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प्रश्न
Describe the ‘Grand Prix’ at Cape Town’s Red Cross Children’s Hospital.
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उत्तर
The author describes the event as “the Grand Prix of Cape Town’s Red Cross Childrens’ Hospital”. A nurse had left a breakfast trolley unattended. Very soon this trolley was commandeered by a daring crew of two, a driver and a mechanic. The mechanic provided motor power by galloping along behind the trolley head down. While the driver, seated on the lower deck held on with one hand and steered it by scrapping his foot on the floor. The choice of roles was easy because the mechanic was totally blind and the driver had only one arm. It was better than Indianapolis 500 car race. Patients shouted and cheered the boys. There was a grand finale of scattered plates and silverware before the nurse and ward sister took control of the situation.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Why did the author avoid going to Lucia’s room?
Why didn’t the boys disclose their problem to the author?
Describe the girl with whom the boys were talking to in the cubicle.
Recount the untold sufferings undergone by the siblings after they were rendered homeless.
What was the driving force that made the boys do various jobs?
You would have seen lovely packets of tea on the shelves in supermarkets and shops. Have you ever wondered how tea powder is obtained from the plants? Look at the pictures and describe the process.
According to the author, what does the phrase ‘a nice cup of tea’ refer to?
Why should tea be directly added to the pot?
Whom does the author call ‘misguided people’? What is his advice to them?
How does adding sugar affect the taste of tea?
Who encouraged them and how?
How does Dr. Barnard know the boy who played the trolley’s driver?
What happened when the doctor couple were crossing the street?
Dr. Barnard couldn’t find any nobility in suffering. Why?
Tick the qualities that are required to achieve such a feat.
| passion | reward | determination | physical |
| fame | faith | courage | money |
| drive | vengeance | inspiration | self-satisfaction |
| vision | undying spirit | inner-urge | perseverance |
What did Hillary mean by saying “We had had enough to do the job, but by no means too much”?
How did the mountaineers belay?
Why was the original zest fading away?
Describe the stool that the narrator’s family had.
What was offered to Maamanaar by their mother?
Why were the two chairs compared to Rama-Lakshmana?
When did the children get over the fear of sitting on the chair?
Narrate the humorous incidents that happened in the author’s home before and after the arrival of the chair.
How would a reasonable person react when his actions affect other person’s liberty?
According to the author, what are we more conscious of?
What does the traffic policeman symbolize?
Why is there a danger of the world getting ‘liberty drunk’?
Para 4
Tenzing kicked steps in a long
traverse back towards the ridge, and we
reached its crest where it forms a great
snow bump at about 28000 feet. From
here the ridge narrowed to a knife-edge
and, as my feet were now warm, I took
over the lead.
Para 5
The soft snow made a route on top
of the ridge both difficult and dangerous,
which sometimes held my weight but often
gave way suddenly. After several hundred
feet, we came to a tiny hollow and found
there the two oxygen bottles left on the
an earlier attempt by Evans and Bourdillon.
I scraped the ice off the gauges and was
relieved to find that they still contained
several hundred liters of oxygen-enough
to get us down to the South Col if used sparingly
Para 6
I continued making the trail on up
the ridge, leading up for the last 400 feet
to the southern summit. The snow on this
the face was dangerous, but we persisted in
our efforts to beat a trail up it.
We made frequent changes of
lead. As I was stamping a trail in the deep
snow, a section around me gave way and
Para 7
I slipped back through three or four of
my steps. I discussed with Tenzing the
the advisability of going on, and he, although
admitting that he felt unhappy about the
snow conditions, and finished with his
the familiar phrase “Just as you wish”.
Para 8
I decided to go on, and we finally
reached firmer snow higher up, and then
chipped steps up the last steep slopes and
crampon onto the South Peak. It was now 9 a.m.
Give an account of the journey to the South Col from 28,000 feet. (Para 4 to 8)
