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प्रश्न
Narrate the humorous incidents that happened in the author’s home before and after the arrival of the chair.
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उत्तर
There was only a three-legged stool in the narrator’s home when the story begins. The woeful thing about the stool was that if one didn’t place one’s weight exactly above the legs, the stool would topple over. Their family friend, a sub-judge paid a visit to their home one day. He was provided with a stool to sit on. Before he was given a caution, he sat on it and fell down with a thud, and rolled over.
This incident made the family members giggle for a long time. After the arrival of the chair, there arose a different scenario. The chair was asked by the villagers whenever there was a death in the village. It was used to prop up the corpse. Whenever the mourners came for the chair, the family members felt very sad which was misinterpreted by the mourners. The family members had feared sitting on the chair after that incident. They persuaded their visitors to sit on it and made fun that they were rehearsing for their death. When they started to sit on the chair again it would be asked for by the mourners. Thus the witty incidents continued.
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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.
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What made the boys work so hard?
How was the family affected by the war?
What was the driving force that made the boys do various jobs?
Write a character sketch of Nicola and Jacopo.
Justify the title of the story ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’
Why does the author prefer the cylindrical cup to a flat cup?
What should be poured into the cup first–tea or milk?
Why does the author advise removing cream from the milk?
Why does the author refer to himself as being in ‘a minority’?
What are the author’s views on China tea?
How does adding sugar affect the taste of tea?
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. |
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?
How did the boy who played the mechanic lose his eyesight?
Name an equipment and a tool carried by the climbers during their expedition.
How did the firm snow at the higher regions fill them with hope?
Who visited the family?
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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)
