Class 10 English - Footprints Without Feet - Chapter The Making of a Scientist NCERT Solutions | What experiments and projects does he th

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

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?

You must have read about cells and DNA in your science books. Discuss Richard Ebright’s work in the light of what you have studied. If you get an opportunity to work like Richard Ebright on projects and experiments, which field would you like to work on and why?

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

How did his mother help him?

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

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?

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?

Do you think this is a real-life episode, or mere fiction? Or is it a mixture of both?

If you were caught in a situation like this, how would you have dealt with it?

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?

Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?

What other extraordinary things happen at the inn?

For what unusual reasons is Bholi sent to school?

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

Is the narrator as rich as Tricki’s mistress?

How does the thief think Anil will react to the theft?

“Griffin was rather a lawless person.” Comment.