Hornbill (Prose): The Adventure · Class 11 · CBSE · Science English
How do the ideas of parallel realities and catastrophe theory help explain Professor Gaitonde’s strange experience in “The Adventure”?
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How do the ideas of parallel realities and catastrophe theory help explain Professor Gaitonde’s strange experience in “The Adventure”?
Answer: The theory of parallel realities suggests that more than one version of history can exist, each following a different outcome from a crucial event. Catastrophe theory explains that a small change, such as Vishwasrao surviving at Panipat, can suddenly produce a completely different historical world. Professor Gaitonde briefly experiences this alternate reality before returning to his own.
Solution
The answer should connect Gaitonde’s experience with both parallel realities and catastrophe theory. It should identify the changed outcome at Panipat as the small event that produced a radically different history.
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