Question

NCERT Ch 7 A Visit to Cambridge English

(i) Did the prospect of meeting Stephen Hawking make the writer nervous? If so, why?
(ii) Did he at the same time feel very excited? If so, why?

Answer 1

(i) Yes, the prospect of meeting Stephen Hawking make the writer nervous because Stephen Hawking was the ablest scientist on the earth. He was the worthy author of world renouned book “A brief History of Time”. He had become the successor to Issac Newton at the University of Cambridge. Meeting with such a great personality made the writer nervous. 

(ii) Yes, he felt excited at the same time because it made him stronger to see somebody like him achieving something huge. This made him aware of the many possibilities present before him, thereby helping him to reach out further than he ever thought he could.

Answer 2

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(i) The writer was nervous at the prospect of meeting Stephen Hawking because Hawking was a very renowned and brilliant astrophysicist despite being paralysed and differently abled. He had authored one of the biggest best-sellers ever – A Brief History of Time. Besides, he was a worthy successor to Sir Isaac Newton and succeeded to his Chair at the Cambridge University.

(ii) Yes, the author – Firdaus Kanga was super excited to meet Stephen Hawking because he wasn’t expecting that he would be getting an opportunity to have a face-to-face conversation with such a great personality. He wondered that although Hawking was paralysed and differently abled, he had achieved greater heights and was considered a worthy successor to Sir Isaac Newton and succeeded to his Chair at the Cambridge University. This made Firdaus aware of the innumerous possibilities before him and he could reach out further than he ever thought he could.