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How did the boy who played the mechanic lose his eyesight?

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How did the boy who played the mechanic lose his eyesight?

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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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अध्याय 3.1: In Celebration of Being Alive - Exercise [पृष्ठ ७१]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 12 TN Board
अध्याय 3.1 In Celebration of Being Alive
Exercise | Q 2. f. | पृष्ठ ७१

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.


Who did the narrator meet at the outskirts of Verona?


Why didn’t the boys disclose their problem to the author?


Who took the author to the cubicle?


Adversity brings out the best as well as the worst in people. Elucidate this statement with reference to the story


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.


Which tea does the author prefer– China tea or Indian tea?


According to the author, what does the phrase ‘a nice cup of tea’ refer to?


What is the second golden rule in the preparation of tea?


Why should tea be directly added to the pot?


Discuss how the essay reveals the factual points and the author’s personal opinions on the preparation of tea.


Why did the choice of roles prove to be easy for them?


Why does Dr. Barnard find suffering of children heartbreaking?


Give an account of the medical problems for which the two boys were hospitalized.


Life is unjust and cruel to certain people. Do they all resign themselves to their fate? Can you think of some who have fought their disabilities heroically and remained a stellar example for others? (for e.g. the astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, a paraplegic). Give an account of one such person and his/her struggle to live a fruitful life.


Adventures, expeditions, and explorations are always exciting. Especially when they are real and if it is the first of its kind, it is even more thrilling. The only question that comes to one’s mind is what makes one to take up such tasks that involve high risks. It is the spirit of formidable adventure and certain qualities which make them achieve such feats.


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 find in a tiny hollow?


How did the mountaineers belay?


What did Edmund Hillary do to escape the large overhanging ice cornices?


What did the photograph portray?


When did the children shy away from the chair?


Why did the family find it difficult to make a chair?


Write character sketches of Maamanaar and Pedanna.


How would ‘liberty’ cause universal chaos?


What do you infer from Gardiner’s essay ‘On the rule of the Road'?


Explain in your own words, "What freedom means?"


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)


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