8th Class English Sample Paper English Olympiad Model Test Paper-16

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    Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
    S.N. Bose's experimental skill was not confined to physics alone. His energy had been channelized in several directions. One direction, in which his energy flowed more consistently than in any other, was the popularization of science. In a newly independent country like India, determined to develop her industries as quickly as possible, there was every danger of leadership in scientific research falling into the hands of those whom C.P Shaw called 'slide-rule' scientist. As a safeguard against this, even before independence, Bose found a scientific journal in Bengali, 'Bijnana Parichay', to spread scientific knowledge among common people.
    What do you understand by 'slide-rule' scientist?

    A) A person interested in spreading scientific knowledge among common people

    B) A person who can divert his energies in several direction

    C) A person who carries on scientific research only on stereotype ideas

    D) All of these

    E) None of these

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    [c] Not Available


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