Given below are two statements. Statement I: Body language is the basis of deceptive communication. Statement II: Non-verbal cues have their own shared meanings. Choose the correct answer.

1.Body language is the basis of deceptive communication

2.Non-verbal cues have their own shared meanings

AStatement I is false but Statement II is true ✓ Correct

BStatement I is true but Statement II is false

CBoth Statement I and Statement II are true

DBoth Statement I and Statement II are false

Correct answer: (A) Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Explanation

Body language is not the basis of deceptive communication, while non-verbal cues do have their own shared meanings.

Statement 1 is false, since body language often leaks the truth and honest feeling rather than serving as the foundation of deceit.

Deception rests more on words and control, whereas the body tends to betray what is concealed.

Statement 2 is true, since gestures, expressions and postures carry meanings understood in common within a culture.

These shared meanings let non-verbal signals communicate without words.

The body is thus a revealer more than a reliable mask.

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