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प्रश्न
Write what is implied in the following sentence.
Even then Davy did not have much hope for Faraday.
(What do the words 'even then' suggest?)
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उत्तर
- Davy hired Faraday as his Secretary. Faraday worked relentlessly and became indispensable to Davy.
- 'Even then' suggests that even though Faraday did everything to prove himself, Davy did not believe that Faraday was capable of doing anything great.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Write what is implied in the following sentence.
People started telling Davy that of all his discoveries, the best was Faraday himself.
(What does it suggest about Davy’s work?)
List the different gadgets and instruments mentioned in the passage. Find more information about them (at least 3), using the internet.
Find out more about the following scientist with the help of the internet.
Michael Faraday
Find out more about the following scientist with the help of the internet.
Humphry Davy
Find out more about the following scientist with the help of the internet.
Thomas Edison
Write as many uses of the following as you can. Form groups of four. Compare your lists. Make a long list by putting together the lists of all members.
- A cloth bag
- a wicker basket
- a glass bottle or jar
- a steel bowl
- a thick string or rope
Before you read further, guess what the passage is about.
What were the odds against Faraday in his childhood?
What is the meaning of:
Electricity became a lifelong fascination?
Why do you think Faraday’s friend gave him a free ticket to Davy’s programme?
Guess the meaning of mentor.
Why did Davy choose Faraday as his secretary?
How did Faraday respond to that treatment?
Guess the meaning of reverse engineer it.
Faraday kept a souvenir of his failure as a source of inspiration.
‘In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure’.
- Michael Faraday
Why were Faraday’s drawings not accepted?
Does it mean they were wrong?
Try out the experiment of the iron filings and the magnet.
epitomises: is a perfect example of.
Find the following matter in the passage and copy the missing word.
When he was twelve, ______ school ______.
Find the following matter in the passage and copy the missing word.
Faraday decided that ______ scientist - ______.
Find the following matter in the passage and copy the missing word.
Davy never believed ______ science ______.
Find the following matter in the passage and copy the missing word.
People started telling Davy that ______ discoveries, ______.
Find the following matter in the passage and copy the missing word.
He handed him a piece of Bavarian glass, which ______ microscopes ______.
Find the following matter in the passage and copy the missing word.
He went on to prove that ______ filings;
Find the following matter in the passage and copy the missing word.
It was Maxwell who ______ equations ______.
Now complete the following sentence using your own word.
When he was twelve, ______.
Now complete the following sentence using your own word.
He never believed ______.
Now complete the following sentence using your own word.
People started telling ______ that ______.
