Class 10 English - Footprints Without Feet - Chapter The Book that Saved the Earth NCERT Solutions | What guesses are made by Think–Tan

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

If you were in Noodle’s place, how would you handle Think-Tank’s mistakes?

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

Who tried to invade the earth in the twenty-first century?

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

Do you think books are being replaced by the electronic media? Can we do away with books altogether?

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 is Bholi’s father worried about her?

Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?

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

What does Horace Danby like to collect?

What kind of a person is her husband?

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?

Do you think Tricki was happy to go home? What do you think will happen now?

After his first day’s experience with the hack driver the lawyer thinks of returning to New Mullion to practise law. Do you think he would have reconsidered this idea after his second visit?

What more does Bill say about Lutkins and his family?

The course of the Loisels’ life changed due to the necklace. Comment.

Why does not Anil hand the thief over to the police? Do you think most people would have done so? In what ways is Anil different from such employers?

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?

Does Anil realise that he has been robbed?