Class 10 English - Footprints Without Feet - Chapter Bholi NCERT Solutions | Does she find her teacher different from

Bholi’s story must have moved you. Do you think girl children are not treated at par with boys? You are aware that the government has introduced a scheme to save the girl child as the sex ratio is declining. The scheme is called Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Save the Girl Child. Read about the scheme and design a poster in groups of four and display on the school notice board.

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

Why does the marriage not take place?

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

For what unusual reasons is Bholi sent to school?

Why do Bholi’s parents accept Bishamber’s marriage proposal?

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

Does Bholi enjoy her first day at school?

Bholi’s real name is Sulekha. We are told this right at the beginning. But only in the last but one paragraph of the story is Bholi called Sulekha again. Why do you think she is called Sulekha at that point in the story?

Why is Bholi’s father worried about her?

Why is Mrs Pumphrey worried about Tricki?

How is Ausable different from other secret agents?

What does Horace Danby like to collect?

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 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?

What experiments and projects does he then undertake?

Do you think this is a real-life episode, or mere fiction? Or is it a mixture of both?

If you were caught in a situation like this, how would you have dealt with it?

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?

Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?

What other extraordinary things happen at the inn?

Is the narrator as rich as Tricki’s mistress?

How does the thief think Anil will react to the theft?

“Griffin was rather a lawless person.” Comment.

Why are books referred to as a man’s best companion? Which is your favourite book and why? Write a paragraph about that book.