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Chapter 7 – A Truly Beautiful Mind Solutions

Question - 1 : -
Here are some headings for paragraphs in the text. Write the number(s) of the paragraph(s) for each title against the heading. The first one is done for you.

  1. Einstein’s equation [9]
  2. Einstein meets his future wife ……..
  3. The making of a violinist …….
  4. Mileva and Einstein’s mother …….
  5. A letter that launched the arms race …….
  6. A desk drawer full of ideas ……
  7. Marriage and divorce …….

Answer - 1 : -

  1. 9
  2. 1
  3. 3
  4. 10
  5. 14
  6. 8
  7. 11

Question - 2 : -
Who had these opinions about Einstein ?

  1. He was boring.
  2. He was stupid and would never succeed in life.
  3. He was a freak.

Answer - 2 : -

  1. His playmates.
  2. A headmaster.
  3. His mother.

Question - 3 : -
Explain what the reasons for the following are.

  1. Einstein leaving the school in Munich for good.
  2. Einstein wanting to study in Switzerland rather than in Munich.
  3. Einstein seeing in Mileva an ally.
  4. What do these tell you about Einstein ?

Answer - 3 : -

  1. Einstein did not like the strict order and discipline of the school. He had clashed with the teachers also.
  2. His parents moved to Milan. They left Einstein with their relatives. Einstein convinced his parents to continue his education in Switzerland.
  3. He saw an ally in Mileva because he found her a ‘clever creature’. She was very intelligent also.
  4. These tell that Einstein was not an ordinary boy. He had the qualities that would make him great in future. And this he did show in his discoveries.

Question - 4 : - What did Einstein call his desk drawer at the patent office ? Why ?

Answer - 4 : -

Einstein called his desk drawer at the patent office as “bureau of theoretical physics’. It was because he was developing his own ideas. The drawer had proofs of his efforts. He had written them on paper and kept them there in it.

Question - 5 : -
Why did Einstein write a letter to Franklin Roosevelt ?

Answer - 5 : -

The Nazis had acquired the technique and knowledge of making an atom bomb. They could develop an atom bomb. It could destroy the whole part of the world if they exploded it. This concern for the world made him write that letter.

Question - 6 : - How did Einstein react to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ? 

Answer - 6 : -

The bomb had caused huge destruction. Einstein was deeply shocked at this. He wrote a public letter to the United Nations to contain the arms race. He had fears that world peace would be disturbed due to these developments.

Question - 7 : -
Why does the world remember Einstein as a ‘world.citizen’ ?

Answer - 7 : -

The world remembers Einstein as a “world citizen’, because he was greatly concerned about the world’s safety. The World was after the arms race. He was worried that the atom bombs could destroy the world if the countries made and exploded them.

Question - 8 : -
Here are some facts from Einstein’s life. Arrange them in chronological order.
[ ] Einstein publishes his special theory of relativity.
[ ] He is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
[ ] Einstein writes a letter to U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and warns against Germany’s building of an atomic bomb.
[ ] Einstein attends a high school in Munich.
[ ] Einstein’s family moves to Milan.
[ ] Einstein is born in the German city of Ulm.
[ ] Einstein joins a university in Zurich, where he meets Mileva.
[ ] Einstein dies.
[ ] He provides a new interpretation of gravity.
[ ] Tired of the school’s regimentation, Einstein withdraws from school.
[ ] He works in a patent office as a technical expert.
[ ] When Hitler comes to power, Einstein leaves Germany for the United States.

Answer - 8 : -

[1] Einstein is born in the German city of Ulm.
[2] Einstein attends a high school in Munich.
[3] Einstein’s family moves to Milan.
[4] Tired of the school’s regimentation, Einstein withdraws from school.
[5] Einstein joins a University in Zurich where he meets Mileva.
[6] He works in a patent office as a technical expert.
[7] Einstein publishes his special theory of relativity.
[8] He provides a new interpretation of the centre of gravitation.
[9] He is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
[10] When Hitler comes to power, Einstein leaves Germany for the United States.
[11] Einstein writes a letter to U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt and warns against Germany’s building of an atomic bomb.
[12] Einstein dies.

Question - 9 : -
Here are some sentences from the story. Choose the word from the brackets which can be substituted for the italicised words in the sentences.
1. A few years later, the marriage faltered, (failed, broke, became weak)
2. Einstein was constantly at odds with people at the university, (on bad terms, in disagreement, unhappy)
3. The newspapers proclaimed his work as “a scientific revolution”, (declared, praised, showed)
4. Einstein got ever more involved in politics, agitating for an end to the arms buildup, (campaigning, fighting, supporting)
5. At the age of 15, Einstein felt so stifled that he left the school for good, (permanently, for his benefit, for a short time)
6. Five years later, the discovery of nuclear fission in Berlin had American physicists in an uproar, (in a state of commotion, full of criticism, in a desperate state)
7. Science wasn’t the only thing that appealed to the dashing young man with the walrus moustache, (interested, challenged, worried)

Answer - 9 : -

  1. failed
  2. in disagreement
  3. declared
  4. campaigning
  5. permanently
  6. in a state of commotion
  7. interested.

Question - 10 : -
Complete the sentences below by filling in the blanks with suitable participial clauses. The information that has to be used in the phrases is provided as a sentence in brackets.

  1. ……., the firefighters finally put out the fire. (They worked round the clock.)
  2. She watched the sunset above the mountain,……….. (She noticed the colours blending softly into one another.)
  3. The excited horse pawed the ground rapidly,…….. (While it neighed continually.)
  4. …….., I found myself in Bangalore, instead of Benaras. (I had taken the wrong train.)
  5. …….., I was desperate to get to the bathroom. (I had not bathed for two days)
  6. The stone steps,……… needed to be replaced. (They were worn down).
  7. The actor received hundreds of letters from his fans, …….. (They asked him to send them his photograph.)

Answer - 10 : -

  1. Working round the clock the firefighters finally put out the fire.
  2. Noticing the colours blending softly into one another she watched the sunset above the mountain.
  3. Neighing continually the excited horse pawed the ground rapidly.
  4. Having taken the wrong train I found myself in Bangalore instead of Benaras.
  5. Having not bathed for two days I was desperate to get to the bathroom.
  6. The stone steps being worn down needed to be replaced.
  7. The actor received hundreds of letters from his fans asking him to send them his photograph.

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