Class 10 English - Footprints Without Feet - Chapter The Necklace NCERT Solutions | How is the problem solved?

What was the cause of Matilda’s ruin? How could she have avoided it?

The course of the Loisels’ life changed due to the necklace. Comment.

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

How do they replace the necklace?

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

What do M. and Mme Loisel do next?

What kind of a person is her husband?

What fresh problem now disturbs Mme Loisel?

What kind of a person is Mme Loisel — why is she always unhappy?

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?

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?

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

What are the qualities that go into the making of a scientist?

You must have read about cells and DNA in your science books. Discuss Richard Ebright’s work in the light of what you have studied. If you get an opportunity to work like Richard Ebright on projects and experiments, which field would you like to work on and why?

What lesson does Ebright learn when he does not win anything at a science fair?

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

Is the narrator as rich as Tricki’s mistress?

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

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

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?

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?