(i) Why was Santosh not satisfied with the kind of education she received in village?
(ii) How did she decide to fight the system?
(iii) Find words from the passage which have meaning similar to that of the given words :
(a) rich, prosperous, (b) in accordance with.
(i) Santosh wanted to get better and higher education while as per the tradition she had to go to the local village school. So she was not satisfied with the kind of education she received in the village school.
(ii) She decided to fight the system in her own quiet way by revolting against it at the right moment.
(iii) (a) rich, prosperous — affluent.
(b) in accordance with — in line with.
‘Also a fervent environmentalist, Santosh collected and brought down 500 kilograms of garbage from the Himalayas’.
Taking inspiration from Santosh Yadav, write a paragraph to be published in your school magazine as to what steps the students must take to maintain the school campus clean.
“Of course, money is a motivation. Tennis is a business and a sport”, says Maria Sharapova.
Based on what Maria Sharapova says write a paragraph on the topic:Today’s Sports are More About Making Money Than Entertainment’.
(a) Why was the girl often discontented?
(b) How did she dress herself differently from other girls?
(c) Write down the opposite of the following words:
(i) correct,
(ii) rational.
(a) Why did she leave home?
(b) What condition did she put before her parents?
(c) Find a word from the passage which means the same as ‘in danger’.
