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प्रश्न
Why does Dr. Barnard describe the blind boy as a ‘walking horror’?
उत्तर
At the time of the Grand Prix, the boy was a walking horror. His face was disfigured. A long flap of skin was hanging from the side of his neck to his body. As the wound healed around his neck, his lower jaw became gripped in a mass of fibrous tissue. The only way he could open his mouth was to raise his head.
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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.
The boys did not spend much on clothes and food. Why?
What was Lucia suffering from?
What made the boys join the resistance movement against the Germans?
What made the boys work so hard?
How did the narrator help the boys on Sunday?
Who took the author to the cubicle?
Recount the untold sufferings undergone by the siblings after they were rendered homeless.
What seems ‘curious’ to the author?
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What are the aspects that contribute to humor in the essay?
When and where did the accident occur?
How did the hospitalization of Dr. Barnard and his wife affect their routine?
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What were the problems the trolley driver suffered from?
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Adventures, expeditions, and explorations are always exciting. Especially when they are real and if it is the first of its kind, it is even more thrilling. The only question that comes to one’s mind is what makes one to take up such tasks that involve high risks. It is the spirit of formidable adventure and certain qualities which make them achieve such feats.
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Who visited the family?
When did the children shy away from the chair?
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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)
