{"id":5281,"date":"2023-04-14T12:08:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T12:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theexampillar.com\/ncert\/?p=5281"},"modified":"2023-04-14T12:08:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T12:08:12","slug":"ncert-solutions-class-9-english-beehive-chapter-4-a-truly-beautiful-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexampillar.com\/ncert\/ncert-solutions-class-9-english-beehive-chapter-4-a-truly-beautiful-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"NCERT Solutions Class 9 English (Beehive) Chapter 4 (A Truly Beautiful Mind)"},"content":{"rendered":"

NCERT Solutions Class 9 English (Beehive\u00a0(Prose)<\/strong>)\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

The NCERT Solutions in English Language for Class 9 English (Beehive (Prose))\u00a0Chapter – 4 A Truly Beautiful Mind <\/strong>has been provided here to help the students in solving the questions from this exercise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter – 4 (A Truly Beautiful Mind)\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Thinking about the Text<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Here are some headings for paragraphs in the text. Write the number(s) of the paragraph(s) for each title against the heading. The first one is done for you.
\n<\/span><\/strong>(i)<\/strong> Einstein\u2019s equation \u2013 9
\n<\/span>(ii)<\/strong> Einstein meets his future wife
\n<\/span>(iii)<\/strong> The making of a violinist
\n<\/span>(iv)<\/strong> Mileva and Einstein\u2019s mother
\n<\/span>(v)<\/strong> A letter that launched the arms race
\n<\/span>(vi)<\/strong> A desk drawer full of ideas
\n<\/span>(vii)<\/strong> Marriage and divorce
\n<\/span>Answer –
\n<\/strong><\/span>(i)<\/strong> Einstein\u2019s equation \u2013 9<\/strong>
\n<\/span>(ii)<\/strong> Einstein meets his future wife \u2013 7<\/strong>
\n<\/span>(iii)<\/strong> The making of a violinist \u2013 3<\/strong>
\n<\/span>(iv)<\/strong> Mileva and Einstein\u2019s mother \u2013 10<\/strong>
\n<\/span>(v)<\/strong> A letter that launched the arms race \u2013 15<\/strong>
\n<\/span>(vi)<\/strong> A desk drawer full of ideas \u2013 8<\/strong>
\n<\/span>(vii)<\/strong> Marriage and divorce \u2013 11<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2. Who had these opinions about Einstein?<\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/span>(i)<\/strong> He was boring.
\n<\/span>(ii)<\/strong> He was stupid and would never succeed in life.
\n<\/span>(iii)<\/strong> He was a freak.
\n<\/span>Answer –
\n<\/strong><\/span>(i)<\/strong> He was boring \u2013 Einstein\u2019s playmates
\n<\/span>(ii)<\/strong> He was stupid and would never succeed in life \u2013 Einstein\u2019s headmaster
\n<\/span>(iii)<\/strong> He was a freak \u2013 Einstein\u2019s mother<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Explain what the reasons for the following are.<\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/span>(i)<\/strong> Einstein leaving the school in Munich for good.
\n<\/span>(ii)<\/strong> Einstein wanting to study in Switzerland rather than in Munich.
\n<\/span>(iii)<\/strong> Einstein seeing in Mileva an ally.
\n<\/span>(iv)<\/strong> What do these tell you about Einstein?
\n<\/span>Answer –
\n<\/strong><\/span>(i)<\/strong> Einstein left the school in Munich for good because he hated the school\u2019s regimentation.
\n<\/span>(ii)<\/strong> Einstein wanted to study in Switzerland rather than in Munich because it was a more liberal city.
\n<\/span>(iii)<\/strong> Einstein found in Mileva an ally because she disapproved of the \u201cphilistines\u201d or the people who did not like art, literature or music.
\n<\/span>(iv)<\/strong> These told about Einstein that he loved freedom. He was liberal and cultured person.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. What did Einstein call his desk drawer at the patent office? Why?
\n<\/span><\/strong>Answer –\u00a0<\/strong>Einstein called his desk drawer at the patent office the \u201cbureau of theoretical physics\u201d. He used to store his secretly developed ideas in the drawer.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Why did Einstein write a letter to Franklin Roosevelt?
\n<\/span><\/strong>Answer –\u00a0<\/strong>Einstein wrote a letter to Franklin Roosevelt to warn about bomb effect and also wanted to encourage them to make a bomb to utilize its destruction potential.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6.\u00a0How did Einstein react to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
\n<\/span><\/strong>Answer –\u00a0<\/strong>He was deeply shaken by the extent of destruction due to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He wrote a public missive to the United Nations and proposed the formation of a world government.<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Why does the world remember Einstein as a \u201cworld citizen\u201d?
\n<\/span><\/strong>Answer –<\/strong>\u00a0Einstein is remembered as a \u201cworld citizen\u201d as much as a genius scientist because of his efforts towards world peace and democracy, and for his crusade against the use of arms.<\/span><\/p>\n

8.\u00a0Here are some facts from Einstein\u2019s life. Arrange them in chronological order.
\n<\/span><\/strong>[ ] Einstein publishes his special theory of relativity.
\n[ ] He is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
\n[ ] Einstein writes a letter to U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and warns against Germany\u2019s building of an atomic bomb.
\n[ ] Einstein attends a high school in Munich.
\n[ ] Einstein\u2019s family moves to Milan.
\n[ ] Einstein is born in the German city of Ulm.
\n[ ] Einstein joins a university in Zurich, where he meets Mileva.
\n[ ] Einstein dies.
\n[ ] He provides a new interpretation of gravity.
\n[ ] Tired of the school\u2019s regimentation, Einstein withdraws from school.
\n[ ] He works in a patent office as a technical expert.
\n[ ] When Hitler comes to power, Einstein leaves Germany for the United States.
\n<\/span>Answer –
\n<\/strong><\/span>[1]<\/strong> Einstein is born in the German city of Ulm.
\n[2]<\/strong> Einstein attends a high school in Munich.
\n[3]<\/strong> Einstein\u2019s family moves to Milan.
\n[4]<\/strong> Tired of the school\u2019s regimentation, Einstein withdraws from school.
\n[5]<\/strong> Einstein joins a university in Zurich, where he meets Mileva.
\n[6]<\/strong> He works in a patent office as a technical expert.
\n<\/span>[7]<\/strong> Einstein publishes his special theory of relativity.
\n[8]<\/strong> He provides a new interpretation of gravity.
\n<\/span>[9]<\/strong> He is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
\n[10]<\/strong> When Hitler comes to power, Einstein leaves Germany for the United States.
\n[11]<\/strong> Einstein writes a letter to U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and warns against Germany\u2019s building of an atomic bomb.
\n[12]<\/strong> Einstein dies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thinking about Language<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I.\u00a0Here are some sentences from the story. Choose the word from the brackets which can be substituted for the italicised words in the sentences.<\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/span>1.<\/strong> A few years later, the marriage\u00a0faltered<\/em>. (failed, broke, became weak).
\n<\/span>2.<\/strong> Einstein was constantly\u00a0at odds<\/em>\u00a0with people at the university. (on bad terms, in disagreement, unhappy)
\n<\/span>3.<\/strong> The newspapers\u00a0proclaimed<\/em>\u00a0his work as \u201ca scientific revolution.\u201d (declared, praised, showed)
\n<\/span>4.<\/strong> Einstein got ever more involved in politics,\u00a0agitating<\/em>\u00a0for an end to the arms build-up. (campaigning, fighting, supporting)
\n<\/span>5.<\/strong> At the age of 15, Einstein felt so stifled that he left the school\u00a0for good<\/em>. (permanently, for his benefit, for a short time)
\n<\/span>6.<\/strong> Five years later, the discovery of nuclear fission in Berlin had American physicists\u00a0in an uproar<\/em>. (in a state of commotion, full of criticism, in a desperate state)
\n<\/span>7.<\/strong> Science wasn\u2019t the only thing that\u00a0appealed<\/em>\u00a0to the dashing young man with the walrus moustache. (interested, challenged, worried)
\n<\/span>Answer –
\n<\/strong><\/span>1.<\/strong> A few years later, the marriage became weak<\/strong><\/em>. (failed, broke, became weak).
\n<\/span>2.<\/strong> Einstein was constantly in disagreement<\/strong><\/em> with people at the university. (on bad terms, in disagreement, unhappy)
\n<\/span>3.<\/strong> The newspapers declared<\/strong><\/em> his work as \u201ca scientific revolution.\u201d (declared, praised, showed)
\n<\/span>4.<\/strong> Einstein got ever more involved in politics, campaigning<\/strong><\/em> for an end to the arms build-up. (campaigning, fighting, supporting)
\n<\/span>5.<\/strong> At the age of 15, Einstein felt so stifled that he left the school permanently<\/strong><\/em>. (permanently, for his benefit, for a short time)
\n<\/span>6.<\/strong> Five years later, the discovery of nuclear fission in Berlin had American physicists in a state of commotion<\/strong><\/em>. (in a state of commotion, full of criticism, in a desperate state)
\n<\/span>7.<\/strong> Science wasn\u2019t the only thing that interested<\/strong> <\/em>to the dashing young man with the walrus moustache. (interested, challenged, worried)<\/span><\/p>\n

II.\u00a0Study the following sentences.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n