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Practice each question, then open the answer or worked solution.
Standing on Everest, the writer was
(i) overjoyed.
(ii) very sad.
(iii) jubilant and sad.
Choose the right item.
(iii) jubilant and sad – The author mentioned that he had already done the ‘ultimate’ in climbing and there would be nothing higher to climb and all roads would lead down thereafter.
The emotion that gripped him was one of
(i) victory over hurdles.
(ii) humility and a sense of smallness.
(iii) greatness and self importance.
(iv) joy of discovery.
Choose the right item.
(ii) humility and a sense of smallness – The author mentions that anyone who reaches the peak of Everest can enjoy the panoramic view and look across the miles, and feel the sheer scale of smallness in front of nature’s beautiful creation.
“The summit of the mind” refers to
(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.
The following item(s) not relevant:
(i) great intellectual achievements.
(iii) overcoming personal ambition for common welfare.
(iv) living in the world of thought and imagination.