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प्रश्न
How does adding sugar affect the taste of tea?
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उत्तर
The author raises a pertinent question, “How can you call yourself a true tea-lover if you destroy the flavour of your tea by putting sugar in it?” He mocks such people that they could add even salt and pepper to tea. Adding sugar to hot water would give them an equal drink. So, the author disapproves of adding sugar to tea to retain its flavor and taste.
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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 took the author to the cubicle?
How was the family affected by the war?
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.
Mention the countries in which tea is a part of civilization.
What should be poured into the cup first–tea or milk?
Why does the author advise removing cream from the milk?
How was the unattended trolley put to use?
Why did the choice of roles prove to be easy for them?
What happened in the grand finale?
What happened when the doctor couple were crossing the street?
Why does Dr. Barnard describe the blind boy as a ‘walking horror’?
When did Hillary feel a sense of freedom and well being?
What did Hillary mean by saying “We had had enough to do the job, but by no means too much”?
What did Tenzing and Edmund Hillary gift to the Gods of lofty Summit? How did they do it?
What was put on the family agenda?
Describe the stool that the narrator’s family had.
Why were the two chairs compared to Rama-Lakshmana?
How did Maamanaar handle the chair at home?
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 | |
What is the foundation of social conduct?
What does the traffic policeman symbolize?
What is ‘liberty’ according to the old lady?
‘Curtailment of private liberty is done to establish social order’ – Do you agree?
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)
‘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.
