Class 10 English - Footprints Without Feet - Chapter Bholi NCERT Solutions | Bholi’s story must have moved you.

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?

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?

How does Ausable manage to make Max believe that there is a balcony attached to his room? Look back at his detailed description of it. What makes it a convincing story?

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

What other extraordinary things happen at the inn?

“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?

How did his mother help him?

How can one become a scientist, an economist, a historian... ? Does it simply involve reading many books on the subject? Does it involve observing, thinking and doing experiments?

How do they replace the necklace?

What would have happened to Matilda if she had confessed to her friend that she had lost her necklace?

What does Horace Danby like to collect?

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