SECTION A- READING (20 MARKS)
01. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
1. Mt Everest has continued to attract ever since June 8, 1924, when two members of a British expedition George Mar
and Andrew Irvine, had first attempted to climb the summit. The two men were last spotted going strong for the to
the clouds perpetually swirling around Everest, engulted them
2. Mallory's body was not found for another 75 years, in May 1999. Ten more expeditions were to follow before the same
climb of Everest for the first time, by Edmund Hillary, a New Zealand beekeeper, and Tenzing Norgay, an acclaimed She
climber. The news of the climb reached England at the time of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth and hilary became me
overnight in all of the British Empire.
3. Today, Mt Everest is drawing attention for all the negative reasons. The rubbish strewn all over the mountains
oxygen cylinders, human waste, and even climbers' bodies which do not decompose in the extreme cold.
4 Under the new regulations passed by the Nepalese government climbers scaling Everest will have to bring back
kilograms of garage. This amounts exclusive of the climbers' own garbage weight.
5. The rule will be applicable to those climbers of Mt Everest who will ascend beyond Everest's base camo, tron for
onwards Climbers who fail to comply with this new rule are likely to be charged and legal action would be taken against the
The action would involve the payment of a fine, or other penalty
1.1 On the basis of your reading of the passage given above, answer the following questions
(1+B=0
(a) The first attempt to scale Mt Everest was made by
(b) The rubbish strewn all over the mountain includes which do not decompose in the extreme cold
(c) The news of the climb reached England at the time of
(0) Cimbers who fail to comply with this new rule are likely to be
(e) George Mallory and Andrew Irvine became the victims of
(1) Every cimber of the Mt Everest has to bring a certain amount of garbage for:
(a) Mallory's body was not found for another years, in May 1999
(b) Under the new regulations passed by the Nepalese government climbers scaling Everest will have to bring back
kilograms of garbage True False)
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