A History of Fingerprinting – IELTS Reading Answers

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Updated On Apr 17, 2021

A History of Fingerprinting – IELTS Reading Answers

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1 A History of Fingerprinting
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Answer questions 1-14 based on the given passage.

A History of Fingerprinting

fingerprinting - 1

fingerprinting - 2

fingerprinting - 3

fingerprinting - 4

fingerprinting - 5

fingerprinting - 6

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The answers to questions 1-14 are given below along with their explanations.

Question Number	Answer	Keywords	Locations of Keywords
1	V	understand what fingerprints are, how, created	Para B, line 1
2	X	moment, history, happened, not, clear	Para C, line 2
3	I	Persian Doctor, Marcello Malpighi, William Herschel, Henry Faulds	Para D
4	IV	branding, tattooing, maiming	Para E, line 3
5	VIII	Amazingly, Will, same Bertillon measurements, another prisoner, William West	Para F, lines 4-6
6	VII	Fingerprint chemistry, new technology, traditional fingerprinting, more clues	Para G, lines 3-4
7	(human) characteristics	Other, human characteristics, weight, height, change, fingerprints do not	Para B, lines 5-6
8	Identical twins	Even identical twins possess dissimilar fingerprints	Para B, last 2 lines
9	signature	fingerprints, local people, signature for contracts	Para D, line 7
10	FALSE	In the past branding, tattooing, maiming, mark the criminal	Para E, lines 3-4
11	TRUE	ridged skin develops, foetal development, skin cells grow, mother’s womb	Para B, lines 2-3
12	NOT GIVEN
13	FALSE	Romans tattooed mercenary soldiers, stop, deserters	Para E, last 2 lines
14	TRUE	scientist can tell, child, adult, mature, smoker, more	Para G, lines 5-6

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