(a) What special treatment did the chain receive?
(b) Why did the king want no more talk about the Hilsa-
fish?
(c) How have advances in technology affected the game
of cricket?
(d) What was Mr. Gessler's complaint against "big
firms"?
(e) Why does a burning candle go out when you blow on
it?
(f) How did the spirit of the dog help the farmer first?
Answers
Answer:
a) He tightened the chain till it would not move, next he loosened it until it was twice as loose as it was before.
b)The king did not want any more talk about the hilsa-fish because it was the season for hilsa-fish and no one could stop talking about it for even five minutes.
c)Advances in technology, especially television technology, have affected the development of contemporary cricket by making it marketable game: ...
Answer:
(a) The author's friend tightened it to the extent that it didn't move at all. He then loosened it until it was twice as loose as it was before.
(b) The king did not want any more talk about the hilsa-fish because it was the season for hilsa-fish and no one could stop talking about it for even five minutes. He was getting annoyed with all the talk about hilsa-fish.
(c) Advances in technology, especially television technology, have affected the development of contemporary cricket by making it marketable game: ... Continuous television coverage made cricketers celebrities. They became rich. They were paid by cricket boards and also by companies whose commercials they endorsed.
(d) Mr Gessler's complaint against big firms was that they got customers only because of advertising, and not because of any quality work. Mr Gessler, who loved his job and who used to make good quality boots, had very little work because people preferred the big firms.
(e) Carbon dioxide molecules are heavier than air. Because of this, they push the oxygen and other molecules in the air out of the way as they sink down over the flame and candle. When oxygen is pushed away from the wick, it can't react with the wax anymore. This makes the flame go out.
(f) The spirit of the dog came in the farmer's dream and first asked him to chop the pine tree and make mortar and hand-mill out of it. With the mortar and mill it gave the farmer heaps of gold.
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