Chapter 2.6 Science and Spirituality Solutions

‘A’

‘B’

(1) Science

(c) The intellectual and practical activities in a systematic study of structure and behaviour of the natural world through experiment and observation.

(2) Religion

(d) The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power God.

(3) Spirituality

(e) The quality of being more concerned with the human spirit as opposed to material or physical things.

(4) Philosophy

(a) The study of the basic nature of knowledge, reality and existence, especially as an academic subject.

(5) Theology

(b) The study of nature of God and religious belief.

(i) …………………………..
(ii) …………………………..
(iii) …………………………..
(iv) …………………………..
(v) …………………………..

(B) Read ‘Part II’. Go through the given statements and say whether you agree or disagree to each of them.
(a) The Space Research set up facility was planned at Allapi, Kerala – …………………………..
(b) The person who could help and can be contacted was the Bishop – …………………………..
(c) It was quite easy to relocate so many people and destroy religious institutions for space-research centre – …………………………..
(d) Dr. Kalam joined ISRO in 1970 – …………………………..
(e) Science and spirituality seeks prosperity of the human life – …………………………..
Answer:
(a) Disagree
(b) Agree
(c) centre Disagree
(d) Disagree
(e) Agree

(C) Go through ‘Part III’ and complete the following statements.
(a) The essence of a happy life and a peaceful society lies in one sentence – …………………………..
(b) To keep this planet liveable and the human race thriving, we have to …………………………..
(c) Mahaswamiji’s greatest contribution is the …………………………..
(d) We can remove the  our souls by …………………………..
(e) The narrator, Srijan, realised that through Dr. Kalam’s words of wisdom …………………………..
(f) Mahaswamiji possesses powers that kept him so strong were ………………………….. or
Answer:
(a) The essence of a happy life and a peaceful society lies in one sentence – ‘What can I give’.
(b) To keep this planet liveable and the human race thriving, we have to replace this attitude of ‘what can I take’ with the goodness of
(c) Mahaswamiji’s greatest contribution was the establishment of a free residential education system for more than nine thousand children in the ashram.
(d) We can remove the impurities obscuring our souls by living pure and ethical lives and by serving humanity.
(e) The narrator, Srijan, realized that through Dr Kalam’s words of wisdom he was getting to learn from countless great minds.
(f) The narrator (Srijan) said this to Dr Kalam ‘ while discussing the Mahaswamiji’s 102nd birthday i celebrations.

2. Choose the correct alternative for the given statements.
(A) Dr. Kalam’s father was an …………………………..
(a) teacher
(b) scientist
(c) farmer
(d) imam.
Answer:
(d) imam.

(B) Dr. Kalam’s friends discussed on …………………………..
(a) science and technology
(b) discoveries and inventions.
(c) science and spirituality
(d) community’s problems and solutions.
Answer:
(c) science and spirituality

(C) According to Dr. Kalam, the need that is felt more than ever is …………………………...
(a) a laboratory to conduct experiments.
(b) a new technology to find results.
(c) a dialogue among cultures, religions and civilizations.
(d) a dialogue between people of different professions.
Answer:
(c) a dialogue among cultures, religions and civilizations.

(D) Dr. Kalam’s father was a symbol of …………………………...
(a) trust and faith.
(b) simplicity and divinity
(c) teacher and disciple.
(d) father and friend.
Answer:
(b) simplicity and divinity

(E) Spirituality takes care of …………………………...
(a) education, teaching and learning.
(b) science, technology and sci-fi.
(c) confusion, misery or failure.
(d) crime, illiteracy and child labour.
Answer:
(c) confusion, misery or failure.

(F) How can academic brilliance diminish?
(a) by disturbance and frustration.
(b) by going off track
(c) by a coating of dust.
(d) by losing focus and seriousness.
Answer:
(d) by losing focus and seriousness

(G) What was most astonishing about 102 year old Swamiji?
(a) He was a great speaker and orator.
(b) He was a great scientist.
(c) He was a great admirer of technology.
(d) He looked as steady and alert as any other youngster.
Answer:
(d) He looked as steady and alert as any other youngster.

(H) What Dr. Kalam gathered while swimming in silence at the shores of Mahapragyaji?
(a) beautiful sea shores
(b) tree lined beaches
(c) sands of conscience
(d) beautiful sun-set.
Answer:
(c) sands of conscience

(b) “And then God will shine through us.”
…………………………………………………………………..
Answer:
Professor Satish Dhawan to Dr Kalam when ‘ they were talking about academic brilliance.

(c) “I wonder what power Mahaswamiji possesses, that keeps him so strong.”
…………………………………………………………………..
Answer:
Reverend Father Pereira said this to „the people in the Church, one Sunday. On the previous day, Dr Sarabhai and Dr Kalam had approached him to request the people to give up the church land for the building of a space research centre.

(b) How were different virtues inculcated in Dr Kalam?
Answer:
Dr Kalam inculcated the virtue of humility from his father who was a boatman. He learnt from his father how simplicity and divinity could go together.

(c) How did the Reverend relate and compare the work that he and Dr Sarabhai did for people?
Answer:
The Reverend said that Dr Sarabhai was a scientist. We benefit from the devices that science has developed in many ways – in our homes and in the fields of medicine and technology. A priest prays for the peace and well-being of his people. Thus both science and spirituality seek the Almighty’s blessing for the prosperity of the human mind and body. In short, both are doing the sameob.

(d) What was so remarkable about Dr Sri Sri Shivakumar Mahaswamiji?
Answer:
The remarkable aspect about Dr Sri Shivakumara Mahaswamiji was that he had dedicated his life to the service of humanity.

(e) Why is there an urgent need to replace ‘What can I take’ with ‘What can I give?
Answer:
There is an urgent need to replace ‘What can I take’ with ‘What can I give’ for the very survival of humanity. Unless we realize the gravity of the message, this planet will become a hub of environmental degradation, social evils, inequity and corruption. If we do not take up the challenge, our planet will not be liveable and the human race will not prosper.

8. Write in your own simple words what the following expressions convey in the context they occur in the text.
(a) Faith and fact can, together, create a better planet.
…………………………………………………………………..
Answer:
If people have belief in a greater power! as well as understand the truth of things that exist around them, this world will become a better place for all of us to live in harmony.

(b) Dr Kalam’s own life was nourished by multiple faiths.
…………………………………………………………………..
Answer:
This means that the life of Dr Kalam improved in quality because of the discussion he had with people of different faiths, such as the head priest of a temple who was a Vedic scholar, and a Christian priest.

(c) But there was a major roadblock.
…………………………………………………………………..
Answer:
This expression conveys the fact that something was being planned, but there were serious issues that hindered its progress.

(d) Only when the dust is removed, does the mirror shine and the reflection becomes clear.
…………………………………………………………………..
Answer:
This expression is a comparison between the mind and the mirror. The brilliance of both can be diminished by many factors that act like coatings of dust. However, when that coating is removed, both shine and radiate brilliance.

(e) Through his (Kalam’s) words of wisdom, I was getting to learn from countless great minds.
…………………………………………………………………..
Answer:
This expression first of all conveys the information that Dr Kalam himself was a very well- read person who had acquired his knowledge from innumerable great minds of the past. Further, it conveys that the speaker (Narrator; Srijan) himself received an education from Dr Kalam by association with him.

(f) He gathered the sands of conscience to be our guide, our best friend.
…………………………………………………………………..
Answer:
These words convey the idea that Dr Kalam realized that our own conscience is our guide and! best friend.

(g) ‘What can I take?’ is the thought which is responsible for all the wrong, seen around us.
…………………………………………………………………..
Answer:
These words convey the idea that when people think only in terms of what they can get S from others, it leads to every possible illegal or bad behaviour.

9. (A) From the lesson, pick out one word for each of the following.
(a) increase the speed …………………………
(b) point of view …………………………
(c) nearness in space …………………………
(d) a place of residence …………………………
(e) eager to know everything …………………………
(f) echoed loudly …………………………
(g) giving away much to the needy …………………………
(h) without making a difference …………………………
Answer:
(a) accelerate
(b) perspective
(c) proximity
(d) abode
(e) inquIsitive
(f) reverberated
(g) munificence
(h) indiscriminately

(B) Arrange the following words in the alphabetical order.

Answer:

(C) Find from the lesson the noun forms of –
1. combine …………………………
2. solve …………………………
3. simple …………………………
4. divine …………………………
5. advance …………………………
6. tranquil …………………………
7. liveable …………………………
8. strong …………………………
Answer:
1. combination
2. solution
3. simplicity
4. divinity
5. advancement
6. tranquillity
7. life
8. strength

No

Word

Connector

1.

government

(a)

person

2.

betterment of

(b)

curbs

3.

pure and ethical

(c)

degradation

4.

community’s

(d)

launch

5.

religions

(e)

dialogue

6.

astonishing

(f)

silence

7.

technological

⁽g⁾

motivation

8.

frank

(h)

aspect

9.

social

(i)

life

10.

faith

(j)

centre

11.

inquisitive

(k)

officials

12.

academic

(l)

problems

13.

environmental

(m)

humanity

14.

pin-drop

(n)

service

15.

alternate

(o)

bodies

16.

remarkable

(p)

evils

17.

silent

(q)

advancement

18.

famished

(r)

brilliance

19.

unsuccessful

(s)

accommodation

20.

space-research

(t)

discipline

Say whether the predicates in the following sentences have an object/a complement/an adverbial.
(1) There was silence. …………………………
(2) Alexander Bell invented the telephone. …………………………
(3) They have a holiday. …………………………
(4) The dancer danced gracefully. …………………………
(5) The milkman comes daily. …………………………
(6) The hostess served tea. …………………………
(7) The kite soared upwards. …………………………

He is famous as the Missile Man of India for his work on the development of ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology. He also played a pivotal organisational, technical, and political role in India’s Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998, the first since the initial nuclear test by India in 1974.

He was the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the Bharat Ratna in 1997, India’s highest civilian honour.

Amongst his writings, the most famous are ‘Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji’, and ‘India 2020’.

While delivering a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management, Shillong, Kalam collapsed and died from an apparent cardiac arrest on 27uly 2015, aged 83. Thousands including national-level dignitaries attended the funeral ceremony held in his hometown of Rameswaram, where he was buried with full state honours.

‘A’

‘B’

(i) remembered

(a) frank

(ii) honest

(b) misery

(iii) clothes

(c) recalled

(iv) sorrow

(d) attire

‘A’

‘B’

(i) remembered

(c) recalled;

(ii) honest

(a) frank;

(iii) clothes

(d) attire;

(iv) sorrow

(e) misery.

‘A’

‘B’

(i) which is new and inexperienced

(a) proximity

(ii) a place provided for a particular purpose.

(b) fledgling purpose

(iii) something that causes delay or obstruction

(c) site

(iv) nearness in space

(d) roadblock

‘A’

‘B’

(i) which is new and inexperienced

(b) fledgling purpose

(ii) a place provided for a particular purpose.

(c) site

(iii) something that causes delay or obstruction

(d) roadblock

(iv) nearness in space

(a) proximity

‘A’

‘B’

(i) asked

(a) increased

(ii) obscure

(b) impure

(iii) diminished

(c) clear

(iv) pure

(d) responded

‘A’

‘B’

(i) asked

(d) responded

(ii) obscure

(c) clear

(iii) diminished

(a) increased

(iv) pure

(b) impure

Name of person

Values

(a) Pramukh Swamiji

goodness of action

(b) Professor Brahma Prakash

need for living a pure and ethical life

(c) Father Pereira and Dr Sarabhai

selflessness in service

(d) Swami Sivananda

tranquillity

(e) Dr Kalam’s father

simplicity, the value of giving back

(f) Mahaswamiji

munificence, spirit of giving.