CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE MAKING OF A SCIENTIST

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Ebright began to lose interest in tagging butterflies (as in the chapter ‘The making of a Scientist’) because ____ .
A
there was no feedback
B
he got bored
C
butterflies didn’t catch his interest
D
butterflies did not grow
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: Ebright used to tag butterflies wings and let them go. In fact, the basement of his house was home to thousands of monarch butterflies. He started losing interest in it because it was a tedious job and there wasnt much feedback.

Detailed explanation-2: -“Eventually I began to lose interest in tagging butterflies. It’s tedious and there’s not much feedback, ” Ebright said. “In all the time I did it, ” he laughed, “only two butterflies I had tagged were recaptured-and they were not more than seventy-five miles from where I lived.”

Detailed explanation-3: -Ebright began to lose interest in tagging butterflies. The reason was that there was no feedback. He was a little disappointed as only two butterflies had been recaptured. And they had been found not more than seventy-five miles from where he lived.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ans. Ebright started tagging monarch butterflies. He realized that chasing the butterflies one by one wouldn’t enable him to see many. So he decided to raise a flock of butterflies.

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