Class 9 English - Beehive Chapter 4: A Truly Beautiful Mind - NCERT Solutions

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Exercise 1 ( Page No. : 50 )

Q1	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. (i) Einstein’s equation____ (ii) Einstein meets his future wife____ (iii) The making of a violinist____ (iv) Mileva and Einstein’s mother_____ (v) A letter that launched the arms race_____ (vi) A desk drawer full of ideas_____ (vii) Marriage and divorce_____
Ans:	(i) Einstein’s equation__9___ (ii) Einstein meets his future wife_7___ (iii) The making of a violinist__3___ (iv) Mileva and Einstein ‘s mother__10___ (v) A letter that launched the arms ra__16___ (vi) A desk drawer full of ideas__8___ (vii) Marriage and divorce__11____

Q2	Who had these opinions about Einstein? (i) He was boring. (ii) He was stupid and would never succeed in life. (iii) He was a freak.
Ans:	(i) Einstein‘s playmates had an opinion about him that he was boring. (ii) Einstein’s headmaster thought that he was stupid and he would never get succeed in any field of life. (iii) Einstein’s mother thought that he was a freak.

Q3	Explain what the reasons for the following are. (i) Einstein leaving the school in Munich for good. (ii) Einstein wanting to study in Switzerland rather than in Munich. (iii) Einstein seeing in Mileva an ally. (iv) What do these tell you about Einstein?
Ans:	(i) Einstein decided to leave the school in munich for a good reason because he didn't like the school’s regimentation. (ii) Switzerland was a more liberal city than munich that is why he wanted to study there. (iii) Einstein found in mileva an ally because she had a same thinking to him and disapproved of the philistines or the people who did not like art, literature or music. (iv) These things implied that Einstein was a person who loved freedom more than anything else. He was liberal and a cultured person.

Q4	What did Einstein call his desk drawer at the patent office? Why?
Ans:	Einstein called his desk drawer at the patent office bureau of theoretical physics. This was because he used to reserve his secretly developed ideas in the drawer which was located there.

Q5	Why did Einstein write a letter to Franklin Roosevelt?
Ans:	Einstein was deeply hurt by the disaster happened in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He wrote a public massage to the united. He also proposed the creation of a world government for the stoppage of the production of nuclear weapons.

Q6	How did Einstein react to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Ans:	Einstein was deeply hurt by the disaster occurred in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He wrote a public massage to the united states. He also proposed the creation of a world government for the stoppage of the production of nuclear weapons.

Q7	Why does the world remember Einstein as a “world citizen”?
Ans:	Einstein is being remembered as a world citizen as well as a genius scientist because of his contributions and efforts towards creating world peace and democracy and for his campaign against the arms usage.

Q8	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.
Ans:	1. Einstein is born in the german city of Ulm. 2. Einstein attends a high school in munich. 3. Tired of the school’s regimentation Einstein withdraws from school. 4. Einstein ‘s family moves to Milan. 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 gravity. 9. He is awarded the novel 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.

Exercise 2 ( Page No. : 52 )

Q1	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)
Ans:	1. A few years later the marriage became weak. 2. Einstein was constantly in disagreement with people at the university. 3. The newspaper declared his work as a scientific revolution. 4. Einstein got never more involved in politics fighting for an end to the arms build-up. 5. At the age of 15, Einstein felt so shifted that he left the school permanently. 6. Five years later the discovery of nuclear fission\ in berlin had American physicists in a desperate state. 7. Science wasn’t the only thing that interested the dashing young man with the walrus moustache.

Q2	II. Study the following sentences. • Einstein became a gifted amateur violinist, maintaining this skill throughout his life. • Letters survive in which they put their affection into words, mixing science with tenderness. The parts in italics in the above sentences begin with –ing verbs, and are called participial phrases. Participial phrases say something more about the person or thing talked about or the idea expressed by the sentence as a whole. For example: – Einstein became a gifted amateur violinist. He maintained this skill throughout his life. 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.)
Ans:	1. Working round the clock, the firefighters finally put out the fire. 2. She watched the sunset above the mountain noticing the colours blending softy into one another. 3. The excited horse pawed the ground rapidly , neighing it continually. 4. Taking the wrong train, I found myself in Bangalore instead of benaras. 5. Having not bathed for two days, I wasdesperate 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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