NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English Honeydew Chapter 5 The Summit Within

NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English Honeydew Chapter 5 The Summit Within are provided below. These solutions contain answers to all the textbook questions. All the questions are solved by experts with a detailed explanation that help students to complete their assignments and homework. NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English Honeydew Chapter 5 The Summit Within are prepared as per the latest CBSE syllabus and curriculum. Students of Class 8th can study the answers provided here to score well in their school exams.

The Summit Within Class 8 NCERT Questions and Answers

Textbook Questions

Comprehension Check (Page 79)

Question 1: Standing on Everest, the writer was

(i) overjoyed
(ii) very sad.
(iii) jubilant and sad.

Choose the right item.

Answer: (iii) jubilant and sad.

Question 2: The emotion that gripped him was one of

(i) victory over hurdles.
(ii) humility and a sense of smallness.
(iii) greatness and self importance.
(iv) joy of discovery.

Choose the right item.

Answer: (ii) humility and a sense of smallness.

Question 3: “The summit of the mind” refers to

(i) great intellectual achievements.

(ii) the process of maturing mentally and spiritually.

(iii) Overcoming personal ambition for common welfare.

(iv) living in the world of thought and imagination.

(v) the triumph of mind over worldly pleasures for a noble cause.

(vi) a fuller knowledge of oneself

Mark the item(s) not relevant.

Answer: (i), (iii), (iv) and (v) are not relevant.

Working with the Text

Question 1: Answer the following questions.

(i) What are the three qualities that played a major role in the author’s climb?

Answer:  The three qualities that played a major role in the author’s climb are endurance, persistence and will power.

(ii) Why is adventure, which is risky, also pleasurable?

Answer: Mountain climbing is a great adventure but is also risky. It is a great challenge and a doing challenging job is in itself pleasurable. It gives immense joy to the doers.

(iii) What was it about Mount Everest that the author found irresistible?

Answer: Everest drew him towards itself by its beauty, aloofness, might, ruggedness and the difficulties encountered on the way. That is why he found it irresistible.

(iv) One does not do it (climb a high peak) for fame alone. What does one do it for, really?

Answer: Conquering summit is a great physical achievement. But more than that, it gives the climber the emotional and spiritual satisfaction. It satisfies man’s eternal love for adventure.

(v) “He becomes conscious in a special manner of his own smallness in this large universe”. This awareness defines an emotion mentioned in the first paragraph. Which is the emotion?

Answer: “He becomes conscious in a special manner of his own smallness in this large universe.” This awareness defines the emotion of humility.

(vi) What were the ‘symbols of reverence’ left by members of the team on Everest?

Answer: The author left on Mount Everest a picture of Guru Nanak. Rawat left a picture of Goddess Durga. Phu Dorji left a relic of the Buddha and Edmund Hillary had buried a cross under a cairn (a heap of rocks and stones) in the snow. These were merely not symbols of conquest but of reverence.

(vii) What according to the writer, did his experience as an Everester teach him?

Answer: According to the writer, his experience as an Everester provided him with the inspiration to face life’s ordeals determinedly. It taught him that the conquest of the internal summit is as worthwhile as climbing the mountain. He also concluded that perhaps the internal summits are higher than Everest.

Question 2: Write a sentence against each of the following statements. Your sentence should explain the statement. You can pick out sentences from the text and rewrite them. The first one has been done for you.

(i) The experience changes you completely.

One who has been to the mountains is never the same again.

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(ii) Man takes delight in overcoming obstacles.

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(iii) Mountains are nature at its best

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(iv) The going was difficult but the after-effects were satisfying

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(v) The physical conquest of a mountain is really a spiritual experience

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Answer:

(ii) The obstacles in climbing a mountain are physical. A climb to a summit is a test of endurance and will power. It is a challenge that is difficult to resist.

(iii) Everest is the highest and the mightiest and has defied many previous attempts.

(iv) When the summit is climbed, there is the joy of having done something, one has the feeling of victory and of happiness.

(v) Mountains are a means of communion with God.