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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.
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Were the boys saving money to go to the States? How do you know?
Why did the author avoid going to Lucia’s room?
What message is conveyed through the story ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’?
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 |
According to the author, what does the phrase ‘a nice cup of tea’ refer to?
What should be poured into the cup first–tea or milk?
Why does the author advise removing cream from the milk?
Does the author like drinking tea with sugar? Give reasons.
What are the author’s views on China tea?
Summarise George Orwell’s distinctive ideas in “A Nice Cup of Tea”.
There are several physically-challenged people who have lived successful and meaningful lives. Here are a few personalities who have fought great odds and lived a life of blazing achievements. Let’s share what we know about each of them and complete the table below.
| Name of the personality | Nature of challenge | Field of achievement |
| e.g. Beethoven | Hearing impairment | Music |
| Demosthenes | ||
| Helen Keller | ||
| Mariyappan Thangavelu | ||
| Mozart | ||
| John Milton | ||
| Sudha Chandran |
What thoughts troubled Dr. Christiaan Barnard as he neared the end of his career as a heart surgeon?
How was Dr. Barnard’s attitude to suffering different from that of his father’s?
How was the unattended trolley put to use?
What was the profound lesson that Dr. Barnard learnt from the boys?
Why did Hillary become clumsyfingered and slow-moving?
What did Edmund Hillary do to escape the large overhanging ice cornices?
What was offered to Maamanaar by their mother?
Why did the family find it difficult to make a chair?
Write character sketches of Maamanaar and Pedanna.
Why did the lady think she was entitled to walk down the middle of the road?
What would be the consequence of the old lady’s action?
How would a reasonable person react when his actions affect other person’s liberty?
Define ‘liberty’ as perceived by the author.
According to the author, what are we more conscious of?
What does the traffic policeman symbolize?
What do you infer from Gardiner’s essay ‘On the rule of the Road'?
Explain in your own words, "What freedom means?"
‘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.
