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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
Life is full of ups and downs. It has pleasant surprises as well as rude shocks. Nevertheless, every incident offers a lesson for us to learn and evolve into better individuals.
The boys did not spend much on clothes and food. Why?
Were the boys saving money to go to the States? How do you know?
What made the boys work so hard?
How did the narrator help the boys on Sunday?
Recount the untold sufferings undergone by the siblings after they were rendered homeless.
The narrator did not utter a word and preferred to keep the secret to himself. Why? Substantiate the statement with reference to the story
Why does the author say that it is important to include a tea recipe in cookery books?
Do tea lovers generally like strong tea or weak tea?
Why does the author prefer the cylindrical cup to a flat cup?
What are the author’s views on China tea?
Elucidate the author’s ideas about teapots.
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?
Why did the choice of roles prove to be easy for them?
What does Dr. Barnard compare this entertainment to?
Dr. Barnard couldn’t find any nobility in suffering. Why?
How did the boy who played the mechanic lose his eyesight?
What did Hillary find in a tiny hollow?
What did the photograph portray?
How did the firm snow at the higher regions fill them with hope?
What was put on the family agenda?
How was the chair made and how did the villagers react to it?
Why did the lady think she was entitled to walk down the middle of the road?
How would a reasonable person react when his actions affect other person’s liberty?
Explain in your own words, "What freedom means?"
Para 1
We started up our cooker and
drank large quantities of lemon juice and
sugar, and followed this with our last tin of
sardines on biscuits. I dragged our oxygen
sets into the tent, cleaned the ice off them,
and then rechecked and tested them.
Para 2
I had removed my boots, which
had become wet the day before, and they
were now frozen solid. So I cooked them
over the fierce flame of the Primus and
managed to soften them up. Over our
down clothing, we donned our windproof
and onto our hands, we pulled three pairs
of gloves – silk, woollen, and windproof.
Para 3
At 6.30 a.m. we crawled out of that
tent into the snow, hoisted our 30 lb. of
oxygen gear on to our backs, connected
up our masks and turned on the valves to
bring life-giving oxygen into our lungs. A
few good deep breaths and we were ready
to go. Still a little worried about my cold
feet, I asked Tenzing to move off.
How did Hillary and Tenzing prepare themselves before they set off to the summit? (Para 1, 2, and 3)
