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Here are a few varieties of tea. How many of these have you tasted? Tick the boxes. Herbal Tea Ice Tea Lemon Tea Green Tea Black Tea Tea with Milk

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Here are a few varieties of tea. How many of these have you tasted? Tick the boxes.

Herbal Tea  
Ice Tea  
Lemon Tea  
Green Tea  
Black Tea  
Tea with Milk  
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Herbal Tea
Ice Tea
Lemon Tea
Green Tea
Black Tea
Tea with Milk
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Prose (Class 12th)
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पाठ 2.1: A Nice Cup of Tea - Warm Up [पृष्ठ ३४]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 12 TN Board
पाठ 2.1 A Nice Cup of Tea
Warm Up | Q a) | पृष्ठ ३४

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Were the boys saving money to go to the States? How do you know?


What was Lucia suffering from?


What made the boys work so hard?


Why didn’t the boys disclose their problem to the author?


How was the family affected by the war?


Write a character sketch of Nicola and Jacopo.


What message is conveyed through the story ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’?


You would have seen lovely packets of tea on the shelves in supermarkets and shops. Have you ever wondered how tea powder is obtained from the plants? Look at the pictures and describe the process.


What seems ‘curious’ to the author?


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?


Do tea lovers generally like strong tea or weak tea?


Whom does the author call ‘misguided people’? What is his advice to them?


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


What injuries did they sustain in the accident?


Why does Dr. Barnard describe the blind boy as a ‘walking horror’?


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 did the family find it difficult to make a chair?


How was the chair made and how did the villagers react to it?


Why did the lady think she was entitled to walk down the middle of the road?


Define ‘liberty’ as perceived by the author.


What is ‘liberty’ according to the old lady?


How would ‘liberty’ cause universal chaos?


Para 18

My first feelings were of relief–
relief that there were no more steps to
cut, no more ridges to traverse, and no
more humps to tantalize us with hopes
of success. I looked at Tenzing. In spite of
the balaclava helmet, goggles, and oxygen
mask – all encrusted with long icicles–that
concealed his face, there was no disguising
his grin of delight as he looked all around
him. We shook hands, and then Tenzing
threw his arm around my shoulders and
we thumped each other on the back until
we were almost breathless. It was 11.30
a.m. The ridge had taken us two and a
half hours, but it seemed like a lifetime
To the east was our giant

Describe the feelings of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing as they reached the top of the Summit. (Para 18)


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)


‘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.


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