1. For whom, the word ‘latter’ is used here?
   a. Sharapova’s Mother
   b. Sharapova’s Father
   c. Sharapova’s brother
   d. None of these
2. Her mother was compelled to stay back in Siberia due to ________.
   a. her habit
   b. visa restriction
   c. her illness
   d. None of these
3. The word ‘restriction’ means ________.
   a. advantage
   b. freedom
   c. release
   d. constraint
4. ________ girl had already learnt an important lesson in life.
   a. 9 year old
   b. 8 year old
   c. 11 year old
   d. 10 year old
5. What is the opposite meaning of ‘excellence’?
   a. merit
   b. inferiority
   c. distinction
   d. none of these
6. What motivated Santosh for mountain climbing?
7. How did Santosh show the contradiction to her name?
8. What are Maria’s interests and hobbies?
9. When did Santosh leave home for Delhi, and why?
10. Why was the holy man, who gave Santosh’s mother his blessings, surprised?

1. (a) Sharapova’s Mother

2. (b) visa restriction

3. (d) constraint

4. (a) 9 year old

5. (b) inferiority

6. Santosh Yadav began climbing mountains after meeting mountaineers in the Aravalli Hills who motivated her.

7. Santosh’s name means ‘contentment,’ but she defied traditional expectations and lived life on her own terms.

8. Maria enjoyed fashion, sleeping, movies, singing, dancing, reading novels by Arthur Conan Doyle, and liked pink and yellow colors.

9. Santosh left for Delhi at sixteen to continue her studies and avoid early marriage. Her parents supported her schooling financially.

10. The holy man was surprised because the family wished for a daughter, not a son, in contrast to traditional expectations.