CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE MAKING OF A SCIENTIST

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
WHAT DID HE COLLECT DURING HIS CHILDHOOD?
A
COINS
B
ROCKS
C
BUTTERFLIES
D
ALL OF THE ABOVE
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ebright began collecting butterflies, rocks, fossils and coins. He began as early as when he was in kindergarten. He collected with same determination that had marked all his activities.

Detailed explanation-2: -Question 1. Beginning in Kindergarden, Ebright collected butterflies with the same determination that has marked all (P32) his activities. He also collected rocks, fossils, and coins. He became an eager astronomer, too. Sometimes star-gazing all night.

Detailed explanation-3: -By the time he was in the second grade, Ebright had collected all twenty-five species of butterflies found around his hometown. (See following box.) “That probably would have been the end of my butterfly collecting, ” he said. “But then my mother got me a children’s book called The Travels of Monarch X.”

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