CLASS 9
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Question
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she became the only woman to scale it twice
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she became happy
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she won the game
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she shouted aloud
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Detailed explanation-1: -Santosh scaled Mt. Everest the second time as a member of an Indo-Nepalese Women’s Expedition. It was important as it secured a unique place for her and India by becoming the only woman to have scaled the Everest twice.
Detailed explanation-2: -She climbed the peak first in May 1992 and then again in May 1993 with an Indo-Nepalese Team. During her Everest mission in 1992, she saved the life of a climber, Mohan Singh, by sharing oxygen with him.
Detailed explanation-3: -Santosh Yadav is the first woman to climb Mount Everest twice – first in May 1992, and then again in May 1993 – with an Indo-Nepalese team. She is also the first woman to successfully climb Mount Everest from the Kangshung Face, the eastern-facing side that is considered much more difficult than the other sides.
Detailed explanation-4: -Solution : Santosh was twenty years old when she climbed Mount Everest for the first time, she got into the record books because she became the youngest woman in the world to achieve the feat. And she also became the only woman to scale the Everest twice due to which she again got her name into record books.
Detailed explanation-5: -When Santosh was at the summit of the Mount Everest her joy knew no bounds. She claimed that her feeling was ‘indescribable’. Unfurling the Indian Flag at the top was a spiritual moment for her and she felt proud as an Indian.