Q. What preparations did Hillary and Tenzing make for the last climb?
Ans. Before the last climb, Hillary and Tenzing wore three pairs of gloves on their hands. The gloves were of silk, wool and windproof. Then they fastened their crampons to their boots and on their backs, they slung the oxygen apparatus weighing forty pounds.
Q. Why was the ridge leading to the summit so dangerous?
Ans. The ridge leading to the summit was very dangerous. Just below the summit, the ridge became wide into a sort of snow-face and so the climb was on an almost vertical white wall. The worst part was that the snow was not firm and it kept sliding down.
Q. How did the two mountaineers move up the ridge?
Ans. From the south summit, the two mountaineers first had to go down a little. Then they had to climb up. As they moved up, there was the danger that the snow would slip or that the cornice would break as they go further. They moved one at a time by taking turns when proceeding ahead and the second climber wrapped the rope round his axe and fixed it in the snow like an anchor.
Q. What barred their way to the top? How did they get round it?
Ans. Hillary and Tenzing faced the last big obstacle below the top. There was a cliff of rock rising straight from the ridge that barred their way. The mountaineers now had to either get over or round it and they could find just one possible way. It was along a steep, narrow gap between one side of the rock and the inner side of an adjoining cornice. Hillary moved first, working his way slowly and carefully to a kind of platform above. There was a great threat of the ice slipping away but fortunately it did not. After Hillary safely got up to the top of the rock, he held the rope for Tenzing to follow.
Q. Explain the title of the passage.
Ans. The title of the passage is 'The Dream Comes True'. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay had set out on an expedition to climb Mount Everest. After overcoming numerous obstacles during their ascent, they finally reached a place where beyond them was the great open sky and brown plains. They looked down the far side of the mountain upon Tibet. They stepped up on the summit and reached the top of the world. Thus, their dream had come true.
Q. Use the following words in sentences of your own:
(a) apparatus: A geyser is a convenient form of apparatus for heating water in a short time.
(b) vertical: Experienced rock climbers can climb up vertical rock faces using accurate equipments.
(c) twisting: The rivers look like twisting lines when seen from an aeroplane.
(d) obstacle: The steep face of the mountain was the most difficult obstacle for the climbers during their ascent.
(e) block: The police arrested the crowd of protestors who tried to block the road.
(f) adjoining: The mischievous students of the class were summoned by the Principal into the adjoining room.
Q. Find out the exact meaning of:
(a) a ridge: a long narrow mountain range
(b) a precipice: a very steep face of a cliff or rock
(c) a cornice: a mass of ice projecting over a mountain ridge
(d) a hump: a rounded raised mass of earth
Q. Rewrite the following sentences as directed:
(a) Next time it slides, and we will go all the way down. (Make it a complex sentence)
Ans. Next time it slides, we will go all the way down.
(b) It was one of the most dangerous places I had ever been to. (Change the degree)
Ans. It was more dangerous than any other place I had ever been to.
(c) The danger was that the snow would slip. (Make it a simple sentence)
Ans. Slipping of snow would be dangerous.
(d) It was a cliff of rock. It rose straight up out of the ridge. (Combine into a simple sentence)
Ans. It was a cliff of rock that rose straight up out of the ridge.
Ans. Before the last climb, Hillary and Tenzing wore three pairs of gloves on their hands. The gloves were of silk, wool and windproof. Then they fastened their crampons to their boots and on their backs, they slung the oxygen apparatus weighing forty pounds.
Q. Why was the ridge leading to the summit so dangerous?
Ans. The ridge leading to the summit was very dangerous. Just below the summit, the ridge became wide into a sort of snow-face and so the climb was on an almost vertical white wall. The worst part was that the snow was not firm and it kept sliding down.
Q. How did the two mountaineers move up the ridge?
Ans. From the south summit, the two mountaineers first had to go down a little. Then they had to climb up. As they moved up, there was the danger that the snow would slip or that the cornice would break as they go further. They moved one at a time by taking turns when proceeding ahead and the second climber wrapped the rope round his axe and fixed it in the snow like an anchor.
Q. What barred their way to the top? How did they get round it?
Ans. Hillary and Tenzing faced the last big obstacle below the top. There was a cliff of rock rising straight from the ridge that barred their way. The mountaineers now had to either get over or round it and they could find just one possible way. It was along a steep, narrow gap between one side of the rock and the inner side of an adjoining cornice. Hillary moved first, working his way slowly and carefully to a kind of platform above. There was a great threat of the ice slipping away but fortunately it did not. After Hillary safely got up to the top of the rock, he held the rope for Tenzing to follow.
Q. Explain the title of the passage.
Ans. The title of the passage is 'The Dream Comes True'. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay had set out on an expedition to climb Mount Everest. After overcoming numerous obstacles during their ascent, they finally reached a place where beyond them was the great open sky and brown plains. They looked down the far side of the mountain upon Tibet. They stepped up on the summit and reached the top of the world. Thus, their dream had come true.
Q. Use the following words in sentences of your own:
(a) apparatus: A geyser is a convenient form of apparatus for heating water in a short time.
(b) vertical: Experienced rock climbers can climb up vertical rock faces using accurate equipments.
(c) twisting: The rivers look like twisting lines when seen from an aeroplane.
(d) obstacle: The steep face of the mountain was the most difficult obstacle for the climbers during their ascent.
(e) block: The police arrested the crowd of protestors who tried to block the road.
(f) adjoining: The mischievous students of the class were summoned by the Principal into the adjoining room.
Q. Find out the exact meaning of:
(a) a ridge: a long narrow mountain range
(b) a precipice: a very steep face of a cliff or rock
(c) a cornice: a mass of ice projecting over a mountain ridge
(d) a hump: a rounded raised mass of earth
Q. Rewrite the following sentences as directed:
(a) Next time it slides, and we will go all the way down. (Make it a complex sentence)
Ans. Next time it slides, we will go all the way down.
(b) It was one of the most dangerous places I had ever been to. (Change the degree)
Ans. It was more dangerous than any other place I had ever been to.
(c) The danger was that the snow would slip. (Make it a simple sentence)
Ans. Slipping of snow would be dangerous.
(d) It was a cliff of rock. It rose straight up out of the ridge. (Combine into a simple sentence)
Ans. It was a cliff of rock that rose straight up out of the ridge.
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