Question

. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow.

1. The only woman in the world who has conquered Mt Everest twice was bom in a society where the birth of a son was regarded as a blessing, and a daughter, though not considered a curse, was not generally welcome. When her mother was expecting Santosh, a travelling ‘holy man’, giving her his blessings assumed that she wanted a son.

(a) The woman being talked about in the above passage is ……….

(b) Daughters were considered a curse in her society. (True/False)

(c) Birth of a son was welcomed and considered a …………

(d) ………….. is the synonym of ‘climbed’ in the above passage.

2. At sixteen, most of the girls in her village used to get married. Santosh was also under pressure from her parents to do the same. A marriage as early as that was the last thing in her mind. She threatened her parents that she would never marry if she did not get a proper education. She left home and got herself enrolled in a school in Delhi.

(a) The marriageable age for the village girls was ……….

(b) Without proper education, Santosh would never marry’. She told this to her parents. (True/False)

(c) She got admission in a …………. school.

(d) The synonym of ‘warned’ is ………….




this is from class 9 moments book chapter teach on the top part 1st ​

Answer 1

Answer:

here u go

Explanation:

1 a. Takei

b. false

c. blessing

d.dont know