Activity 6 – Identify which of the following statements are True and which are False. Give a supporting statement for your answer

Question

Identify which of the following statements are True and which are False. Give a supporting statement for your answer:

1. Crescograph was invented by Marconi.
2. Marconi got the patency right for wireless telegraphy.
3. Bose was awarded Knighthood in 1919.
4. No other Bengali writer had written science fiction before J.C. Bose.

Answer

1. False; Bose had invented several sensitive instruments. One of them is Crescograph.
2. True; It was the Italian Science Marconi who got the patency right for the invention of the wireless telegraph.
3. False; Bose was awarded Knighthood by the British government in 1917.
4. True; He was the first writer of science fiction in Bangla.