The Summit - Standard 12 (XII) - Unit-4(Prose) - - Easy and Simple answer - Minimum Levels of Learning -Samacheer Kalvi

 

 

Prose-4   “The Summit”

1. What did Hillary do with his wet boots?

Hillary heated the wet boots over the flame of the Primus and softened them.

2. Name an equipment and a tool carried by the climbers during their expedition.

Oxygen gear set is an equipment and ice-axe is a tool carried by the climbers.  

3. Why did Hillary become clumsy- fingered and slow-moving?

Hillary become clumsy- fingered and slow-moving because the oxygen set was exhausted.

4. What did Hillary find in a tiny hollow?

Hillary found two oxygen bottles in a tiny hollow.

5. When did Hillary feel a sense of freedom and well-being?

 Their oxygen apparatus was lighter as he cut his next steps down off the South summit.

6. What did Hillary mean by saying “We had had enough to do the job, but by no means too much”?

They had enough oxygen to reach the summit and return back but it was not more than that.

7. How did the mountaineers belay?

The mountaineers tied a rope to a shaft, which was fixed hard in the snow. They will crawl holding the rope.

8. Why was the original zest fading away?

Time was passing and the ridge of Mount Everest seemed never ending. So their original zest was fading away.

9. What did Edmund Hillary do to escape the large overhanging ice cornices?

 Hillary cut a line of steps down to where the snow met the rocks on the west.

10. What did Tenzing and Edmund Hillary gift to the God of lofty Summit? How did they do it?

Tenzing gifted a bar of chocolate, a packet of biscuits and a handful of lollies. Hillary placed a crucifix in the hole of summit.

11. What did the photograph portray?

The photograph portrayed the North Ridge, showing the North Col and the old route.

12. The soft snow was difficult and dangerous. Why?

The soft snow could not bear the weight of Hillary and slipped often. So it was difficult and dangerous.

13. How did the firm snow at the higher regions fill them with hope?

The firm snow at the higher regions gave a solid foot-hold ad a comfortable belay.

 

II. Paragraph

Hillary and Tenzing were the first to reach the Mount Everest. The mountaineers tied a rope to a shaft, which was fixed hard in the snow. They will crawl holding the rope. Time was passing and the ridge of Mount Everest seemed never ending. So their original zest was fading away. Hillary cut a line of steps down to where the snow met the rocks on the west. Tenzing gifted a bar of chocolate, a packet of biscuits and a handful of lollies. Hillary placed a crucifix in the hole of summit. The soft snow could not bear the weight of Hillary and slipped often. So it was difficult and dangerous. The firm snow at the higher regions gave a solid foot-hold ad a comfortable belay. The photograph portrayed the North Ridge, showing the North Col and the old route.

 

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