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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
The boys did not spend much on clothes and food. Why?
Why didn’t the boys disclose their problem to the author?
What were the various jobs undertaken by the little boys?
Who took the author to the cubicle?
Recount the untold sufferings undergone by the siblings after they were rendered homeless.
What message is conveyed through the story ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’?
Justify the title of the story ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’
Which character do you like the most in the story and why?
What are the aspects that contribute to humor in the essay?
What happened in the grand finale?
What was the profound lesson that Dr. Barnard learnt from the boys?
Detail the statistics Dr. Barnard has provided in his speech.
What injuries did they sustain in the accident?
Dr. Barnard couldn’t find any nobility in suffering. Why?
What were the problems the trolley driver suffered from?
“These two children had given me a profound lesson …” Elucidate.
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 |
Why did Hillary become clumsyfingered and slow-moving?
When did Hillary feel a sense of freedom and well being?
What was put on the family agenda?
Describe the stool that the narrator’s family had.
Why did the family find it difficult to make a chair?
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?
Write character sketches of Maamanaar and Pedanna.
How would a reasonable person react when his actions affect other person’s liberty?
Para 15
For a few moments, I lay regaining
my breath, and for the first time really
felt the fierce determination that nothing
now could stop us from reaching the top. I took
a firm stance on the ledge and signaled
to Tenzing to come on up. As I heaved
hard on the rope, Tenzing wriggled his
way up the crack, and finally collapsed at
the top like a giant fish when it has just
been hauled from the sea after a terrible
struggle.
Para 16
The ridge continued as before:
giant cornices on the right; steep rock
sloped on the left. The ridge curved away
to the right and we have no idea where the
top was. As I cut around the back of one
hump, another higher one would swing
into view. Time was passing and the ridge
seemed never-ending.
Para 17
Our original zest had now quite
gone, and it was turning more into a grim
struggle. I then realized that the ridge
ahead, instead of rising, now dropped
sharply away. I looked upwards to see a
narrow snow ridge running up to a snowy
summit. A few more whacks of the ice-ax
in the firm snow and we stood on top.
The ridge had taken us two and half hours, but it seemed like lifetime. Why? (Para 15 to 17)
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)
