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प्रश्न
What did Hillary do with his wet boots?
उत्तर
Hillary cooked his wet boots over the fierce flame of the Primus and managed to soften them.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Why did the driver not approve of the narrator buying fruits from the boys?
Why didn’t the boys disclose their problem to the author?
Who took the author to the cubicle?
What was the driving force that made the boys do various jobs?
Adversity brings out the best as well as the worst in people. Elucidate this statement with reference to the story
According to the author, what does the phrase ‘a nice cup of tea’ refer to?
Do tea lovers generally like strong tea or weak tea?
Why should tea be directly added to the pot?
Elucidate the author’s ideas about teapots.
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Give an account of the medical problems for which the two boys were hospitalized.
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How did the mountaineers belay?
Why was the original zest fading away?
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Para 18
My first feelings were of relief–
relief that there were no more steps to
cut, no more ridges to traverse, and no
more humps to tantalize us with hopes
of success. I looked at Tenzing. In spite of
the balaclava helmet, goggles, and oxygen
mask – all encrusted with long icicles–that
concealed his face, there was no disguising
his grin of delight as he looked all around
him. We shook hands, and then Tenzing
threw his arm around my shoulders and
we thumped each other on the back until
we were almost breathless. It was 11.30
a.m. The ridge had taken us two and a
half hours, but it seemed like a lifetime
To the east was our giant
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