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प्रश्न
“These two children had given me a profound lesson …” Elucidate.
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उत्तर
The author had self-pity and was cursing the accident that had caused him and his wife great pain and inconveniences in the daily routine. But the two little boys, one almost scarred to death with both eyes gone and the other with an amputated arm and no hope of recovery were together celebrating the joy of being alive. They minded the business of living ignoring pain, surgery, and the sickly environment. Dr. Barnard learned the lesson from the children that the business of living is joy in the real sense of the word. It was not just something for pleasure, amusement, or recreation. The business of living in the celebration of being alive.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The boys did not spend much on clothes and food. Why?
Why did the author avoid going to Lucia’s room?
What made the boys join the resistance movement against the Germans?
What message is conveyed through the story ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’?
Justify the title of the story ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’
Adversity brings out the best as well as the worst in people. Elucidate this statement with reference to the story
Why does the author say that it is important to include a tea recipe in cookery books?
How does army tea taste?
What are the author’s views on China 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. |
How was the unattended trolley put to use?
What happened in the grand finale?
What did Hillary do with his wet boots?
Why was the original zest fading away?
What did Tenzing and Edmund Hillary gift to the Gods of lofty Summit? How did they do it?
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.
Classify these pictures to show what they depict–Personal freedom/Public liberty.
| Personal freedom | Public liberty |
| colouring the hair red | |
Why should individual liberty be curtailed?
How would a reasonable person react when his actions affect other person’s liberty?
According to the author, what are we more conscious of?
What does the traffic policeman symbolize?
"My right to swing my fist ends, where your nose begins." Elucidate with reference to, ‘On the Rule of the Road’.
Civilization can only exist when the public collectively accepts constraints on its freedom of action – Explain.
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)
Can you iron your clothes and arrange them? Can you replace a tube light?
