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प्रश्न
What was the profound lesson that Dr. Barnard learnt from the boys?
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उत्तर
The boys had taught Dr. Barnard the lesson in getting on with the business of living. The business of living in the celebration of being alive.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What were the various jobs undertaken by the little boys?
Justify the title of the story ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’
Which character do you like the most in the story and why?
Why does the author say that it is important to include a tea recipe in cookery books?
Which tea does the author prefer– China tea or Indian tea?
According to the author, what does the phrase ‘a nice cup of tea’ refer to?
What are the author’s views on China tea?
How does adding sugar affect the taste of tea?
When and where did the accident occur?
How was the unattended trolley put to use?
How did the boy who played the mechanic lose his eyesight?
Why did Hillary become clumsyfingered and slow-moving?
What did Hillary find in a tiny hollow?
What did Edmund Hillary do to escape the large overhanging ice cornices?
What did the photograph portray?
Describe the stool that the narrator’s family had.
What was offered to Maamanaar by their mother?
Narrate the humorous incidents that happened in the author’s home before and after the arrival of the chair.
From the pictures given below, identity the actions that may cause inconvenience and discomfort to others. Discuss.
Classify these pictures to show what they depict–Personal freedom/Public liberty.
| Personal freedom | Public liberty |
| colouring the hair red | |
Why did the lady think she was entitled to walk down the middle of the road?
Why is there a danger of the world getting ‘liberty drunk’?
Civilization can only exist when the public collectively accepts constraints on its freedom of action – Explain.
Para 15
For a few moments, I lay regaining
my breath, and for the first time really
felt the fierce determination that nothing
now could stop us from reaching the top. I took
a firm stance on the ledge and signaled
to Tenzing to come on up. As I heaved
hard on the rope, Tenzing wriggled his
way up the crack, and finally collapsed at
the top like a giant fish when it has just
been hauled from the sea after a terrible
struggle.
Para 16
The ridge continued as before:
giant cornices on the right; steep rock
sloped on the left. The ridge curved away
to the right and we have no idea where the
top was. As I cut around the back of one
hump, another higher one would swing
into view. Time was passing and the ridge
seemed never-ending.
Para 17
Our original zest had now quite
gone, and it was turning more into a grim
struggle. I then realized that the ridge
ahead, instead of rising, now dropped
sharply away. I looked upwards to see a
narrow snow ridge running up to a snowy
summit. A few more whacks of the ice-ax
in the firm snow and we stood on top.
The ridge had taken us two and half hours, but it seemed like lifetime. Why? (Para 15 to 17)
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)
How responsible and capable are you at home?
