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The Adventure
Question
Why do you think Professor Gaitonde decided never to preside over meetings again?
Solution
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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Some More Questions From The Adventure Chapter
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 give vent to
To stand on one's feet
To be wound up
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