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What happened in the grand finale? - English

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What happened in the grand finale?

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There was a grand finale of scattered plates and silverware before the nurse and ward sister caught up with them.

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अध्याय 3.1: In Celebration of Being Alive - Exercise [पृष्ठ ७१]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 12 TN Board
अध्याय 3.1 In Celebration of Being Alive
Exercise | Q 1. k. | पृष्ठ ७१

संबंधित प्रश्न

Life is full of ups and downs. It has pleasant surprises as well as rude shocks. Nevertheless, every incident offers a lesson for us to learn and evolve into better individuals.


Who did the narrator meet at the outskirts of Verona?


Why did the driver not approve of the narrator buying fruits from the boys?


What made the boys join the resistance movement against the Germans?


Why didn’t the boys disclose their problem to the author?


Adversity brings out the best as well as the worst in people. Elucidate this statement with reference to the story


Here are a few varieties of tea. How many of these have you tasted? Tick the boxes.

Herbal Tea  
Ice Tea  
Lemon Tea  
Green Tea  
Black Tea  
Tea with Milk  

What is the second golden rule in the preparation of tea?


Why does the author prefer the cylindrical cup to a flat cup?


Does the author like drinking tea with sugar? Give reasons.


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.

The teapot should be made of ______

The pot should be ______beforehand.

The pot should not have ______

While pouring water the teapot should be ______

The tea leaves should be ______

After making tea, it should be ______or the pot should be ______

The milk for the tea should be ______

The author does not like to ______to tea.

What were Dr. Barnard’s feelings when he was hospitalized after an accident?


Who encouraged them and how?


Describe the ‘Grand Prix’ at Cape Town’s Red Cross Children’s Hospital.


Name an equipment and a tool carried by the climbers during their expedition.


What did Hillary find in a tiny hollow?


Why was the original zest fading away?


What did Edmund Hillary do to escape the large overhanging ice cornices?


What was put on the family agenda?


Describe the stool that the narrator’s family had.


What was grandmother’s suggestion of wood? Why?


From the pictures given below, identity the actions that may cause inconvenience and discomfort to others. Discuss.


What does the traffic policeman symbolize?


What is ‘liberty’ according to the old lady?


How would ‘liberty’ cause universal chaos?


‘Curtailment of private liberty is done to establish social order’ – Do you agree?


Civilization can only exist when the public collectively accepts constraints on its freedom of action – Explain.


Para 4

Tenzing kicked steps in a long
traverse back towards the ridge, and we
reached its crest where it forms a great
snow bump at about 28000 feet. From
here the ridge narrowed to a knife-edge
and, as my feet were now warm, I took
over the lead.

Para 5

The soft snow made a route on top
of the ridge both difficult and dangerous,
which sometimes held my weight but often
gave way suddenly. After several hundred
feet, we came to a tiny hollow and found
there the two oxygen bottles left on the
an earlier attempt by Evans and Bourdillon.
I scraped the ice off the gauges and was
relieved to find that they still contained
several hundred liters of oxygen-enough
to get us down to the South Col if used sparingly

Para 6

I continued making the trail on up
the ridge, leading up for the last 400 feet
to the southern summit. The snow on this
the face was dangerous, but we persisted in
our efforts to beat a trail up it.
We made frequent changes of
lead. As I was stamping a trail in the deep
snow, a section around me gave way and

Para 7

I slipped back through three or four of
my steps. I discussed with Tenzing the
the advisability of going on, and he, although
admitting that he felt unhappy about the
snow conditions, and finished with his
the familiar phrase “Just as you wish”.

Para 8

I decided to go on, and we finally
reached firmer snow higher up, and then
chipped steps up the last steep slopes and
crampon onto the South Peak. It was now 9 a.m.

Give an account of the journey to the South Col from 28,000 feet. (Para 4 to 8)


‘There is no height, no depth that the spirit of man, guided by higher Spirit cannot attain’. Discuss the above statement in the context of the achievement of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing.


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