How the Chapter Is Built
It opens by asking the reader a question.
An introduction to the Paralympic Games, and then a change of form: the chapter becomes an interview.
↳ To **quell stereotypes and redefine possibilities**.
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The World of Limitless Possibilities · Class 9 English · Kaveri
English 3 topics 103 leveled MCQs 64 flashcards 4 games Free
Shared by a Veda teacher · Generated with Veda AI · Oct 2026
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Quell
A word usually kept for riots.
It means to overcome — and the chapter applies it to stereotypes.
↳ The verb tells you how seriously the chapter takes the problem.
The Record
Two dates, and three awards.
↳ All of it stated before she speaks a word.
Fact and Opinion
Two definitions, and one test.
↳ Look at the verb. One can be checked; the other announces a perception.
True Is Not the Test
The trap almost everybody falls into.
The opinion sentence is perfectly true — she really does feel that.
↳ Ask whether the thing described can be proved, not whether the sentence is honest.
Cause and Effect
Which one could stand alone?
↳ The lesson calls this deeper analysis, and it is.
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What you'll study, topic by topic
1
The Interview, and Dr. Deepa Malik's Story
A chapter that opens as an introduction and then becomes an interview. This topic works through the facts it establishes — the diagnosis at twenty-nine, the two choices, the Rio silver, the list of firsts — and through w…
- The Games honour toughness and remarkable skill in athletes whose bones, joints or muscles, senses or intellect work differently, and set ou…
- Bharat's debut in the Paralympics was in 1968, and the first medal was won in swimming in 1972.
- Dr. Deepa Malik is a Khel Ratna, Arjuna and Padma Shri awardee, listed by the International Paralympic Committee among the ten most inspirat…
~28 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
2
Reading the Interview Closely
Two reading skills the lesson builds — telling a fact from an opinion, and a cause from an effect — then the two Critical Reflection extracts worked through in full, and the larger questions the chapter asks at the end.
- A fact is evidence or factual information that can be proved true; an opinion is the writer's belief or perception.
- The worked pair: securing silver at Rio is a fact, while feeling it was a personal victory is an opinion.
- A cause is the action or event; an effect is the outcome. The diagnosis is the cause, the surgery and its verdict the effect.
~27 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
3
The Language and Skills Work of This Lesson
Five phrases taken from the interview, a word cline of movement verbs, the functions of four modal auxiliaries, reported speech in its simplest form, a listening announcement, two registers of interview, a notice to draf…
- The five phrases are defy the odds, a new lease of life, in hindsight, breakthrough moment and turn obstacles into stepping stones — each us…
- A cline arranges words of similar meaning along a scale; here the scale runs from creep at the slowest to dart at the fastest.
- A modal auxiliary performs a different function depending on the situation, so the same verb can express ability, possibility, obligation or…
~29 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
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103 questions laddered from warm-up to topper-level, each with an explanation. A taste:
Assertion (A): The verb quell tells the reader how the chapter regards stereotypes. Reason (R): Quell is a mild word normally used of settling a disagreement politely.
Advanced
A Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
B Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
C A is true but R is false
D A is false but R is true
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A is true but R is false
It is the word used of putting down riots, which is the point being made. The assertion stands, the reason is false.
Which three kinds of disability does the chapter name among Paralympic athletes?
Intermediate
A Locomotor, visual and congenital
B Sensory, intellectual and temporary
C Locomotor, sensory and intellectual
D Physical, emotional and intellectual
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Locomotor, sensory and intellectual
Locomotor covers bones, joints and muscles.
Which pair of dates opens Bharat's Paralympic record?
Intermediate
A Debut in 1960, first medal in 1968
B Debut in 1972, first medal in 1976
C Debut in 1968, first medal in 1972
D Debut in 1948, first medal in 1960
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Debut in 1968, first medal in 1972
The first medal was won in swimming.
A student says the Paralympics are simply a separate competition for disabled athletes. Which part of the chapter's own description does that reading leave out?
Advanced
A That they exist to quell stereotypes and redefine possibilities, beyond competition
B That they are held every four years in a fixed location
C That they are open only to athletes from a single continent
D That they award more medals than any other event
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That they exist to quell stereotypes and redefine possibilities, beyond competition
The chapter is explicit that the purpose goes past the contest itself.
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