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What was the driving force that made the boys do various jobs?

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In the war-hit Verona, everything was difficult. Food had become scarce and dear. The hospital which offered to treat Lucia was forced to charge a weekly fee. Work was scarce. But the boys were determined to save the life of their beloved sister. After the untimely death of the father

in the war, the two little boys Nicola and Jacopo took the responsibility of earning money by doing all odd jobs for defraying the medical expenses for their sister on their tender shoulders. They spent very little on their food and clothes. The driving force behind their selfless sacrifice and hard work from dawn to midnight was the love they had for their elder sister. They wanted her to get well soon and become an accomplished singer in life. Once you set a goal far above your capacity but work hard ceaselessly, you are bound to achieve it.

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पाठ 1.1: Two Gentlemen of Verona - Exercise [पृष्ठ ५]

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पाठ 1.1 Two Gentlemen of Verona
Exercise | Q 3. a) | पृष्ठ ५

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Why did the author avoid going to Lucia’s room?


What was Lucia suffering from?


How did the narrator help the boys on Sunday?


Describe the girl with whom the boys were talking to in the cubicle.


Recount the untold sufferings undergone by the siblings after they were rendered homeless.


How does army tea taste?


Do tea lovers generally like strong tea or weak tea?


Does the author like drinking tea with sugar? Give reasons.


How does adding sugar affect the taste of tea?


Summarise George Orwell’s distinctive ideas in “A Nice Cup of Tea”.


Based on your understanding of the text, complete the chart given below by choosing the appropriate words or phrases given in brackets.

Golden Rules of Tea Preparation

(add sugar, shaken, milk, infused properly, strainers, without cream, taken to the kettle, small quantities, China or earthenware, stirred, warmed)

Tea should be made in ______in a teapot.

The teapot should be made of ______

The pot should be ______beforehand.

The pot should not have ______

While pouring water the teapot should be ______

The tea leaves should be ______

After making tea, it should be ______or the pot should be ______

The milk for the tea should be ______

The author does not like to ______to tea.

How does Dr. Barnard know the boy who played the trolley’s driver?


Detail the statistics Dr. Barnard has provided in his speech.


Why does Dr. Barnard find suffering of children heartbreaking?


How did the boy who played the mechanic lose his eyesight?


“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?


Adventures, expeditions, and explorations are always exciting. Especially when they are real and if it is the first of its kind, it is even more thrilling. The only question that comes to one’s mind is what makes one to take up such tasks that involve high risks. It is the spirit of formidable adventure and certain qualities which make them achieve such feats.


How did the firm snow at the higher regions fill them with hope?


Who visited the family?


What was Pedanna’s suggestion to their father?


Narrate the humorous incidents that happened in the author’s home before and after the arrival of the chair.


Why should individual liberty be curtailed?


How would a reasonable person react when his actions affect other person’s liberty?


What do you infer from Gardiner’s essay ‘On the rule of the Road'?


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)


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