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Chapter 3.2: The Night I Met Einstein 
 
WARMING UP [PAGE 107] 
 
Warming Up | Q 1 | Page 107 
With your bench-mate prepare a profile of Albert Einstein. 
ALBERT EINSTEIN 
• Profession :_______________________ 
• Field of Science :__________________ 
• World-famous theory proposed : ______________ 
• Awards : _______________________ 
• Disability in childhood : _____________________ 
• Books written : ___________________ 
 
SOLUTION 
ALBERT EINSTEIN 
Ans. Profession: Scientist 
Field of Science: Theoretical Physics 
The world-famous theory proposed: Theory of Relativity 
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics (1921). Copley Medal by the Royal Society (1925), 
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1926), Max Planck medal of the German 
Physical Society (1929), Prix Jules Janssen (1931) 
Disability in childhood: Dyslexia (Asperger's Syndrome, Autism) 
Books wrote: The World as I see it: Relativity: The Special and the General Theory: 
The Evolution of Physics: The Meaning of Relativity: Einstein's Essays in Science; 
Einstein on Peace: Why 
War?: Essays in Humanism 
Warming Up | Q 2 | Page 107 
Look at the pictures of musical instruments and write their names; what the 
player of the instrument is called and a famous player of the instrument. 
 
Instrument Name of the 
instrument 
One who plays is 
called 
A famous player 
 
______________ ______________ ______________ 
 
______________ ______________ Ustad Bismillah 
Khan 
 
______________ Pianist ______________ 
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Chapter 3.2: The Night I Met Einstein 
 
WARMING UP [PAGE 107] 
 
Warming Up | Q 1 | Page 107 
With your bench-mate prepare a profile of Albert Einstein. 
ALBERT EINSTEIN 
• Profession :_______________________ 
• Field of Science :__________________ 
• World-famous theory proposed : ______________ 
• Awards : _______________________ 
• Disability in childhood : _____________________ 
• Books written : ___________________ 
 
SOLUTION 
ALBERT EINSTEIN 
Ans. Profession: Scientist 
Field of Science: Theoretical Physics 
The world-famous theory proposed: Theory of Relativity 
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics (1921). Copley Medal by the Royal Society (1925), 
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1926), Max Planck medal of the German 
Physical Society (1929), Prix Jules Janssen (1931) 
Disability in childhood: Dyslexia (Asperger's Syndrome, Autism) 
Books wrote: The World as I see it: Relativity: The Special and the General Theory: 
The Evolution of Physics: The Meaning of Relativity: Einstein's Essays in Science; 
Einstein on Peace: Why 
War?: Essays in Humanism 
Warming Up | Q 2 | Page 107 
Look at the pictures of musical instruments and write their names; what the 
player of the instrument is called and a famous player of the instrument. 
 
Instrument Name of the 
instrument 
One who plays is 
called 
A famous player 
 
______________ ______________ ______________ 
 
______________ ______________ Ustad Bismillah 
Khan 
 
______________ Pianist ______________ 
 
______________ ______________ ______________ 
 
______________ ______________ ______________ 
 
______________ ______________ ______________ 
 
_____________ ______________ ______________ 
 
SOLUTION 
 
Instrument Name of the 
instrument 
One who plays is 
called 
A famous player 
 
Table Tabalchi Zakir Hussain 
 
Shehnai Vajantri Ustad Bismillah 
Khan 
 
piano Pianist Anil Srinivasan 
 
Drum drummer Sivamani 
 
violin 
violinist Dr. L. Subramaniam 
 
Sitar sitar player Ravi Shankar 
 
trumpet trumpeter Dubier 
 
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Chapter 3.2: The Night I Met Einstein 
 
WARMING UP [PAGE 107] 
 
Warming Up | Q 1 | Page 107 
With your bench-mate prepare a profile of Albert Einstein. 
ALBERT EINSTEIN 
• Profession :_______________________ 
• Field of Science :__________________ 
• World-famous theory proposed : ______________ 
• Awards : _______________________ 
• Disability in childhood : _____________________ 
• Books written : ___________________ 
 
SOLUTION 
ALBERT EINSTEIN 
Ans. Profession: Scientist 
Field of Science: Theoretical Physics 
The world-famous theory proposed: Theory of Relativity 
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics (1921). Copley Medal by the Royal Society (1925), 
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1926), Max Planck medal of the German 
Physical Society (1929), Prix Jules Janssen (1931) 
Disability in childhood: Dyslexia (Asperger's Syndrome, Autism) 
Books wrote: The World as I see it: Relativity: The Special and the General Theory: 
The Evolution of Physics: The Meaning of Relativity: Einstein's Essays in Science; 
Einstein on Peace: Why 
War?: Essays in Humanism 
Warming Up | Q 2 | Page 107 
Look at the pictures of musical instruments and write their names; what the 
player of the instrument is called and a famous player of the instrument. 
 
Instrument Name of the 
instrument 
One who plays is 
called 
A famous player 
 
______________ ______________ ______________ 
 
______________ ______________ Ustad Bismillah 
Khan 
 
______________ Pianist ______________ 
 
______________ ______________ ______________ 
 
______________ ______________ ______________ 
 
______________ ______________ ______________ 
 
_____________ ______________ ______________ 
 
SOLUTION 
 
Instrument Name of the 
instrument 
One who plays is 
called 
A famous player 
 
Table Tabalchi Zakir Hussain 
 
Shehnai Vajantri Ustad Bismillah 
Khan 
 
piano Pianist Anil Srinivasan 
 
Drum drummer Sivamani 
 
violin 
violinist Dr. L. Subramaniam 
 
Sitar sitar player Ravi Shankar 
 
trumpet trumpeter Dubier 
 
Warming Up | Q 3 | Page 107 
Separate the words in the columns they belong to. 
(chorus, ballet, melody, swar, kathak, raga, salsa, symphony, mudra, serenade, 
choreography, tune, audience, tango, allegro, duet, Odissi, choir, concert, performance, 
hip-hop) 
 
Music Common to both arts Dance 
      
 
SOLUTION 
 
Music Common to both Dance 
chorus arts ballet 
melody salsa kathak 
swar audience mudra 
raga concert tango 
symphony performance Odissi 
serenade Common to both hip-hop 
tune arts choreography 
allegro salsa Dance 
duet audience ballet 
choir concert kathak 
 
ENGLISH WORKSHOP [PAGES 110 - 113] 
English Workshop | Q 1. (a) | Page 110 
Complete the following sentence. 
The narrator was not happy about the concert because _____________. 
 
SOLUTION 
The narrator was not happy about the concert because he did not understand 
classical music. 
English Workshop | Q 1. (b) | Page 110 
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Chapter 3.2: The Night I Met Einstein 
 
WARMING UP [PAGE 107] 
 
Warming Up | Q 1 | Page 107 
With your bench-mate prepare a profile of Albert Einstein. 
ALBERT EINSTEIN 
• Profession :_______________________ 
• Field of Science :__________________ 
• World-famous theory proposed : ______________ 
• Awards : _______________________ 
• Disability in childhood : _____________________ 
• Books written : ___________________ 
 
SOLUTION 
ALBERT EINSTEIN 
Ans. Profession: Scientist 
Field of Science: Theoretical Physics 
The world-famous theory proposed: Theory of Relativity 
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics (1921). Copley Medal by the Royal Society (1925), 
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1926), Max Planck medal of the German 
Physical Society (1929), Prix Jules Janssen (1931) 
Disability in childhood: Dyslexia (Asperger's Syndrome, Autism) 
Books wrote: The World as I see it: Relativity: The Special and the General Theory: 
The Evolution of Physics: The Meaning of Relativity: Einstein's Essays in Science; 
Einstein on Peace: Why 
War?: Essays in Humanism 
Warming Up | Q 2 | Page 107 
Look at the pictures of musical instruments and write their names; what the 
player of the instrument is called and a famous player of the instrument. 
 
Instrument Name of the 
instrument 
One who plays is 
called 
A famous player 
 
______________ ______________ ______________ 
 
______________ ______________ Ustad Bismillah 
Khan 
 
______________ Pianist ______________ 
 
______________ ______________ ______________ 
 
______________ ______________ ______________ 
 
______________ ______________ ______________ 
 
_____________ ______________ ______________ 
 
SOLUTION 
 
Instrument Name of the 
instrument 
One who plays is 
called 
A famous player 
 
Table Tabalchi Zakir Hussain 
 
Shehnai Vajantri Ustad Bismillah 
Khan 
 
piano Pianist Anil Srinivasan 
 
Drum drummer Sivamani 
 
violin 
violinist Dr. L. Subramaniam 
 
Sitar sitar player Ravi Shankar 
 
trumpet trumpeter Dubier 
 
Warming Up | Q 3 | Page 107 
Separate the words in the columns they belong to. 
(chorus, ballet, melody, swar, kathak, raga, salsa, symphony, mudra, serenade, 
choreography, tune, audience, tango, allegro, duet, Odissi, choir, concert, performance, 
hip-hop) 
 
Music Common to both arts Dance 
      
 
SOLUTION 
 
Music Common to both Dance 
chorus arts ballet 
melody salsa kathak 
swar audience mudra 
raga concert tango 
symphony performance Odissi 
serenade Common to both hip-hop 
tune arts choreography 
allegro salsa Dance 
duet audience ballet 
choir concert kathak 
 
ENGLISH WORKSHOP [PAGES 110 - 113] 
English Workshop | Q 1. (a) | Page 110 
Complete the following sentence. 
The narrator was not happy about the concert because _____________. 
 
SOLUTION 
The narrator was not happy about the concert because he did not understand 
classical music. 
English Workshop | Q 1. (b) | Page 110 
Complete the following sentence. 
When the narrator turned to look at his neighbour, he ___________________. 
 
SOLUTION 
When the narrator turned to look at his neighbour he saw a very famous face with a 
shock of white hair and a pipe. 
English Workshop | Q 1. (c) | Page 110 
Complete the following sentence. 
Einstein was surprised to hear that __________. 
 
SOLUTION 
Einstein was surprised to hear that the narrator had never heard any of Bach’s 
music and did not know anything about him. 
English Workshop | Q 1. (d) | Page 110 
Complete the following sentence. 
The narrator’s memory has an image of Einstein as ________________. 
 
SOLUTION 
The narrator’s memory has an image of Einstein as a small man with a shock of 
untidy hair and a pipe in his mouth. 
English Workshop | Q 1. (e) | Page 110 
Complete the following sentence. 
The greatest act towards human beings is ________________. 
 
SOLUTION 
The greatest act towards human beings is opening up the frontiers of beauty. 
English Workshop | Q 2 | Page 111 
Who said to whom? 
 
Statement Who To whom Effect on the 
listener 
“We are going to listen to a 
very good pianist.” 
_____________ _____________ _____________ 
“I do not know anything about 
Bach.” 
_____________ _____________ _____________ 
“You are not tone-deaf.” _____________ _____________ _____________ 
“Just allow yourself to listen 
that's all there is to it” 
_____________ _____________ _____________ 
 
SOLUTION 
 
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Chapter 3.2: The Night I Met Einstein 
 
WARMING UP [PAGE 107] 
 
Warming Up | Q 1 | Page 107 
With your bench-mate prepare a profile of Albert Einstein. 
ALBERT EINSTEIN 
• Profession :_______________________ 
• Field of Science :__________________ 
• World-famous theory proposed : ______________ 
• Awards : _______________________ 
• Disability in childhood : _____________________ 
• Books written : ___________________ 
 
SOLUTION 
ALBERT EINSTEIN 
Ans. Profession: Scientist 
Field of Science: Theoretical Physics 
The world-famous theory proposed: Theory of Relativity 
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics (1921). Copley Medal by the Royal Society (1925), 
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1926), Max Planck medal of the German 
Physical Society (1929), Prix Jules Janssen (1931) 
Disability in childhood: Dyslexia (Asperger's Syndrome, Autism) 
Books wrote: The World as I see it: Relativity: The Special and the General Theory: 
The Evolution of Physics: The Meaning of Relativity: Einstein's Essays in Science; 
Einstein on Peace: Why 
War?: Essays in Humanism 
Warming Up | Q 2 | Page 107 
Look at the pictures of musical instruments and write their names; what the 
player of the instrument is called and a famous player of the instrument. 
 
Instrument Name of the 
instrument 
One who plays is 
called 
A famous player 
 
______________ ______________ ______________ 
 
______________ ______________ Ustad Bismillah 
Khan 
 
______________ Pianist ______________ 
 
______________ ______________ ______________ 
 
______________ ______________ ______________ 
 
______________ ______________ ______________ 
 
_____________ ______________ ______________ 
 
SOLUTION 
 
Instrument Name of the 
instrument 
One who plays is 
called 
A famous player 
 
Table Tabalchi Zakir Hussain 
 
Shehnai Vajantri Ustad Bismillah 
Khan 
 
piano Pianist Anil Srinivasan 
 
Drum drummer Sivamani 
 
violin 
violinist Dr. L. Subramaniam 
 
Sitar sitar player Ravi Shankar 
 
trumpet trumpeter Dubier 
 
Warming Up | Q 3 | Page 107 
Separate the words in the columns they belong to. 
(chorus, ballet, melody, swar, kathak, raga, salsa, symphony, mudra, serenade, 
choreography, tune, audience, tango, allegro, duet, Odissi, choir, concert, performance, 
hip-hop) 
 
Music Common to both arts Dance 
      
 
SOLUTION 
 
Music Common to both Dance 
chorus arts ballet 
melody salsa kathak 
swar audience mudra 
raga concert tango 
symphony performance Odissi 
serenade Common to both hip-hop 
tune arts choreography 
allegro salsa Dance 
duet audience ballet 
choir concert kathak 
 
ENGLISH WORKSHOP [PAGES 110 - 113] 
English Workshop | Q 1. (a) | Page 110 
Complete the following sentence. 
The narrator was not happy about the concert because _____________. 
 
SOLUTION 
The narrator was not happy about the concert because he did not understand 
classical music. 
English Workshop | Q 1. (b) | Page 110 
Complete the following sentence. 
When the narrator turned to look at his neighbour, he ___________________. 
 
SOLUTION 
When the narrator turned to look at his neighbour he saw a very famous face with a 
shock of white hair and a pipe. 
English Workshop | Q 1. (c) | Page 110 
Complete the following sentence. 
Einstein was surprised to hear that __________. 
 
SOLUTION 
Einstein was surprised to hear that the narrator had never heard any of Bach’s 
music and did not know anything about him. 
English Workshop | Q 1. (d) | Page 110 
Complete the following sentence. 
The narrator’s memory has an image of Einstein as ________________. 
 
SOLUTION 
The narrator’s memory has an image of Einstein as a small man with a shock of 
untidy hair and a pipe in his mouth. 
English Workshop | Q 1. (e) | Page 110 
Complete the following sentence. 
The greatest act towards human beings is ________________. 
 
SOLUTION 
The greatest act towards human beings is opening up the frontiers of beauty. 
English Workshop | Q 2 | Page 111 
Who said to whom? 
 
Statement Who To whom Effect on the 
listener 
“We are going to listen to a 
very good pianist.” 
_____________ _____________ _____________ 
“I do not know anything about 
Bach.” 
_____________ _____________ _____________ 
“You are not tone-deaf.” _____________ _____________ _____________ 
“Just allow yourself to listen 
that's all there is to it” 
_____________ _____________ _____________ 
 
SOLUTION 
 
Statement Who To whom Effect on the listener 
"We are going to 
listen to a very good 
pianist.' 
The hostless The narrator Not very happy 
"I do not know 
anything about Bach." 
The 
narrator/writer 
Albert Einstein The listener looked 
surprised. 
"You are not tone-
deaf." 
Albert Einstein The 
narrator/writer 
The listener tried to 
justify himself. 
"Just allow yourself to 
listen that's all there is 
to it? 
Einstein The narrator The listener was able 
to appreciate the 
concert and clap 
sincerely. 
 
English Workshop | Q 3 | Page 111 
List all the words from the story related to ‘Music’. 
__________________________________________________ 
__________________________________________________ 
 
SOLUTION 
Concert, pianist, classical music, tone-deaf, piece. Bach, Gramophone, song, tune, Bing 
Crosby, voice, John MacCormac, The Trumpeteer. 
English Workshop | Q 4. (a) | Page 111 
Rewrite the following sentence inserting the appropriate phrases in their proper 
form. 
(to get out of, to come up, to turn on, to give in, to get into, to come down, to work out, 
to turn off, to give off, to give out, to work in) 
He _____________ bed and _______________ the living room, to see if the door was 
closed 
 
SOLUTION 
He Got out of bed and got into the living room, to see if the door was closed. 
English Workshop | Q 4. (b) | Page 111 
Rewrite the following sentence inserting the appropriate phrases in their proper 
form. 
(to get out of, to come up, to turn on, to give in, to get into, to come down, to work out, 
to turn off, to give off, to give out, to work in) 
To enjoy the music and relax, he _____________ the music and ___________ the 
lights.