(a) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below : Of men's earliest inventions we know very little., The first may have been the use of a stone to crack a nut. The next was possibly the use of a stick to strike an enemy. Once man found that stick and stone were useful, it was only a step further to the making of a rude weapon by fastening a stone to the end string. Man used stick and stone long before he dared to meddle with fire.Fire of course existed for lightening must sometimes have set the forest ablaze just as it does today: and in those days volcanoes were much more active than they now are. The forgotten hero who first dared to tame fire to his own use was the greatest of early inventors for once had fire he was the master of all lower creatures
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The answers to the following questions are given in the explanation:-
1. What may have been man’s earliest inventions?
2. Why did not man tame fire early as he know the use of sticks and stones?
3. Why was fire not invented by man?
4. Who can be considered one of the greatest early discoverers?
5. Give a suitable title to the passage.
Explanation:
1. We know relatively little about the early inventions made by men. However, it is said that the earliest invention was the use of a stone to crack a nut.
2. Because early men, like other wild creatures, feared the fire, he was the first to tame it by using tools like sticks and stones.
3. Due to lightning-related forest fires and the occurrence of more active volcanoes, man did not dare to experiment with fire.
4. The forgotten hero who dared to find fire can be regarded as one of the greatest early discoverers since he once held power over fire.
5. "Discoveries of the Early Men".
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