Class 10 English - Footprints Without Feet - Chapter The Book that Saved the Earth NCERT Solutions | Noodle avoids offending Think-Tank but a

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

What guesses are made by Think–Tank about the books found on earth?

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?

How did the invisible man first become visible?

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?

What lesson does Ebright learn when he does not win anything at a science fair?

Is the narrator as rich as Tricki’s mistress?

“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?

What was the cause of Matilda’s ruin? How could she have avoided it?

Does Bholi enjoy her first day at school?

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.

Lutkins openly takes the lawyer all over the village. How is it that no one lets out the secret? (Hint: Notice that the hack driver asks the lawyer to keep out of sight behind him when they go into Fritz’s.) Can you find other such subtle ways in which Lutkins manipulates the tour?

Does Anil realise that he has been robbed?