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e. What is the meaning of ‘amputate’?

i. increase the volume of sound ii. cut off (a limb) by surgical operation

iii. cut off a branch from a tree iv. treat someone for burns

f. Where did the incident occur?

i. about 15 km from the Kanpur railway station

ii. about 15 km from the Delhi railway station

iii. about 20 km from the Lucknow railway station
iv. about 15 km from the Bareilly railway station

g. What did Arunima Sinha decide to do after she recovered?
i. She decided to go climb Kanchenjunga.

ii. She decided to go climb K12.

iii. She decided to go climb Nanada Devi.

iv. She decided to go climb Mt Everest.

h. When did Arunima Sinha conquer Mount Everest?

i. 21 May 2015 ii. 21 June 2015 iii. 21 May 2013 iv. 21 May 2014

i. What is the correct order of the information given below?

I. Arunima recovered and decided to scale Mount Everest, so she trained under
Bachendri Pal.

II. Anurima Sinha was pushed off the moving train for resisting a chain-snatching
attempt.

III. In 2013, she became India’s first woman with a prosthetic leg to conquer
Mount Everest.

IV. To save her life, doctors had to amputate her left leg below the knee.

i. I, III, II, IV ii. IV, II, III, I iii. II, IV, III, I iv. II, IV, I, III

j. Which of the characteristics are apt about Arunima in the following context:
‘When I was in the hospital, everyone was worried about me, and I realised that I
had to do something in my life so that people would stop looking at me with pity.’?

I. careless II. negligent III. determined IV. purposeless

V. strong will power VI. spontaneous

i. I and II ii. IV and V iii. II, VI, III and iv. III and V

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