Chapter - 5

The Summit Within

(āĻ­িāϤ⧰⧰ āϏāύ্āĻŽিāϞāύ)


Working with the text :

(āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻ•াāĻŽ āϕ⧰া:)


1. Answer the following question.

(āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻ–িāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāϟোā§° āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ•।)


(i) What are the three qualities that played a major role in the author's climb?

(āϞেāĻ–āϕ⧰ āφ⧰োāĻšāĻŖāϤ āĻŽুāĻ–্āϝ āĻ­ূāĻŽিāĻ•া āĻĒাāϞāύ āϕ⧰া āϤিāύিāϟা āĻ—ুāĻŖ āĻ•ি?)

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 āĻ•িāϝ় āφāύāύ্āĻĻāĻĻাāϝ়āĻ•?)

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?

(āĻŽাāωāĻŖ্āϟ āĻāĻ­াā§°েāώ্āϟ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ•ি āφāĻ›িāϞ āϝিāϟো āϞেāĻ–āĻ•ে āĻ…āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিā§°োāϧ্āϝ āĻŦুāϞি āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ?)

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?

(āĻ–্āϝাāϤিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāϜāύে āĻāχāϟো āύāϕ⧰ে (āĻāϟা āωāϚ্āϚ āĻļৃংāĻ— āφ⧰োāĻšāĻŖ)। āϏঁāϚাāĻ•ৈāϝ়ে āĻāϜāύে āĻ•িāĻšā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāχāϟো āϕ⧰ে?)

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?

("āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāχ āĻŦৃāĻšā§Ž āĻŦ্ā§°āĻš্āĻŽাāĻŖ্āĻĄāϤ āύিāϜ⧰ āĻ•্āώুāĻĻ্ā§°āϤাā§° āĻāĻ• āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āϧ⧰āĻŖে āϏāϚেāϤāύ āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°ে।" āĻāχ āϏāϜাāĻ—āϤাāχ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āύুāϚ্āĻ›েāĻĻāϤ āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āϕ⧰া āĻāĻ• āĻ†ā§ąেāĻ—ā§° āϏংāϜ্āĻžা āĻĻিāϝ়ে। āĻ†ā§ąেāĻ— āĻ•োāύāϟো?)

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?

(āĻāĻ­াā§°েāώ্āϟāϤ āĻĻāϞāϟোā§° āϏāĻĻāϏ্āϝāϏāĻ•āϞে āĻā§°ি āĻĻিāϝ়া "āĻļ্ā§°āĻĻ্āϧাā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤীāĻ•" āĻ•ি āφāĻ›িāϞ?)

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?

(āϞেāĻ–āĻ•āϜāύ⧰ āĻŽāϤে, āĻāĻ­াā§°েāώ্āϟাā§° āĻšিāϚাāĻĒে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ…āĻ­িāϜ্āĻžāϤাāχ āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻ•ি āĻļিāĻ•াāχāĻ›িāϞ?)

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.

(āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻ–িāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāϟো āĻŽāύ্āϤāĻŦ্āϝ⧰ āĻŦিā§°ুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻāϟা āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ āϞিāĻ–āĻ•। āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāχ āĻŦিāĻŦৃāϤিāϟো āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ–্āϝা āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে। āφāĻĒুāύি āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāĻŦোā§° āĻŦাāĻ›āύি āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে āφ⧰ু āϏেāχāĻŦোā§° āĻĒুāύ⧰ āϞিāĻ–িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāϟো āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›ে।)

(i) The experience changes you completely.

    (āĻ…āĻ­িāϜ্āĻžāϤাāχ āφāĻĒোāύাāĻ• āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖā§°ূāĻĒে āϏāϞāύি āϕ⧰ে।)

    One who has been to the mountains in never the same again .

    (āϝি āϜāύ āĻĒā§°্āĻŦāϤāϞৈ āĻ—ৈāĻ›ে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āφāĻ•ৌ āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻāĻ•ে āύāĻšāϝ়।)

(ii) Man takes delight in overcoming obstacles.

    (āφāχāφāχ) āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻŦাāϧাāĻŦোā§° āĻ…āϤিāĻ•্ā§°āĻŽ āϕ⧰ি āφāύāύ্āĻĻিāϤ āϕ⧰ে।

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(iii) Mountains are nature at its best.

       (āĻĒā§°্āĻŦāϤāĻŦোā§° āχāϝ়াā§° āϏ⧰্āĻŦāĻļ্ā§°েāώ্āĻ  āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤি।)

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(iv) The going was difficult but the after -effects were satisfying.

       (āϝোā§ąাāϟো āĻ•āĻ িāύ āφāĻ›িāϞ āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°্āϤী āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ­াā§ąāĻŦোā§° āϏāύ্āϤোāώāϜāύāĻ• āφāĻ›িāϞ।)

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(v) The physical conquest of a mountain is really a spiritual experience.

      (āĻĒā§°্āĻŦāϤ⧰ āĻļাā§°ীā§°িāĻ• āĻŦিāϜāϝ় āϏঁāϚাāĻ•ৈāϝ়ে āĻāĻ• āφāϧ্āϝাāϤ্āĻŽিāĻ• āĻ…āĻ­িāϜ্āĻžāϤা।)

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Question Type By -Kishor Nath