How did Einstein react to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Solution and Explanation
The atomic bomb devastated the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was deeply shaken by the extent of the destruction and wrote a public missive to the United Nations. He proposed the formation of a world government to stop the use of nuclear weapons. He wrote a public missive to the United nations in which he proposed the formation of a world government.
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- Explain what the reasons for the following are.
(i) Einstein leaving the school in Munich for good.
(ii) Einstein wanting to study in Switzerland rather than in Munich.
(iii) Einstein seeing in Mileva an ally.
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What kind of place is Innisfree? Think about:
(i) the three things the poet wants to do when he goes back there (stanza I);
(ii) what he hears and sees there and its effect on him (stanza II);
(iii) what he hears in his “heart’s core” even when he is far away from Innisfree (stanza III).
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- Do you think Innisfree is only a place, or a state of mind? Does the poet actually miss the place of his boyhood days?
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1. ______the firefighters finally put out the fire. (They worked round the clock.)
2. She watched the sunset above the mountain,_____ (She noticed the colours blending softly into one another.)
3. The excited horse pawed the ground rapidly, _____(While it neighed continually.)
4. _____, I found myself in Bangalore, instead of Benaras. (I had taken the wrong train.)
5. _____, I was desperate to get to the bathroom. (I had not bathed for two days)
6. The stone steps,______ needed to be replaced. (They were worn down).
7. The actor received hundreds of letters from his fans, _______(They asked him to send them his photograph.)
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- By now you may have concluded that Innisfree is a simple, natural place, full of beauty and peace. How does the poet contrast it with where he now stands? (Read stanza III.)
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(i) a yellow wood
(ii) it was grassy and wanted wear
(iii) the passing there
(iv) leaves no step had trodden black
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- Narrate two incidents that show how differences can be created, and also how they can be resolved. How can people change their attitudes?
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- Calculate how many years and months ahead from now Margie’s diary entry is.
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- A driver of a car travelling at \(52\) \(km \;h^{–1}\) applies the brakes Shade the area on the graph that represents the distance travelled by the car during the period. (b) Which part of the graph represents uniform motion of the car?
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- Complete the following chart:
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