A Truly Beautiful Mind Class 9 Worksheet English Chapter 1

Q.1. What did the school headmaster say about Einstein?
(a) None of these
(b) He is great
(c) He can’t be a success at anything
(d) He would be a genius

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.2. What did the newspapers proclaim Einstein's work?
(a) A scientific revolution
(b) An unscientific revolution
(c) A cinematic revolution
(d) An economic revolution

Correct Answer is Option (a)
The newspaper's proclaimed Einstein's work as a scientific revolution.

Q.3. What kind of prose do you think, A Truly Beautiful Mind can be categorised as?
(a) Novel
(b) Biographical text
(c) Autobiographical text
(d) Short story

Correct Answer is Option (b)
The prose titled A Truly Beautiful Mind is a biographical text on Albert Einstein.

Q.4. By what age did Einstein not learn to speak?
(a) Five and half years
(b) Three and half years
(c) Two and half years
(d) Four and half years

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.5. A Truly Beautiful Mind, what did Albert's playmates call him?
(a) Boring Brat
(b) Brother Brown
(c) Brother Boring
(d) Big Brother

Correct Answer is Option (c)
Albert had no idea as to what he should do with the other children. He was like a boring child for his playmates so they named him "Brother Boring".

Q.6. Why did Einstein write a public missive to the UN?
(a) He wanted to propose his theory in the UN.
(b) He wanted the membership of the UN.
(c) He was in favour of the world government.
(d) He was moved by world destruction.

Correct Answer is Option (c)
Einstein wrote a public missive to the United Nations and proposed the formation of a world government.

Q.7. Why did Einstein leave the school?
(a) For good
(b) He had clashed with the teachers
(c) All of these
(d) He didn’t like discipline and order in the school

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.8. Who was Einstein's second wife?
(a) Mileva Maric
(b) Maja
(c) Einstein's cousin Elsa
(d) He did not marry a second time

Correct Answer is Option (c)
The marriage with Mileva had proved fail and they got divorced in the year 1919. Einstein married his cousin Elsa in the same year.

Q.9. When was Albert Einstein born as per the date given in the text, A Truly Beautiful Mind
(a) 14th March 1859
(b) 14th March 1879
(c) 14th March 1889
(d) 14th March 1869

Correct Answer is Option (b)
Albert Einstein was born on 14th March 1879 in the German city of Ulm.

Q.10. To which the American President did Einstein write a letter about the destructive powers of such atomic bombs?
(a) Abraham Lincoln
(b) Theodore Roosevelt
(c) Franklin Pierce
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt

Correct Answer is Option (d)
At the urging of a colleague, Einstein wrote a letter to the American President Franklin D. Roosevelt explaining to him the destructive power of the atomic bombs on 2nd August 1939.