Class 10 English - Footprints Without Feet - Chapter Bholi NCERT Solutions | Why did Bholi at first agree to an unequ

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?

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?

Does she find her teacher different from the people at home?

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?

Noodle avoids offending Think-Tank but at the same time he corrects his mistakes. How does he manage to do that?

Does the narrator serve the summons that day?

What are the qualities that go into the making of a scientist?

What does he get from Anil in return for his work?

What does Horace Danby like to collect?

“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?

Who is speaking to Horace Danby?

What does he say about Lutkins?

What are Hari Singh’s reactions to the prospect of receiving an education? Do they change over time? (Hint: Compare, for example, the thought: “I knew that once I could write like an educated man there would be no limit to what I could achieve” with these later thoughts: “Whole sentences, I knew, could one day bring me more than a few hundred rupees. It was a simple matter to steal — and sometimes just as simple to be caught. But to be a really big man, a clever and respected man, was something else.”) What makes him return to Anil?

What is he “a fairly successful hand” at?