CBSE Class 11 English Albert Einstein At School Questions Answers Worksheet

CBSE Class 11 English Albert Einstein at school questions answers. Students can download these worksheets and practice them. This will help them to get better marks in examinations. Also refer to other worksheets for the same chapter and other subjects too. Use them for better understanding of the subjects.

1. Fill in the following blanks with appropriate phrases/ words from the text

Question. Albert Einstein can’t see any point in learning dates because one can always ____________ in a book.
Answer: look them up

Question. His teacher wanted him to stay in for an extra period although he did not imagine it would __________
Answer: do him much good

Question. Albert Einstein did not like his rented rooms in Munich. Going back to his lodgings did not ___________
Answer: cheer him up

Question. Albert Einstein lived in ________ quarters of Munich.
Answer: one of the poorest

Question. Albert Einstein studied Geology because he liked it and that was a ____________ for him.
Answer: good enough reason

Question. “I must get away from here,” Einstein told Yuri after ______ months alone in Munich.
Answer: six

Question. Yuri cautioned Einstein not to __________ over the eyes of the doctor.
Answer: pull the wool

Question. Einstein’s mathematics teacher said that Einstein would be able to _________ him.
Answer: teach

Question. Einstein’s head teacher wanted him to _________ the school.
Answer: leave

Question. Einstein’s head teacher wanted him to leave the school because his work was ___________.
Answer: terrible

2. Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ for the following

Question. Albert Einstein loves his history teacher.
Answer: False

Question. Albert Einstein in his leisure loves to play violin.
Answer: True

Question. Albert Einstein’s land lady did not like the sound of violin.
Answer: True

Question. Dr. Ernst Weil qualified as a doctor two years ago.
Answer: False

Question. Every Saturday Albert Einstein’s Land Lord took his wife out for dinner.
Answer: False

3. Answer the following with correct options

Question. Dr. Ernst Weil is a specialist in
a) Heart problems
b) Lung problems
c) Nerve problems
d) None of the above
Answer: D

Question. When Albert Einstein meets Elsa, he was reading a book on
a) Geology
b) Biology
c) Zoology
d) Astrology
Answer: A

Question. Before leaving Munich, the last person he met was –
a) Elsa
b) Mr. Braun
c) Mr. Koch
d) Yuri
Answer: D

4. Who said to whom –

Question. I don’t know sir.
Answer: Albert Einstein

Question. I suppose you don’t see my point in learning facts. 
Answer: Mr. Braun

Question. But it won’t help with your diploma.
Answer: Elsa

Question. Nothing if you have anything to spare, invite Yuri to a meal.
Answer: Dr. Ernst Weil

5. Non-linguistic project

Question. Make a photo story on the life of Albert Einstein.
Answer: Use the World Wide Web and the printed books in the school library for reference and for collecting your pictures. You may photocopy or scan or download the pictures.

Question. Make a PPT highlighting how your school is different from the school of Albert Einstein.
Answer: Identify the differences and the similarities and then make slides on those.

6. Fill up the gaps with the correct option

Question. He ________(walk/ walked/ walking/ walks) straight on, out of the
Answer: walked

Question._______(school/college/hospital/theatre) where he had spent
Answer: school

Question.________(five/six/seven/eight) miserable years, without turning his head to give it a last look. He could not think of
Answer: five

Question.________(anyone/someone/no one/ none) he wanted to say goodbye to.
Answer: anyone

Question.. Arrange the statements according to chronology
a. Einstein goes to meet Dr.Ernst Weil.
b. Mr. Koch scolds Einstein goes.
c. Elsa advises Einstein to concentrate in his study.
d. Yuri arranges a meeting between Einstein and Dr.Ernst Weil.
e. Einstein’s head teacher asks him to leave the school.
f. Mr. Koch gives Einstein a certificate.
Answer: b. c. d. a. f. e.

Short Answer Questions:

Question. Why did Albert feel his medical certificate was burning a hole in his pocket?
Answer: Before Albert could get an appointment with the head teacher to show him the medical certificate which certified him that he needed to be away from the school at least for six months because of nervous breakdown, the head teacher himself summoned him to his room and informed that he was being expelled from the school. Albert felt the certificate burning in his pocket as it was rendered worthless.

Question. What according to the head teacher were Albert’s faults?
Answer: According to the head teacher, Albert was guilty of refusing to learn and not allowing others learn and of being in constant rebellion at school with his teachers.

Question. What was the atmosphere in Albert’s place of lodging which used to trouble him so much?
Answer: The atmosphere was one of slum violence. His landlady used to beat her children regularly and every Saturday her husband came drunk and beat her.

Question. Why did Albert need a medical certificate so badly?
Answer: Albert wanted to get rid of the school where he was studying and wanted to go to Milan to get admission in an Italian college or institute on the merit of his acknowledge expertise in Mathematics. However it was his father’s wish that Albert get a diploma in that school. He felt that his father would send him back to school if he left it that way. A medical certificate certifying that he could not continue in school because of health reasons could convince his father.

Question. What was the doctor’s reaction when Albert visited him?
Answer: The doctor received Albert cordially and listened to his problem in a friendly manner.
He even agreed that Albert was really in a state of nervous breakdown otherwise he would not have come to him for a certificate in that line.

Long Answer Questions:

Question. Describe the exchanges between Albert Einstein and the history teacher. What characteristics of Einstein’s nature are highlighted by this exchange?
Answer: This biographical piece first presents Albert in confrontation with his history teacher. When the teacher asks him in what year the Prussians had defeated the French at Waterloo, Albert flatly replies that he did not know and this leads to a heated exchange between them. When he is further asked why he did not try to learn them, he again replies honestly that there is no point in learning dates which could be checked in a book by anyone. This reply angers his teacher greatly who responds asking him again whether he saw no point in learning facts which forms the basis of school education at that time. To this again Albert honestly replies that he did not see any point in learning facts. Now his teacher becomes sarcastic and asks him to tell the class the Einstein theory of Education. Ultimately Albert opines that he did not see any point in learning dates of battles or which army killed more men but he would be rather interested to know why those soldiers were trying to kill each other. This made his teacher go mad with anger and he scolded Albert viciously and asked him to stay back after school for an extra period.
This exchange brings out the unthinking honesty of Albert as a child. He of course lacked tactfulness and was very straightforward. He spoke whatever was in his mind. Of course, he used to feel miserable in classes like that of history. His mind was a great mind of science which used to be in search of the true working of the universe and time and other dimensions.

Question. Describe the circumstances leading to Albert getting a medical certificate issued declaring him unfit to continue school.
Answer:
Value Points:
-Albert used to feel miserable at school which basically taught arts subjects.
-had regular confrontations with his teachers because of his honest replies.
-The environment of his lodging place was also miserable.
-Wanted to get rid of his school where he was because of his father’s wish
-So wanted to have a medical certificate certifying that he needed to stay away from
school because of nervous breakdown.
-His friend Yuri helps him.
-Albert is sent to a friend of Yuri who had freshly become a doctor.
-He gets a certificate as suffering from nervous breakdown.
-His medical certificate becomes useless as the school itself expels him.

Question. Describe the events leading to Albert’s expulsion from his school.
Answer:
Value Points:
-Albert was disinterested with his school which basically taught arts subjects like History.
-Used to come into confrontation with teachers because of his unthinking honesty
-Felt miserable at school and in his place of lodging which was full of chaos and domestic violence.
-Wanted to go to Milan for studying in an Italian School or college on the merit of his acknowledged superior Mathematical expertise
-Needed a medical certificate certifying him unfit to continue in school
-Manages such a certificate from a doctor referred by his friend Yuri
-However the head teacher summons him before he gets an interview with him
-He is informed that he has been expelled from school
-Reasons- refusal to learn, constant rebellion against teachers.
-Albert feels hurt in spite of the fact that he himself wanted to get rid of the school.