Class 10 English - Footprints Without Feet - Chapter Footprints without Feet NCERT Solutions | Why was he wandering the streets?

“Griffin was rather a lawless person.” Comment.

How did the invisible man first become visible?

What curious episode occurs in the study?

Why does Mrs Hall find the scientist eccentric?

How would you assess Griffin as a scientist?

What other extraordinary things happen at the inn?

Why is Mrs Pumphrey worried about Tricki?

How is Ausable different from other secret agents?

What does Horace Danby like to collect?

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?

How is the problem solved?

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?

“Ausable did not fit any description of a secret agent Fowler had ever read.” What do secret agents in books and films look like, in your opinion? Discuss in groups or in class some stories or movies featuring spies, detectives and secret agents, and compare their appearance with that of Ausable in this story. (You may mention characters from fiction in languages other than English. In English fiction you may have come across Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, or Miss Marple. Have you watched any movies featuring James Bond?)

How does Ausable manage to make Max believe that there is a balcony attached to his room? Look back at his detailed description of it. What makes it a convincing story?

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

“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?

Who is speaking to Horace Danby?

What does Horace Danby like to collect?

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