Question
[1]. Read the following passage carefully:
Passage: "In a town where streetlights hid the stars, twelve-year-old Tara built a small telescope from old lenses and a cardboard tube. Every clear night she climbed to the roof, counted stars in one patch of sky, and wrote the numbers in a notebook. Her friends teased her: the sky never changed, they said. But Tara's notebook showed something else — some stars brightened and dimmed over weeks, and one 'star' moved slowly night after night. A visiting science teacher explained that the moving point was a planet, and the brightening stars were variables. Tara had not discovered a new world. She had discovered that careful watching makes the familiar sky unfamiliar." Which of the following best captures the central point of the passage?
Option 1 : Careful, repeated observation can reveal change in what seems unchanging
Detailed Solution
सही उत्तर Careful, repeated observation can reveal change in what seems unchanging है।
Tara's notebook showed brightening, dimming and a moving planet — change revealed by watching.
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[1]. Read the following passage carefully:
Passage: "In a town where streetlights hid the stars, twelve-year-old Tara built a small telescope from old lenses and a cardboard tube. Every clear night she climbed to the roof, counted stars in one patch of sky, and wrote the numbers in a notebook. Her friends teased her: the sky never changed, they said. But Tara's notebook showed something else — some stars brightened and dimmed over weeks, and one 'star' moved slowly night after night. A visiting science teacher explained that the moving point was a planet, and the brightening stars were variables. Tara had not discovered a new world. She had discovered that careful watching makes the familiar sky unfamiliar." Which of the following best captures the central point of the passage?
Correct Answer: Careful, repeated observation can reveal change in what seems unchanging
Tara's notebook showed brightening, dimming and a moving planet — change revealed by watching.