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प्रश्न
What did Hillary find in a tiny hollow?
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उत्तर
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing reached a tiny hollow. They found two oxygen bottles left there by Evans and Bourdillon after a failed attempt.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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Why didn’t the boys disclose their problem to the author?
What were the various jobs undertaken by the little boys?
Recount the untold sufferings undergone by the siblings after they were rendered homeless.
What was the driving force that made the boys do various jobs?
Why should tea be directly added to the pot?
What should be poured into the cup first–tea or milk?
Why does the author advise removing cream from the milk?
Discuss how the essay reveals the factual points and the author’s personal opinions on the preparation of tea.
When and where did the accident occur?
Why did the choice of roles prove to be easy for them?
How does Dr. Barnard know the boy who played the trolley’s driver?
What was the profound lesson that Dr. Barnard learnt from the boys?
What happened when the doctor couple were crossing the street?
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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 was put on the family agenda?
Describe the stool that the narrator’s family had.
What happened to the visitor when he sat on the stool?
When did the children get over the fear of sitting on the chair?
Why did the lady think she was entitled to walk down the middle of the road?
Why should individual liberty be curtailed?
What does the traffic policeman symbolize?
Why is there a danger of the world getting ‘liberty drunk’?
What do you infer from Gardiner’s essay ‘On the rule of the Road'?
Civilization can only exist when the public collectively accepts constraints on its freedom of action – Explain.
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)
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