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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...

10th class-cbse english (NCERT BOOK-Footprints without feet)( Long answers) chapter- 4 (A Question of Trust)(Victor Canning)

 A Question of Trust Q) Write the charactersketch of Horace Danby. OR Q) Why is Horace Danby described as good and respectable, but not completely honest? Ans) Horace Danby was a   successful business man. He dealt in locks and safes. He was unmarried and a servant looked after him. He was suffering from hay fever. During summers it disturbed him.   He was fond of expensive and rare books. He had a good collection of them. He was a good and respectable person but not completely honest. Every year he committed one robbery. From the robbed money he purchased books through an agent. He planned   and executed the robbery very carefully. Opening safes was not a big deal for him, he had spent his life with locks and safes. But at Shotover Grange he was oversmarted by a lady. He was arrested and sentenced. Q) How did the lady in red turn out to be the smarter and cleverer then Horace Danby? Ans) Every year Horace Danby planned a robbery for purchasing expensive and ...