Class 10 English - First Flight - Chapter The Hundred Dresses - 1 NCERT Solutions | How is Wanda seen as different by the ot

Why is Maddie embarrassed by the questions Peggy asks Wanda? Is she also like Wanda, or is she different?

How does Wanda feel about the dresses game? Why does she say that she has a hundred dresses?
 

Where in the classroom does Wanda sit and why?
 

Who won the drawing contest? What had the winner drawn?

Where does Wanda live? What kind of a place do you think it is?
 

Why didn’t Maddie ask Peggie to stop teasing Wanda? What was she afraid of?
 

Who did Maddie think would win the drawing contest? Why?
 

Did Wanda have a hundred dresses? Why do you think she said she did?
 

1. This is the bus (what kind of bus?). It goes to Agra. (use which or that)

2. I would like to buy (a) shirt (which shirt?). (The) shirt is in the shop window. (use which or that)

3. You must break your fast at a particular time (when?). You see the moon in the sky. (use when)

4. Find a word (what kind of word?). It begins with the letter Z. (use which or that)

5. Now find a person (what kind of person). His or her name begins with the letter Z. (use whose)

6. Then go to a place (what place?). There are no people whose name begins with Z in that place. (use where)

What does Miss Mason think of Wanda’s drawings? What do the children think of them? How do you know?

What was Valli’s favourite pastime?

What ‘experiment’ did Maxwell think Camusfearna would be suitable for?

What did Lencho hope for?

When her son dies, Kisa Gotami goes from house to house. What does she ask for? Does she get it? Why not?

Where did the ceremonies take place ? Can you name any public buildings in India that are made of sandstones?

What does Chubukov at first suspect that Lomov has come for? Is he sincere when he later says “And I’ve always loved you, my angel, as if you were my own son”? Find reasons for your answer from the play.

Why was the young seagull afraid to fly? Do you think all young birds are afraid to make their first flight, or are some birds more timid than others? Do you think a human baby also finds it a challenge to take its first steps?

Do you keep a diary? Given below under ‘A’ are some terms we use to describe a written record of personal experience. Can you match them with their descriptions under ‘B’? (You may
look up the terms in a dictionary if you wish.)
                       A                                                                                                                            B

      (i) Journal                                                                                     – A book with a separate space or page for each day, in which you write down your and                                                                                                                      feelings or what has happened on that day 

      (ii) Diary                                                                                       – A full record of a journey, a period of time, or  an event, written every day
      (iii) Log                                                                                         – A record of a person’s own life and experiences (usually, a famous person)
      (iv) Memoir(s)                                                                               – A written record of events with times and dates, usually official         

What was a source of unending joy for Valli? What was her strongest desire?

Why does he go to Basra? How long does he wait there, and why?

What made the woman in the Control Centre look at the narrator strangely?

Why was the young seagull afraid to fly? Do you think all young birds are afraid to make their first flight, or are some birds more timid than others? Do you think a human baby also finds it a challenge to take its first steps?

Does Mandela think the oppressor is free? Why/why not?

What ideals does Nelson Mandela set for the future of South Africa?

What does Mandela mean when he says he is “simply the sum of all those African patriots”, who had gone before him ?

Match, the italicised phrases in Column A with the phrase nearest meaning in Column  B.

(Hint: First look for the sentence in the text in which the phrase in column A occurs.)

Can you say how 10th May is an ‘autumn day’ in South Africa?

There are nouns in the text (formation, government) which are formed from the corresponding verbs (form, govern) by suffixing – (at)ion or ment. There may be change in the spelling of some verb – noun pairs ; such as rebel, rebellion; constitute, constitution.

Make a list of such pairs of nouns and verbs in the text

Maxwell in the story speaks for the otter, Mij. He tells us what the otter feels and thinks on different occasions. Given below are some things the otter does. Complete the column on the right to say what Maxwell says about what Mij feels and thinks.

“The sight of the food maddened him.” What does this suggest? What compelled the young seagull to finally fly?