And the smaller one was Everest
Two mountains.
She decided to climb it in a hospital bed. Bachendri Pal called that the harder of the two.
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Conquering the Summit · Class 7 English · Poorvi
English 3 topics 105 leveled MCQs 51 flashcards 5 games Free
Shared by a Veda teacher · Generated with Veda AI · Oct 2026
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Before any of it
A volleyball player.
Twenty-four, at national level, with a law degree and a plan to join the paramilitary forces.
One night
11 April 2011.
A train accident, a leg amputated, and hours she never expected to survive.
The Seven Summits
One peak each.
The highest mountain of each continent, and Arunima Sinha completed the set in January 2019.
Her first and her last
Asia, and Antarctica.
Everest in May 2013, and Mount Vinson nearly six years later, which finished the seven.
Europe and the Americas
Elbrus, Denali, Aconcagua.
Three of the five her story passes over quickly, and all three turn up in questions.
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1
Two Mountains, and the Smaller One Was Everest
A volleyball player loses a leg in a train accident and decides, while she is still in hospital, to climb the highest mountain on earth. This topic follows the dates, the training and the two summits - the one in Nepal a…
- In 2011, aged 24, Arunima Sinha was a national-level volleyball player with a job in mind in the paramilitary forces.
- A train accident on the night of 11 April 2011 cost her a leg, and she did not expect to survive that night.
- The decision to climb Everest was made in hospital, after she read an article about the mountain.
~33 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
2
Seven Peaks, and Five Phrases
Seven continents, seven highest peaks, and five phrases from the chapter that are worth carrying away from it. This topic learns the table, sorts the phrases by what each one is for, and builds one idea out in four parts…
- Everest is the Asian peak of the Seven Summits, and Vinson is the Antarctic one.
- Elbrus is Europe, Denali North America, Aconcagua South America, Kilimanjaro Africa, Kosciuszko Australia.
- Heartfelt attempts means genuine, sincere efforts, and it is about the trying rather than the result.
~31 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
3
A, An, The, and a Letter That Works
An hour, a uniform: the choice between a and an is about sound and has nothing to do with spelling. This topic settles that, sorts the four uses of the, and lays out the ten parts of a formal letter in the order a marker…
- A and an are indefinite articles and the is the definite article.
- The choice between a and an depends on the SOUND of the next word, never on its spelling.
- An hour is right because the h is silent, so the word begins with a vowel sound.
~31 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
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105 questions laddered from warm-up to topper-level, each with an explanation. A taste:
The decision to climb Everest was not made on a mountain or at a training camp but somewhere far less likely. She was
Intermediate
A at home, after she had recovered
B at a training camp in Uttarkashi
C at the foot of the mountain
D in hospital, during physiotherapy
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in hospital, during physiotherapy
With a prosthetic leg, after reading an article about the mountain.
Why does the setting of that decision matter so much?
Advanced
A the article was the only thing she had to read
B nothing about her circumstances made it a reasonable plan
C a hospital is a very quiet place in which to make such a plan
D she had nobody with her to argue against it
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nothing about her circumstances made it a reasonable plan
Which is why the piece is most interested in the decision.
Bachendri Pal met her before the climb and told her that one Everest was already behind her. She had already
Intermediate
A proved that the training would be enough
B conquered the Everest inside herself
C recovered more quickly than anybody expected
D earned the right to join an expedition
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conquered the Everest inside herself
And that the world would realise it later on.
What is that sentence actually claiming?
Advanced
A that the harder of the two mountains was finished first
B that the world was not paying attention
C that her training had been quite long enough already
D that Everest would turn out easier than people had said
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that the harder of the two mountains was finished first
One mountain takes 52 days and the other took an afternoon.
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