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प्रश्न
How did the hospitalization of Dr. Barnard and his wife affect their routine?
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उत्तर
As a heart surgeon, he had to operate on many heart patients. He was helpless as he had perforated lungs and broken ribs. His wife could not take care of the baby. Thus the routine life of both Dr. Barnard and his wife has affected adversely.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Why did the driver not approve of the narrator buying fruits from the boys?
What was Lucia suffering from?
What made the boys join the resistance movement against the Germans?
Describe the girl with whom the boys were talking to in the cubicle.
Which character do you like the most in the story and why?
What seems ‘curious’ to the author?
Which tea does the author prefer– China tea or Indian tea?
Why should tea be directly added to the pot?
Does the author like drinking tea with sugar? Give reasons.
Why does the author refer to himself as being in ‘a minority’?
Whom does the author call ‘misguided people’? What is his advice to them?
What are the author’s views on China tea?
Elucidate the author’s ideas about teapots.
Discuss how the essay reveals the factual points and the author’s personal opinions on the preparation of tea.
What were Dr. Barnard’s feelings when he was hospitalized after an accident?
How does Dr. Barnard know the boy who played the trolley’s driver?
What injuries did they sustain in the accident?
Dr. Barnard couldn’t find any nobility in suffering. Why?
Give an account of the medical problems for which the two boys were hospitalized.
How did a casual incident in a hospital help Dr. Barnard perceive a new dimension of life?
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?
Describe the stool that the narrator’s family had.
When did the children shy away from the chair?
How did Maamanaar handle the chair at home?
What was grandmother’s suggestion of wood? Why?
Narrate the humorous incidents that happened in the author’s home before and after the arrival of the chair.
What is the foundation of social conduct?
Para 18
My first feelings were of relief–
relief that there were no more steps to
cut, no more ridges to traverse, and no
more humps to tantalize us with hopes
of success. I looked at Tenzing. In spite of
the balaclava helmet, goggles, and oxygen
mask – all encrusted with long icicles–that
concealed his face, there was no disguising
his grin of delight as he looked all around
him. We shook hands, and then Tenzing
threw his arm around my shoulders and
we thumped each other on the back until
we were almost breathless. It was 11.30
a.m. The ridge had taken us two and a
half hours, but it seemed like a lifetime
To the east was our giant
Describe the feelings of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing as they reached the top of the Summit. (Para 18)
