The Inventor Who Kept His Promise

Question: 1 – Who was Edison?

Answer: – Edison was a famous American scientist who invented electric light and gramophone.

Question: 2 – Why was Edison taken out of school?

Answer: – Edison was taken out of school because his teacher thought him naughty and stupid.

Question: 3 – In what way did Edison find his mother the best teacher for him?

Answer: – Edison found his mother as his best teacher because she always gave a satisfactory answer to his questions and helped him in all his experiments.

Question: 4 – How did he become famous in America?

Answer: He became famous in America by inventing the gramophone and electric light.

Question: 5 – What did Edison promise to the people of America? Why did all the scientists laugh at him?

Answer: – Edison promised to the people of America that he would give them electric light in two years. All the scientists said that it was impossible. So they laughed at him.

Question: 6 – What inventions did Edison make?

Answer: – Edison invented electric light and gramophone. He also made forty was time inventions.

Question: 7 – Describe some of the inventions made by Edison.

Answer: – Edison made a number of inventions. Some of them are as follow:

(i) Electric lamp, (ii) Gramophone, (iii) War time inventions.

Question: 8 – How did Edison decide to take up a job in the railway? How much did he earn on the first day?

Answer: Edison needed more money. So he decided to take up a job in the railway. He earned two dollars on the first day.

Question: 9 – Why did the teacher think that Edison was stupid and naughty?

Answer: The teacher said that man could not fly like a bird because man had no wings. Then Edison said, “But kites have no wings and still we can fly them in the sky.” The boys laughed. So the teacher thought Edison was stupid and naughty.

Question: 10 – What was the funny experiment for which Edison was punished?

Answer: Edison got a dozen eggs and sat on them. He got up after some time but he did not find any chickens. His mother punished him for the experiment.