CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE MAKING OF A SCIENTIST

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
He was an excellent ____
A
debator
B
scientist
C
photographer
D
all of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -How much was the necklace actually worth Class 10? As Mme Forestier tells Matilda at the end of the story, the necklace was only worth 500 francs while she and her husband thought that it was a real one which was 40, 000 Francs.

Detailed explanation-2: -He undertook many projects and experiments. He worked on viceroy butterflies to show that they copied monarch butterflies. He studied bright spots on the monarch pupa and discovered a new hormone. Also, he found out how cells read their DNA.

Detailed explanation-3: -In his second year in high school, Richard Ebright began the research that led to his discovery of an unknown insect hormone. lndirectly, it also led to his new theory on the life of cells.

Detailed explanation-4: -Richard Ebright was the only child of his parents and he felt very lonely because he could not engage his spare times in any outdoor game and there were no friends lived in his surroundings. So he stated a hobby of collecting things, and he became passionate about collecting butterflies, coins, rocks and fossils.

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