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What does the ladder symbolize?

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Ladder symbolizes help given to enable others to climb up to a higher position in life.

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पाठ 5.2: Everest is not the Only Peak - Exercises [पृष्ठ १५८]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 11 TN Board
पाठ 5.2 Everest is not the Only Peak
Exercises | Q A. 8. | पृष्ठ १५८

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Interpret each of the following expression used in the poem, in one or two line.

laugh with their eyes


Interpret each of the following expression used in the poem, in one or two line.

hands search my empty pockets


Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.

‘But now they only laugh with their teeth, While their ice-block-cold eyes…’

  1. Who are ‘they’?
  2. Explain: ice-block-cold eyes
  3. Identify the figure of speech used here.

‘Face is the index of the mind.’ Does this adage concur with the views of the poet?


How does the poet establish the victory of common sense over ego?


Underline the alliterated word in the following line.

They do not ever in their dealings…


What sort of encouragement should an athlete in India be given? Give a few suggestions.


Find words from the poem that convey the following ideas:

  1. connected together
  2. spread over the surface of the ground in a straggling manner 
  3. make out or understand
  4. slender woody shoots growing from branches or stems of trees

Read the lines given below and answer the question that follow.

And I must think, do all I can,

That there was pleasure there…

  1. What did the poet notice about the twigs?
  2. What was the poet’s thought about then?

Read the following line and identify the figure of speech used in each extract.

To her fair works did Nature link

The human soul that through me ran.


Read the poem once again. Identify the rhyme scheme and pick out the rhyming pairs of words.


Does Nature affect a person’s thoughts and feelings? Explain.


What scene in nature gives you pleasure? Talk for a minute describing a natural scene that gave you a lot of joy. What did you see, hear, smell or feel, that gave you joy?


When humanity fails to live in harmony with Nature, its effects are felt around the world. Why and how?


A French proverb goes thus: ‘The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry.’ You may have observed that all animals possess a number of unique qualities. Fill in the columns with words and phrases associated with each of the following animals.

DOG CAT WOLF ELEPHANT
       
       
       
       
       

Where can you encounter Macavity?


Who does the Secret Service suspect when a loss is reported?


Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.

He’s the bafflement of Scotland

Yard, the Flying Squad’s despair:

For when they reach the scene of crime

— Macavity’s not there!..

  1. What is ‘Scotland Yard’?
  2. Why does the flying squad feel disappointed?

Explain the following line with reference to the context.

And when you think he’s half asleep, he’s always wide awake


What is the rhyme scheme used in the poem?


Identify the following personalities and their fields of achievement.

  Name Field
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  1. Mention a remarkable achievement of any of these personalities.
  2. What quality do you admire the most in each of these achievers?
  3. What are the qualities that you may share with them?
  4. Name a few more popular personalities who have made our nation proud.
  1. ______.
  2. ______.
  3. ______.
  4. ______.

Why does the speaker say ‘Everest is not the only peak’?


Read the given line and answer the question that follow.

He, who does not stoop, is a king we adore. We bow before competence and merit;

  1. Who is adored as a king?
  2. What is the figure of speech used in the first line?

In what way is every hillock similar to Everest?


Discuss the following topics in groups of five and choose a representative to sum up the views and share them with the class.

To succeed in life, one must have a single-minded devotion to duty.


Fill in the blank with appropriate word from the box and complete the statement suitably:

Alexander the Great, wished to conquer many lands and ______the entire world.


Read the poem once again carefully and identify the figure of speech that has been used in each of the following line from the poem:

“Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp,…”


Pick out the alliteration from the following lines:

“Comes at the last, and with a little pin…”


Based on your reading of King Richard’s speech, answer the following questions in about 100 - 150 words each. You may add your own ideas if required to present and justify your point of view.

How are eternal truths and wisdom brought to the reader here?


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