English X - Chapter No.19 - Reference To Context

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THE KHYBER PASS
Reference To Context

Note : Students are advised to read whole chapters thoroughly for reference to context
Text Book Name: Secondary Stage English Book Two For Class X
Lesson: The Khyber Pass

Explain With Reference To Context (Prose)

1.  There are many who have travelled through some part of it. It is a narrow mountain valley about fifty kilometres long.
(i) Name the lesson and correct English Text Book name from which has this extract been taken?
(ii) What do you know about this mountain valley? How long it is?
(iii) Where we go through this mountain valley?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: The Khyber Pass
Text Book Name: Secondary Stage English Book Two For Class X
(ii) Khyber Pass is one of the most famous pass which is a narrow mountain valley. It leads the travellers to Afghanistan, At this side of the pass, is the famous and flourishing city of Peshawar and at the other end, is the frontier post of Torkham. It is about fifty kilometres long.
(iii) From Khyber Pass we can go to Afghanistan and on the other side is the famous city of Peshawar.

2.  The Khyber Pass is as busy a trade route today as it was ever before.
(i) Name the lesson and correct English Text Book name from which has this extract been taken?
(ii) Why it had been a famous trade route in history?
(iii) What did the camel caravans carry from this route formerly?
(iv) By what have the camels caravans been replaced?
(v) Who lives in the mountain of Khyber pass?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: The Khyber Pass
Text Book Name: Secondary Stage English Book Two For Class X
(ii) The Khyber Pass is as busy a trade route today as it was ever in history. Economically, it is also important because it is the most favorable and best connection of East Asian countries with Central Asian countries for trading purposes.
(iii) Formerly the camel caravans carried bales of cotton, silk, carpets and spices from India and China to Afghanistan and beyond. They also brought mirrors, furs, skins and fruits from there for India and the countries to the East.
(iv) The camels caravans have now been replaced by trains, trucks and lorries which are the most advanced and fastest means of transportation.
(v) The brave and freedom loving tribesmen of the frontier live in the mountains. who fought with the mighty British Empire for hundred years and defended their freedom. They are now the defenders of North-Western frontier of Pakistan.

3.  "On the top of nearly every house was a tower with a long, narrow opening in its walls to be used for firing at the enemies."
(i) Name the lesson and correct English Text Book name from which has this extract been taken?
(ii) Who were on there visiting trip? Why and how many times did they stop during their travelling?
(iii) Name some of the articles that were carried through it for the trade point of view?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: The Khyber Pass
Text Book Name: Secondary Stage English Book Two For Class X
(ii) Bilal's class-fellows made a trip to the Khyber Pass last summer. They hired a bus from Peshawar and started their journey. They stopped twice during their journey. First time they stopped at the Landikotal, the highest place of the passes where they ate some Tikkas and Chappli Kababs. Second time they stopped at the Torkham, a border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Here they were welcomed by the soldiers guarding the frontier.
(iii) The caravans which once carried carpets, silks, skins, spices, furs, mirrors and fruits through the Khyber Pass to and from the cities of South Asia and beyond.

4.  Parallel to the road, runs the railway line. It has to run through many tunnels in the mountains.
(i) Name the lesson and correct English Text Book name from which has this extract been taken?
(ii) Name the road and where do we go through this road?
(iii) When and who did lay this railway line and why?
(iv) Which is the highest place along this road?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: The Khyber Pass
Text Book Name: Secondary Stage English Book Two For Class X
(ii) Khyber Pass is one of the most famous pass which is a narrow mountain valley. It leads the travellers to Afghanistan, At this side of the pass, is the famous and flourishing city of Peshawar and at the other end, is the frontier post of Torkham.
(iii) Landi Kotal is the famous place along the Pass because it is the highest place about thirty km away from Jamrod Check post along the pass.

5. They were welcomed by the soldiers guarding the frontier.
(i) Name the lesson and correct English Text Book name from which has this extract been taken?
(ii) Who were on there visiting trip? Why and how many times did they stop during their travelling?
(iii) What did they think, when they stood looking at the hill?
(iv) What is the historical importance of this mountain?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: The Khyber Pass
Text Book Name: Secondary Stage English Book Two For Class X
(ii)  Bilal's class-fellows made a trip to the Khyber Pass last summer. They hired a bus from Peshawar and started their journey. They stopped twice during their journey. First time they stopped at the Landikotal, the highest place of the passes where they ate some Tikkas and Chappli Kababs. Second time they stopped at the Torkham, a border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Here they were welcomed by the soldiers guarding the frontier.
(iii) As they stood looking at the hills, they thought of the brave soldiers of Mahmood, Babur and Abdali riding along this beautiful Pass. They also thought of the caravans which once carried carpets, silks, skins, spices and fruits through the Khyber Pass to and from the cities of South Asia and beyond.
(iv)The Khyber Pass has been famous in history for thousands of years. The Aryans crossed this Pass nearly four thousand years ago and entered Pakistan. After them came the Mongols and the Tartars. Sultan Mahmood Ghaznavi crossed the Khyber Pass seventeen times to attack South Asia. Then came other Muslim conquerors - Shahabuddin Ghauri, Babur and Ahmad Shah Abdali.