Class 10 English - First Flight - Chapter The Hundred Dresses - 1 NCERT Solutions | Why is Maddie embarrassed by the questio

How does Wanda feel about the dresses game? Why does she say that she has a hundred dresses?
 

Where does Wanda live? What kind of a place do you think it is?
 

Where in the classroom does Wanda sit and why?
 

How is Wanda seen as different by the other girls? How do they treat her?  you know?

Why didn’t Maddie ask Peggie to stop teasing Wanda? What was she afraid of?
 

Who won the drawing contest? What had the winner drawn?

Who did Maddie think would win the drawing contest? Why?
 

Did Wanda have a hundred dresses? Why do you think she said she did?
 

1. This is the bus (what kind of bus?). It goes to Agra. (use which or that)

2. I would like to buy (a) shirt (which shirt?). (The) shirt is in the shop window. (use which or that)

3. You must break your fast at a particular time (when?). You see the moon in the sky. (use when)

4. Find a word (what kind of word?). It begins with the letter Z. (use which or that)

5. Now find a person (what kind of person). His or her name begins with the letter Z. (use whose)

6. Then go to a place (what place?). There are no people whose name begins with Z in that place. (use where)

What do you think “to have fun with her” means?

What was Valli’s favourite pastime?

What ‘experiment’ did Maxwell think Camusfearna would be suitable for?

What did Lencho hope for?

When her son dies, Kisa Gotami goes from house to house. What does she ask for? Does she get it? Why not?

Where did the ceremonies take place ? Can you name any public buildings in India that are made of sandstones?

What does Chubukov at first suspect that Lomov has come for? Is he sincere when he later says “And I’ve always loved you, my angel, as if you were my own son”? Find reasons for your answer from the play.

Why was the young seagull afraid to fly? Do you think all young birds are afraid to make their first flight, or are some birds more timid than others? Do you think a human baby also finds it a challenge to take its first steps?

Do you keep a diary? Given below under ‘A’ are some terms we use to describe a written record of personal experience. Can you match them with their descriptions under ‘B’? (You may
look up the terms in a dictionary if you wish.)
                       A                                                                                                                            B

      (i) Journal                                                                                     – A book with a separate space or page for each day, in which you write down your and                                                                                                                      feelings or what has happened on that day 

      (ii) Diary                                                                                       – A full record of a journey, a period of time, or  an event, written every day
      (iii) Log                                                                                         – A record of a person’s own life and experiences (usually, a famous person)
      (iv) Memoir(s)                                                                               – A written record of events with times and dates, usually official         

What was a source of unending joy for Valli? What was her strongest desire?

Why does he go to Basra? How long does he wait there, and why?

What did being free mean to Mandela as a boy, and as a student ? How does he contrast these “transitory freedoms” with “the basic and honourable freedoms”?

 Read the story and find the sentences where Maxwell describes his pet otter. Then choose and arrange your sentences to illustrate those statements below that you think are true.

Maxwell’s description

(i) makes Mij seem almost human, like a small boy.
(ii) shows that he is often irritated with what Mij does.
(iii) shows that he is often surprised by what Mij does.
(iv) of Mij’s antics is comical.
(v) shows that he observes the antics of Mij very carefully.
(vi) shows that he thinks Mij is a very ordinary otter.
(vii) shows that he thinks the otter is very unusual.

Find the lines in the text which tell you that Valli was enjoying her ride on the bus.

 Why was the otter named ‘Maxwell’s otter’?

What are ‘compulsive habits’? What does Maxwell say are the compulsive habits of

(i) school children
(ii) Mij?

Why did Maxwell put the otter back in the box? How do you think he felt when he did this?

How does he get the otter? Does he like it? Pick out the words that tell you this.

What are some of the things we come to know about otters from this text?

How does Mandela describe the systems of government in his country

(i) in the first decade, and
(ii) in the final decade of the twentieth century?

The author describes the things that Valli sees from an eight-year-old’s point of view. Can you find evidence from the text for this statement?