Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
The boys did not spend much on clothes and food. Why?
Advertisements
Solution
The boys had to save every penny towards the weekly medical bill of their sister Lucia. So, they did not spend much on clothes and food.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Who did the narrator meet at the outskirts of Verona?
Describe the appearance of Nicola and Jacopo.
How was the family affected by the war?
What was the driving force that made the boys do various jobs?
Justify the title of the story ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’
Which character do you like the most in the story and why?
What seems ‘curious’ to the author?
According to the author, what does the phrase ‘a nice cup of tea’ refer to?
Why should tea be directly added to the pot?
What are the author’s views on China tea?
How was the unattended trolley put to use?
Why did the choice of roles prove to be easy for them?
Dr. Barnard couldn’t find any nobility in suffering. Why?
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?
What did the photograph portray?
How did the firm snow at the higher regions fill them with hope?
When did the children shy away from the chair?
Why did the family find it difficult to make a chair?
Why did Maamanaar hand over the chair to the villagers to retain it?
Why did the lady think she was entitled to walk down the middle of the road?
Define ‘liberty’ as perceived by the author.
Why is there a danger of the world getting ‘liberty drunk’?
"My right to swing my fist ends, where your nose begins." Elucidate with reference to, ‘On the Rule of the Road’.
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)
Can you iron your clothes and arrange them? Can you replace a tube light?
