“Butterfly” is the English textbook for class 5 approved by the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE). Here we will discuss the Activity Questions and Answers from Lesson 2, A Feat on Feet of this book.

A FEAT ON FEET – QUESTION & ANSWER

ACTIVITY 1

Let’s find out:

What happened on May 29, 1953? Follow the given sequence and describe:

4 a.m.        Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay awoke and got ready for their climb.

6.30 a.m.    They left their camp for their climb.

11.30 a.m.    They reached the summit of Mt. Everest.

11.45 a.m.    They made their way back down the mountain.

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ACTIVITY 2(a)

Find out the names of glaciers from the route-map of Hillary and reining.

Ans:

1. East Rongbuk Glacier
2. Khumbu Glacier
3. Kangshung Glacier

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ACTIVITY 2(b)

Arrange the glaciers from north to south.

Ans:

1. East Rongbuk Glacier
2. Khumbu Glacier
3. Kangshung Glacier

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ACTIVITY 3

Let’s answer the following questions:

(a) Who was the leader of the British Everest expedition of 1953?

Ans: Colonel John Hunt was the leader of the British Everest expedition of 1953.

(b) How many climbers were chosen for the expedition?

Ans: Eleven climbers were chosen for the expedition.

(c) How many climbers got the chance to climb to the top?

Ans: Four climbers got the chance to climb to the top.

(d) Who were the members of the first team?

Ans: Tom Bourdillon and Charles Evans were the members of the first team.

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ACTIVITY 4

Let’s complete the following sentences:

(a) The oldest woman to climb Mt. Everest is Anna Czerwinska.

(b) She climbed at the age of 50.

(c) The youngest Indian to climb Mt. Everest is Arjun Vajpai.

(d) He climbed on 20^th May, 2011.

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ACTIVITY 5

Let’s read the words:

Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay, Colonel Hunt, Mt. Everest, China, Boots, Glacier, India, Rope.

Now classify the nouns and fill in the table.

Name of Person	Name of Place	Name of Things
Edmund Hillary	India	Boots
Tenzing Norgay	Mt. Everest	Glacier
Colonel Hunt	China	Rope

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ACTIVITY 6

Let’s classify the following words into Common Nouns and Proper Nouns:

Pinky, Ravi, Soyuz T-11, Mother, Rakesh, Kalpana, Columbia, India, USA, Haryana, California, Barun, Osman, Space, Book.

Ans:

Common Noun	Proper Noun
Mother	Pinky
Space	Ravi
Book	Soyuz T-11
	Rakesh
	Kalpana
	Columbia
	India
	USA
	Haryana
	California
	Barun
	Osman

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ACTIVITY 7(a)

Let’s Identify the words signifying masculine and feminine gender in the passage:

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.

Ans:

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.

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ACTIVITY 7(b)

Write the Masculine Gender with the corresponding Feminine Gender in the table.

Masculine Gender	Feminine Gender
King	Queen
He	She
Drone	Bee
Peacock	Peahen
Gander	Goose

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ACTIVITY 8

Write five sentences describing the route map of Tenzing and Hillary.

Ans:

1. Hillary and Tenzing started their final climb at 6.30 a.m.
2. They crossed the Pokalda Peak and went north to reach Khumbu Glacier.
3. Then, they turned east to reach Lho Pass.
4. From there they went straight and crossed the Western CWM and reached the southern summit.
5. After crossing the southern summit they reached the top of Mt. Everest at 11.30 a.m.

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