In stark contrast to where I grew up—in warm, lush green Trivandrum, Kerala, filled with rich sights, sounds, and people—life at the Poles is quiet. The harshness of winter brings along with it an eerie desolation and near-total silence. Survival in this frigid, dark, and windy terrain is only for the fittest. A misstep can mean anything from an icy injury to a bitter, benumbed death. But while it is tenuous, life here is also humbling—physically, mentally, and even spiritually. The experience has allowed me to witness the wonderous dualities of nature: raw, brutal, and unforgiving but nurturing and awe-inspiring at the same time. As the days shorten, almost all life starts to depart, seeking warmer lands. But those who stay are surrounded by glacial beauty and an otherworldly stillness that stands unmatched. In peak winter months, the sun seems to live only in memory. Its absence, however, is only an illusion: shimmering displays of blue, red, yellow, green, and orange auroras shifting and snaking like billowing curtains across the pitch-black sky remind me that the light shall one day return. Even the emptiness of the land is deceptive. Look closely, and out waddles a flock of penguins from behind an ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula.
The writer indicates that only those who are fit can survive at the poles. For the others, it can lead to: (A) Death (B) Extreme hardship (C) Injury (D) Isolation Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) and (C) Only
The passage mentions that **harsh winter conditions at the poles** bring a risk of **death** or **injury** due to extreme cold and difficult terrain. The sentence **"A misstep can mean anything from an icy injury to a bitter, benumbed death"** confirms this. Thus, option **(c) (A) and (C) Only** is correct.
Important Questions from Choose the Correct Word
Identify the literary device in the sentence given below: *"Shimmering displays of blue, red, yellow, green, and orange across shifting and snaking like billowing curtains across the pitch black sky."*
Match the words in List - I with their meanings in List - II.
List - I List - II (A) Frigid (I) Weak and slight (B) Tenuous (II) Shining with soft, steady light (C) Billowing (III) Very cold (D) Shimmering (IV) To rise & roll like waves Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Fill in the blank with the appropriate preposition: "The assignment must be submitted ______ next Monday."
Choose the synonym of the underlined word in the following sentence: "The showroom has been **refurbished** recently."
Rearrange the sentences to make a paragraph:
(A) Now divided into two separate states of India and Pakistan,
(B) The population of India as a single geographical and cultural unit,
(C) Which have come to India throughout the fifty to sixty centuries of her long history.
(D) Forms one-fifth of the entire population of the world, and presents at first sight, a bewildering variety of cultures.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
