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प्रश्न

Identify the following personalities and their fields of achievement.

  Name Field
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  1. Mention a remarkable achievement of any of these personalities.
  2. What quality do you admire the most in each of these achievers?
  3. What are the qualities that you may share with them?
  4. Name a few more popular personalities who have made our nation proud.
  1. ______.
  2. ______.
  3. ______.
  4. ______.
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उत्तर

  Name Field
Kailash Satyarthi Child Rights
Mithali Raj  Cricket
Nammalvar Organic Farming
Dr. V. Shantha Founded Adyar Cancer Institute
Sunder Pichai  Computers
Bachendri Ral Mountain Climbing
Amartya Sen Economics
Kalpana Chawla  Space Science
  1. Kailash Satyarthi has rescued thousands of child labourers and gave them new life.
  2. They were persistent and never accepted failure.
  3. Each one has concern for the country.
  4. Name a few more popular personalities who have made our nation proud.
  1. Rabindranath Tagore
  2. Mother Teresa
  3. Sarojini Naidu
  4. Sania Mirza
  5. Mary Kom
  6. Virat Kohli
  7. Saina Nehwal
  8. Abhinav Bindra
  9. MS Dhoni
  10. AR Rahman
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अध्याय 5.2: Everest is not the Only Peak - Warm up [पृष्ठ १५६]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 11 TN Board
अध्याय 5.2 Everest is not the Only Peak
Warm up | Q 1. | पृष्ठ १५६

संबंधित प्रश्न

What happens to the poet when he visits someone for the third time?


Pick out the expressions that indicate conflicting ideas.


What does the poet long for?


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

laugh with their eyes


Explain the following line with reference to the context.

I have learned to wear my faces Like dresses …


Are the athletes conscious of the feelings of others? Why do you say so?


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


Underline the alliterated word in the following line.

For this most modest physiques…


You are the School Pupil Leader. Mention some qualities that can be drawn from the field of sports to improve your leadership skills.


Find words from the poem that convey the following ideas:

  1. connected together
  2. spread over the surface of the ground in a straggling manner 
  3. make out or understand
  4. slender woody shoots growing from branches or stems of trees

Complete the summary of the poem by filling in the blanks with the words given below.

The poet, in a relaxed state of mind, is sitting in a (1) ______. He reflects on how his mood brings (2) ______thoughts, which are inevitably followed by (3)______ones. He feels connected to all of nature, and senses an inherent joy in all (4)______. He has faith in the fact that all the primroses and periwinkles around him (5)______ the air they breathe. He feels that every bird in the grove moves with (6)______. As the twigs catch the breezy air, they do so with the same pleasure (7)______ all life on earth. This joy of nature seems to be heaven-sent. Nature’s holy plan is to offer joy and peace to all forms of life on earth. The poet’s pleasant train of thought slowly leads to the sad reflection of how mankind alone has wrought sorrow and (8)______ upon itself. He firmly believes that man is meant to spend his days blissfully taking part in the vitality and joy surrounding him in (9)______. He therefore concludes rhetorically, emphasizing that he has good reason to (10)______ the distress, man unnecessarily brings upon himself.

creations abundance savour
pleasant suffering grove
lament pervading sorrowful
ecstasy    

Explain the following line with reference to the context in about four to five sentence each.

In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts

Bring sad thoughts to the mind.


Read the following line and identify the figure of speech used in each extract.

What Man has made of Man?


The poem speaks of ______.


When humanity fails to live in harmony with Nature, its effects are felt around the world. Why and how?


Why is the Flying Squad frustrated?


Who does the Secret Service suspect when a loss is reported?


Which two characters does the poet refer to as examples of wicked cats?


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?

Who are the ‘deserving ones’?


Which path should we follow in life?


What does ‘Everest’ in the title stand for?


Read the given line and answer the question that follow.

We are proud of the position we hold; humble as we are

  1. What is the speaker proud of?
  2. How is the speaker both humble and proud?
  3. Pick out the alliteration in these lines.

Discuss the following topic in groups of five and choose a representative to sum up the view and share them with the class.

Successful people neither brood over the past nor worry about the future.


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

The business woman wished to ______all her riches to an orphanage, after her death.


Who is Bolingbroke? Is he a friend or foe?


What hides within the crown and laughs at the king’s grandeur?


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:

“Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!”


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