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Question
Why were the two chairs compared to Rama-Lakshmana?
Solution
Rama and Lakshmana were the brothers who were identical in their character. In the same manner, the two chairs were identical.
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Para 18
My first feelings were of relief–
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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
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To the east was our giant
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