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प्रश्न
Detail the statistics Dr. Barnard has provided in his speech.
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उत्तर
Of the 125 million children born that year, 12 million are unlikely to reach the age of one. Another six million will die before the age of five. Among the rest, many will end up as mental or physical cripples.
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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.
Who did the narrator meet at the outskirts of Verona?
The boys did not spend much on clothes and food. Why?
Were the boys saving money to go to the States? How do you know?
How did the narrator help the boys on Sunday?
Who took the author to the cubicle?
How was the family affected by the war?
What was the driving force that made the boys do various jobs?
Why should tea be directly added to the pot?
Does the author like drinking tea with sugar? Give reasons.
Why did the choice of roles prove to be easy for them?
Who encouraged them and how?
Why does Dr. Barnard describe the blind boy as a ‘walking horror’?
Give an account of the medical problems for which the two boys were hospitalized.
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.
Tick the qualities that are required to achieve such a feat.
| passion | reward | determination | physical |
| fame | faith | courage | money |
| drive | vengeance | inspiration | self-satisfaction |
| vision | undying spirit | inner-urge | perseverance |
What did Hillary find in a tiny hollow?
What did Hillary mean by saying “We had had enough to do the job, but by no means too much”?
How did the mountaineers belay?
What did Tenzing and Edmund Hillary gift to the Gods of lofty Summit? How did they do it?
What did the photograph portray?
What was Pedanna’s suggestion to their father?
What was offered to Maamanaar by their mother?
How did Maamanaar handle the chair at home?
What was grandmother’s suggestion of wood? Why?
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?
How can we sweeten our life’s journey?
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.
