Answer:
its true that Scientific endeavor is driven by both simple curiosity as well as societal demands.
Explanation:
When a scientist has a curiosity about something he carried out a research. and when their is a demand of something in society that time scientific research is carried out. Therefore its true that a scientific endeavor is driven by simple curiosity or societal demand.
For example
in society, there is demand of a medicine which can completely kill the cancer and a scientist has curiosity to know how to kill cancer cell. In this way a scientific endeavor for cancer medicine can be carried out by both simple curiosity as well as societal demands.