(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 i 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 forests 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.
Questions: (i) What can have been man's earliest inventions? (ii) Why did not man use fire as early as he learnt to use stick and stone? (iii) How can we say that fire existed before man learnt to make a fire? (iv) In what sense was the man who first dared to tame fire the greatest of early inventors? (v) Give a suitable title to the passage.
Answers
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 i 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 forests 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.
According to the above passage...
(i) What can have been man's earliest inventions?
Ans. (i) The man's earliest inventions were -
- a stone to crack a nut
- a stick to strike an enemy
- fire which was used for lightening
(ii) Why did not man use fire as early as he learnt to use stick and stone?
Ans. (ii) Fire was invented after the discoveries of stick and stone because fire was used in there time by striking of 2 stones only and without the discovery of stone, fire can't be discovered.
(iii) How can we say that fire existed before man learnt to make a fire?
Ans. (iii) Fire do existed before man learnt to make it. It's not that if man has not discovered it so it will not exist, it will exist. The thing is that early humans do not knew how to use it before.
(iv) In what sense was the man who first dared to tame fire the greatest of early inventors?
Ans. (iv) The man who first dared to tame fire the greatest of early inventors as we know fire is one of the great inventions. If he do not knew it that how to use it, he will be burnt so it was a little bit daring invention and also, it is a great invention.
(v) Give a suitable title to the passage.
Ans. (v) The suitable title for the passage can be ''Our earliest inventions which are known a little'' (You can also prefer to something else also).
Answer:
Title - "Men's earliest inventions"
Explanation:
precis- we know very little about our earliest inventions.The man who first dared to tame fire, the greatest of early inventors, if he do not knew about it or how to use it, he will be burnt ,as we know fire is so risky, so it was really daring inventions.