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प्रश्न
Adventures, expeditions, and explorations are always exciting. Especially when they are real and if it is the first of its kind, it is even more thrilling. The only question that comes to one’s mind is what makes one to take up such tasks that involve high risks. It is the spirit of formidable adventure and certain qualities which make them achieve such feats.
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Why did the driver not approve of the narrator buying fruits from the boys?
What made the boys work so hard?
Why didn’t the boys disclose their problem to the author?
Describe the girl with whom the boys were talking to in the cubicle.
Recount the untold sufferings undergone by the siblings after they were rendered homeless.
Adversity brings out the best as well as the worst in people. Elucidate this statement with reference to the story
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?
Why should tea be directly added to the pot?
Why does the author prefer the cylindrical cup to a flat cup?
Elucidate the author’s ideas about teapots.
Discuss how the essay reveals the factual points and the author’s personal opinions on the preparation 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. |
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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. |
What was the profound lesson that Dr. Barnard learnt from the boys?
Why does Dr. Barnard describe the blind boy as a ‘walking horror’?
“These two children had given me a profound lesson …” Elucidate.
What did the photograph portray?
Why were the two chairs compared to Rama-Lakshmana?
What happened to the visitor when he sat on the stool?
How was the chair made and how did the villagers react to it?
Classify these pictures to show what they depict–Personal freedom/Public liberty.
| Personal freedom | Public liberty |
| colouring the hair red | |
What does the ‘rule of the road’ mean?
Define ‘liberty’ as perceived by the author.
How can we sweeten our life’s journey?
What does the traffic policeman symbolize?
Explain in your own words, "What freedom means?"
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)
‘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.
