Reach for the Top
Chapter-8
Thinking about the Text
(āĻĒাāĻ āĻোā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻā§°া)
I. Answer these questions in one or two sentences each. (The paragraph numbers within brackets provide clues to the answers.)
(āĻāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻāĻা āĻŦা āĻĻুāĻাāĻৈ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ। (āĻŦāύ্āϧāύীā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻ
āύুāĻ্āĻেāĻĻ āύāĻŽ্āĻŦā§°āĻŦোā§°ে āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰āĻŦোā§°ā§° āϏূāϤ্ā§° āĻĻিāϝ়ে)
1. Why was the 'holy man' who gave Santosh's mother his blessings surprised? (1)
(āϏāύ্āϤোāώ⧰ āĻŽাāĻāĻ āĻāĻļীā§°্āĻŦাāĻĻ āĻĻিāϝ়া ‘āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ্ā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻš’āĻāύ āĻিāϝ় āĻāĻā§°ি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)
(āĻāĻা āĻāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻĻি āĻĻেāĻুā§ąাāĻāĻ āϝে āϏ⧰ু āĻোā§ąাāϞী āĻ
ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨাāϤো āϏāύ্āϤোāώ āĻোāύো āĻ
āϝুāĻ্āϤিāĻā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻŽাāύি āϞ’āĻŦāϞৈ āϏাāĻু āύাāĻিāϞ। (⧍)
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3. Why was Santosh sent to the local school? (3)
(āϏāύ্āϤোāώāĻ āĻিāϝ় āϏ্āĻĨাāύীāϝ় āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়āϞৈ āĻĒāĻ িāĻā§ąা āĻš’āϞ? (ā§Š)
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4. When did she leave home for Delhi, and why? (4)
(āĻā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻেāϤিāϝ়া āĻĻিāϞ্āϞীāϞৈ āĻāϞাāĻ āĻāĻšিāϞ, āĻā§°ু āĻিāϝ়? (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)
(āĻিāϝ় āĻĻিāϞ্āϞীāϤ āϏ্āĻুāϞীāϝ়া āĻĒāĻĸ়াā§° āĻā§°āĻ āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āϏāύ্āϤোāώ⧰ āĻĒিāϤৃ-āĻŽাāϤৃāϝ়ে āϏāύ্āĻŽāϤি āĻĻিāϞে? āĻāĻ āĻāĻāύাāĻ āϏāύ্āϤোāώ⧰ āĻি āĻি āĻŽাāύāϏিāĻ āĻুāĻŖ āĻĒোāĻšā§°āϞৈ āĻāύে? (ā§Ē)
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II. Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph (about 30 words).
(āĻāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻো āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ⧰ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻāĻা āĻুāĻি āĻ
āύুāĻ্āĻেāĻĻāϤ (āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় ā§Šā§ĻāĻা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ) āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ)
1. How did Santosh begin to climb mountains?
(āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻĒাāĻšাā§° āĻŦāĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°িāϞে āϏāύ্āϤোāώে)
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2. What incidents during the Everest expedition show Santosh's concern for her team-mates?
(āĻāĻাā§°েāώ্āĻ āĻ
āĻিāϝাāύ⧰ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻি āĻি āĻāĻāύাāĻ āϏāύ্āϤোāώ⧰ āϏāϤীā§°্āĻĨāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻāĻĻ্āĻŦেāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻļ āĻā§°িāĻে)
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3. What shows her concern for the environment?
(āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āϤাāĻā§° āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻিāĻšে āĻĻেāĻুā§ąাāĻāĻে)
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4. How does she describe her feelings at the summit of the Everest?
(āĻāĻাā§°েāώ্āĻā§° āĻļিāĻā§°āϤ āϤাāĻā§° āĻ
āύুāĻā§ąāĻŦোā§° āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°ে)
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5. Santosh Yadav got into the record books both times she scaled Mt Everest. What were the reasons for this?
(āĻŽাāĻāĻŖ্āĻ āĻāĻাā§°েāώ্āĻ āϏ্āĻেāϞ āĻā§°া āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻŦাā§°েāĻ āĻ
āĻিāϞেāĻ āĻŦāĻšীāϤ āϏোāĻŽাāĻ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ āϏāύ্āϤোāώ āϝাāĻĻā§ąে। āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻি āĻāĻিāϞ)
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III. Complete the following statements.
(āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻŦāĻ্āϤāĻŦ্āϝāϏāĻŽূāĻš āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻ)
1. From her room in Kasturba Hostel. Santosh used to ___________________
(āĻāϏ্āϤুā§°্āĻŦা āĻšোāώ্āĻেāϞ⧰ āϤাāĻā§° ā§°ুāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§°া। āϏāύ্āϤোāώে āĻāĻāϤে āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ)
2. When she finished college, Santosh had to write a letter of apology to her father because __________________
(āĻāϞেāĻ āĻļেāώ āĻā§°াā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āϏāύ্āϤোāώে āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻāϞৈ āĻ্āώāĻŽাāĻĒ্ā§°াā§°্āĻĨāύা āĻĒāϤ্ā§° āϞিāĻিāĻŦ āϞāĻা āĻšৈāĻিāϞ āĻাā§°āĻŖ)
3. During the Everest expedition, her seniors in the team admired her _________________ while ______________ endeared her to fellow climbers.
(āĻāĻাā§°েāώ্āĻ āĻ
āĻিāϝাāύ⧰ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻĻāϞāĻোā§° āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻ্āϝেāώ্āĻ āϏāĻāϞে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļংāϏা āĻā§°াā§° āϞāĻāϤে āϏāϤীā§°্āĻĨ āĻĒā§°্āĻŦāϤাā§°োāĻšীāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ় āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ)
IV. Pick out words from the text that mean the same as the following words or expressions. (Look in the paragraphs indicated.)
(āϞিāĻāύীā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāύে āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦাāĻি āĻāϞিāϝ়াāĻāĻ āϝাā§° āĻ
ā§°্āĻĨ āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦা āĻ
āĻিāĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻāĻে। (āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°া āĻ
āύুāĻ্āĻেāĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻাāĻāĻ)
1. took to be true without proof (1): ____________________
(āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŽাāĻŖ āĻ
āĻŦিāĻšāύে āϏāϤ্āϝ āĻŦুāϞি āϧ⧰িāϞে (ā§§)
2. based on reason; sensible; reasonable (2): ___________________
(āϝুāĻ্āϤিā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻিāϤ্āϤি āĻā§°ি; āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽাāύ; āϝুāĻ্āϤিāϏংāĻāϤ (2)
3. the usual way of doing things (3): _________________
(āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖ āĻাāĻŽāĻŦোā§° āĻā§°াā§° āϧ⧰āĻŖ (ā§Š)
4. a strong desire arising from within (5): _________________
(āĻিāϤ⧰⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻĻ্āĻā§ą āĻšোā§ąা āĻāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŦāϞ āĻāĻ্āĻা (ā§Ģ)
5. the power to endure, without falling ill (7): _________________
(āĻ
āϏুāϏ্āĻĨ āύোāĻšোā§ąাāĻৈ āϏāĻš্āϝ āĻā§°াā§° āĻļāĻ্āϤি (ā§)
Question Type By- Maiur Rani Kashyap
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