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Read the following passages and answer the questions given below :A three year struggle began between Bose and the government in which he was victorious. An Indian, in those days of British rule, usually received two-thirds of the salary paid is a European Professor. Bose’s appointment was a temporary one, so he was given only half thrave jo w Europiun Bose was not the man to take this quietly. He felt that people who did the same amount und sume kind of work should be paid the same salary whatever race they belonged to. It is worth reneinbering that discoveries do not come from the faithful followers and yes-men of science, they come fruit the dousters and the rebels. Bose was by nature, a rebel.1. Name the author of the lesson from which the above passage has been lakóla2. Who was victorious in the struggle?3. Something is responsible for discovery. What is it?4. Explain “Yes-man of science.”5. Which words in the above passage mean as :(i) Winner (ii) Fight |
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Answer» 1. The name of the lesson is ‘Plants Also Brathe and Feel’ and its author Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose. 2. Mr. Bose was victorious in the struggle. 3. Doubt is the mother of invention. It is the doubters and not ‘Yes-men’ of science, who make discoveries. 4. The people who follow the set beliefs of science blindly are the ‘yes-men’ of science. They never try to question any such belief. 5. (i) Winner-victorious |
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