) Should they prove successful, the paper said, "states will be obligated to provide full social benefits
to them including income support, housing and possibly robo-healthcare to fix the machines over
time."
4.2 Choose the most appropriate option in each of the following
(4*1 = 4 Marks)
1. Which of the following is opposite in meaning to the word 'versatile' (paragraph 2)?
(a) multipurpose
(c) sensitive
(b) inflexible
(d) logical
2. If something is'ubiquitous' (paragraph 4), it ...
(a) costs a lot
(e) is found everywhere
(b) can do anything
(d) is necessary
3. In the phrase 'monumental shift' (paragraph 7), the word 'monumental' means the same as
which of the following?
(a) huge
(c) dangerous
(b) historic
(d) technical
4. If people are obligated' to do something, they......
(a) are hesitant to do it
(c) have choice to do or not do it
(b) are privileged to do it
(d) are duty bound to do it
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