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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.
1) False.
2) True.
3) False.
4) False.
5) True.
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.'
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.
'You have passed through a fantastic experience: or more correctly, a catastrophic experience.'
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.
Gangadharpant couldn't help comparing the country he knew with what he was witnessing around him.
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.
'The lack of determinism in quantum theory!'
The behaviour of an electron orbitting a nucleus of an atom can not be predicted. There are different energy states within an atom varying from lower to higher. An electron can jump from lower energy state to higher energy state or the vice-versa. Similarly, Professor Gaitonde made a transition from this world into another world.
'You need an interaction to cause a transition.'
Rajendra said this statement to Professor Gaitonde. He guessed it right that maybe Professor was thinking about the catastrophe theory and its role in wars at the time of the collision. Perhaps he was thinking about the Battle of Panipat and the neurons of his brain acted as a trigger. And he made the transition.
To stand on one's feet
To be physically strong
To be independent
To stand erect
To be successful
B.
To be independent
To be wound up
To become active
To stop operating
To be transformed
To be destroyed
A.
To become active
To meet one's match
To meet a partner who has similar tastes
To meet an opponent
To meet someone who is equally able as oneself
To meet defeat
A.
To meet a partner who has similar tastes
Distinguish between the following pairs of sentences.
(i) He was visibly moved.
(ii) He was visually impaired.
(i) He could be seen moving.
(ii) He was partly or wholly blind.
(i) Green and black stripes were used alternately.
(ii) Green stripes could be used or alternatively black ones.
(i) Green and black stripes were used one after the other.
(ii) Either green or black stripes could be used.
(i) The team played the two matches successfully.
(ii) The team played two matches successively.
(i) The team played the two matches efficiently.
(ii) The team played the two matches one following another.
(i) The librarian spoke respectfully to the learned scholar.
(ii) You will find the historian and the scientist in the archaeology and natural science sections of the museums respectively.
(i) The librarian spoke to the learned scholar in a respectful manner.
(ii) The historian and the scientist could be found in the archaeology and natural science sections of the museums in a relative manner.
Why do you think Professor Gaitonde decided never to preside over meetings again?
Professor Gaitonde experiences a different story of Panipat war. He sees that Marathas defeating Afghans. After this India becomes independent. Then he reaches Azad Maidan where a lecture on the outcomes of the battle of Panipat is going on. He sees that the chair of the chairman was vacant. He gets on to the stage and protests against this. The crowd gets furious and starts throwing objects on him and throws him out. This horrendous experience makes him decide to never preside over meetings again.
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