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Question
CBSEENEN11010195

Tick the statements that are true.
1) The story is an account of real events.
2) The history hinges on a particular historical event.
3) Rajendra Deshpande was a historian.
4) The places mentioned in the story is are all imaginary.
5) The story tries to relate history to science.

Solution

1) False.
2) True.
3) False.
4) False.
5) True.

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CBSEENEN11010196

Briefly explain the following statements from the text.

1. 'You neither travelled to the past nor to the future. You were in the present experiencing a different world.' 

Solution

1. The statements were made by Rajendra to Professor Gaitonde in the text. He said that 'by making a transition, you were able to experience two worlds but one at a time. The one you live in now and the one where you spent two days.' He neither travelled to the past nor to the future. He was in the present, experiencing a different world. 

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CBSEENEN11010197

'You have passed through a fantastic experience: or more correctly, a catastrophic experience.' 

Solution

The statement was made by Rajendra to Professor Gaitonde as he experiences another world where the history is different from what was known in the real world.

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CBSEENEN11010198

Gangadharpant couldn't help comparing the country he knew with what he was witnessing around him.

Solution

Gangadharpant knew that India had seen the declination of Marathas and experienced the slavery under British. But the Indian history he experienced in the past two days was different than he knew before. He was independent and was not forced to be a slave under Britishers.