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प्रश्न
Which character do you like the most in the story and why?
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उत्तर
Of all the characters, I like Nicola who is a 13-year-old boy (i.e.) one of the two gentlemen of Verona. Though he is small, he is mature beyond his years. Like John Keets, he hated sympathy and self-pity. He does not want any favor except the opportunity to work. He has an engaging smile. He and his brother Jacopo were hardworking and devoted to their sister Lucia. He has seriousness far beyond his years. Even when kindly enquired by the narrator as to why he was spending little on clothes and food, he doesn’t open up. He colors deeply and grows pale. He even avoided the eyes of the narrator. When his squirrel-like brother requested the narrator to send them in his car to Poleta on Sunday, Nicola doesn’t like it. He glares at his brother in vexation and says, “we couldn’t think of troubling you, sir.” He wins the respect of all readers because of his maturity, willingness to work, and devotion to his sister.
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Were the boys saving money to go to the States? How do you know?
What made the boys join the resistance movement against the Germans?
Why didn’t the boys disclose their problem to the author?
The narrator did not utter a word and preferred to keep the secret to himself. Why? Substantiate the statement with reference to the story
What seems ‘curious’ to the author?
Why does the author say that it is important to include a tea recipe in cookery books?
Do tea lovers generally like strong tea or weak tea?
What should be poured into the cup first–tea or milk?
Elucidate the author’s ideas about teapots.
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. |
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| The teapot should be made of ______ |
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| The pot should be ______beforehand. |
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| The pot should not have ______ |
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| While pouring water the teapot should be ______ |
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| The tea leaves should be ______ |
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| After making tea, it should be ______or the pot should be ______ |
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| The milk for the tea should be ______ |
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| The author does not like to ______to tea. |
What thoughts troubled Dr. Christiaan Barnard as he neared the end of his career as a heart surgeon?
How was Dr. Barnard’s attitude to suffering different from that of his father’s?
How does Dr. Barnard know the boy who played the trolley’s driver?
Why does Dr. Barnard describe the blind boy as a ‘walking horror’?
What were the problems the trolley driver suffered from?
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What did Hillary find in a tiny hollow?
What did Hillary mean by saying “We had had enough to do the job, but by no means too much”?
What was offered to Maamanaar by their mother?
Why were the two chairs compared to Rama-Lakshmana?
Why did the family find it difficult to make a chair?
Narrate the humorous incidents that happened in the author’s home before and after the arrival of the chair.
How would ‘liberty’ cause universal chaos?
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)
How responsible and capable are you at home?
Can you iron your clothes and arrange them? Can you replace a tube light?
