TextBook Solutions for Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education Class 11 English Hornbill Chapter 7 The Adventure

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.

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.' 

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

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

'The lack of determinism in quantum theory!'

'You need an interaction to cause a transition.' 

1. Tick the item that is closest in meaning to the following phrases.

1. To Take issue with

• To accept

• To discuss

• To disagree

• To add

To give vent to

• To express

• To emphasise

• Suppress

• Dismiss

To stand on one's feet

• To be physically strong 

• To be independent

• To stand erect 

• To be successful

To be wound up

• To become active

• To stop operating

• To be transformed

• To be destroyed