Reach for the Top

Santosh was sent to the village school __________________

• as her parents wanted to see her become an IAS officer.

• because she wanted to join her friends in the village school

• as her parents were poor and could not afford to send her to a private school

• none of the options.

Maria Sharapova was _____________ years old when she was packed off to United States of America.

• 9

• 19

• 20

• 10

It is said that Maria had learnt early in life that_____________

• she had to go to bed early and wake up early

• she had to stay away from her parents

• tennis excellence would only come at a price.

• none of the above.

Maria's father was working very hard _________________

• as he was very old.

• as he had migrated to USA

• to support her tennis training expenses

• all the options are correct

Although USA is a big part of Maria's life, she remains a proud ___________________

• American

• Russian

• Indian

• Citizen of the world

Santosh stayed at _______________ while studying at Maharani College at Jaipur.

• Aravalli hills

• Delhi

• Nehru Institute of Mountaineering

• Kasturba hostel

Santosh scaled Mount Everest in 1992 when she was ______________ years old.

• 9

• 20

• 17

• 16

Santosh collected and brought down _________ of garbage from the Himalayas.

• 500 grams

• 500 quintals

• 500 centigrams

• 500 kilograms

Maria's hobbies as a teenager included _______________.

• fashion

• singing

• dancing

• all of the above.

Maria confesses that the dream that kept her going was ________________

• to climb Mount Everest

• to become a teenage sensation

• to become number one in the world.

• to earn loads of money for her family