Class 10 English - Footprints Without Feet - Chapter The Thief's Story NCERT Solutions | Does Anil realise that he has been robbe

Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?

What does he get from Anil in return for his work?

What is he “a fairly successful hand” at?

What does he say about the different reactions of people when they are robbed?

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?

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

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?

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

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

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

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

What kind of a person do you think the narrator, a veterinary surgeon, is? Would you say he is tactful as well as full of commonsense?

Why is Mrs Pumphrey worried about Tricki?

Why was he wandering the streets?

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

“Griffin was rather a lawless person.” Comment.

Does Bholi enjoy her first day at school?

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?

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