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Read the following paragraph and write the synonyms of the underlined words choosing the words from the words given in the box.1. house; lived; prize; died; completely; intellectual C.V. Raman has the first Indian scholar (a) who studied wholly (b) in India and received the Nobel Prize. He was the first Asian and the first non-white to win such a great award (c) in science. He passed away (d) in 1970 on November 21. But his memories ace with us.2. thrill; friendship; organization; tools; development; farming On the busy Bow bazaar street in Calcutta there was an old building. It was head quarters of the Indian Association (a) for cultivation (b) of science, In December on a fine evening in 1927, there was much excitement (c) in one of its laboratories. Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman was showing a visitor some of his instruments (d) in his laboratory3. laughing; overjoyed; consequence; good; magnificent; sad Raman was equally delighted (a). “Excellent (b) news,” he said, smiling (c) at the visitor and then he was lost in thought. “But…. look here, Krishnan,” he said turning to the young man, “if this Compton Effect (d) is true of X-rays, it must be true of light too.”4. instruments; changes; quality; advanced; infrastructure; creation Could light also change its nature (a) when passed through a transparent medium? That was the question that Raman asked himself. For five years he had been doing research in optics, the science of light. No sophisticated (b) equipment (c) was available in his laboratory, but Raman was confident that he could find the answer with some modifications (d) in his equipment.

Answer»

1. a) intellectual 

b) completely 

c) prize 

d) died

2. a) organisation 

b) development 

c) thrill 

d) tools

3. a) overjoyed 

b) good 

c) laughing 

d) consequence

4. a) quality 

b) advanced

c) instruments 

d) changes



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