Reach for the Top

Chapter-8 

Thinking about the Text

(āĻĒাāĻ āϟোā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϚিāύ্āϤা āϕ⧰া)


I. Answer these questions in one or two sentences each. (The paragraph numbers within brackets provide clues to the answers.)

(āĻāχ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻāϟা āĻŦা āĻĻুāϟাāĻ•ৈ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ•। (āĻŦāύ্āϧāύীā§° āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϤ āĻĨāĻ•া āĻ…āύুāϚ্āĻ›েāĻĻ āύāĻŽ্āĻŦā§°āĻŦোā§°ে āωāϤ্āϤ⧰āĻŦোā§°ā§° āϏূāϤ্ā§° āĻĻিāϝ়ে)


1. Why was the 'holy man' who gave Santosh's mother his blessings surprised? (1)

(āϏāύ্āϤোāώ⧰ āĻŽাāĻ•āĻ• āφāĻļীā§°্āĻŦাāĻĻ āĻĻিāϝ়া ‘āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ্ā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻš’āϜāύ āĻ•িāϝ় āφāϚ⧰িāϤ āĻš’āϞ? (ā§§)

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2. Give an example to show that even as a young girl Santosh was not ready to accept anything unreasonable. (2)

(āĻāϟা āωāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻĻি āĻĻেāĻ–ুā§ąাāĻ“āĻ• āϝে āϏ⧰ু āĻ›োā§ąাāϞী āĻ…ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨাāϤো āϏāύ্āϤোāώ āĻ•োāύো āĻ…āϝুāĻ•্āϤিāϕ⧰ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŽাāύি āϞ’āĻŦāϞৈ āϏাāϜু āύাāĻ›িāϞ। (⧍)

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3. Why was Santosh sent to the local school? (3)

(āϏāύ্āϤোāώāĻ• āĻ•িāϝ় āϏ্āĻĨাāύীāϝ় āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়āϞৈ āĻĒāĻ িāĻ“ā§ąা āĻš’āϞ? (ā§Š)

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4. When did she leave home for Delhi, and why? (4)

(āϘ⧰⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়া āĻĻিāϞ্āϞীāϞৈ āĻ“āϞাāχ āφāĻšিāϞ, āφ⧰ু āĻ•িāϝ়? (ā§Ē)

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5. 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? (4)

(āĻ•িāϝ় āĻĻিāϞ্āϞীāϤ āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞীāϝ়া āĻĒāĻĸ়াā§° āĻ–ā§°āϚ āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āϏāύ্āϤোāώ⧰ āĻĒিāϤৃ-āĻŽাāϤৃāϝ়ে āϏāύ্āĻŽāϤি āĻĻিāϞে? āĻāχ āϘāϟāύাāχ āϏāύ্āϤোāώ⧰ āĻ•ি āĻ•ি āĻŽাāύāϏিāĻ• āĻ—ুāĻŖ āĻĒোāĻšā§°āϞৈ āφāύে? (ā§Ē)

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II. Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph (about 30 words).

(āĻāχ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāϟো āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ⧰ āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻāϟা āϚুāϟি āĻ…āύুāϚ্āĻ›েāĻĻāϤ (āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় ā§Šā§Ļāϟা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ) āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ•)


1. How did Santosh begin to climb mountains?

(āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āĻĒাāĻšাā§° āĻŦāĻ—াāĻŦāϞৈ āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­ āϕ⧰িāϞে āϏāύ্āϤোāώে)

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2. What incidents during the Everest expedition show Santosh's concern for her team-mates?

(āĻāĻ­াā§°েāώ্āϟ āĻ…āĻ­িāϝাāύ⧰ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻ•ি āĻ•ি āϘāϟāύাāχ āϏāύ্āϤোāώ⧰ āϏāϤীā§°্āĻĨāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āωāĻĻ্āĻŦেāĻ— āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•াāĻļ āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে)

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3. What shows her concern for the environment?

(āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āϤাāχ⧰ āϚিāύ্āϤা āĻ•িāĻšে āĻĻেāĻ–ুā§ąাāχāĻ›ে)

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 4. How does she describe her feelings at the summit of the Everest?

(āĻāĻ­াā§°েāώ্āϟ⧰ āĻļিāĻ–ā§°āϤ āϤাāχ⧰ āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ąāĻŦোā§° āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰ে)

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5. Santosh Yadav got into the record books both times she scaled Mt Everest. What were the reasons for this?

(āĻŽাāωāĻŖ্āϟ āĻāĻ­াā§°েāώ্āϟ āϏ্āĻ•েāϞ āϕ⧰া āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻŦাā§°েāχ āĻ…āĻ­িāϞেāĻ– āĻŦāĻšীāϤ āϏোāĻŽাāχ āĻĒā§°িāĻ›িāϞ āϏāύ্āϤোāώ āϝাāĻĻā§ąে। āχāϝ়াā§° āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āĻ•ি āφāĻ›িāϞ)

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III. Complete the following statements.

(āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻŦāĻ•্āϤāĻŦ্āϝāϏāĻŽূāĻš āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻ•)


1. From her room in Kasturba Hostel. Santosh used to ___________________

(āĻ•āϏ্āϤুā§°্āĻŦা āĻšোāώ্āϟেāϞ⧰ āϤাāχ⧰ ā§°ুāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§°া। āϏāύ্āϤোāώে āφāĻ—āϤে āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ)


2. When she finished college, Santosh had to write a letter of apology to her father because __________________

(āĻ•āϞেāϜ āĻļেāώ āϕ⧰াā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āϏāύ্āϤোāώে āĻĻেāωāϤাāĻ•āϞৈ āĻ•্āώāĻŽাāĻĒ্ā§°াā§°্āĻĨāύা āĻĒāϤ্ā§° āϞিāĻ–িāĻŦ āϞāĻ—া āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ)


3. During the Everest expedition, her seniors in the team admired her _________________ while ______________ endeared her to fellow climbers.

(āĻāĻ­াā§°েāώ্āϟ āĻ…āĻ­িāϝাāύ⧰ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻĻāϞāϟোā§° āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϜ্āϝেāώ্āĻ āϏāĻ•āϞে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļংāϏা āϕ⧰াā§° āϞāĻ—āϤে āϏāϤীā§°্āĻĨ āĻĒā§°্āĻŦāϤাā§°োāĻšীāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ)


IV. Pick out words from the text that mean the same as the following words or expressions. (Look in the paragraphs indicated.)

(āϞিāĻ–āύীā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāύে āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦাāĻ›ি āωāϞিāϝ়াāĻ“āĻ• āϝাā§° āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦা āĻ…āĻ­িāĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻāĻ•ে। (āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āϕ⧰া āĻ…āύুāϚ্āĻ›েāĻĻāĻŦোā§° āϚাāĻ“āĻ•)


1. took to be true without proof (1): ____________________

(āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŽাāĻŖ āĻ…āĻŦিāĻšāύে āϏāϤ্āϝ āĻŦুāϞি āϧ⧰িāϞে (ā§§)


2. based on reason; sensible; reasonable (2): ___________________

(āϝুāĻ•্āϤিā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻ­িāϤ্āϤি āϕ⧰ি; āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽাāύ; āϝুāĻ•্āϤিāϏংāĻ—āϤ (2)


3. the usual way of doing things (3): _________________

(āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖ āĻ•াāĻŽāĻŦোā§° āϕ⧰াā§° āϧ⧰āĻŖ (ā§Š)


4. a strong desire arising from within (5): _________________

(āĻ­িāϤ⧰⧰ āĻĒā§°া āωāĻĻ্āĻ­ā§ą āĻšোā§ąা āĻāĻ• āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŦāϞ āχāϚ্āĻ›া (ā§Ģ)


5. the power to endure, without falling ill (7): _________________

(āĻ…āϏুāϏ্āĻĨ āύোāĻšোā§ąাāĻ•ৈ āϏāĻš্āϝ āϕ⧰াā§° āĻļāĻ•্āϤি (ā§­)



Question Type By- Maiur Rani Kashyap



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