Multiple choice

A person who is mentally deranged due to some mental strain or other personal experience and suffers from intermittent intervals of sanity and insanity is

  1. idiot person

  2. lunatic person

  3. intoxicated person

  4. all of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

A lunatic is a person who becomes mentally deranged due to mental strain or personal experience and has alternating periods of sanity and insanity. Unlike an idiot, who is permanently mentally incapable from birth, a lunatic may have lucid intervals. Option A (idiot) refers to permanent incapacity from birth. Option C (intoxicated) is temporary and voluntary. Option D is incorrect because these are distinct categories with different legal implications.

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