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Q. 8. One day a magician came in a village. He said that
he can cook rice without using flame. He took an
empty pot and put some rice in it. He added water
to the pot and after sometime, he took the rice out.
The rice were cooked. The villagers were surprised
but Seema, girl of that village, was not. She also
performed the same magic and told that it is a
science, not a magic.
(i) Give three qualities exhibited by Seema in the above
passage.
(ii) how she cooked the rice without using flame

Answer 1

Answer:

(i) Qualities shown by Seema are:

(a) Good knowledge of science.

(b) Good thinker.

© No blind faith on magician.

(ii) With rice, she added some lime particles. When she added water to it, an exothermic reaction occurs. The heat evolved during the reaction cooked the rice.