Dicky Dolmawas born on 5 April in Palchan, a village,a few kilometres from the tourist resort townof Manali in Himachal Pradesh. “I once heaved a sack of grain half a kilometer uphill with a boy from the village. We took turns carrying it on our backs and by the end he was reduced to tears, so I offered to do his share as well,” recalls Dolma, who was also the national women’s skiing champion for over a decade.2.Talking of her success story, Dolma says, “I first began playing in the village with home –made skis –shaved wooden planks with rough straps to slip onover the shoes. Then I won a scholarship for a skiing course but my family didn’t like the idea of my missing school. It was only after one of the instructors at the Skiing and Mountaineering Institute in Manali wrote a letter to my parents that they agreed. And then there was no looking back, I did all the courses and began participating in competitions.”3.The Manali Institute has played a major role in Dolma’s life. After she completedthe Institute’s skiing courses, she did a basic mountaineering coursein 1991. It was after this that the Institute forwarded her name for the Pre-Everest Women’s Expedition, in which she took part from 1991 to 1993.4.From these two expeditions a final team was selected and in 1993, she achieved the unique distinction of being the youngest woman to climb the Everest.
On the basis of your reading of the above passage, answer the following questions:
(e)The synonym of ‘breathed’ as given in paragraph no1
(i)heaved(ii)reduced(iii)offered(iv)born
(f)The synonym of ‘remarkable’ as given in paragraph no. 3 is _____
(g)The antonym of ‘failure’ as given in paragraph no. 2 is _____
(i)shaved(ii)success(iii)idea(iv)courses
(h)The antonym of ‘common’ as given in paragraph no. 4 is _____
Answers
- breathed-born
- remarkable-notable
- failure-success
- common-abnormal ( or) different
The correct answers to the given questions are as follows:-
(e)The synonym of ‘breathed’ as given in paragraph no1
(i)heaved - it means to lift something
(e.g.- I heaved the furniture into the room along with my cousin)
(f)The synonym of ‘remarkable’ as given in paragraph no. 3 is major.
major- means something significant or important
(e.g. One of the major achievements of the new government was the introduction of the new employment law.)
(g)The antonym of ‘failure’ as given in paragraph no. 2 is _____
(ii)success - it means to achieve positive results or victory in something.
(e.g. Failure is the stepping stone for success.)
(h)The antonym of ‘common’ as given in paragraph no. 4 is unique.
unique - it means something which totally different
(e.g. The desserts from Mr Anil's store are very unique.)