Class 10 English - Footprints Without Feet - Chapter The Book that Saved the Earth NCERT Solutions | If you were in Noodle’s place, how

Noodle avoids offending Think-Tank but at the same time he corrects his mistakes. How does he manage to do that?

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

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

Who tried to invade the earth in the twenty-first century?

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

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

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?

Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?

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

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

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 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 would have happened to Matilda if she had confessed to her friend that she had lost her necklace?

Does Anil realise that he has been robbed?

What does he say about Lutkins?

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?

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

Who is Lutkins?

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