10th class-cbse english (NCERT BOOK-Footprints without feet)( Long answers) chapter- 5 (Footprints without feet)(H. G. Wells)

 Footprints without feet


Answer the following questions in about 100 to 150 words.


Q) Griffin was not a true scientist because he misused a scientific discovery. Discuss.

OR

Q) Write the character sketch of Griffin.

Ans) Griffin was a brilliant scientist. He discovered some rare drugs and swallowed them to become invisible.

But he was a lawless person. He had the least regard for the laws and society norms. In revenge he set the landlords house on fire. In the departmental store in London he used things without payment. He stole materials and clothes from a theoretical company and attacked the shopkeeper and robbed him.

In the village iping he continued his lawless activities. He stole the clergyman’s money. He attacked Mrs Hall. He knocked the constable jaffer  conscious and hit other people who tried to catch him.

He had irritable temper. He was not a true scientist.

Q) Why did griffin entered in the big london store? How did he behaved there?

Ans) Griffin had chosen a wrong time to become invisible. To escape from his landlord’s house he took off his clothes and became invisible naked wanderer  in the London streets. It was middle of the winter. Air was bitterly cold. To get some warmth he entered in a big departmental store.

He waited for the store to be closed. Then he open the boxes, tore the wrappers and found clothes for himself. He wore shoes, overcoat and a large brimmed hat. Then he went in the kitchen and ate cold meat and coffee. He enjoyed sweets and wine after the food. He used things without the regard for payment. Finally he slept over the pile of quilts.

In the morning he got up late. Employees of the store reached and approached him. To got rid of them Griffin had to remove all his clothes. He escaped but reached in the  same condition again - invisible without clothes.

Q) What was the curious episode that took place in the clergyman’s study?

Ans) One early morning clergymen and his wife heard some sound from their study. They came downstairs quietly with a poker in clergyman’s hand. They reached near the door silently and heard the chink of the coins. Clergymen flung open the door and shouted “surrender”. To their surprise there was nobody inside the study. They searched everywhere beneath the table, behind the curtain, even in the chimney but in vain.  But the drawer was open and housekeeping money was missing. Actually Griffin had entered in their study invisibly and had stolen their money.

Q) What happened to the landlord and his wife in Griffin’s bedroom?

Ans) One morning Mr and Mrs hall found that door of Griffin's room was open. Usually he kept his room closed and locked. So they thought it is a good chance to go inside. They peeped through the door. There was no one inside. The bed was cold. it seemed that Griffin had got up much early. His bandages, false nose, hat and other clothes were lying on the bed. But suddenly Mrs hall heard a sniff close to her ear. Furnitures of the room became alive. A chair rose in the air and attacked directly at her leg. Then her mother’s chair pushed them out of the room. Mrs hall was about to fell in the stairs in hysteria. They thought that it was the act of some spirits . Griffin had done some wirchcraft.

More questions for practice.

Q) Describe the adventures of Griffin in London.

Q) Describe the adventures of Griffin in village of  Iping.

Q) Describe Mr jaffer's fight with the Invisible man in the bar.

Q) What will you do if you become invisible?

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