Hornbill - 11, Lesson - 7, The Adventure - Jayant Narlikar, Glossary, Summary, Questions, And Answers. Glossary - 1. sped - to go or move ...
Hornbill - 11, Lesson - 7,
The Adventure - Jayant Narlikar,
Glossary, Summary, Questions, And Answers.
Glossary -
1. sped - to go or move very fast.
2. ventured - to risk going somewhere.
3. imposed - to make a law or rule.
4. proclaimed - to declare.
5. blow - a sudden shock.
6. converged - to meet at the same point.
7. routed - to defeat somebody completely.
8. triumphant - victorious, winning.
9. blow-by-blow account - contains every detail and action of an account.
10. avidly - with great interest.
11. morale booster - an event, occurrence, or saying which raises morale.
12. Relegated - to put somebody into a lower level or position, demoted.
13. dismay - a strong feeling of sadness.
14. political acumen - the ability to use the knowledge of structures or relationships.
15. valour - a sign of great courage.
16. de facto - a Latin expression to say that, being such in effect though not formally recognized.
17. astute - intelligent, clever.
18. wielded - furnish.
19. doctored accounts - to manipulate the accounts.
20. shoved - to push.
21. frugal - small and simple.
22. throng - the crowd of people.
23. gave vent to - to express a strong emotion, such as anger forcefully and openly.
24. valiantly - with courage or determination.
25. sacrilege - treating a religious object or place without respect.
26. dumbfounded - very surprised.
27. catastrophe - a disaster.
28. smugly - with satisfaction.
29. amok - in an uncontrolled manner.
30. omen - forecast, it may be good or bad.
31. impetus - momentum.
32. manifestation - clear or obvious to the eye or mind.
33. startling - surprising.
34. ignoramus - fool, idiot, numskull.
35. transition - a change from one state to another.
36. viable - that can be done.
37. bifurcation - to divide.
38. regret - to feel sorry.
Summary - The lesson, " The Adventure" is written by Jayant Narlikar, it is a science fiction in which protagonist Gangadharpant Gaitonde experiences a different world that is very far away from reality, being a historian he was supposed to give a lecture on possible alternatives of the battle of Panipat but unfortunately he had an accident and went in a coma and in those 48 hours he observed the different world like a city of Bombay, unexpectedly very neat and clean, Peshwas won the battle of Panipat and Abdali defeated. Eventually, he gets confused and seeks the guidance of another expert historian Rajendra Deshpande who clears all his doubts with the help of examples of quantum theory and explains to him how he transited into another world, at the end of the lesson, Gangadharpant was able to satisfy all his doubts. The lesson is a beautiful example of science fiction and explains what could happen if a person travels in time.
Understanding the text -
1. Tick the true statements.
1. The story is an account of actual events - False.
2. The story hinges on a particular historical event - True.
3. Rajendra Deshpande was a historian - False.
4. The places mentioned in the story are all imaginary - False.
5. The story tries to relate history to science - True.
2. Briefly explain the following statements from the text.
1. "You neither traveled to the past nor the future. You were in the present experiencing a different world."
Ans - The above statement was made by Rajendra Deshpande to Professor Gaitonde when he was trying to explain the events of the Battle of Panipat and the theory of atomic revolution. As he made the transition from one state to another, the statement was being made in consequence.
2. "You have passed through a fantastic experience: or move correctly, a catastrophic experience."
Ans - This statement was told by Rajendra Deshpande to Gangadharpant Gaitonde while trying to explain to him what exactly happened. Gangadharpant had passed through the horrible experience of living in two different worlds. one was real and the second one was a sort of imagination he made when he had an accident.
3. Gangadharpant could not help comparing the country he knew with what he was witnessing around him.
Ans - Gangadharpant knew the real history of India that in the battle of Panipat, Abdali had defeated Peshwas and declined them and experienced the slavery of the British Rule, but in those two days he had seen completely opposite history to that of reality, and so he was totally confused and seek the guidance of Rajendra Deshpande.
4. " The lack of determinism in quantum theory".
Ans - In quantum theory, different observers may conclude different observations such as the exact location of an electron and in different energy levels or one particular observer may predict a different theory than another one's, meaning different alternatives are possible because of the uncertainty of movements of electrons, but the reality is only one, and the same thing happened to Gangadharpant, he also imagined very different history which was completely opposite to real one.
5."You need some interaction to cause a transition".
Ans - The above statement was made by Rajendra Deshpande when he was trying to solve the confusion that arose in the mind of Gangadharpant, and he guessed that when Gangadharpant had an accident he was thinking about the different possible outcomes of the battle of Panipat and that could have triggered his brain neurons and created different theory, so some interaction could cause the transition from one state to another.
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