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Adventures, expeditions and explorations are always exciting. Especially when they are real and if it is the first of its kind, it is even - English

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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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पाठ 4.1: The Summit - Warm Up [पृष्ठ १११]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 12 TN Board
पाठ 4.1 The Summit
Warm Up | Q 1. | पृष्ठ १११

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.


The boys did not spend much on clothes and food. Why?


What made the boys work so hard?


Who took the author to the cubicle?


Write a character sketch of Nicola and Jacopo.


Which character do you like the most in the story and why?


Why should tea be directly added to the pot?


Why does the author advise removing cream from the milk?


Elucidate the author’s ideas about teapots.


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.

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.

What does Dr. Barnard compare this entertainment to?


What was the profound lesson that Dr. Barnard learnt from the boys?


Detail the statistics Dr. Barnard has provided in his speech.


What injuries did they sustain in the accident?


“These two children had given me a profound lesson …” Elucidate.


Describe the ‘Grand Prix’ at Cape Town’s Red Cross Children’s Hospital.


How did the mountaineers belay?


What did Tenzing and Edmund Hillary gift to the Gods of lofty Summit? How did they do it?


How did the firm snow at the higher regions fill them with hope?


What was put on the family agenda?


What was Pedanna’s suggestion to their father?


Why were the two chairs compared to Rama-Lakshmana?


What happened to the visitor when he sat on the stool?


Narrate the humorous incidents that happened in the author’s home before and after the arrival of the chair.


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.


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