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प्रश्न
‘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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उत्तर
Man is naturally endowed with an indomitable spirit. Guided by powers above man reach any height. The grit and persistence of both Hillary and Tenzing stand testimony to the above maxim. The conditions were really overwhelming. Hillary slipped many times. Once he even t sought the advisability of continuing the climb under such conditions. But Tenzing and Hillary. resolved to persist and conquer the peak. As a reward for 400 feet climbs near the south summit,, they got two bottles of oxygen which in fact kept them alive almost up to their base camp. Both pick up the pieces of hope only when they come into contact with firmer rock-like. ice as they moved up.
Though they had to inch their way up clearing snow with the ice-ax and making a path to haul themselves up ridge after ridge in the elusive terrain, they did not give up. As Hillary’s ice-ax bit into the first steep slope of the ridge, his hopes were realized. The snow was crystalline and firm. With just two or three blows, Hillary could make a step large enough for their oversized high-altitude boots. They could create comfortable belays and trudge forward with confidence. As the humps were continuously seen, their original zest started declining. It was at this point Hillary saw a narrow ridge up to a snowy summit. With a few more whacks of the ice-ax in the form of snow, they reached the top.
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| Tea should be made in ______in a teapot. |
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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.
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| Across | Down |
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| 11.You can store all your books here | 5. You can do your writing work on this |
| 12.This can give you light when it is dark | 7. This can cover a small space and decorate the floor |
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8. You can put all your clothes in here
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9. You can look into this to see yourself |
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10. You can sit on this, it has 3 legs. |
