Some questions are asked by class 9 students related to English

Question 1.
How did Santosh begin to climb mountains?
Answer:
She wished to climb mountains when she watched villagers from her room, going up the hill and suddenly vanishing after a while. One day, she decided to check it out herself. She found nobody except a few mountaineers. Later she saved money and enrolled in a course at Uttarkashi’s Nehru Institute of Mountaineering. Then she began climb mountains every year.

Question 2.
What incidents during the Everest expedition show Santosh’s concern for her team-mates?
Answer:
Santosh Yadav provided special care to a climber who lay dying at the south pole in 1992 Everest Mission. She saved Mohan Singh, who would have lost his life had she not shared her oxygen with him.

Question 3.
What shows her concern for the environment?
Answer:
Santosh was really concerned for the environment. She collected and brought down 500 kilograms of garbage from the Himalayas.

Question 4.
How does she describe her feelings at the summit of the Everest?
Answer:
She said that it took some time for the enormity of the moment to sink in. She was delighted at this moment and proudly unfurled the Indian tricolour.

Question 5.
Santosh Yadav got into the record books both times she scaled Mt. Everest. What were the reasons for this?
Answer:
She is the youngest woman who scaled the Everest. She is the only woman who climbed the Everest twice.