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THE MAKING OF A SCIENTIST Question 1. How did a book become a turning point in Richard Ebright’s life? Answer: The book ‘The Travels of Monarch X’ opened the world of science for Richard. After reading it he became interested in tracking the migration of butterflies. This interest led to his other projects and experiments. Finally, he became a great scientist. Question 2. How did his mother help him? Answer: Richard’s mother proved to be a great help. She took him on trips and bought scientific equipment for him. She spent all her time in setting up challenges for him. This helped him to learn a lot. She presented him the book ‘The Travels of Monarch X’. The book changes Richard’s life forever. Question 3. What lesson does Ebright learn when he does not win anything at a science fair? Answer: Ebright exhibited slides of frog tissues at a science fair. He did not get any prize. He learnt an important lesson that science is not just about display. It is about projects and...

FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET Question 1.   How did the invisible man first become visible? Answer: The invisible man (Griffin) first became visible after he slipped into a big London store for keeping warm and overslept there while wearing some clothes taken from the store. The clothes made him visible to the shop assistants when the shop opened in the morning. To escape from them, he had to shed all his clothes to become invisible again. Question 2. Why was he wandering the streets? Answer: Though he was a brilliant scientist, he was a lawless person. His landlord disliked him and wanted to evict Griffin. In revenge, he set fire to the house. To escape, he removed his clothes, becoming invisible. Thus he became homeless and was wandering the streets of London. Question 3. Why does Mrs Hall find the scientist eccentric? Answer: Mrs Hall found the scientist eccentric because of his strange appearance and also, when she tried to be friendly with him, he rebuffed her b...

ANIMALS Extract Based Questions [3 Marks each] Read the following extracts carefully and answers the questions that follow. Question 1. I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-containd, I stand and look at them long and long. (a) What does the poet want to do? (b) Which qualities of animals attract the poet? (c) Which word is similar to the word “Calm”? (d) Explain the successive use of the word ‘long’ twice and bring out its significance. Answer: (a) The poet wants to change and live with animals. (b) The poet is attracted to the calmness and poise of the animals. (c) The word is ‘Placid’. (d) The successive use of the word ‘long’ makes the line significant; the first ‘long’, denotes ‘period/Time’ whereas the other, ‘a desire’. Question 2. They do not sweat and whine about their condition, They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,  [CBSE 2015] (a) Why do hu...

AMANDA Extract Based Questions [3 Marks each] Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow. Question 1. Don’t bite your nails, Amanda! Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda! Stop that slouching and sit up straight, Amanda! (a) Amanda is getting instructions for what purpose? (b) Give a synonym of ‘hunch’. (c) What does the speaker of above lines instruct Amanda in the first stanza? (d) What is the literary device used in the third line? Answer: (a) Amanda is getting instructions as a part of her upbringing. (b) Bend. (c) Amanda is getting instructed for biting her nails and sitting lazily with her shoulders bent. (d) Literary device used in third line is Alliteration. ‘Stop that slouching and sit up straight’. Question 2. (There is a languid, emerald sea, where the sole inhabitant is me – a mermaid, drifting blissfully.) (a) Why are these lines given within brackets? (b) Give the word from the passage which means free flowing act ...