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SAI International School
                                                   Class IX- English
                                          Chapter - Reach for the Top -1
                                                  Home Assignment

               I.  Read the given passage and answer the following questions


               There was no looking back for this determined young girl. She saved
               money and enrolled in a course at Uttarakashi‟s Nehru Institute of
               Mountaineering. “My college Semester in Jaipur was to end in April
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               but it ended on the 19  of May. And I was supposed to be in
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               Uttarakashi on the 21 . So, I did not go back home, instead I headed
               straight for the training , I had to write a letter of apology to my father

               without whose permission I had got myself enrolled at Uttarkashi.”

               Questions


                   i.     Who is the girl?
                   ii.    Where did she enroll herself for mountaineering training?
                   iii.   Where was she studying in college?

                   iv.    Why did she write an apology letter to her father?
                   v.     Uttarkashi is in which state of India?




               II. Answer the questions in 30 -40 words


               1. How did Santosh decide to fight the system?

               2. What was the „right moment‟? What did she do at this moment?


               3. As a climber what quality was Santosh Yadav gifted with?

               4. When did Santosh Yadav get an opportunity to scale Mt. Everest?


               5. How did Santosh Yadav feel at the Summit of Mt. Everest?
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