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Question
Write the significance of the following year, as given in the text.
1960
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Solution
1960 - joined ISRO
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Get into pairs/groups and match the columns :
| ‘A’ | ‘B’ |
| (1) Science | The study of the basic nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially as an academic subject. |
| (2) Religion | The study of the nature of God and religious belief. |
| (3) Spirituality | The intellectual and practical activities in a systematic study of structure and behaviour of the natural world through experiment and observation. |
| (4) Philosophy | The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power of God. |
| (5) Theology | The quality of being more concerned with the human spirit as opposed to material or physical things. |
Read ‘Part I’ and match the words in Column ‘A’ with associating words given in Column ‘B’.
| No | 'A' | 'B' | |
| (i) | Science and faith | (a) | Created by fact and faith |
| (ii) | Science | (b) | Success of societies |
| (iii) | Better Planet | (c) | Betterment of humanity |
| (iv) | Creations and Discoveries | (d) | Believers of science and religions |
| (v) |
Conflict |
(e) | Solves questions, discovers the truth, conceives inventions |
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Among the three parts, there are people who touched and influenced the life of Dr. A. P. J. Kalam in one or the other ways. Complete the web chart by writing the names of such people.

Answer the following in your own words, and write in your notebook.
Why is there an urgent need to replace ‘What can I take’ with ‘What can I give?
Write in your own simple words what the following expression conveys in the context they occur in the text.
Faith and fact can, together, create a better planet.
Write in your own simple words what the following expression conveys in the context they occur in the text.
But there was a major roadblock.
Write in your own simple words what the following expression conveys in the context they occur in the text.
Through his (Kalam’s) words of wisdom, I was getting to learn from countless great minds.
Go through ‘Part III’ and complete the following statement.
Mahaswamiji’s greatest contribution is the _____________.
Go through ‘Part III’ and complete the following statement.
Mahaswamiji possesses powers that kept him so strong were ___________ or ________________.
