– Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow A small pole about thirty centimeters long stuck up from a square box on the lab table. There was a ring, only a few centimeters across, encircling the base of the pole. The strange item would have looked a bit like a carnival ring-toss game were it not for the cord snaking out of the side of the box and the single toggle switch on top. “What the heck’s this?” Kusanagi muttered, bending down to stare at the device. “I wouldn’t touch that if I were you,” warned Kishitani beside him. “Nah, I’m sure it’s fine. If this thing were dangerous, he never would’ve left it lying out here like this.” Kusanagi flicked the switch. The moment he did so, the ring around the pole Began to float upward. Kusanagi gaped. The ring was hovering in mid-air, wobbling slightly. “Try pushing the ring down,” came a voice from behind him. Kusanagi looked around as Yukawa walked into the room, a file folder cradled in his Arms “Welcome back. Class?” Kusanagi asked as he turned back to the floating ring. Reaching out gingerly, he tried to push it down with his fingertips. A second later he yanked back his hand. “Yowch! That thing’s hot!” “It’s true, I’m not in the habit of leaving dangerous objects lying around. I do, however, assume a basic knowledge of physics.” Yukawa strolled over to the table and flicked off the switch. “This Device is only high school-level physics, as a matter of fact.” “Well, I didn’t take physics in high school,” Kusanagi said, blowing on his fingertips. Kishitani laughed immoderately. “Who’s your friend?” Yukawa asked with a raised eyebrow. The smile vanished from Kishitani’s face and he bowed curtly. “Kishitani. I work with Detective Kusanagi. I’ve heard a lot about you, Professor. You’ve helped us out with a lot of Cases, haven’t you? They call you Detective Galileo down at the station.” Yukawa frowned and waved his hand. “Don’t call me that. I don’t help out because I enjoy it, you know. I just couldn’t bear listening to Detective Kusanagi’s faulty attempts at reasoning on a certain occasion, and I made the mistake of correcting him. I’d be wary of spending too much time with him, if I were you. You might catch whatever he has that’s hardened his brain into a rock.” Which option gives an erroneous description of the object that Kusanagi and Kishitani found in Yukawa’s lab? 1. The device or the experiment worked only when the single toggle switch on top would be turned on. 2. The device, based on experimentation related to concepts of Physics, had a pole and a Box attached to it.
