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प्रश्न
There are several physically-challenged people who have lived successful and meaningful lives. Here are a few personalities who have fought great odds and lived a life of blazing achievements. Let’s share what we know about each of them and complete the table below.
| Name of the personality | Nature of challenge | Field of achievement |
| e.g. Beethoven | Hearing impairment | Music |
| Demosthenes | ||
| Helen Keller | ||
| Mariyappan Thangavelu | ||
| Mozart | ||
| John Milton | ||
| Sudha Chandran |
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उत्तर
| Name of the personality | Nature of challenge | Field of achievement |
| e.g. Beethoven | Hearing impairment | Music |
| Demosthenes | Speech impaired | Oration |
| Helen Keller | Vision and multiple disorders | Writing, Public Service |
| Mariyappan Thangavelu | Physically handicapped | High Jump |
| Mozart | Hearing impairment | Music |
| John Milton | Hearing impairment | Poetry |
| Sudha Chandran | Physically handicapped | Dancing |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The boys did not spend much on clothes and food. Why?
What made the boys work so hard?
Describe the girl with whom the boys were talking to in the cubicle.
What was the driving force that made the boys do various jobs?
Write a character sketch of Nicola and Jacopo.
Adversity brings out the best as well as the worst in people. Elucidate this statement with reference to the story
Which tea does the author prefer– China tea or Indian tea?
Why does the author prefer the cylindrical cup to a flat cup?
Elucidate the author’s ideas about teapots.
Why did the choice of roles prove to be easy for them?
Detail the statistics Dr. Barnard has provided in his speech.
What injuries did they sustain in the accident?
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.
Why did Hillary become clumsyfingered and slow-moving?
What did the photograph portray?
What was put on the family agenda?
Why were the two chairs compared to Rama-Lakshmana?
When did the children shy away from the chair?
Why did the family find it difficult to make a chair?
Narrate the humorous incidents that happened in the author’s home before and after the arrival of the chair.
Write character sketches of Maamanaar and Pedanna.
How would a reasonable person react when his actions affect other person’s liberty?
What is ‘liberty’ according to the old lady?
How would ‘liberty’ cause universal chaos?
What do you infer from Gardiner’s essay ‘On the rule of the Road'?
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)
Can you iron your clothes and arrange them? Can you replace a tube light?
