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What were the problems the trolley driver suffered from?

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The trolley’s driver had a malignant tumor of the bone. A few days before the race, his shoulder and arm were amputated. There was no hope of recovery.

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

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पाठ 3.1 In Celebration of Being Alive
Exercise | Q 2. h. | पृष्ठ ७१

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

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


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


What message is conveyed through the story ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’?


Which character do you like the most in the story and why?


Why does the author say that it is important to include a tea recipe in cookery books?


How does army tea taste?


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


Summarise George Orwell’s distinctive ideas in “A Nice Cup of Tea”.


Discuss how the essay reveals the factual points and the author’s personal opinions on the preparation of tea.


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


How was the unattended trolley put to use?


Dr. Barnard couldn’t find any nobility in suffering. Why?


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


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.


Why were the two chairs compared to Rama-Lakshmana?


How did Maamanaar handle the chair at home?


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


Why did Maamanaar hand over the chair to the villagers to retain it?


Narrate the humorous incidents that happened in the author’s home before and after the arrival of the chair.


Write character sketches of Maamanaar and Pedanna.


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


Why should individual liberty be curtailed?


How would ‘liberty’ cause universal chaos?


Why is there a danger of the world getting ‘liberty drunk’?


Para 15

For a few moments, I lay regaining
my breath, and for the first time really
felt the fierce determination that nothing
now could stop us from reaching the top. I took
a firm stance on the ledge and signaled
to Tenzing to come on up. As I heaved
hard on the rope, Tenzing wriggled his
way up the crack, and finally collapsed at
the top like a giant fish when it has just
been hauled from the sea after a terrible
struggle.

Para 16

The ridge continued as before:
giant cornices on the right; steep rock
sloped on the left. The ridge curved away
to the right and we have no idea where the
top was. As I cut around the back of one
hump, another higher one would swing
into view. Time was passing and the ridge
seemed never-ending.

Para 17

Our original zest had now quite
gone, and it was turning more into a grim
struggle. I then realized that the ridge
ahead, instead of rising, now dropped
sharply away. I looked upwards to see a
narrow snow ridge running up to a snowy
summit. A few more whacks of the ice-ax
in the firm snow and we stood on top.

The ridge had taken us two and half hours, but it seemed like lifetime. Why? (Para 15 to 17)


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)


‘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.


How responsible and capable are you at home?


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