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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
What was Lucia suffering from?
What is the second golden rule in the preparation of tea?
Does the author like drinking tea with sugar? Give reasons.
Summarise George Orwell’s distinctive ideas in “A Nice Cup 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 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 was Dr. Barnard’s attitude to suffering different from that of his father’s?
How was the unattended trolley put to use?
Who encouraged them and how?
What happened when the doctor couple were crossing the street?
How did the boy who played the mechanic lose his eyesight?
What were the problems the trolley driver suffered from?
How did a casual incident in a hospital help Dr. Barnard perceive a new dimension of life?
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 Edmund Hillary do to escape the large overhanging ice cornices?
The soft snow was difficult and dangerous. Why?
What was offered to Maamanaar by their mother?
Why were the two chairs compared to Rama-Lakshmana?
How was the chair made and how did the villagers react to it?
How would a reasonable person react when his actions affect other person’s liberty?
How can we sweeten our life’s journey?
How would ‘liberty’ cause universal chaos?
Explain in your own words, "What freedom means?"
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)
