Chapter : 1
A. Answer the following questions.
1. Where was Kalpana Chawla born? Why is she called an Indian – American? (3)
Ans-She was born in Karnal, Haryana.
She got married to an American citizen and got naturalized American, so she is called an Indian- American women.
2. When and why did she go to the U.S.? Who did she marry? (2, 3)
Ans-She went to U.S because of her higher studies in aeronautical engineering.
She got married to an flight instructor Jean-Pierre Harrison.
3. How did she become an astronaut? What gave her the idea that she could be an astronaut? (3)
Ans-She applied for NASSA's space settle and she got selected as the research scientist at the NASSA. She got selected as an astronaut in 1994.
4. What abilities must an astronaut have, according to the journalist? (6)
Ans-The abilities an astronaut have according to the journalist are biology, aeronautical engineering, and astrophysics.
5. Describe Kalpana Chawla’s first mission in space. (5)
Ans-Kalpana Chawla's first mission was last for 15 days,16 hours, and 34 minutes and went around the earth 252 times, travelling 10.75 million kilometers. And it includes Japanese and Ukrainian astronaut in the crew members.
6. What does Kalpana Chawla say about pursuing a dream? Do you agree with her that success is possible? (7)
Ans-Kalpana says that, ''The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get onto it… Wishing you a great journey.”
Yes, I agree with her that success is possible.
B. Read the newspaper report to find the following facts about the Columbia’s ill-fated voyage.
l. Date and place of lift off: ————————————————————
2. Number of astronauts on board: ———————————————––
3. Number of days it stayed in space: ——————————————––
4. Number of experiments done by scientists: —————————––
5. Date of return journey: ———————————————–————–––
6. Height at which it lost contact: ————————————————––
Ans-1) 16 January 2003.
2) Seven
3) 15 days, 16 hours, 34 minutes.
4) 80
5) 1 February 2003.
6) 200000 feet.
A. Match the following.
B. Use these phrases in sentences of your own, after finding out
their meanings.
1. broke apart 4. lifted off 7. cheered along
2. streaked over 5. blast off 8. on board
3. spread across 6. went on 9. carry on
C. We add ‘un-’ to make opposites.
For example, true — untrue.
Add ‘un’– to the words below to make their opposites. Then look
up the meanings of the words you have formed in the dictionary.
l. identified ————————— 6. educated ——————––———
2. controlled ——————–—– 7. interesting ——————––——
3. attended ————————– 8. qualified —————————––
4. successful ———————–— 9. trained ——————–—–———
5. important ————————— 10. answerable ———–—————
Ans-1) unidentified 6) Uneducated
2) Uncontrolled 7) Uninteresting
3) Unattended 8) Unqualified
4) Unsuccessful 9) Untrained
5) Unimportant 10) Unanswerable
Question Type By: Himashree Bora.
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