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प्रश्न
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Justify your stand/ answer by quoting a line from the text.
Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease
उत्तर
No. I do not agree.
The line from the text justifying this stand is Eventually however doctors did diagnose Hawking with the early stages of ALS
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the following passage and do the given activities :
B1. Answer in one word : (2)
- At what age was Stephen diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?
- Over the years. how many books has Stephen written or co-written?
- When did Stephen catapult to international prominence?
- In which year was his life story depicted?
Stephen Hawking (born January 8, 1942) is a British scientist, professor and author who has done groundbreaking work in physics and cosmology, and whose books have helped to make science accessible everyone. At the age of 21, while studying cosmology at the University of Cambridge, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Part of his life story was depicted in the 2014 film The Theory of
Everything.
Over the years, Stephen Hawking has written or co-written a total of 15 books. A few of the most noteworthy include :
In 1988 Hawking catapulted to international prominence with the publication of A Brief History of Time. The short, informative book became an account of cosmology for the masses and offered an overview of space and time, the existence of God and the future. The work was an instant success, spending more than four years atop the ‘London Sunday Times’ best-seller list. Since its publication, it has sold millions of copies worldwide and been translated into more than 40 languages.
A Brief History of Time also wasn’t as easy to understand as some had hoped. So in 2001, Hawking followed up his book with The Universe in a Nutshell, which offered a more illustrated guide to cosmology's big theories.
In 2005, Hawking authored the even more accessible A Briefer History of Time, which further simplified the original work’s core concepts and touched upon the newest developments in the field like String theory.
B2. Complete the following table with relevant information about Stephen Hawking: (2)
| Books | Film |
| (i)________________ (ii)__________________ (iii)_________________ |
(i)__________________ |
B3. Find out the 'Antonyms' from the passage for the following : (2)
- worst × ______
- exclude × ______
- duplicate × ______
- oldest × ______
B4.
- It has sold millions of copies world wide and been translated into more than 40 languages. (1)
(Change it into simple sentence) - The short informative book became an account of cosmology. (1)
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B5. ‘Stephen Hawking was a versatile personality’ Justify. (2)
Get into pairs and match the prominent personalities with the disabilities they had :
| ‘A' | ‘B’ |
| (1) John Milton | The great German composer and musician who became deaf at the age of 28 years |
| (2) Beethoven | The great English poet who became blind at the age of 43 years. |
| (3) Stephen Hawking | An American enterpreneur, animator, voice actor, had a learning disability. |
| (4) Walt Disney | Famous scientist of the 20th century who was paralyzed. |
| (5) Albert Einstein | A great inventor who has over 1000 patents had a learning disability and became deaf. |
| (6) Thomas Edison | Great 20th Century scientist and noted physicist who had a learning disability. |
| (7) Hellen Keller | Dancer whose leg had to be amputated because of an accident. |
| (8) Sudha Chandran | Was blind and deaf. |
| (9) Tanay Grey-Thompson | Had polio and was elected as the President of the United States for four terms. |
| (10) Franklin Roosevelt | Is a wheelchair racer. |
Make a list of books written by Stephen Hawking.
| Name of the book | What’s in it? (topics covered) | His contribution to the world |
| 1. _______________ | (a)_______________ | |
| 2. _______________ | (b) _______________ | |
| 3. _______________ | (c) _______________ | |
| 4. _______________ | (d) _______________ |
Make a list of Hawking’s physical inabilities after 1963.
(a) __________________ (d) __________________
(b) _________________ (e) __________________
(c) __________________ (f) __________________
Shape your mind. Complete the network of cluster diagrams with the name of great personalities and their contribution.
Explain how the life of Stephen Hawking proves the proverb ‘Every cloud has a silver lining’. Write it down in your notebook.
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Justify your stand/ answer by quoting a line from the text.
Hawking has written or co-written more than 25 books.
The following incident in Stephen Hawking’s life is given in jumbled order. Arrange the incidents in proper sequence as per their order of occurrence in Hawking’s life.
Hawking published the book ‘A Brief History of Time’ that offered an overview of space and time.
The following incident in Stephen Hawking’s life is given in jumbled order. Arrange the incidents in proper sequence as per their order of occurrence in Hawking’s life.
Hawking was diagnosed with ALS while studying cosmology at the University of Cambridge.
The following incident in Stephen Hawking’s life is given in jumbled order. Arrange the incidents in proper sequence as per their order of occurrence in Hawking’s life.
Hawking published ‘A Brief History of Time’ that contained the newest development
