Polytechnic English 1st Semester Chapter 7: ARUNIMA SINHA: A BIOGRAPHY.

Answer the following in 4 to 6 sentences

1:Name the academy started by Arunima and states its motto.

Ans.:

1. Arunima started Sahid Chandrashekhar Azad Viklang Khel Academy (Freedom Fighter Chandrashekhar Azad Sports Academy for disabled children).

2. The motto of this institute is to provide the very best sports facility to handicap children,especially the poor.

2:Name the awards won by Arunima Sinha.

Ans.: Arunima Sinha won the award, the Padma Shri, In 2015, the 4th highest civilian award in India.

3:Express your views/ideas on: Positive thinking.

Ans.:

1. Positive thinking is the life and breathes of all success.

2. Thinking positively generates positive and creative force both mentally and physically

3. In a severe accident Arunima lost her legs. She became physically handicap but the only thing which helped him to climb the mountain is her strong positive thinking.

4. She lost her leg in 11th April 2011 and reached the summit on 21st May 2013, she climbed the mountain in dramatically short time. It is all only due to positive thinking.

4: Express your views/ideas on: Reaction to criticism.

Ans.: Every walk of life we may be criticized by the people around us. We will be opined by them unnecessarily without our expectations of being helped by them. Sometimes their Criticism may or may not be useful for our development so we should take it positively. The great Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was criticized many a times by the people.But he neither spoke anything nor criticized them in return. He was just making greater records. He never hanged around the criticism. That is why he is a great cricketer and Known as a God of cricket. In our life, if we are criticized by the people remember Jim Rohn’s line: “What do you think about me is none of my business”

5:Name the peaks climbed by Arunima Sinha.

Ans.: Arunima Sinha climbed the peaks as follows:

1. Mount Everest in Asia (May 2013)

2. Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa (May 2014)

3. Mount Elbrus in Europe (July 2014)

4. Mount Kosciuszko in Australia (April 2015)

5. Mount Aconcagua in South America (Dec 2015)

6. Mount Carstensz (July 2016)

6: Describe the preparations of Arunima Sinha for the Everest Expedition.

Ans.:

1. After meeting Bachendri Pal, Arunima didn’t go home.

2. She directly went to join the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering for training.

3. After completing a basic course, she has undergone rigorous training for 18 months to prepare herself for the big day.

4. She climbed various smaller peaks, including Island Peak to prepare herself before Conquering the Mount Everest.

5. Tata Steel Adventure Foundation offered her scholarship to meet all her financial requirements so that she can fully focus on her mountaineering task.

7: Describe the accident of Arunima Sinha.

Ans.:

1. Arunima was a sports enthusiast from the childhood- a national level volleyball player.She had a great passion for sports.

2. But, the fate had other plans. On the night of 11th April, 2011, while on her way to Delhi

from Lucknow from Padmavati Express train, she was attacked by a group of local Robbers

3. They tried to snatch her gold chain. She tried to resist them. But, being a lonely girl, she Could not resist them for longer and eventually, she was overpowered by them.

4. They threw her out of the running train.

5. Another train coming on the parallel track run over her legs. By the time, she reached Hospital, the doctors were left with no option but to amputate her left leg below the knee.

6. Her right leg also didn’t remain completely immune from that accident. A rod was Inserted in the right leg from knee to ankle.

8:Narrate the experience of Arunima during Mount Everest Expedition.

Ans.:

1. Experience of Arunima during Mount Everest Expedition was so heart breaking. Her sherpa (the local guide for the expedition) refused to accompany her because he termed It a suicidal mission.

2. Because having one leg totally artificial and another inserted rod from knee to ankle.

3. But she determined to climb the mountain. Her goal was crystal clear. She started Expedition on 1st April, 2013 and reached the summit of Mount Everest on 21st May2013- exactly after 52 days.

4. When she entered the death zone- 3500 feet from the top of Mount Everest- the most Difficult terrain started. She saw dead bodies of mountaineers scattered all around . A Bangladeshi mountaineer took his last breath in front of her eyes.

5. She kept moving ahead and convinces us that our body move according to our thought Process.

6. She was so convinced that neither she can go back nor she can die before reaching the Summit.

7. Just a few steps back her oxygen supply finished, she fell down suffocating for oxygen. She came across an extra cylinder nowhere .Sherpa immediately latched it .finally they return to the base.

9: Explain the statement: ‘I was re-born at the summit of Mount Everest.’

Ans.:

1. Just after a few steps on the way back, her oxygen supply finished. But, you know,fortune favours the brave.

2. When she fell down suffocating for oxygen, she came across an extra cylinder of oxygen from nowhere.

3. Sherpa immediately latched it on her and finally, they returned to the base.

OR

Ans.:

1. In an accident Arunima lost her legs.

2. It was so hard to climb the mountain after an accident .She was almost half dead but Aspired to climb the mountain not only world’s highest mountain but also six other picks Of the world. After these achievements she felt herself reborn

9: Summarize the success story of Arunima Sinha.

Ans.: Arunima Sinha is the first Indian amputee to climb the Mount Everest. Among women Amputee for which she was awarded the Padma Shri, the 4th highest civilian award in India. Arunima was a sports enthusiast from the childhood- a national level volleyball Player. She had undergone the unbelievable accident. She tried her level best to combat The robbers but they overpowered her and threw her out of the running train. She lost her Legs but believed herself. Her self-reliance helped her to prepare for Everest summit and Reached to the Everest Summit. It was really the hardest battle. Sherpa her local guide Thought that it is not less than suicidal attempt to climb the mountain after an accident.During mountaining, she entered the death zone. Without losing the mental balance she Kept on moving. On the way back her cylinder was finished .It was hard to live alive but Her strong determination rescued her. She climbed not only the Mount Everest but also Five others

1. Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa (May 2014)

2. Mount Elbrus in Europe (July 2014)

3. Mount Kosciuszko in Australia (April 2015)

4. Mount Aconcagua in South America (Dec 2015)

5. Mount Carstensz (July 2016)