Chapter - 5
The Summit Within
(āĻিāϤ⧰⧰ āϏāύ্āĻŽিāϞāύ)
Working with the text :
(āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°া:)
1. Answer the following question.
(āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻিāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻোā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ।)
(i) What are the three qualities that played a major role in the author's climb?
(āϞেāĻāĻā§° āĻā§°োāĻšāĻŖāϤ āĻŽুāĻ্āϝ āĻূāĻŽিāĻা āĻĒাāϞāύ āĻā§°া āϤিāύিāĻা āĻুāĻŖ āĻি?)
Ans. Endurance, persistence and will power are the three qualities that played a major role in the author's climb.
(ii) Why is adventure, which is risky, also pleasurable?
(āĻĻুঃāϏাāĻšāϏিāĻ āĻ āĻিāϝাāύ āĻিāϝ় āĻāύāύ্āĻĻāĻĻাāϝ়āĻ?)
Ans. An adventure is risky because there is not 100% guarrantee in succeeding it.It is also pleasurable because it helps us remember our struggles and hardships. Hope it helps you.
(iii) What was it about Mount Everest that the author found irresistible?
(āĻŽাāĻāĻŖ্āĻ āĻāĻাā§°েāώ্āĻā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻি āĻāĻিāϞ āϝিāĻো āϞেāĻāĻে āĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিā§°োāϧ্āϝ āĻŦুāϞি āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ?)
Ans. Mount Everest attracted the author because it is the highest, the mightiest and has defied many previous attempts. It takes the last ounce of one's energy.
(iv) One does not do it about (climb a high peak) for fame along. What does one do it for, really?
(āĻ্āϝাāϤিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻāύে āĻāĻāĻো āύāĻā§°ে (āĻāĻা āĻāĻ্āĻ āĻļৃংāĻ āĻā§°োāĻšāĻŖ)। āϏঁāĻাāĻৈāϝ়ে āĻāĻāύে āĻিāĻšā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻāĻো āĻā§°ে?)
Ans. However, man takes delight in overcoming obstacles. Therefore, it is not for fame alone that one climbs a mountain. It is actually for the feelings of exhilaration and satisfaction.
(v) "He becomes conscious in a special manner of his own smallness in this large universe." This awareness defines an emotion mentioned in the first paragraph. Which is the emotion?
("āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻ āĻŦৃāĻšā§ āĻŦ্ā§°āĻš্āĻŽাāĻŖ্āĻĄāϤ āύিāĻā§° āĻ্āώুāĻĻ্ā§°āϤাā§° āĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āϧ⧰āĻŖে āϏāĻেāϤāύ āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°ে।" āĻāĻ āϏāĻাāĻāϤাāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āύুāĻ্āĻেāĻĻāϤ āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°া āĻāĻ āĻā§ąেāĻā§° āϏংāĻ্āĻা āĻĻিāϝ়ে। āĻā§ąেāĻ āĻোāύāĻো?)
Ans. “He becomes conscious in a special manner of his own smallness in this large universe.” This awareness defines the emotion of humility.
(vi) What were the "symbols of reverence" left by members of the team on Everest?
(āĻāĻাā§°েāώ্āĻāϤ āĻĻāϞāĻোā§° āϏāĻĻāϏ্āϝāϏāĻāϞে āĻā§°ি āĻĻিāϝ়া "āĻļ্ā§°āĻĻ্āϧাā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤীāĻ" āĻি āĻāĻিāϞ?)
Ans. On Everest a picture of Guru Nanak was left by the author; a picture of Goddess Durga was left by Rawat; a relic of the Buddha was left by Phu Dorji. Apart from these 'symbols of reverence' there was also the cross that had been buried by Edmund Hillary.
(vii) What, according to the writer, did his experience as an Everester teach him?
(āϞেāĻāĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻŽāϤে, āĻāĻাā§°েāώ্āĻাā§° āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻ āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤাāĻ āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻি āĻļিāĻাāĻāĻিāϞ?)
Ans. According to the writer his experience as an Everester provided him with the inspiration to face life's ordeals determinedly. It taught him that the conquest of the internal summit is as worthwhile as climbing the mountain. He also concluded that perhaps the internal summits are higher than Everest.
2. Write a sentence against each of the following statements. Your sentence should explain the statement. You can pick out sentences from the text and rewrite them. The first one has been done for you.
(āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻিāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻো āĻŽāύ্āϤāĻŦ্āϝ⧰ āĻŦিā§°ুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻāĻা āĻŦাāĻ্āϝ āϞিāĻāĻ। āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻ āĻŦিāĻŦৃāϤিāĻো āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ্āϝা āĻā§°িāĻŦ āϞাāĻে। āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āĻŦাāĻāύি āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে āĻā§°ু āϏেāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻĒুāύ⧰ āϞিāĻিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻো āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে।)
(i) The experience changes you completely.
(āĻ āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤাāĻ āĻāĻĒোāύাāĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖā§°ূāĻĒে āϏāϞāύি āĻā§°ে।)
One who has been to the mountains in never the same again .
(āϝি āĻāύ āĻĒā§°্āĻŦāϤāϞৈ āĻৈāĻে āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻৌ āĻেāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻāĻে āύāĻšāϝ়।)
(ii) Man takes delight in overcoming obstacles.
(āĻāĻāĻāĻ) āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻŦাāϧাāĻŦোā§° āĻ āϤিāĻ্ā§°āĻŽ āĻā§°ি āĻāύāύ্āĻĻিāϤ āĻā§°ে।
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(iii) Mountains are nature at its best.
(āĻĒā§°্āĻŦāϤāĻŦোā§° āĻāϝ়াā§° āϏ⧰্āĻŦāĻļ্ā§°েāώ্āĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤি।)
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(iv) The going was difficult but the after -effects were satisfying.
(āϝোā§ąাāĻো āĻāĻ িāύ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°্āϤী āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাā§ąāĻŦোā§° āϏāύ্āϤোāώāĻāύāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ।)
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(v) The physical conquest of a mountain is really a spiritual experience.
(āĻĒā§°্āĻŦāϤ⧰ āĻļাā§°ীā§°িāĻ āĻŦিāĻāϝ় āϏঁāĻাāĻৈāϝ়ে āĻāĻ āĻāϧ্āϝাāϤ্āĻŽিāĻ āĻ āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤা।)
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Question Type By -Kishor Nath