Activity 8 – Answer the following questions

Question

Answer the following questions:

1. ‘Bose had invented several sensitive instruments’. Name a ‘sensitive instrument’ invented by J.C. Bose. What is its use?
2. What did Bose prove by his experiments on plants?
3. Do you think Bose prove by his experiments on plants?
4. What were the various awards and honours conferred on Bose?
5. Name some of his books and publications.

Answer

1. One sensitive instrument invented by J.C. Bose is the Crescograph. It is used to measure the growth rate of plants.
2. Bose proved through his experiments on plants that they are sensitive to external stimuli such as heat, cold, light, and noise. He showed that plants respond and behave in a manner similar to human beings, although with a slower response time.
3. Yes, Bose demonstrated through his experiments on plants that they exhibit sensitivity to various stimuli, similar to human beings. He showed that plants react and respond to external factors, challenging the notion that plants are passive and unresponsive entities.
4. J.C. Bose received several awards and honours during his lifetime. Some of them include Knighthood by the British government in 1917, being conferred the title of “Fellow of the Royal Society,” and being named a “Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire.”
5. Some of J.C. Bose’s books and publications include “Response in the Living and the Non-living” (1902), “The Nervous Mechanism of Plants” (1926), and “Major Mechanism of Plants” (1928). Additionally, he wrote a science fiction book called “Niruddesher Khoje” in 1896, which is considered the first science fiction book in the Bengali language.