Sample QuestionsUnit - 5 : The Summit Within questions
One sample from each question group in this chapter. Select any group above to see the full set with answer keys.
Your companion keeps up with you.
You strain every nerve as you take every step.
You are sharing a rope with another climber.
It takes the last ounce of one’s energy.
It presents great difficulties.
Why is the climber filled with gratitude?
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For having reached the summit safely
- B
For having reached the summit first
- C
For having become victorious
- D
For having left everyone behind
Answer: A.
View full solution →Why is the person who has been to the mountains never the same again?
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The experience changes him completely.
- B
- C
The experience makes him proud.
- D
Answer: A.
View full solution →What all emotions does the author experience on realizing both the summits?
Answer: D.
View full solution →Why does man take delight in overcoming obstacles?
Answer: D.
View full solution →What is considered as toughest challenge in climbing a mountain?
Answer: B.
View full solution →Consider a typical climb, towards the summit on the last heights. You are sharing a rope with another climber. You firm in. He cuts the steps in the hard ice. Then he belays and you inch your way up. The climb is grim. You strain every nerve as you take every step. Famous climbers have left records of the help given by others. They have also recorded how they needed just that help. Else they might have given up. Breathing is difficult. You curse yourself for having let yourself in for this. You wonder why you ever undertook the ascent. There are moments when you feel like going back. It would be sheer relief to go down, instead of up. But almost at once you snap out of that mood. There is something in you that does not let you give up the struggle, And you go on. Your companion keeps up with you. Just another fifty feet. Or a hundred, maybe. You ask yourself: Is there no end? You look at your companion and he looks at you. You draw inspiration from each other. And then, without first being aware of it, you are at the summit.
Questions:
$(1)$ How does a climber expedite a typical climb towards the summit heights $?$
$(2)$ Why does a typical climb towards the summit on the last heights become discouraging$?$
$(3)$ When does a climber regain power not to give up$?$
$(4)$ What keeps climbers up in tough time$?$
View full solution →Even when getting down from the summit, once the physical exhaustion had gone. I began asking myself the question why I had climbed Everest. Why did the act of reaching the summit have such a hold on my imagination? It was already a thing of the past. something done yesterday. With every passing day, it would become more remote. And then what would remain? Would my memories fade slowly away?
All these thoughts led me to question myself as to why people climb mountains. It is not easy to answer the question. The simplest answer would be, as others have said, "Because it is there." It presents great difficulties. Man takes delight in overcoming obstacles. The obstacles in climbing a mountain are physical. A climb to a summit means endurance, persistence and willpower. The demonstration of these physical qualities is no doubt exhilarating, as it was for me also.
Questions :
$(1)$ What question took hold of the writer's mind$?$
$(2)$ What is the simplest answer to the question Why people climb mountains'$?$
$(3)$ What does 'a climb to a summit' mean$?$
$(4)$ What is exhilarating, according to the writer $?$
View full solution →Of all the emotions which surged through me as I stood on the summit of Everest, looking over miles of panorama below us, the dominant one I think was humility. The physical in me seemed to say, "Thank God, it's all over!" However, instead of being jubilant, there was a tinge of sadness. Was it because I had already done the ultimate' in climbing and there would be nothing higher to climb and all roads hereafter would lead down $?$
By climbing the summit of Everest you are overwhelmed by a deep sense of joy and thankfulness. It is a joy which lasts a lifetime. The experience changes you completely. The man who has been to the mountains is never the same again.
Questions:
$(1)$ What made the writer say, "Thank God, it's all over !" $?$
$(2)$ Why did the writer feel 'a tinge of sadness'?
$(3)$ What were the writer's feeling by climbing the summit of Everest$?$
$(4)$ What kind of change does a an feel after once having climbed Everest$?$
View full solution →What features of Everest did draw the author to it?
How does the author view mountains ?
Why do people climb mountains?
Which other summit has been talked
to by the author?
What do you know about Major $H. P. S.$ Ahluwalia $?$
View full solution →The physical act of climbing to the summit of a mountain is not exactly like the act of climbing the mountain within.
The experience of having climbed to the summit changes you completely.
Famous climbers have not left any records of the help given by others.
The physical conquest of a mountain is only one part of the achievement.
Climbing Everest is a challenge that is difficult to resist.
$………..1………. $(glimpse) a peak in the distance, I get $………….2…………$ (transport) to another world. I experience a change within myself which can only $……….3…….. $(call) mystical.
View full solution →Once having $…..1……..$ (grant) this, the question $………..2………. $(remain): Why Everest? Because It Is the highest, the mightiest and $………3………$ (defy) many previous attempts.
View full solution →(mightiest, halfway, remains, brutal, granted, defied) Once having $…….1………$ this, the question $……2………$ Why Everest? Because it is the highest, the $……..3………$. and has $……….4………$… many previous attempts. It takes the last ounce of one’s energy. It is a $……….5………$. struggle with rock and ice. Once taken up, it cannot be given up $……..6………$.. even when one’s life is at stake.
View full solution →(imagination, exhaustion, reaching, something, getting, climbed) Even when ……$1$……. down from the summit, once the physical …..$2$……. had gone, I began asking myself the question why I had ……..$3$…….. Everest. Why did the act of …….$4$……… the summit have such a hold on my …………$5$……… ? It was already a thing of the past, ………$6$………. done yesterday.
View full solution →I was very depressed for a week, but this morning I snapped out of it. (was completely healed, went into great depression, suddenly recovered)
He strained every nerve to help us ,but didn’t succeed. (made every possible effort, took great pains, tried to seek help)
My presentation needs to go perfectly – the big promotion is at stake. (due, doubtful, at risk)
The sound of the drums faded away into the distance. (diminished, grew louder, spread Jar)
My leg was hurt, but I was able to keep up with the rest of the team during our run. (recover with, go ahead with, enjoy my journey with)
Even $……..1………$ getting down $…….2……..$ the summit, $……..3……..$ the physical exhaustion had gone, I began asking myself the question $………..4……… $I had climbed Everest. Why did the act of reaching the summit have such $…….5…..$ hold $……..6……..$ my imagination?
View full solution →$……1……….$ climbing the summit $……..2……..$ Everest, you are overwhelmed by a deep sense of joy$ ……..3……..$ thankfulness. It is a joy$ ……….4……..$ lasts a lifetime. The experience changes you completely. The man $……….5………$ has been to the mountains is never $………6………$ same again.
View full solution →The experience is not merely physical. It is emotional. (Join using ‘not only… but also.)
It is a challenge that is difficult to resist. (Use ‘resistance’.)
The passage back is as difficult as the passage onwards. (Change the Degree.)
It is not easy to answer the question. (Turn into Affirmative.)
Would my memories fade slowly away? (Turn into Assertive.)