Ch.7 Reach for the Top
1. What does 'Santosh' mean?
(A) success
(B) victory
(C) contentment
(D) honesty
Answer
(C) contentment
2. What is the name of Santosh Yadav's village?
(A) Malgudi
(B) Joniyawas
(C) Shergarh
(D) Amritpur
Answer
(B) Joniyawas
3. From where did Santosh do her graduation?
(A) Jaipur
(B) Haryana
(C) Delhi
(D) Punjab
Answer
(A) Jaipur
4. For what did Santosh train herself in Uttarkashi?
(A) swimming
(B) singing
(C) mountaineering
(D) dancing
Answer
(C) mountaineering
5. When did Santosh scale Mt. Everest for the first time?
(A) in 1990
(B) in 1992
(C) in 1994
(D) in 1996
Answer
(B) in 1992
6. At what age did Santosh scale Mt Everest for the first time?
(A) fourteen
(B) sixteen
(C) eighteen
(D) twenty
Answer
(D) twenty
7. What is considered the roof of the world?
(A) Stars
(B) moon
(C) sun
(D) Mt Everest
Answer
D) Mt Everest
8. Where did Santosh take admission after passing high school?
(A) in Maharaja college, Sonipat
(B) in Maharani college, Jaipur
(C) in Mahan college, Jhajjar
(D) in Missionary college, Dehradun
Answer
(B) in Maharani college, Jaipur
9. In which state of India is Uttarkashi?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Punjab
(C) Haryana
(D) Utrakhand
Answer
(D) Utrakhand
10. How many brothers did Santosh have?
(A) one
(B) three
(C) five
(D) seven
Answer
(C) five
11. To which country does Maria Sharapova belong?
(A) India
(B) Nepal
(C) America
(D) Russia (Siberia)
Answer
(D) Russia (Siberia)
12. When did Sharapova win the Wimbledon's Women Singles final?
(A) in 2000
(B) in 2002
(C) in 2004
(D) in 2006
Answer
(C) in 2004
13. What does Maria Sharapova love reading?
(A) Arthur Hudson
(B) Arthur Conan Doyle
(C) Arthur Douglas
(D) Arther Robert
Answer
(B) Arthur Conan Doyle
14. Who went to the USA with Maria?
(A) her sister
(B) her brother
(C) her father
(D) her mother
Answer
(C) her father
15. Which title did Maria win in 2004?
(A) French open
(B) Australian open
(C) American open
(D) Wimbledon
Answer
(D) Wimbledon
16. To which sport is Maria Sharapova attached with?
(A) table tennis
(B) lawn tennis
(C) badminton
(D) hockey
Answer
(B) lawn tennis
17. When did she reach at the world's number one position?
(A) on 22 June, 2005
(B) on 22 July, 2005
(C) on 22 August, 2005
(D) on 22 September, 2005
Answer
(C) on 22 August, 2005
18. How many years did she take to reach the top?
(A) 2 years
(B) 4 years
(C) 6 years
(D) 8 years
Answer
(B) 4 years
19. What is the name of her father?
(A) John
(B) Hudson
(C) Yuri
(D) Robert
Answer
(C) Yuri
20. How long did she stay in the USA?
(A) 2 years
(B) 4 years
(C) 6 years
(D) 8 years