PSEB CLASS 10TH ENGLISH CHAPTER 2 IMPORTANT QUESTION ANSWER Ch. 2. Where Is Science Taking Us?
OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS
1. Modern drugs have decreased the average life span of human beings. (T/F)
Ans. False.
2. Name the author of the essay.
Ans. Dr. S.W. Pennyquick.
3. Name two non-material things mentioned in the lesson.
Ans. Charity, Mercy.
4. Machines give us more and more hours of ____.
Ans. Leisure.
5. Which age group is over-crowded today?
Ans. Upper age group.
6. Science is doing ‘less than nothing for material things’. (T/F)
Ans. False.
7. Science has helped man to live ____.
Ans. Longer.
**SHORT QUESTIONS**
1. What has happened to the ethics and morals in the modern world?
Ans. The morals and ethics are declining in the modern world.
2. Why does the author say that science is doing less than nothing?
Ans. Because it is doing nothing for non-material things.
3. What is really needed in the world today?
Ans. Moral and spiritual values are needed.
4. What are the consequences of war?
Ans. War causes death and destruction.
5. What is the greatest triumph of science?
Ans. The greatest triumph of the Science is to provide food, clothing and shelter to all the people.
LONG QUESTIONS
1. What should be the ultimate aim of science?
Ans. Science has given us all the material comforts. But science should also help man to develop non-material qualities. It should protect the nature, the environment.
2. List the material triumphs of science and the non-material necessities to make the world a better place.
Ans. Science has given us unlimited powers. It gave us machines which can do almost everything for us. But the non-material things like charity, mercy, understanding, tolerance and justice make the world a better place.
PSEB 10TH ENGLISH SOLUTION :TRANSLATION
1. Where is Science taking us? ਵਿਗਿਆਨ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਕਿੱਥੇ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਜਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ?
2. This is the age of the machine. ਇਹ ਮਸ਼ੀਨੀ ਯੁਗ ਹੈ।
3. I wish I had another hundred years. ਕਾਸ਼! ਮੇਰੇ ਕੋਲ ਹੋਰ ਸੋ ਸਾਲ ਹੁੰਦੇ।
4. War is the worst example. ਯੁੱਧ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਮਾੜੀ ਉਦਾਹਰਣ ਹੈ।
5. Here Science is actually doing less than nothing. ਇਥੇ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ ਹਕੀਕਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੁਝ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰ ਰਿਹਾ।
6. Who is to keep them? ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਕੌਣ ਸੰਭਾਲੇਗਾ?
7. Science goes on raising its problems. ਵਿਗਿਆਨ ਦੀ ਵਧ ਰਹੀਆਂ ਸਮੱਸਿਆਵਾਂ ਵਧਦੀਆਂ ਹੀ ਜਾ ਰਹੀਆਂ ਹਨ।
8. What is really needed in the world today? ਅੱਜ ਦੁਨੀਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਸਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੀ ਲੋੜ ਹੈ?
9. What is Science really after? ਵਿਗਿਆਨ ਅਸਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਸ ਗੱਲ ਦੇ ਪਿੱਛੇ ਹੈ?
10. What is its goal? ਇਸਦਾ ਮਕਸਦ ਕੀ ਹੈ?
