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प्रश्न
“These two children had given me a profound lesson …” Elucidate.
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उत्तर
The author had self-pity and was cursing the accident that had caused him and his wife great pain and inconveniences in the daily routine. But the two little boys, one almost scarred to death with both eyes gone and the other with an amputated arm and no hope of recovery were together celebrating the joy of being alive. They minded the business of living ignoring pain, surgery, and the sickly environment. Dr. Barnard learned the lesson from the children that the business of living is joy in the real sense of the word. It was not just something for pleasure, amusement, or recreation. The business of living in the celebration of being alive.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Why didn’t the boys disclose their problem to the author?
Describe the appearance of Nicola and Jacopo.
How did the narrator help the boys on Sunday?
Who took the author to the cubicle?
Which character do you like the most in the story and why?
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.
Why does the author advise removing cream from the milk?
Does the author like drinking tea with sugar? Give reasons.
What were Dr. Barnard’s feelings when he was hospitalized after an accident?
What does Dr. Barnard compare this entertainment to?
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?
How did the mountaineers belay?
The soft snow was difficult and dangerous. Why?
What was Pedanna’s suggestion to their father?
What was offered to Maamanaar by their mother?
Why did the family find it difficult to make a chair?
What was grandmother’s suggestion of wood? Why?
What does the ‘rule of the road’ mean?
Why should individual liberty be curtailed?
What is the foundation of social conduct?
What does the traffic policeman symbolize?
"My right to swing my fist ends, where your nose begins." Elucidate with reference to, ‘On the Rule of the Road’.
Para 4
Tenzing kicked steps in a long
traverse back towards the ridge, and we
reached its crest where it forms a great
snow bump at about 28000 feet. From
here the ridge narrowed to a knife-edge
and, as my feet were now warm, I took
over the lead.
Para 5
The soft snow made a route on top
of the ridge both difficult and dangerous,
which sometimes held my weight but often
gave way suddenly. After several hundred
feet, we came to a tiny hollow and found
there the two oxygen bottles left on the
an earlier attempt by Evans and Bourdillon.
I scraped the ice off the gauges and was
relieved to find that they still contained
several hundred liters of oxygen-enough
to get us down to the South Col if used sparingly
Para 6
I continued making the trail on up
the ridge, leading up for the last 400 feet
to the southern summit. The snow on this
the face was dangerous, but we persisted in
our efforts to beat a trail up it.
We made frequent changes of
lead. As I was stamping a trail in the deep
snow, a section around me gave way and
Para 7
I slipped back through three or four of
my steps. I discussed with Tenzing the
the advisability of going on, and he, although
admitting that he felt unhappy about the
snow conditions, and finished with his
the familiar phrase “Just as you wish”.
Para 8
I decided to go on, and we finally
reached firmer snow higher up, and then
chipped steps up the last steep slopes and
crampon onto the South Peak. It was now 9 a.m.
Give an account of the journey to the South Col from 28,000 feet. (Para 4 to 8)
‘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.
How responsible and capable are you at home?
