Chapter 5 - The Summit Within

Part 1: Textbook Solutions (Comprehension Check & Exercises)

COMPREHENSION CHECK

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Q. 1. Standing on Everest, the writer was (एवरेस्ट पर खड़े होकर लेखक था—)

Choose the right item. (ठीक आइटम को चुनिए)

Ans. (iii) jubilant and sad.

Q. 2. The emotion that gripped him was one of (भावना जिसने उसे घेरा वह थी)

Choose the right item. (ठीक आइटम को चुनिए)

Ans. (ii) humility and a sense of smallness.

Q. 3. "The summit of the mind" refers to (मस्तिष्क/मन के शिखर का अर्थ है—)

(i) great intellectual achievements.

(ii) the process of maturing mentally and spiritually.

(iii) overcoming personal ambition for common welfare.

(iv) living in the world of thought and imagination.

(v) the triumph of mind over worldly pleasures for a noble cause.

(vi) a fuller knowledge of oneself.

Mark the item(s) not relevant. (उन आइटम/आइटमों को चिन्हित करें जो संगत नहीं हैं)

Ans. (ii) the process of maturing mentally and spiritually.

TEXT BOOK QUESTIONS

Working with the Text :

Q. 1. Answer the following questions. (निम्न प्रश्नों का उत्तर दें)

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

वे तीन गुण कौनसे हैं जिन्होंने लेखक की चढ़ाई में मुख्य भूमिका निभाई?

Ans. Endurance, persistence and will power are the three qualities that played a major role in the author's climb.

सहनशक्ति, कृत संकल्पता व इच्छा शक्ति वे तीन गुण हैं जिन्होंने लेखक की चढ़ाई में मुख्य भूमिका निभाई।

(ii) Why is adventure, which is risky, also pleasurable?

रोमांच, जो कि खतरनाक है, सुखप्रद क्यों होता है?

Ans. The adventure, which is risky, is also pleasurable because man takes delight in overcoming obstacles. After having done something adventurous, man feels the sense of battle fought and won. Man has the feeling of victory and happiness.

रोमांच, जो कि खतरनाक है, सुखप्रद भी होता है क्योंकि बाधाओं को पार करने में मानव को आनंद आता है। कुछ रोमांचकारी करने के उपरान्त, मानव में युद्ध लड़ने व जीतने का भाव आता है। मानव में विजय व उल्लास की भावना उत्पन्न होती है।

(iii) What was it about Mount Everest that the author found irresistible?

माउंट एवरेस्ट के बारे में यह क्या था (अर्थात् वह कौनसी बात थी) जिसे लेखक ने अप्रतिरोधय पाया?

Ans. The beauty, aloofness, might, ruggedness and the difficulties encountered on the way of Mount Everest were the features that the author found irresistible.

सुंदरता, एकांतता, विषममता, ऊबड़-खाबड़ स्थिति और मार्ग में कठिनाइयों से होने वाला सामना माउंट एवरेस्ट की वे विशेषताएँ जिसे लेखक ने अप्रतिरोध्य पाया।

(iv) One does not do it (climb a high peak) for fame alone. What does one do it for, really?

एक व्यक्ति इसे (एक ऊँची चोटी पर चढ़ना) अकेले प्रसिद्धि के लिए नहीं करता है। एक व्यक्ति इसे वास्तव में किसके लिए करता है?

Ans. Really, one climbs a high peak for the satisfaction of a deep urge to rise above one's surroundings and for reaching a fuller knowledge of oneself.

वास्तव में एक व्यक्ति अपने परिवेश से ऊपर उठने की गहन लालसा की संतुष्टि के लिए व स्वयं के बारे में पूर्ण ज्ञान तक पहुँचने के लिए ऊँची चोटी पर चढ़ता है।

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(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?

"वह इस विशाल विश्व में अपनी स्वयं की लघुता पर एक विशेष रूप में सतर्क हो जाता है।" यह जागरूकता प्रथम पैराग्राफ में एक भाव के रूप में व्यक्त की गई है। यह कौनसा भाव है?

Ans. The emotion mentioned in the first paragraph is 'humility'.

जो भावना प्रथम पैराग्राफ में व्यक्त की गई है वह 'विनम्रता' है।

(vi) What were the "symbols of reverence" left by members of the team on Everest?

दल के सदस्यों द्वारा एवरेस्ट पर छोड़े गए सम्मान के प्रतीक कौनसे थे?

Ans. A picture of Guru Nanak, a picture of Goddess Durga, and a relic of the Buddha were the 'symbols of reverence' left by members of the team on Everest.

गुरु नानक की एक तस्वीर, देवी दुर्गा का एक चित्र व भगवान बुद्ध का एक अवशेष वे सम्मान के प्रतीक थे जो एवरेस्ट पर दल के सदस्यों द्वारा छोड़े गए थे।

(vii) What, according to the writer, did his experience as an Everester teach him?

लेखक के अनुसार, उसके एवरेस्ट विजेता होने के अनुभव ने उसे क्या शिक्षा दी?

Ans. According to the writer, his experience as an Everester taught him to face life's ordeals resolutely.

लेखक के अनुसार, उसके एवरेस्ट विजेता के रूप में अनुभव ने उसे जीवन की अग्निपरीक्षाओं का दृढ़ता से सामना करने की शिक्षा दी।

Q. 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.

निम्न कथनों में प्रत्येक के आगे एक वाक्य लिखें। आपका वाक्य कथन को स्पष्ट करना चाहिए। आप मूल पाठ से वाक्य चुन सकते हैं व उनको पुनः लिख सकते हैं। प्रथम कथन आपके लिए किया गया है।

(i) The experience changes you completely.

Ans. One who has been to the mountains is never the same again.

Ans. The beauty and majesty of mountains pose a great challenge. They are a means of communion with God.

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

Ans. You wonder why you ever undertook the ascent. It teaches you much about the world and about yourself.

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

Ans. The experience is not merely physical. It is emotional. It is spiritual. It changes you completely.

Working with Language:

Q. 1. Fill in the blanks in the following dialogues choosing suitable phrases from those given in the box.

बॉक्स में दिये गये उचित वाक्यांश को चुनकर निम्न संवाद में दिये गये रिक्त स्थानों को भरिए—

at hand at once at all at a low ebb at

first sight

(i) *Teacher* : You were away from school without permission. Go to the Principal ........................ and submit your explanation.

*Pupil* : Yes, Madam. But would you help me write it first?

(ii) *Arun* : Are you unwell?

*Ila* : No, not ..................... Why do you ask?

*Arun* : If you were unwell, I would send you to my uncle.

He is a doctor.

(iii) *Mary* : Almost every Indian film has an episode of love .............. .

*David* : Is that what makes them so popular in foreign countries?

(iv) *Asif* : You look depressed. Why are your spirits ...... today?

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 thankful it. 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. (i) Which emotion was the dominant on the summit of Everest?

एवरेस्ट के शिखर पर कौनसा भाव प्रबल था?

(ii) Why was there a tinge of sadness?

वहाँ उदासी का भाव क्यों था?

(iii) By what was the author overwhelmed?

किस बात से लेखक अभिभूत था?

2. (i) How long does this joy last?

यह आनंद कितना लम्बा चलता है?

(ii) What is the impact of this experience?

इस अनुभव का क्या प्रभाव होता है?

(iii) Write the opposite words from the passage for the following words :

Passage : 2

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 will-power. The demonstration of these physical qualities is not doubt exhilarating, as it was for me also.

I have a more personal answer to the question. From my childhood I have been attracted by mountains. I had been miserable, lost, when away from mountains, in the plains. Mountains are nature at its best. Their beauty and majesty pose a great challenge, and like many, I believe that mountains are a means of communion with God.

Questions :

1. (i) Which question does the narrator ask himself?

*कौनसा प्रश्न वर्णकर्त्ता स्वयं से पूछता है?*

(ii) In what does man take delight?

*मानव को किसमें आनन्द आता है?*

(iii) What, according to the narrator, a climb to a summit mean?

*वर्णकर्त्ता के अनुसार एक शिखर पर चढ़ाई का क्या मतलब है?*

2. (i) Since when has the narrator been attracted by mountains?

*वर्णकर्त्ता को कब से पर्वतों द्वारा आकृष्ट किया गया है?*

(ii) What does the narrator believe about mountains?

*वर्णकर्त्ता पर्वतों के बारे में क्या विश्वास करता है?*

(iii) Write the opposite words from the passage for the following words :

(a) difficult

(b) worst

Answers :

1. (i) The narrator asks himself why people climb mountains.

*वर्णकर्त्ता स्वयं से पूछता है कि लोग पर्वतों पर क्यों चढ़ते हैं।*

(ii) Man takes delight in overcoming obstacles.

*बाधाओं को जीतने में मानव को आनंद आता है।*

(iii) A climb to a summit means endurance, persistence and will-power.

*एक शिखर पर चढ़ाई का अर्थ धैर्य/सहनशक्ति, दृढ़ता तथा इच्छाशक्ति/मनोबल है।*

2. (i) The narrator has been attracted by mountains since childhood.

*वर्णकर्त्ता को पर्वतों द्वारा बचपन से ही आकृष्ट किया गया है।*

(ii) About mountains, the narrator believes that these are a means of communion with God.

*पर्वतों के बारे में वर्णकर्त्ता का विश्वास है कि ये भगवान से एकात्म होने का एक साधन है।*

(iii) (a) easy

Answers :

1. (i) The school boy can't take delight in the book.

विद्यालयी बालक पुस्तक में खुशी प्राप्त नहीं कर सकता है।

एक पिंजरे के पक्षी से गाने की आशा करना विरोधात्मक बात है।

2. (i) The boy droops his tender wing when fears annoy him.

बालक अपने कोमल पंख तब झुका लेता है जब भय उसे व्याकुल करते हैं।

(b) joy

[Type-II]

Extract : 3

*O! Father and Mother, if buds are nip'd,*

*And blossoms blown away,*

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*And if the tender plants are strip'd*

*Of their joy in the springing day,*

*By sorrow and cares dismay,*

*How shall the summer arise in joy,*

*Or the summer fruits appear?*

1. (i) Who are being addressed to?

किसे सम्बोधित किया जा रहा है?

(ii) What is done with the buds?

कलियों के साथ क्या किया जाता है?

(iii) Identify and write one word of the following sentences :

(a) warmest season of the year.

S.............................

(b) a person's male parent.

F.............................

2. (i) Which word has been used for flowers?

फूलों के लिए कौनसा शब्द प्रयुक्त किया गया है?

Answers :

1. (i) Father and Mother are being addressed to.

माता-पिता को सम्बोधित किया जा रहा है।

2. (i) The word 'blossoms' has been used for flowers.

फूलों के लिए 'ब्लोसम्स' शब्द को प्रयुक्त किया गया है।