Class 10 English - Footprints Without Feet - Chapter A Question of Trust NCERT Solutions | What does Horace Danby like to collect?

Horace Danby was a meticulous planner but still he faltered. Where did he go wrong and why?

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?

“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 are the subtle ways in which the lady manages to deceive Horace Danby into thinking she is the lady of the house? Why doesn’t Horace suspect that something is wrong?

Who is speaking to Horace Danby?

Why does he steal every year?

Who is the real culprit in the story?

Why is Mrs Pumphrey worried about Tricki?

How is Ausable different from other secret agents?

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’?

Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?

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

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?

How does he treat the dog?

Looking back at the story, when do you think Ausable thought up his plan for getting rid of Max? Do you think he had worked out his plan in detail right from the beginning? Or did he make up a plan taking advantage of events as they happened?

Who is Fowler and what is his first authentic thrill of the day?

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?

Why did Bholi at first agree to an unequal match? Why did she later reject the marriage? What does this tell us about her?

Do you think the lawyer was gullible? How could he have avoided being taken for a ride?

How did Bholi’s teacher play an important role in changing the course of her life?

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

Bholi had many apprehensions about going to school. What made her feel that she was going to a better place than her home?