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Jagdish Chandra Bose |
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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS:
1.) Who is Jagadish Chandra Bose?
Ans. Jagadish Chandra Bose is one of the most prominent scientists of the world.
2.) Who shares much in common?
Ans. Animals and plants share much in common.
3.) How are plants similar to animals?
Ans. Plants and animals are similar to each other in their sensitivity towards heat, cold, light, noise and various other external stimuli.
4.) What is a Cresco graph used for?
Ans. Cresco graph is used for to understand the effect of heat, cold, light, noise and other stimuli on plants.
5.) Name the books Jagdish Chandra Bose wrote?
Ans. The books written by Jagdish Chandra Bose are ‘Response in the Living and Non-Living’ and ‘The Nervous Mechanism of Plants’.
6.) What are these books about?
Ans. These books are about plants and their responses to different stimuli.
7.) Where was he born? When?
Ans. He was born at Mymensingh, Bangladesh on 30 November,1858.
9.) Where did he have his primary education? Why?
Ans. He received his primary education from a vernacular school as his father believed that he should learn mother tongue first before any foreign language like English.
10.) Where did he get his B.Sc. degree from?
Ans. He completed his BSc. Degree from Cambridge University.
11.) When did he die?
Ans. He died in the year 1937.
SESSION-2
1.) VOCABULARY
Match the words with their meanings in B
A B
Demonstrate- to prove, to show clearly that something is true
Elementary – Primary
Experiment- Scientific test or trial
Instrument- A tool used for doing a particular job
Prominent- Famous
Sensitive- Showing reaction or response to show
Stimulus(singular)-something that causes reaction
Various- several, different
Vernacular- the language spoke in a particular area, regional language
External- of outside
2.) USAGE
Rewrite the following sentences using the verb ‘write’ in its right form-past simple (wrote) or present perfect (has written)
i.) Jawaharlal Nehru (write) ‘The Discovery of India’.(not alive)
Ans. Jawaharlal Nehru wrote ‘The Discovery of India’.
ii.) Anita Desai (write) ‘Cry the Peacock’ (alive)
Ans. Anita Desai has written ‘Cry the Peacock’.
iii.) Gopinath Mohanty (write) ‘Paraja’ (not alive)
Ans. Gopinath Mohanty wrote ‘Paraja’.
iv.) Sarala Das (write) ‘The Odia Mahabharat’ (not alive)
Ans. Sarala Das wrote ‘The Odia Mahabharat’.
v.) Chetan Bhagat (write)’What Young India Wants’. (alive)
Ans. Chetan Bhagat has written ’What Young India Wants’.
SESSION-3
3.) Writing:
a.) Write answers to the following questions.
i.) Who is Jagadish Chandra Bose?
Ans. Jagadish Chandra Bose was one of the most prominent scientists of the world.
ii.) What is the finding of his experiment?
Ans. The findings of his experiment were that both animals and plants shared many things in their response to light, heat, cold noise and other external stimuli.
iii.) What is a Cresco graph used for?
Ans. Cresco graph is used for to understand the effect of heat, cold, light, noise and other stimuli on plants.
iv.) Name the books he wrote.
Ans. The books written by Jagdish Chandra Bose are ‘Response in the Living and Non-Living’ and ‘The Nervous Mechanism of Plants’
b) Fill in this BIO-DATA of Jagadish Chandra Bose given below: –
1.) Name: Jagadish Chandra Bose
2.) Profession: Scientist
3.) Birth Place: Mymensingh
4.) Date of Birth:30 November 1858
5.) Primary Education: Vernacular School
6.) Educational Institutions Attended:
a.) Name: Calcutta University
Subject: Physics
b.) Name: Cambridge University
Subject: B.Sc. degree
7.) Language Known: Bengali, English
8.) Experimented on: Plants and Animals
9.) Books wrote: Response in the Living and Non-Living’ and ‘The Nervous Mechanism of Plants’
10.) The year of his passing away: 1937
c.) Write a paragraph on Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose using the information from the Bio-data you have already filled in.
Ans. Jagadish Chandra Bose was one of the most prominent scientists of the world. He was born on 30 November 1858at Mymensingh, Bangladesh. He received his primary education from a vernacular school. He studied Physics from Calcutta University and completed B.Sc. degree from Cambridge University. He experimented on plants and animals. He wrote some famous books like Response in the Living and Non-Living’ and ‘The Nervous Mechanism of Plants’. He died in the year 1937.