"A Truly Beautiful Mind" || chapter - 4(A) || class - 9 || Exercise

 Chapter 4 (A)
A Truly Beautiful Mind

A Truly Beautiful Mind

Today we are going to read and write "A Truly Beautiful Mind" for class 9 English Chapter 4(A)  explanation with question answer.

Chapter "A Truly Beautiful Mind" ke question and answer write karne se pahle chapter ko understand jarur kare.

Thinking about the Text 

 

                           

 

(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 Einsten's mother 

(v) A letter that launched the arms race 

(vi) A desk drawer full of ideas 

(vii) Marriage and divorce 

Ans. (i) 9, (ii) 7, (iii) 3, (iv) 10, (v) 15, (vi) 8, (vii) 11. 

 

(2) 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) His playmates. 

(ii) His headmaster. 

(iii) His mother. 

 

 

(3) 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 left the school in Munich because he did not like the discipline of the school. He hated the school's regimentation and often clashed with teachers.

(ii) Einstein's parents moved to Milan and left their son with relatives. After prolonged discussion, Einstein got his wish to continue his education in German speaking Switzerland. It was more liberal than Munich.

(iii) He saw in Mileva an ally against the philistines. He found that she was a clever creature.

(iv) These tell that Einstein was a genius and had the capabilities to achieve his targets. Moreover he had his own view of life. He liked freedom too much.

 

 

 

(4) What did Einstein call his desk drawer at the patent office ? Why ?

Ans. Einstein called his desk drawer at the patent office "the bureau of theortical physics".  Einstein was actually developing his own ideas is secret and his drawer had all the evidences which could reveal the secret.

 

 

 

(5) Why did Einstein write a letter to Franklin Roosvelt ?

Ans. With the emergence of Nazis in Germany, Einstein emigrated to United States. It was the fact that the Nazis had the ability to develop the atomic bomb. It could destroy the whole world. So he warned Franklin Roosvelt in his letter.

 

 

 

(6) How did Einstein react to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ?

Ans. The atom bombs devastated the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Einstein was deeply shaken by the extent of destruction and wrote a public missive to the United Nations.

 

 

(7) Why does the world remember Einstein as a 'world citizen' ?

Ans. The world remembers Einstein as a 'world citizen', because he believed in universal peace. Where there was a rat race for becoming atomic power, he was worried about the after effects of the bomb. He was really a world citizen who was concerned with humanity.

 

 

(8) Here are some facts from Einstein's life. Arrange them in chronological order.

Ans.

(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 gravity.

(9) He is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.

(10) When Hitlar comes to power, Einstein leaves Germany for the United States.

(11) Einstein writes a letter to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosvelt, and warns against Germany's building of an atomic bomb. 

(12) Einstein dies.

 

 

 

 

 

 Today we are going to read and write "A Truly Beautiful Mind" for class 9 English Chapter 4(A)  explanation with question answer.

Chapter "A Truly Beautiful Mind" ke question and answer write karne se pahle chapter ko understand jarur kare.

 

 

   In this post we have discussed about "A Truly Beautiful Mind" || chapter - 4(A) || class - 9 || Exercise with questions and answers. If you like this post please let me know in the comment section.