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Reach For The Top
From her room, Santosh used to watch people going up the Aravalli Hills and vanishing after a while when she was living in Kasturba hostel . She checked it out herself and found nobody except a few mountaineers. So, she asked if she could join them. They agreed and even motivated her to take to climbing and so she later accompanied them on their climbing expedition.
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(i) Why was Santosh not satisfied with the kind of education she received in village?
(ii) How did she decide to fight the system?
(iii) Find words from the passage which have meaning similar to that of the given words :
(a) rich, prosperous, (b) in accordance with.
(a) Why did she leave home?
(b) What condition did she put before her parents?
(c) Find a word from the passage which means the same as ‘in danger’.
(i) Who is T here? Where was she?
(ii) What did she see from her room?
(iii) Find words from the passage which mean opposite to the given words:
(a) appearing, (b) negative.
(i) Why did the young girl enroll herself in the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering? How?
(ii) Why did she not go to her home after her semester ended?
(iii) Find words from the passage which mean the same as the given words:
(a) saying sorry, (b) admitted.
(i) What was the culmination of her hard work and sincerity?
(ii) What had happened four years ago?
(iii) Find words which mean similar to the given words, from the passage:
(a) timidly, (b) peak.
(a) How old was Santosh when she scaled Mt. Everest?
(b) Mention three qualities of Santosh which impressed her seniors.
(c) Find out the words from the passage which mean the same as the following:
(i) hardly.
(ii) worry.
(a) Who invited Santosh to join them as a member?
(b) How many times did Santosh conquer the Everest?
(c) Find out the word / phrase from the passage which means the same as the following : ‘highest awards.’
(i) What does it mean to be ‘on top of the world’?
(ii) What did Santosh do when she was on the top of the world?
(iii) Find words from the passage which mean the same as the following words:
(a) actually, (b) greatness.
When did she leave home for Delhi, and why?
Why did Santosh’s parents agree to pay for her schooling in Delhi? What mental qualities of Santosh are brought into light by this incident?
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