Class 10 English - Footprints Without Feet - Chapter A Question of Trust NCERT Solutions | Who is the real culprit in the story?

Horace Danby was a meticulous planner but still he faltered. Where did he go wrong and why?

What does Horace Danby like to collect?

Did you begin to suspect, before the end of the story, that the lady was not the person Horace Danby took her to be? If so, at what point did you realise this, and how?

“Horace Danby was good and respectable — but not completely honest”. Why do you think this description is apt for Horace? Why can’t he be categorised as a typical thief?

What are the subtle ways in which the lady manages to deceive Horace Danby into thinking she is the lady of the house? Why doesn’t Horace suspect that something is wrong?

Who is speaking to Horace Danby?

Why does he steal every year?

Why is Mrs Pumphrey worried about Tricki?

How is Ausable different from other secret agents?

How did the invisible man first become visible?

How did a book become a turning point in Richard Ebright’s life?

What kind of a person is Mme Loisel — why is she always unhappy?

Why is the lawyer sent to New Mullion? What does he first think about the place?

Why is Bholi’s father worried about her?

Why was the twentieth century called the ‘Era of the Book’?

Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?

What does she do to help him? Is she wise in this?

Bholi had many apprehensions about going to school. What made her feel that she was going to a better place than her home?

How did Bholi’s teacher play an important role in changing the course of her life?

Why did Bholi at first agree to an unequal match? Why did she later reject the marriage? What does this tell us about her?

What fresh problem now disturbs Mme Loisel?

For what unusual reasons is Bholi sent to school?

How did his mother help him?

How does Ausable say he got in?

Why is Bholi’s father worried about her?

What kind of a person is her husband?

Does Bholi enjoy her first day at school?