What were the early ideas of men about the sky and the earth ? They naturally believed that the earth was motionless, and they also supposed that it was flat. These two ideas do not surprise us. Children now-a-days think the same until they are taught differently. How were men to know that the earth was aball circling round the sun ? They had no telescope for accurate observation. they had not travelled round the world. In fact, many parts of the world in those days were unexplored and unknown. They thought they lived on a kind of flat plate, and that the sky with the sun and the moon and the starts, was a kind of inverted bowl turning round above them. The sun, the moon and the stars were their lamps for day and night.
QUESTIONS:
1. Unless children are taught differently they think that
(A) the earth is round and moving.
(B) the sun and the moon are motionless.
(C) the sun and the moon are moving.
(D) the sun and the moon are moving round the earth.
2. The early ideas of man were wrong because
(A) man did not use the telescope.
(B) man did not like to travel.
(C) man never had the scientific knowledge.
(D) man was foolish and lazy.
3. What was true for early man ?
(A) The earth was round and moving.
(B) The telescope was accurate.
(C) Travelling and exploring were the methods to gain knowledge.
(D) The sun was motionless.
4. What was the main cause of the early man’s wrong ideas ?
(A) Lack of scientific knowledge
(B) Seeing and believing
(C) Lack of desire to know
(D) Lack of desire to observe and explore
(Source: CDS-I Exam Paper English – 2012)
Latest Govt Job & Exam Updates: