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How did the boy who played the mechanic lose his eyesight? - English

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How did the boy who played the mechanic lose his eyesight?

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The mechanic was seven years old. One night, when he's drunk father tortured his mom, she threw a lantern at him. The lantern broke over the child’s head and shoulders. He suffered third-degree burns on the upper part of his body and lost both of his eyes.

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

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 12 TN Board
पाठ 3.1 In Celebration of Being Alive
Exercise | Q 2. f. | पृष्ठ ७१

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Who did the narrator meet at the outskirts of Verona?


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


Were the boys saving money to go to the States? How do you know?


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


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


Describe the appearance of Nicola and Jacopo.


Recount the untold sufferings undergone by the siblings after they were rendered homeless.


The narrator did not utter a word and preferred to keep the secret to himself. Why? Substantiate the statement with reference to the story


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


What seems ‘curious’ to the author?


Mention the countries in which tea is a part of civilization.


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


What should be poured into the cup first–tea or milk?


Whom does the author call ‘misguided people’? What is his advice to them?


How does adding sugar affect the taste of tea?


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


How did the hospitalization of Dr. Barnard and his wife affect their routine?


How was Dr. Barnard’s attitude to suffering different from that of his father’s?


Detail the statistics Dr. Barnard has provided in his speech.


When did Hillary feel a sense of freedom and well being?


Who visited the family?


What happened to the visitor when he sat on the stool?


When did the children get over the fear of sitting on the chair?


Why did the lady think she was entitled to walk down the middle of the road?


Why should individual liberty be curtailed?


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


What do you infer from Gardiner’s essay ‘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?


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