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प्रश्न
Recount the untold sufferings undergone by the siblings after they were rendered homeless.
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उत्तर
The boys and their sister were thrown in the streets. Lucia had to give up her singing lessons. They had suffered horribly from near starvation and exposure to the cold winter. Lucia developed tuberculosis of the spine. The boys built a home from the rubbles. They had to admit Lucia to a nursing home. To pay the weekly medical bill, they worked from dawn to midnight doing odd jobs eating very little.
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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.
What was Lucia suffering from?
What message is conveyed through the story ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’?
Justify the title of the story ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’
Why does the author say that it is important to include a tea recipe in cookery books?
Mention the countries in which tea is a part of civilization.
What is the second golden rule in the preparation of tea?
Why does the author advise removing cream from the milk?
What are the author’s views on China tea?
How was Dr. Barnard’s attitude to suffering different from that of his father’s?
What was the profound lesson that Dr. Barnard learnt from the boys?
What happened when the doctor couple were crossing the street?
What did Hillary do with his wet boots?
Name an equipment and a tool carried by the climbers during their expedition.
When did Hillary feel a sense of freedom and well being?
Why was the original zest fading away?
What did Edmund Hillary do to escape the large overhanging ice cornices?
What was put on the family agenda?
Who visited the family?
When did the children get over the fear of sitting on the chair?
Why should individual liberty be curtailed?
What is the foundation of social conduct?
‘Curtailment of private liberty is done to establish social order’ – Do you agree?
Civilization can only exist when the public collectively accepts constraints on its freedom of action – Explain.
Para 15
For a few moments, I lay regaining
my breath, and for the first time really
felt the fierce determination that nothing
now could stop us from reaching the top. I took
a firm stance on the ledge and signaled
to Tenzing to come on up. As I heaved
hard on the rope, Tenzing wriggled his
way up the crack, and finally collapsed at
the top like a giant fish when it has just
been hauled from the sea after a terrible
struggle.
Para 16
The ridge continued as before:
giant cornices on the right; steep rock
sloped on the left. The ridge curved away
to the right and we have no idea where the
top was. As I cut around the back of one
hump, another higher one would swing
into view. Time was passing and the ridge
seemed never-ending.
Para 17
Our original zest had now quite
gone, and it was turning more into a grim
struggle. I then realized that the ridge
ahead, instead of rising, now dropped
sharply away. I looked upwards to see a
narrow snow ridge running up to a snowy
summit. A few more whacks of the ice-ax
in the firm snow and we stood on top.
The ridge had taken us two and half hours, but it seemed like lifetime. Why? (Para 15 to 17)
