Class 10 English - Footprints Without Feet - Chapter Footprints without Feet NCERT Solutions | How would you assess Griffin as a scient

“Griffin was rather a lawless person.” Comment.

Why was he wandering the streets?

How did the invisible man first become visible?

What curious episode occurs in the study?

Why does Mrs Hall find the scientist eccentric?

What other extraordinary things happen at the inn?

Why is Mrs Pumphrey worried about Tricki?

How is Ausable different from other secret agents?

What does Horace Danby like to collect?

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?

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?

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 she find her teacher different from the people at home?

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

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

Why is Bholi’s father worried about her?

“Ausable did not fit any description of a secret agent Fowler had ever read.” What do secret agents in books and films look like, in your opinion? Discuss in groups or in class some stories or movies featuring spies, detectives and secret agents, and compare their appearance with that of Ausable in this story. (You may mention characters from fiction in languages other than English. In English fiction you may have come across Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, or Miss Marple. Have you watched any movies featuring James Bond?)

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

How does he treat the dog?

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