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प्रश्न
How did the boy who played the mechanic lose his eyesight?
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उत्तर
The mechanic was seven years old. One night, when he's drunk father tortured his mom, she threw a lantern at him. The lantern broke over the child’s head and shoulders. He suffered third-degree burns on the upper part of his body and lost both of his eyes.
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Were the boys saving money to go to the States? How do you know?
What made the boys join the resistance movement against the Germans?
What were the various jobs undertaken by the little boys?
How did the narrator help the boys on Sunday?
Here are a few varieties of tea. How many of these have you tasted? Tick the boxes.
| Herbal Tea | |
| Ice Tea | |
| Lemon Tea | |
| Green Tea | |
| Black Tea | |
| Tea with Milk |
Why does the author say that it is important to include a tea recipe in cookery books?
Why does the author prefer the cylindrical cup to a flat cup?
How does adding sugar affect the taste of tea?
Discuss how the essay reveals the factual points and the author’s personal opinions on the preparation of tea.
What are the aspects that contribute to humor in the essay?
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. |
There are several physically-challenged people who have lived successful and meaningful lives. Here are a few personalities who have fought great odds and lived a life of blazing achievements. Let’s share what we know about each of them and complete the table below.
| Name of the personality | Nature of challenge | Field of achievement |
| e.g. Beethoven | Hearing impairment | Music |
| Demosthenes | ||
| Helen Keller | ||
| Mariyappan Thangavelu | ||
| Mozart | ||
| John Milton | ||
| Sudha Chandran |
What thoughts troubled Dr. Christiaan Barnard as he neared the end of his career as a heart surgeon?
What were Dr. Barnard’s feelings when he was hospitalized after an accident?
How did the hospitalization of Dr. Barnard and his wife affect their routine?
Why did the choice of roles prove to be easy for them?
Why does Dr. Barnard describe the blind boy as a ‘walking horror’?
What did Hillary do with his wet boots?
What did Tenzing and Edmund Hillary gift to the Gods of lofty Summit? How did they do it?
What was offered to Maamanaar by their mother?
What happened to the visitor when he sat on the stool?
When did the children get over the fear of sitting on the chair?
What is the foundation of social conduct?
How can we sweeten our life’s journey?
What do you infer from Gardiner’s essay ‘On the rule of the Road'?
Civilization can only exist when the public collectively accepts constraints on its freedom of action – Explain.
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)
‘There is no height, no depth that the spirit of man, guided by higher Spirit cannot attain’. Discuss the above statement in the context of the achievement of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing.
Can you iron your clothes and arrange them? Can you replace a tube light?
