West Bengal State Board Class 5 English Solution: Chapter 2 A Feat On Feet
West Bengal Class 5 English Lesson 2 A Feat On Feet Question and Answer Solution. A Feat On Feet Chapter’s all Activities Question Answer available here.
Activity – 1
Let’s find out:
What happened on May 29, 1953 ?
Follow the given sequence and describe:
1.) 4 a.m = Edmund Hillary and Norgay awake and got ready for their climb.
2.) 6.30 a.m = They left their camp for their climb.
3.) 11.30 a.m = They reached the summit of Mt. Everest.
4.) 11.45 a.m = Hillary and Norgay made their way back down the mountain.
Activity – 2 (a)
Find out the names of glaciers from the route-map of Hillary and Tenzing. Work in
groups. One is done for you.
Answer:-
1.) East Rongbuk Glacier
2.) Kangshung Glacier
3.) Kumbhu Glacier
Activity – 2 (b)
Arrange the glaciers from north to south. One is done for you:
Answer:-
1.) East Rongbuk Glacier
2.) Khumbu Glacier
3.) Kangsung Glacier
Activity – 3
Let’s answer the following questions:
a) Who was the leader of the British Everest expedition of 1953?
Ans: The leader of the British Everest expedition of 1953 was Colonel John Hunt.
b) How many climbers were chosen for the expedition?
Ans: There were Eleven Climbers chosen for the expedition.
c) How many climbers got chance to climb to the top?
Ans: There were Four climbers got the chance to climb to the top.
d) Who were the members of the first team?
Ans: Tom Bourdillon and Charles Evan were the members of the first team.
Activity – 4
Let’s complete the following sentences:
a.) The oldest woman to climb Mt. Everest is Anna Czerwinska.
b.) She climbed at the 50 years.
c.) The youngest Indian to climb Mt. Everest is Arjun Vajpai.
d.) He climbed on 20 May 2011.)
Activity – 5
Now classify the nouns and fill in the table. One is done for you:
Answer:-
Name of person Name of place Name of Things
Edmund Hillary India Boots
Tenzing Norway China Rope
Coloneal Hunt Mt. Everest Glacier
Activity – 6
Let’s classify the following words into Common Noun and Proper Noun:
Pinky, Ravi, Soyuz, T-11, mother, Rakesh, Kalpana, Columbia, India, USA, Haryana,
California, Barun, Osman, space, book.
Answer:-
Common Noun :- Mother, space, book.
Proper Noun :- Pinky, Ravi, Soyuz-5, mother, Columbia, India, USA, Haryana, California,
Barun, Osman.
Activity – 7 (a)
Let’s identify the words signifying Masculine and Famine gender in the passage:
Answer:-
Once upon a time, there lived a powerful King. He had a beautiful garden. In it, there were flower trees beside a lake. Bees came and sat on the flowers. Peacocks danced in the garden. A goose swam in the lake. Drones flew about in the garden. The queen loved the garden. In the evening, she sat there and watched the peahens picking at the grains. A gander glided on the water.
Activity- 7 (b)
Write the Masculine Gender with the corresponding Feminine Gender in the table. One is done for you:
Answer:-
Masculine Gender Feminine Gender
King – Queen
Peacock – Peahens
Bees – Drones
Goose – Gander
Activity – 8
Write five sentences describing the route map of Tenzing and Hillary. One is done for you:
1) Hillary and Tenzing started their final climb at 6.30 a.m.
2) They came upon one particularly difficult rock face, that is now called “Hillary’s step”.
3) They reached the summit of Mt. Everest at 11:30 a.m.
4) They enjoyed only 15 minutes at the top of the world because of their low oxygen supply.
5) When their 15 minutes were up, they made their way back down the mountain.