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NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English<\/a><\/p>\n

Reach for the Top NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive Chapter 8<\/h2>\n

Reach for the Top NCERT Text Book Questions and Answers<\/h3>\n

Reach for the Top<\/strong> Thinking About the Text<\/b><\/p>\n

Part I Santosh Yadov<\/strong><\/p>\n

I. Answer these questions in one or two sentences each. (The paragraph numbers within brackets provide clues to the answers.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Question 1.
\nWhy was the \u2018holy man\u2019 who gave Santosh\u2019s mother his blessings surprised?
\nAnswer:
\nOne day a holy man visited Santosh\u2019s house. He blessed her pregnant mother to have a son. But he was surprised when Santosh\u2019s grandmother told him that she did not want to have a grandson.<\/p>\n

Question 2.
\nGive an example to show that even as a young girl Santosh was not ready to accept anything unreasonable.
\nAnswer:
\nRight from the very beginning, Santosh lived life on her own terms. She was not content with the traditional way of life and was not ready to accept anything unreasonable. Where other girls wore traditional Indian dresses, Santosh preferred shorts<\/p>\n

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Question 3.
\nWhy was Santosh sent to the local school?
\nAnswer:
\nEven though Santosh\u2019s parents could afford to send their children to the best schools, she was sent to the local village school because of the customs in the family.<\/p>\n

Question 4.
\nWhen did she leave home for Delhi, and why?
\nAnswer:
\nWhen she turned sixteen and was under pressure to get married, Santosh threatened her parents
\nthat she would never marry if she did not get a proper education. Therefore, she left home and got herself enrolled in a school in Delhi.<\/p>\n

Question 5.
\nWhy did Santosh\u2019s parents agree to pay for her schooling in Delhi? What mental qualities of Santosh are brought into light by this incident?
\nAnswer:
\nSantosh firmly told her parents that she would work part-time and earn money to pay her fee for her education. Seeing her firm determination and interest in studies, they agreed to pay for her schooling in Delhi.<\/p>\n

II. Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph (about 30 words).<\/span><\/p>\n

Question 1.
\nHow did Santosh begin to climb mountains?
\nAnswer:
\nSantosh was residing in Kasturba Hostel in Jaipur. It was located amidst the Aravalli Hills. She used to watch the villagers going up the hills. Out of curiosity she joined them and found that they were mountaineers. She joined them and they motivated her to take up climbing.<\/p>\n

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Question 2.
\nWhat incidents during the Everest expedition show Santosh\u2019s concern for her teammates?
\nAnswer:
\nDuring the 1992 Everest mission, she provided special care to a climber who was dying at the South, the lowest point on a mountain ridge. She saved the life of another climber Mohan Singh by sharing her oxygen with him.<\/p>\n

Question 3.
\nWhat shows her concern for the environment?
\nAnswer:
\nShe brought down 500 kg of garbage from the Himalayas. This shows her concern for the environment.<\/p>\n

Question 4.
\nHow does she describe her feelings at the summit of the Everest?
\nAnswer:
\nSantosh literally felt on the top of the world. She unfurled the Indian tricolour. She says that her feeling was indescribable. It was a spiritual moment for her. She felt proud of being an Indian.<\/p>\n

Question 5.
\nSantosh Yadav got into the record books both times she scaled Mt Everest. What were the reasons for this?
\nAnswer:
\nSantosh Yadav got into the record books both times she scaled Mt Everest. When she conquered Mt Everest for the first time at the age of 20, she became the youngest woman in the world to do so. When she climbed it for the second time, she became the only woman in the world to achieve this feat.<\/p>\n

III. Complete the following statements.<\/span><\/p>\n

Question 1.
\nFrom her room in Kasturba Hostel, Santosh used to
\nAnswer:
\nFrom her room in Kasturba Hostel, Santosh used to watch villagers going up the hill and suddenly vanish after a while.<\/p>\n

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Question 2.
\nWhen she finished college, Santosh had to write a letter of apology to her father because
\nAnswer:
\nWhen she finished college, Santosh had to write a letter of apology to her father because she had got herself enrolled at Uttarkashi\u2019s Nehru Institute of Mountaineering without his permission.<\/p>\n

Question 3.
\nDuring the Everest expedition, her seniors in the team admired her while endeared her to fellow climbers.
\nAnswer:
\nDuring the Everest expedition, her seniors in the team admired her climbing skills, physical fitness and mental strength while her concern for others and desire to work together with them endeared her to fellow climbers.<\/p>\n

IV. Pick out words from the text that mean the same as the following words or expressions.
\n(Look in the paragraphs indicated)<\/span>
\n1. took to be true without proof (1):
\n2. based on reason; sensible; reasonable (2):
\n3. the usual way of doing things (3):
\n4. a strong desire arising from within (5):
\n5. the power to endure, without falling ill (7):
\nAnswer:
\n1. Assumed
\n2. Rational
\n3. Custom
\n4. Urge
\n5. Resistance<\/p>\n

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Part II Maria Sharapova<\/strong><\/p>\n

Question 1.
\nWorking in small groups of 4-5 students, go back over the two passages on Santosh Yadav and Maria Sharapova and complete the table given below with relevant phrases or sentences.
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\nAnswer
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Reach for the Top Thinking About Language<\/strong><\/p>\n

Look at the following sentences. They each have two clauses, or two parts each with their own subject and verb or verb phrase. Often, one part (italicised) tells us when or why something happened.<\/p>\n