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Which of these words would you use to describe Santosh Yadav? Find reasons in the text to support your choices, and write a couple of paragraphs describing Santosh’s character
| contented | determined | resourceful | polite | adventurous | considerate |
| weak-willed | fearful |
independent |
pessimistic |
patient | persevering |
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Solution
| Words describing Santosh | Lines which support the choice |
| Determined | • “When her parents refused to pay for her education, she politely informed them of her plans to earn money by working part time to pay her school fees.” |
| Polite |
• “she politely informed them of her plans to earn money” • “just four years after she had shyly asked the Aravalli mountaineers if she could join them.” |
| Adventurous | • “Santosh went on an expedition every year.” |
| Considerate |
• “Santosh Yadav provided special care to a climber who lay dying at the South Col.” • “However, she managed to save another climber, Mohan Singh, who would have met with the same fate had she not shared her oxygen with him.” |
| Independent | • “I did not go back home; instead, I headed straight for the training.” |
| Persevering |
• “She saved money and enrolled in a course” • “The culmination of her hard work and sincerity came in 1992” |
| Patient | • “she decided to fight the system in her own quiet way when the right moment arrived.” |
A rebel since childhood, Santosh Yadav fought the system and lived life on her own terms. She was a polite girl, who had a thirst to study “a bit more”. Her attitude and assertiveness towards life and education, made her parents to relent.
She was an independent, hard working and adventure loving mountaineer. Though her path to success was turbulent, her determination and belief in her self was quiet evident. She impressed her seniors with her mental and physical toughness; and her concern and desire to work together with her fellow climbers found her a special place in their hearts. Her involvement and fervour in environmental issues made her bring down 500 kilograms of garbage from the Himalayas.
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