Class 10 English - Footprints Without Feet - Chapter A Triumph of Surgery NCERT Solutions | What does she do to help him? Is she wis

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

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?

How does he treat the dog?

Is the narrator as rich as Tricki’s mistress?

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

Why is Mrs Pumphrey worried about Tricki?

Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?

Why does Mrs Pumphrey think the dog’s recovery is “a triumph of surgery”?

Why is he tempted to keep Tricki on as a permanent guest?

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’?

Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?

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

Why do you think Lutkins’ neighbours were anxious to meet the lawyer?

Why are books referred to as a man’s best companion? Which is your favourite book and why? Write a paragraph about that book.

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

Why does Mrs Hall find the scientist eccentric?

What curious episode occurs in the study?

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

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

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?

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

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?