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1. 1.

   Look up the dictionary, write and learn the meanings of:

   architect	steered	evoked	doyen	geneticist
   physicist	Nobel Laureate	research	prestigious

    

2. 2.

   Make sentences of you own with:

   1. numerous challenges
   2. speech evoked
   3. a huge increase
   4. due to
   5. while heading to
3. 3.

   Explain these expressions in your own words or with the help of a sentence:

   1. shook him
   2. heart and soul
   3. prompted him to
   4. key role
   5. touched our lives
4. 4.

   Bring out the different meanings of the word course. Consult the dictionary for your answers.

   1. He changed the course of his young life.
   2. New course of studies.
   3. The next course after the soup was grilled mushrooms with tartar sauce.
   4. Of course I love you!
   5. One could hear the excited shouting of race goers at the race course.
5. 5.

   Complete the following answers:

   1. The Great Bengal Famine made M.S. Swaminathan decide to ________________.
   2. The huge increase in grains led to India stop ____________ and becoming __________.
   3. M.S. Swaminathan is still working to ______________.
   4. Two awards instituted in Dadasahed Phalke's name are ______________.
   5. Dadasahed Phalke laid the foundation of Indian cinema by _____________.
   6. The film, Raja Harishchandra sets an example of team work because ________________.
   7. Homi Jahangir Bhaba was an _________________.
   8. Homi had his education at __________________.
   9. Homi Bhaba is known as the Father of India's nuclear programme because ______________.
   10. We can justify the title of the chapter, 'Lest We Forget' because _______________.
6. 6.

   Select any one of the great builders of modern India from the chapter and write a three-paragraph essay on him.