Textual Questions & Answers of 'J.C. Bose: A Beautiful Mind' of Class-VII

 

 J.C. Bose: A Beautiful Mind

Textual Questions & Answers

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Activity 1

Choose the correct answer from the given option:
 
(a) Jagadish Chandra Bose studied in  –
(i) Hindu School
(ii) Hare School
(iii) Ballygunge  Government School.
Ans: (ii) Hare School
 
(b) Bose met Father Lafont at –
(i) Cambridge
(ii) London
(iii) St. Xavier’s College
Ans: (iii) St. Xavier’s College
 
(c) Bose graduated in B.Sc. from –
(i) University of Cambridge
(ii) University of Oxford
(iii) University of London
Ans: (iii) University of London
 
 

Activity 2

Fill in the chart with information from the text :
 

Year	Event
1858	J.C Bose was born
1869	Bose joined Hare School
1875	Joined St. Xavier’s College
1884	He received Natural Science Tripos from the University of Cambridge
1885	Joined Presidency College
1895	Demonstration at Town Hall

 
 

Activity 3

Complete the following statements with information from the text:
 
(a) Bose’s father used to work as a Deputy Magistrate in Faridpur, Burdwan and in other places.
 
(b) Jagadish Chandra Bose’s father, Bhagwan Chandra Bose was the leader of the Brahmo Samaj.
 
(c) In his school days Bose’s playmates were a son of the Muslim  attendant of his father and the son of a fisherman.
 
(d) Bose went to England to study Natural Science.
 
 

Activity 4

Answer the following questions:
 
(a) Why did Jagadish Chandra Bose receive his early education in a Vernacular school?
Ans: Jagadish Chandra Bose received his early education in a Vernacular school because his father believed that one must know one’s mother tongue before learning any other language.
 
(b) What did Bose’s mother do when he brought his friends home from school?
Ans: When Bose brought his friend home from school, his mother welcomed and fed all of them without  discrimination.
 
(c) Who was Lafont? How  did he  influence Bose?
Ans: Lafont was a Jesuit Father. Father Lafont influenced Bose by developing his interest in natural science.
 
(d) Why did Bose refuse to accept his salary?
Ans: At Presidency College Mr. Bose was offered a lower salary than his European colleagues. This hurt his sense of self respect and national pride. So, Bose refused to accept his salary as a sign of protest.
 
 

Activity 5

Match the single words their expanded forms:
 

Single word form	Expanded form
Astronomy	Study of stars and planets
Library	A place where books are kept
Garage	A place to keep cars
Psychology	Study of human mind
Orchard	A garden of many fruit trees
Cashier	A person who handles cash

 
 

Activity 6

Identity which of the following statements are True and which are False. Give a supporting statements for your answer:
 
(a) Crescograph was invented by Marconi.
Ans: False ,    Supporting Statement: “Bose had invented several sensitive instruments. One of them is Crescograph.”
 
(b) Marconi got the patency right for wireless telegraphy.
Ans: True ,       Supporting Statement: “It was the Italian Science Marconi got the patency right for the invention of wireless telegraph.”
 
(c) Bose was awarded Knighthood in 1919.
Ans: False ,      Supporting Statement: “Bose was awarded Knighthood by the British government in 1917.”
 
(d) No other Bengali writer had written science fiction before J.C. Bose.
Ans: True ,     Supporting Statement : “In fact, he was the first writer of science fiction in Bangla.”
 
 

Activity 7

Complete the statements:
 
(a) Crescograph is used to measure the growth rate of plants.
 
(b) Bose proved that plants are sensitive to heat, cold, light, noise and other external stimuli, just like human beings.
 
(c) In 1917 Bose founded the ‘Bose Institute’ at his own house in Calcutta.
 
(d) Bose Institute was founded in November, 1917.
 
 

Activity 8

Answer the following questions:
 
(a) ‘Bose had invented several sensitive instruments’. Name a ‘sensitive instrument’ invented by J.C. Bose. What is its use?
Ans: A sensitive instrument invented by J.C. Bose was the Crescograph. It is used to measure the growth rate of plants.
 
(b) What did Bose prove by his experiments on plants?
Ans: By his experiments on plants, Bose proved that plants are sensitive to heat, cold, light, noise and other external stimuli, just like human beings.
 
(c) Do you think Bose was uninterested in securing patency right? Why?
Ans: Yes, Bose was uninterested in securing patent rights. His intention was to make his inventions public in order to allow others to advance further along the lines of his research.
 
(d) What were the various awards and honours conferred on Bose?
Ans: Bose was awarded knighthood by the British in 1917. He was also conferred many other awards like ‘Fellow of the Royal society’, ‘Companion of the order of the Indian Empire’ etc.
 
(e) Name some of his books and publications.
Ans: Some of Bose’s famous books are ‘ Response in living and Non-living’ , (1902), ‘The Nervous Mechanism of plants’ (1926), ‘Major Mechanism of plants’ (1928), ‘Niruddesher khoje’ (1896).
 
 

Activity 9

Read the following passage and underline the adverb. An example is given:
 
Shanti is a young girl. She lives in a remote village with her family. Her school is five miles away from there. But Shanti attends her school daily. She stood third in her class in the previous examination. She believes that she can do better. She is now concentrating on her studies more seriously. Shanti never behaves rudely with her classmates. So they like her. She follows teachers attentively in the class. Therefore the teachers really like her. They often enquire whether she is facing any problem. Why do many teachers think that Shanti is the best girl in the class? It is because Shanti has faced challenges of life bravely.
 
 

Activity 10

Now put the underlined adverbs from the above passage in the chart according to their functions. One is done for you.

 

Adverb	Function
There	indicates the place where the action happens
Never, often, daily, now	indicates how often something happens
Therefore, because	indicates why the action is performed
Seriously, really, bravely, rudely	indicates how or in what manner the action is performed
Why, When, How	used to ask a question

 
 

Activity 11

Transform the degree of adjectives of the following sentences as directed:
 
(a) Plants are as sensitive as animals. [change into comparative degree]
Ans: Animals are not more sensitive than plants.
 
b) Simla is cooler than Kolkata. [change into positive degree]
Ans: Kolkata is not so cool as Simla.
 
(c) Umesh Yadav is the fastest bowler in the Indian cricket team. [change into comparative degree]
Ans: Umesh Yadav is faster than any other bowler in the Indian cricket team.
 
(d) Ishant Sharma is taller than any other Indian cricketer. [change into superlative degree]
Ans: Ishant Sharma is the tallest Indian cricketer.
 
(e) Mt. Everest is the highest mountain in the world. [change into positive degree]
Ans: No other mountain in the world is as high as Mt. Everest.
 

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