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10th class-cbse english (NCERT BOOK-Footprints without feet)( Short answers) chapter- 10 (The Book That Saved the Earth)(Claire Boiko)

  The Book that Saved the Earth.   Important questions for the board examination.   Q) Why is the twentieth century called the Era of books? And) In the 20 th century many books were published. There were books available on every topic from anteaters to Zulus. That’s why it is called era of the books. Q)What type of person is Think Tank? Ans) Think tank was the commander in chief of Mars Space Center. He wished to be addressed by a long salutation. He was very arrogant person. He consulted only mirror. He never allowed Noodle to take credit for his ideas. Q) How does Think Tank interpret the nursery rhymes on mistress Mary? Ans) Think tank surprised to know that maids were grown in the garden. He thought that earthlings had developed the technique of mixing Agriculture with mining. They could grow rare metals like silver and high   explosives. He ordered noodles to contact invasion fleet to stop the attack. Q) How does Think Tank interpret the ...

10th class-cbse english (NCERT BOOK-Footprints without feet)( Short Answers) chapter-9 (Bholi)(K. A. Abbas)

  Bholi Important questions for board examination Q) What do you know about sulekha (Bholi) from the text ? Ans) Sulekha was the youngest girl of Numberdar Ramlal. She was ten months old she had fallen off the cot on her head and some part of her brain was damaged. She remained a backward child and came to be known as bholi. When she was two years old she had an attack of smallpox. Her entire body was disfigured by black pock-marks. She could not speak till she was five, that too with stammering. Other children made fun of her. Q) Give the details of Ramlal’s family. Ans) Ramlal was a Numberdar. He had seven children - three boys and four girls. It was a prosperous farmer family and there was plenty to eat and drink. All the children were healthy and strong except Bholi. She was a backward child. Q) Why did the tehsildar   come to Ramlal’s village? What did he ask Ramlal to do? Ans) Tehsildar came to Ramlal's village to inaugurate a girls primary school. He ask...

10th class-cbse english (NCERT BOOK-Footprints without feet)( Long Answers) chapter-9 (Bholi)(K. A. Abbas)

  Bholi Important questions for board examination Answer the following questions in about 100 to 150 words. Q) On the basis of your understanding of the story, sketch the character of Bholi. Ans) Bholi, whose real name was Sulekha, was a backward child. In her childhood she fell from the cot on her head and some part of her brain was damaged. She started speaking only at the age of five and that too with stammering. She also suffered from smallpox. She was always given worn out dresses of her elder sisters. Nobody cared of her. Her life showed a ray of hope when she started to go to school. Her teacher changed her into a confident girl. Its evidence came when her parents tried to marry her with an old lame and greedy grocer Bishamber Nath. Initially Bholi agreed. But when she came to know about the greedy nature of Bishamber Nath she refused to marry him. Everybody was surprised. Nobody could believe that she could take such a bold step. Actually it was her teacher wh...

10th class-cbse english (NCERT BOOK-Footprints without feet)( Long Answers) chapter-8 (The Hack Driver)(Sinclair Lewis)

 The Hack Driver Important questions for board examination. Answer the following questions in about 100 to 150 words. Q) How did the narrator’s experience at new Mullion change his attitude towards Country Life? Ans) Narrator was a assistant clerk in a big law firm. He was sent to serve summons to the persons needed in different cases. He did not like his job. So when he was sent to new Mullion, he was very happy. There he met a friendly hack driver, Bill, who helped him in searching Oliver Lutkins. Narrator enjoyed Bill's company very much. He was impressed by the wisdom of the Bill. He loved his opinion about different people. He   appreciated the outlook of Bill towards the life. The simple and easy going life of country Influenced him so much that he started planning to settle in the new Mullion Q) Why was the narrator sent to new Mullions? How did Bill help him? Ans) Narrator worked for a law firm which needed a person, Lutkins, for a case. Lutkins had neglect...

10th class-cbse english (NCERT BOOK-Footprints without feet)( Short Answers) chapter-8 (The Hack Driver)(Sinclair Lewis)

  The hack driver Important questions for board examination. Q) What was the impression the hack driver made on the narrator when he first met him? Ans) Narrator was disappointed when he saw the muddy streets and wooden shops in New Mullions. The only agreeable sight was the hack driver. He was very friendly with a smiling face. It appeared that he was a man who loved people. Q) Who was Oliver Lutkins? Why were summons issued on his name? Ans) Oliver Lutkins was a countryman. He was needed as a witness in a case by  narrator's law firm. His witness can easily solve the case.   Firm issued many summons on his name but he refused all of them. Q) What was the deal between the hack driver and the narrator? Ans) Hack driver promised the narrator that he would help him in searching the Oliver lutkins because it was very difficult for a city man to catch a parson like Lutkins.And narrator would pay two dollar per hour for using his cart. Q) The narrator knew th...

10th class-cbse english (NCERT BOOK-Footprints without feet)( Long answers) chapter- 10 (The Book That Saved the Earth)(Claire Boiko)

 The book that saved the Earth Important questions for board examination. Answer the following questions in about 100 to 150 words. Q) Attempt character sketch of Great and mighty Think Tank? Ans) The think tank was the commander-in-chief of Mars Control Center. He had a big balloon brain. He was proud of that. He considered himself the mightiest and wisest creature in the universe. He consulted nobody but the mirror. But when he interpreted the poem he looked very funny. He was very arrogant. He never allowed noodle to take credit for his thoughts and ideas. Probe crew members were also afraid of him. His opinion about earthlings was low. he thought that they were primitive creatures who knew no technology and kept eating something or other all the time. In the end his coward personality came forth and he ran away from the Mars to protect himself. Q) How is the historian indebted the existence of books for saving the earth? Ans) In the 20 th century Mars control centre’...

10th class-cbse english (NCERT BOOK-Footprints without feet)( Long answers) chapter- 7 (The Necklace)(Guy de Maupassant)

  The Necklace. Important questions for board examination. Answer the following questions in about 100 to 150 words. Q) Give the character sketch of Matilda. Ans) Matilda was a beautiful young girl. She was born in a middle class family. She was very unhappy and unsatisfied. She thought that she was born for delicacies and luxuries. She loved sophisticated things like jewels, exquisite dinner, a high class living but in a real life she had nothing like these things. With no hope in her sight she agreed herself to marry a clerk in Board of Education. She suffered from the shabby walls and worn furniture of her apartment. She remained unsatisfied and then an incident took place that turned her life. For a party in the office of her husband she borrowed a diamond necklace from her rich friend Madam Forestier and she lost it. She had to replace it by purchasing a new diamond necklace for thirty six thousand francs. To repay this debt she and her husband worked day and...

10th class-cbse english (NCERT BOOK-Footprints without feet)( Short answers) chapter- 7 (The Necklace)(Guy de Maupassant)

  The necklace Important questions for board examination. Q) Why does the writer say that Matilda was born as if through an error of destiny into a family of clerk? Ans) Matilda was a pretty young lady. She felt that she was born for delicacies and luxuries. But she belonged to a middle class family where she always suffered from the poverty and deficiency. That’s why the writer said that she was born as if through an error of destiny into the family of clerk. Q) What was the financial position of Matilda's husband? Ans) Matilda’s husband was a clerk in the Board of Education. His apartment had the shabby walls and the worn furniture.   Like any other middle class man he could fulfill all necessities but no luxury. Q) Why did Matilda not like to visit her rich friend? Ans) Matilda was very disappointed and unhappy in her life. She loved delicate and luxurious things like silver plates, exquisite food, jewels etc. But she had none of them. When she visited ...

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...

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

  Footprints without feet Q) Why were the two boys in London surprised? Ans) Two boy were surprised because they saw muddy footprints in the street of London which were appearing from nowhere. They chased them but to no help. They were clueless about the origin of footprints.   Q) Why was the scientist angry with the landlord and what did he do? Ans) Landlord of Griffin was unhappy with him because of his weird behaviour and short tempered nature. He wanted to eject Griffin from his house. That’s why Griffin was angry with his landlord. When he became invisible, he set the house on fire and escaped. Q) Why did Griffin become a homeless wanderer without clothes? Ans) Griffin was a scientist. He had discovered some rare drugs. He swallowed them and became invisible. He was angry with his landlord. In revenge he set his house on fire. To escape without being seen he removed his clothes and became a homeless wanderer. Q) Why did Griffin enter the theatrical compa...