12th Class English Solved Paper - English - 2016 Outside Delhi Set-III

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    Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each:    
    (a) All we have to fear is fear itself. When did Douglas learn this lesson?

    Answer:

    (a) Douglas had a near to death experience of drowning and the tear of water took control of his physical and mental strength. Finally, he decided to overcome this fear because of his interest in water activities like canoeing, swimming, fishing, boating etc. He decided to get an instructor and learn to swim. He practiced for one hour daily for five days a week. He learnt to exhale in water and exhale after coming, out of it. He swam two miles across the Lake Wentworth. Thus, he had experienced both the sensation, of dying and the terror can produce. He was finally able to overcome his fear of water.


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