Within twelve months, Santosh found herself a member of an Indo-Nepalese Women’s Expedition that invited her to join them. She then scaled the Everest a second time, thus setting a record as the only woman to have scaled the Everest twice, and securing for herself and India a unique place in the annals of mountaineering. In recognition of her achievements, the Indian government bestowed upon her one of the nation’s top honours, the Padmashri.Describing her feelings when she was literally ‘on top of the world’, Santosh has said, “It took some time for the enormity of the moment to sink in… Then I unfurled the Indian tricolour and held it aloft on the roof of the world. The feeling is indescribable. The Indian flag was flying on top of the world. It was truly a spiritual moment. I felt proud as an Indian.”1. …………………. of her first scaling of Mt. Everest, Santosh could manage to scale Mt. Everest the second time.A. After twelve monthsB. Within twelve monthsC. Before a period of one yearD. Both ‘B’ and ‘C’2. The meaning of ‘annals’ here is ……………..A. ‘a periodical journal’.B. ‘happening every year’.C. ‘happening recurrently’.D. All of these three3. The phrase ‘bestow upon’ is ………………A. ‘bless with’.B. ‘assigned’.C. ‘give something as an honour or present’.D. All of these three4. What is termed as ‘a spiritual moment’ by Santosh ?A. The time when Santosh had the idea of becoming a mountaineer.B. The moment when she unfurled the tricolour on the Mt. Everest.C. The moment when she reached the Mt. Everest the second time.D. The moment when she was given away the Padmashri.