Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
What made the boys join the resistance movement against the Germans?
उत्तर
The boys hated the Germans who had destroyed their town and killed their father. So, they joined the resistance movement against the Germans.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
The boys did not spend much on clothes and food. Why?
Were the boys saving money to go to the States? How do you know?
Why did the author avoid going to Lucia’s room?
How did the narrator help the boys on Sunday?
Who took the author to the cubicle?
The narrator did not utter a word and preferred to keep the secret to himself. Why? Substantiate the statement with reference to the story
How does army tea taste?
Why should tea be directly added to the pot?
Why does the author prefer the cylindrical cup to a flat cup?
Why does the author refer to himself as being in ‘a minority’?
Whom does the author call ‘misguided people’? What is his advice to them?
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. |
How was the unattended trolley put to use?
Why does Dr. Barnard describe the blind boy as a ‘walking horror’?
Give an account of the medical problems for which the two boys were hospitalized.
Life is unjust and cruel to certain people. Do they all resign themselves to their fate? Can you think of some who have fought their disabilities heroically and remained a stellar example for others? (for e.g. the astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, a paraplegic). Give an account of one such person and his/her struggle to live a fruitful life.
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.
What did Hillary mean by saying “We had had enough to do the job, but by no means too much”?
What did Tenzing and Edmund Hillary gift to the Gods of lofty Summit? How did they do it?
What did the photograph portray?
What was offered to Maamanaar by their mother?
When did the children get over the fear of sitting on the chair?
Write character sketches of Maamanaar and Pedanna.
What does the ‘rule of the road’ mean?
How would ‘liberty’ cause universal chaos?
What do you infer from Gardiner’s essay ‘On the rule of the Road'?
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
Describe the feelings of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing as they reached the top of the Summit. (Para 18)
‘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.
