1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. The largest of Egypt's many ancient pyramids is situated 16 kilometres East of Cairo in the Giza plain. The base of the pyramid is 70 square metres in area and is levelled to fraction of a centimetre. The sides are aligned to the four cardinal points, North, South, East and West; that is, each side faces one of these points. The sides slope at an angle of 51 degrees 51 inches from the base and the present height of the pyramid is over 137 metres. However, the apex is missing, and there is no historical record of one having ever existed. (8) There is no surviving record as to when, how or by whom the great pyramid was constructed. It has usually been accepted that it was built sometime millennium BC, but many modern scholars maintain that, at that time the engineering skills of the Egyptians were inadequate for such a gigantic undertaking. Moreover, the design of the pyramid incorporates certain mathematical formulae that were unknown at that time. the third Some people believe that the pyramid was built much earlier by or with the assistance of survivors of a lost civilisation that was intellectually, technologically, probably and morally superior to the society that has existed since. But this theory involves much speculation and little concrete evidence. Apart from the mystery of its origin, the great pyramid also possesses mysterious properties. Modern visitors havenoticed the mummified remains of small animals which had evidently wandered into it; despite the strangely humid atmosphere of the king's chamber, the bodies had not decayed but had been preserved through dehydration. This observation gave rise to the idea that the pyramid shape itself had played a part preservation of the mummified bodies of the pharaohs discovered in some of the pyramids. the marvellous Recently much research has been done on the physical properties of the pyramid shape. The most amazing results have been recorded; food is preserved, milk turns to yoghurt, plants grow more quickly, blunt razors are sharpened, toothache is cured, and those who meditate entered exalted state of consciousness. It seems that a special energy field was created by the pyramid shape and this energy accumulates towards the apex.
A. Answer the following questions on the basis of the passage you have read.
(i) Give a brief description of the largest of ancient Egyptian pyramids.
(ii) When was the great pyramid built?
(iii) What did the modern visitors find inside the pyramid?
(iv) Write down the results which the research on the physical properties of the pyramid brought. (v) Where is the pyramid situated?
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A pyramid is a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge to a single step at the top, making the shape roughly a pyramid in the geometric sense. The base of a pyramid can be trilateral, quadrilateral, or of any polygon shape. As such, a pyramid has at least three outer triangular surfaces.
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