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What is ‘liberty’ according to the old lady?

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What is ‘liberty’ according to the old lady?

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According to the Russian old lady, liberty is the right to walk in the middle of the road. She is liberty drunk. She wasn’t aware that if the pedestrian chooses to walk down the middle of the road, then the end of such liberty would be universal chaos.

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अध्याय 6.1: On the Rule of the Road - Exercise [पृष्ठ १८१]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 12 TN Board
अध्याय 6.1 On the Rule of the Road
Exercise | Q 2. a. | पृष्ठ १८१

संबंधित प्रश्न

Why did the author avoid going to Lucia’s room?


What made the boys work so hard?


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?


Here are a few varieties of tea. How many of these have you tasted? Tick the boxes.

Herbal Tea  
Ice Tea  
Lemon Tea  
Green Tea  
Black Tea  
Tea with Milk  

Mention the countries in which tea is a part of civilization.


Why does the author prefer the cylindrical cup to a flat cup?


How does adding sugar affect the taste of tea?


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.

The teapot should be made of ______

The pot should be ______beforehand.

The pot should not have ______

While pouring water the teapot should be ______

The tea leaves should be ______

After making tea, it should be ______or the pot should be ______

The milk for the tea should be ______

The author does not like to ______to tea.

When and where did the accident occur?


How was Dr. Barnard’s attitude to suffering different from that of his father’s?


Why did the choice of roles prove to be easy for them?


What did Hillary find in a tiny hollow?


What did the photograph portray?


The soft snow was difficult and dangerous. Why?


Why were the two chairs compared to Rama-Lakshmana?


How was the chair made and how did the villagers react to it?


Write character sketches of Maamanaar and Pedanna.


Why did the lady think she was entitled to walk down the middle of the road?


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?


Why is there a danger of the world getting ‘liberty drunk’?


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)


Solve the clues given below and complete the cross word

Across Down
1.You can watch programmes, matches and news on it 1. You can sit around it
4. You can lie on this and sleep 2. You can put flowers in this
6.You can sit on this and relax by yourself 3. You can sit on this with two other people comfortably
11.You can store all your books here 5. You can do your writing work on this
12.This can give you light when it is dark 7. This can cover a small space and decorate the floor
 

8. You can put all your clothes in here

 

 

9. You can look into this to see yourself

 

10. You can sit on this, it has 3 legs.


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