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प्रश्न
Recount the untold sufferings undergone by the siblings after they were rendered homeless.
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उत्तर
The boys and their sister were thrown in the streets. Lucia had to give up her singing lessons. They had suffered horribly from near starvation and exposure to the cold winter. Lucia developed tuberculosis of the spine. The boys built a home from the rubbles. They had to admit Lucia to a nursing home. To pay the weekly medical bill, they worked from dawn to midnight doing odd jobs eating very little.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What was Lucia suffering from?
Why didn’t the boys disclose their problem to the author?
Who took the author to the cubicle?
What seems ‘curious’ to the author?
Why does the author say that it is important to include a tea recipe in cookery books?
According to the author, what does the phrase ‘a nice cup of tea’ refer to?
Whom does the author call ‘misguided people’? What is his advice to them?
What are the author’s views on China tea?
Elucidate the author’s ideas about teapots.
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 |
When and where did the accident occur?
How was Dr. Barnard’s attitude to suffering different from that of his father’s?
Why did the choice of roles prove to be easy for them?
What was the profound lesson that Dr. Barnard learnt from the boys?
Detail the statistics Dr. Barnard has provided in his speech.
Why does Dr. Barnard describe the blind boy as a ‘walking horror’?
“These two children had given me a profound lesson …” Elucidate.
How did a casual incident in a hospital help Dr. Barnard perceive a new dimension of life?
Name an equipment and a tool carried by the climbers during their expedition.
What happened to the visitor when he sat on the stool?
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 | |
According to the author, what are we more conscious of?
What is the foundation of social conduct?
Why is there a danger of the world getting ‘liberty drunk’?
Civilization can only exist when the public collectively accepts constraints on its freedom of action – Explain.
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)
