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प्रश्न
What was the profound lesson that Dr. Barnard learnt from the boys?
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उत्तर
The boys had taught Dr. Barnard the lesson in getting on with the business of living. The business of living in the celebration of being alive.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Life is full of ups and downs. It has pleasant surprises as well as rude shocks. Nevertheless, every incident offers a lesson for us to learn and evolve into better individuals.
Why did the driver not approve of the narrator buying fruits from the boys?
The boys did not spend much on clothes and food. Why?
Which character do you like the most in the story and why?
Here are a few varieties of tea. How many of these have you tasted? Tick the boxes.
| Herbal Tea | |
| Ice Tea | |
| Lemon Tea | |
| Green Tea | |
| Black Tea | |
| Tea with Milk |
Do tea lovers generally like strong tea or weak tea?
Why does the author advise removing cream from the milk?
What are the author’s views on China tea?
What thoughts troubled Dr. Christiaan Barnard as he neared the end of his career as a heart surgeon?
When and where did the accident occur?
What roles did the duo take up?
How does Dr. Barnard know the boy who played the trolley’s driver?
Dr. Barnard couldn’t find any nobility in suffering. Why?
Why does Dr. Barnard describe the blind boy as a ‘walking horror’?
Why did Hillary become clumsyfingered and slow-moving?
What did Hillary mean by saying “We had had enough to do the job, but by no means too much”?
The soft snow was difficult and dangerous. Why?
Describe the stool that the narrator’s family had.
What was Pedanna’s suggestion to their father?
How was the chair made and how did the villagers react to it?
Narrate the humorous incidents that happened in the author’s home before and after the arrival of the chair.
According to the author, what are we more conscious of?
Why is there a danger of the world getting ‘liberty drunk’?
Civilization can only exist when the public collectively accepts constraints on its freedom of action – Explain.
Para 19
neighbour Makalu, unexplored and
unclimbed. Far away across the clouds,
the great bulk of Kanchenjunga loomed
on the horizon. To the west, we could
see the great unexplored ranges of Nepal
stretching off into the distance.
Para 20
The most important photograph,
I felt, was a shot down the North Ridge,
showing the North Col and the old route
which had been made famous by the
struggles of those great climbers of the
1920’s and 1930’s. After ten minutes,
I realized that I was becoming rather
clumsy-fingered and slow-moving. So I
quickly replaced my oxygen set
Describe the view from the top. What was the most important photograph? (Para 19 and 20)
‘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?
Solve the clues given below and complete the cross word
| Across | Down |
| 1.You can watch programmes, matches and news on it | 1. You can sit around it |
| 4. You can lie on this and sleep | 2. You can put flowers in this |
| 6.You can sit on this and relax by yourself | 3. You can sit on this with two other people comfortably |
| 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. |
