| Comprehension: | ||
| Read the following passage carefully and answer the given questions. Marie Curie was a Polish-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and the only woman to win the Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two scientific fields. Her husband, Pierre Curie, was a co-winner on her first Nobel Prize, making them the first ever married couple to win the Nobel Prize and launching the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes. She was the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris. She was born in Warsaw, in what was then the Kingdom of Poland, part of the Russian Empire. She studied at Warsaw’s clandestine Flying University and began her practical scientific training in Warsaw. She followed her elder sister Bronisława to study in Paris, where she earned her higher degrees and conducted her subsequent scientific work. She made an agreement with her sister, Bronisława, that she would give her financial assistance during Bronisława’s medical studies in Paris, in exchange for similar assistance two years later. During World War I she developed mobile radiography units to provide X-ray services to field hospitals. | ||
| SubQuestion No : 43 | ||
| Q.43 | What was the real intention of Marie Curie in giving financial assistance to her sister for her medical studies? | |
| Ans | 1. She did it in exchange for a similar assistance two years later | |
| 2. She wanted to marry P Curie at that time so she had to do it | ||
| 3. They were alone and the city was new for both of them so it was totally out of courtesy | ||
| 4. She wanted to purchase higher degrees from her sister | ||
Correct Ans Provided: 1
