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प्रश्न
What thoughts troubled Dr. Christiaan Barnard as he neared the end of his career as a heart surgeon?
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उत्तर
Towards the end of his career, Dr. Christiaan Barnard was troubled by the suffering of people and especially of young children. He could not accept the fact that 12 million children are unlikely to reach the age of one and about 6 million children die annually before reaching the age of five.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Life is full of ups and downs. It has pleasant surprises as well as rude shocks. Nevertheless, every incident offers a lesson for us to learn and evolve into better individuals.
What was Lucia suffering from?
What made the boys work so hard?
How did the narrator help the boys on Sunday?
Describe the girl with whom the boys were talking to in the cubicle.
What message is conveyed through the story ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’?
Whom does the author call ‘misguided people’? What is his advice to them?
How does adding sugar affect the taste of tea?
Summarise George Orwell’s distinctive ideas in “A Nice Cup of Tea”.
What are the aspects that contribute to humor in the essay?
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 did the hospitalization of Dr. Barnard and his wife affect their routine?
How did a casual incident in a hospital help Dr. Barnard perceive a new dimension of life?
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.
What did Hillary mean by saying “We had had enough to do the job, but by no means too much”?
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?
The soft snow was difficult and dangerous. Why?
What was put on the family agenda?
Why did the family find it difficult to make a chair?
What was grandmother’s suggestion of wood? Why?
When did the children get over the fear of sitting on the chair?
What does the ‘rule of the road’ mean?
Why should individual liberty be curtailed?
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.
‘There is no height, no depth that the spirit of man, guided by higher Spirit cannot attain’. Discuss the above statement in the context of the achievement of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing.
