Tick the statements that are true.

1. The story is an account of real events.

2. The story hinges on a particular historical event.

3. Rajendra Deshpande was a historian.

4. The places mentioned in the story are all imaginary.

5. The story tries to relate history to science.

Briefly explain the following statements from the text.

“You neither travelled to the past nor the future. You were inthe present experiencing a different world.”

Briefly explain the following statements from the text.

“You have passed through a fantastic experience: or more correctly, a catastrophic experience.”

Briefly explain the following statements from the text.

Gangadharpant could not help comparing the country he knew with what he was witnessing around him.

Briefly explain the following statements from the text.

“The lack of determinism in quantum theory!”