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Fill in the blanks.(a) Hawking claimed that he could think in …… dimensions.(b) ……. is the study of the big. …….. is the study of the small. (c) ……. is a single unifying theory that can combine cosmology with quantum mechanics. |
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Answer» (a) 11 (b) Cosmology, Quantum Mechanics (c) Science’s Holy Grail |
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Fill in the blanks with the proper form of the Verbs as per the Subject :(1) Mother ……… a good meal. (cook/cooks) (2) Mother and her daughter ……… a good meal. (cook/cooks) (3) The rise and fall of the Empire ………… recorded in History. (is/are)(4) Neither Ritesh nor Alok ……… well. (play/plays) (5) Either of the two ……… guilty. (is/are) (6) Everyone ………… mistakes. (make/makes) (7) That news ………… published today. (is/are) (8) Eight lakh rupees ……… a big amount. (was/were)(9) The Committee ……… approved of it. (has/have) (10) The cost of all the goods ……… risen. (has/have) |
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Answer» (1) cooks (2) cook (3) is (4) plays (5) is (6) makes (7) is (8) was (9) has (10) has |
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Write sentences using the given phrases (a) lay out (b) be the consequence of (c) is compatible with |
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Answer» (a) I want you to lay out your plans for the future before you graduate. (b) Your present sad condition is the consequence of your past bad habits. (c) “The king’s view on this topic is compatible with mine,” said the queen. |
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Match the words in Column A with their meanings in Column B. 'A' 'B' (a) unifying (a) agreeable (b) compatible (b) unavoidable (c) inevitable (c) unplanned (d) spontaneous (d) joining |
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Write from the passage words for(a) status (b) summary(c) people (d) immediate. |
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Answer» (a) status – prominence (b) summary – overview (c) people – masses (d) immediate – instant. |
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Find out the antonyms from the passage for the following(i) worst (ii) exclude (iii) duplicate (iv) oldest |
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Answer» (i) worst x best (ii) exclude xinclude (iii) duplicate x original (iv) oldest x newest |
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Make a list of Hawking’s physical inabilities after 1963. (a) ……….. (b) ……….. (c) ………..(d) ………. (e) ………(f) ……… |
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Answer» Hawking’s physical inabilities after 1963 (a) could not go anywhere except on a wheel chair (b) an ever worsening physical state (c) needed someone 24/7 to manage his care and work (d) except for feeding himself and getting out of bed, had need of assistance for virtually everything else (e) speech increasingly slurred, finally lost his voice for good (f) ability to do his work in peril |
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Explain how the life of Stephen Hawking proves the proverb ‘Every cloud has a silver lining’. Write it |
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Answer» Every cloud has a silver lining. This proverb ‘Every cloud has a silver lining’ means that you should never feel hopeless because difficult times always lead to better days. Difficult times are like dark clouds that pass overhead and block the sun. But at the same time, on the outer edge of the clouds you will invariably observe a silver lining that provides some measure of light and hope. The problems and difficulties that we face in life are like those dark clouds. Stephen Hawking started experiencing problems with his health while he was barely 21, a student at Oxford. On occasion he would trip and fall, or slur his speech. Later on, he was diagnosed with ALS, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. It was a disease in which the nerves that controlled his muscles were shutting down. He was given two and a half years to live. But as we know - he went on to live more than a half century beyond. Thanks to an early diagnosis, advanced medical treatment and complete support from family, friends and students, he lived a full life and made major contributions to existing theories in physics and cosmology. These, in fact, were the silver linings that brightened what would otherwise have been a lacklustre life. The life of Stephen Hawking proves that even though the difficulty we face might seem enormous, there is always hope, there are always ways to circumvent them and to keep on achieving and contributing to the world. |
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Add question tags (a) The Big Bang was the inevitable consequence of the laws of physics. (b) There is something rather than nothing. |
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Answer» (a) The Big Bang was the inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, wasn’t it? (b) There is something rather than nothing, isn’t there? |
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1. Hawking spoke against the idea. (Rewrite using ‘did not’.)2. State the function of the underlined auxiliaries(a) Humans may colonize other planets in the future. (b) The universe can create itself from nothing. (c) The universe will create itself from nothing. |
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Answer» (a) may – possibility (b) can – ability (c) will – future action/prediction. |
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1. He was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (Rewrite using the present perfect tense of the underlined part.)2. It has sold millions of copies worldwide and been translated into more than 40 languages. (Change into a simple sentence)3. The short informative book became an account of cosmology. (Add a question tag.) |
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Answer» 1. He has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 2. Having sold millions of copies worldwide, it has been translated into more than 40 languages. 3. The short informative book became an account of cosmology, didn’t it? |
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Get into pairs and match the prominent personalities with the disabilities they had : 'A' 'B' (1) John Milton (a) The great German composer and musician who became deaf at the age of 28 years. (2) Beethoven (b) The great English poet who became blind at the age of 43 years. (3) Stephen Hawking (c) An American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor, had a learning disability. (4) Walt Disney (d) Famous scientist of the 20th century who was paralyzed. (5) Albert Einstein (e) Great inventor who has over 1000 patents had a learning disability and became deaf. (6) Thomas Edison (f) Great 20th Century scientist and noted physicist who had a learning disability. (7) Hellen Keller (g) Dancer whose leg had to be amputated because of an accident (8) Sudha Chandran (h) Was blind and deaf. (9) Tanay GreyThompson (i) Had polio and was elected as the President of the United States for four terms. (10) Franklin Roosevelt (j) Is a wheelchair racer. |
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