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प्रश्न
According to the author, what does the phrase ‘a nice cup of tea’ refer to?
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उत्तर
A nice cup of tea means Indian tea which makes one feel wiser, optimistic, and wiser.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Who did the narrator meet at the outskirts of Verona?
Were the boys saving money to go to the States? How do you know?
Describe the appearance of Nicola and Jacopo.
What were the various jobs undertaken by the little boys?
How did the narrator help the boys on Sunday?
Who took the author to the cubicle?
Write a character sketch of Nicola and Jacopo.
Why does the author say that it is important to include a tea recipe in cookery books?
Mention the countries in which tea is a part of civilization.
How does army tea taste?
Do tea lovers generally like strong tea or weak tea?
Elucidate the author’s ideas about teapots.
Based on your understanding of the text, complete the chart given below by choosing the appropriate words or phrases given in brackets.
Golden Rules of Tea Preparation
(add sugar, shaken, milk, infused properly, strainers, without cream, taken to the kettle, small quantities, China or earthenware, stirred, warmed)
| Tea should be made in ______in a teapot. |
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| The teapot should be made of ______ |
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| The pot should be ______beforehand. |
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| The pot should not have ______ |
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| While pouring water the teapot should be ______ |
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| The tea leaves should be ______ |
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| After making tea, it should be ______or the pot should be ______ |
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| The milk for the tea should be ______ |
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| The author does not like to ______to tea. |
What thoughts troubled Dr. Christiaan Barnard as he neared the end of his career as a heart surgeon?
When and where did the accident occur?
How was Dr. Barnard’s attitude to suffering different from that of his father’s?
What happened in the grand finale?
What happened when the doctor couple were crossing the street?
What were the problems the trolley driver suffered from?
“These two children had given me a profound lesson …” Elucidate.
Why did Hillary become clumsyfingered and slow-moving?
What was Pedanna’s suggestion to their father?
How was the chair made and how did the villagers react to it?
Why did Maamanaar hand over the chair to the villagers to retain it?
What does the ‘rule of the road’ mean?
Why should individual liberty be curtailed?
According to the author, what are we more conscious of?
Para 19
neighbour Makalu, unexplored and
unclimbed. Far away across the clouds,
the great bulk of Kanchenjunga loomed
on the horizon. To the west, we could
see the great unexplored ranges of Nepal
stretching off into the distance.
Para 20
The most important photograph,
I felt, was a shot down the North Ridge,
showing the North Col and the old route
which had been made famous by the
struggles of those great climbers of the
1920’s and 1930’s. After ten minutes,
I realized that I was becoming rather
clumsy-fingered and slow-moving. So I
quickly replaced my oxygen set
Describe the view from the top. What was the most important photograph? (Para 19 and 20)
