What is the secret of Santosh’s success?
Santosh had a strong will power, great physical endurance and an amazing mental toughness. The single-minded determination and dedication helped her overcome all hurdles to emerge as a winner. She possessed a remarkable resistance to cold and high altitude. Her climbing skills and hard working nature made it easy for her.
(i) What does it mean to be ‘on top of the world’?
(ii) What did Santosh do when she was on the top of the world?
(iii) Find words from the passage which mean the same as the following words:
(a) actually, (b) greatness.
Describe Santosh’s fight against the system?
What made Santosh scale Mt. Everest the second time? How was it important?
What kind of society was Santosh Yadav born in? How was her grandmother different from others?
