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Which path should we follow in life?

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Which path should we follow in life?

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We should follow the path of dignity and honor. We should never stoop before others for any ‘gains’.

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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. 4. | पृष्ठ १५८

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

What pleasantries does the poet use to fake cordiality?


What does he desire to unlearn and relearn?


Mention the qualities the child in the poem symbolises.


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

like a fixed portrait smile


Why does the poet feel glad that he does not play any game?


Why would the referee ask whether there was a doctor in the stands? What stands is he referring to?


Read the poem and answer the following in a short paragraph of 8–10 sentences each.

When officialdom demands Is there a doctor in the stands?

  1. Why are doctors called from stands by the sponsors?
  2. Why does the poet make such an observation?

Read the given line and answer the question that follow in a sentence or two

When snaps the knee and cracks the wrist….

Identify and explain the use of the literary device in this line.


Underline the alliterated word in the following line.

For this most modest physiques…


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

If this belief from heaven be sent,

If such be Nature’s holy plan.

  1. What does ‘heaven’ refer to?
  2. Why does the poet call it ‘holy’?

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.


The poem is set in a ______.


Write a letter to the Councillor of your Ward, explaining why a park is necessary in your locality.


Why does the poet say Macavity is ‘outwardly’ respectable?


Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.

Macavity’s a Mystery Cat: he’s called the Hidden Paw…

  1. Does the poet talk about a real cat?
  2. Why is he called the Hidden Paw?

Read the given lines and answer the question that follow.

And his footprints are not found in any file of Scotland Yard’s.

  1. What seems to be a challenge for the Scotland Yard?
  2. Why do they need his footprints?

Give four instances where the poet has used alliteration in the poem.


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


What does the ladder symbolize?


In what way is every hillock similar to Everest?


Fill in the blanks using the words given in the box to complete the summary of the poem:

King Richard the Second, had surrendered to his (a)______cousin, Bollingbroke. He experienced deep distress at the horror of his circumstances. In that desperate situation, he speaks of (b)______, (c)______, (d)______and other things connected with death. He spoke of how people leave nothing behind and can call nothing their own, except for the small patch of (e)______, where they will be buried. King Richard yielded to dejection and talked of all the different ways in which defeated kings suffer how some had been deposed, (f)______in war, (g)______by their wives and so forth. He attributed this loss of lives to (h)______, who he personified as the jester who watches over the shoulder of every ruler, who mocks kings by allowing them to think their human flesh, was like (i)______brass. However, Death penetrates through the castle walls, silently and unnoticed like a sharp (j)______, thus bidding (k)______to him and all his pride forever. Finally, Richard appealed to his soldiers not to mock his mere flesh and blood by showing (l) ______and respect to him. He added that he too needed bread to live, felt want, tasted (m)______and needed (n)______. He concluded thus, urging his men not to call him a (o)______as he was only human, just like the rest of them.

barren-earth friends graves slain
rebellious poisoned worms grief
impregnable epitaphs death farewell
reverence king pin  

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

The spectators died laughing at the ______of the clown.


Complete the passage given below, with suitable words from the box:

Lima, a (a)______and (b)______woman, kept (c)______at her colleagues and went on taxing them with hard labour. Though they were (d) ______to her, she being their head, they were offended and filled with (e)______. It so happened, that Lima was (f)______from her high position due to a serious blunder she had committed. Lima, having lost all her (g)______and glory, realized how arrogant she had been. She gave up her pride and with (h)______sought an apology from everyone. She thus turned over a new leaf and bid (i)______to them.

farewell ceremonious deposed
reverence vain pomp
conceited sorrow scoffing

What does the crown of rulers stand for?


What does ‘flesh’ mean here?


Explain the following line with reference to the context in about 5 to 8 line:

All murdered – for within the hollow crown

That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, …”


Explain the following line with reference to the context in about 5 to 8 line:

“Comes at the last, and with a little pin

Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!”


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,…”


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.

What are the causes for King Richard’s grief?


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