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प्रश्न
What did Hillary find in a tiny hollow?
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उत्तर
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing reached a tiny hollow. They found two oxygen bottles left there by Evans and Bourdillon after a failed attempt.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Were the boys saving money to go to the States? How do you know?
How did the narrator help the boys on Sunday?
Describe the girl with whom the boys were talking to in the cubicle.
The narrator did not utter a word and preferred to keep the secret to himself. Why? Substantiate the statement with reference to the story
Which tea does the author prefer– China tea or Indian tea?
Do tea lovers generally like strong tea or weak tea?
Why does the author advise removing cream from the milk?
How does adding sugar affect the taste of tea?
Elucidate the author’s ideas about teapots.
Summarise George Orwell’s distinctive ideas in “A Nice Cup of Tea”.
Why did the choice of roles prove to be easy for them?
How does Dr. Barnard know the boy who played the trolley’s driver?
What happened when the doctor couple were crossing the street?
Life is unjust and cruel to certain people. Do they all resign themselves to their fate? Can you think of some who have fought their disabilities heroically and remained a stellar example for others? (for e.g. the astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, a paraplegic). Give an account of one such person and his/her struggle to live a fruitful life.
Why did Hillary become clumsyfingered and slow-moving?
What did Tenzing and Edmund Hillary gift to the Gods of lofty Summit? How did they do it?
What did the photograph portray?
How did the firm snow at the higher regions fill them with hope?
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.
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?
What is ‘liberty’ according to the old lady?
Why is there a danger of the world getting ‘liberty drunk’?
‘Curtailment of private liberty is done to establish social order’ – Do you agree?
What do you infer from Gardiner’s essay ‘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.
