Rajasthan Board 10th Exam 2024 : English Most Important Question Answers

राजस्थान बोर्ड 10वीं की English परीक्षा 7 मार्च, 2024 को निर्धारित है। तो यह आर्टिकल आपके लिए काफी ज्यादा महत्वपूर्ण साबित होने वाला है क्योंकि इस आर्टिकल में आपको बोर्ड परीक्षा के लिए वो ही प्रश्न दिए गए है जो बोर्ड पेपर में आने जा रहे है।

इस पोस्ट में राजस्थान बोर्ड 10th परीक्षा 2024 के लिए अंग्रेज़ी के महत्वपूर्ण  (RBSE Board 10th English Important Question 2024) प्रश्न दिये गये है जो आपके पेपर के लिए बहुत महत्वपूर्ण है।

छात्रों को इन (RBSE Board 10th English Viral Question 2024) प्रश्नों को अच्छी तरह से याद रखना चाहिए, जिससे आपको तैयारी करने में आसानी होगी।

अब आपकी परीक्षा में कुछ ही घंटे बचे है I जिससे अंग्रेज़ी के पेपर की तैयारी कर सकते हैं और अच्छे मार्क्स ला सकते है I

RBSE Board 10th English - Important Question

Q.1. How did the crow change the poet’s mood?

Ans. The poet was going somewhere in a snowy morning. He was upset. All the trees were covered with snow dust. A crow sitting on a hemlock tree shook the tree in such a way that some dust of snow fell on the poet. This changed his mood and he became happy and relaxed.

Q.2 How does the poet react to crow and hemlock tree?

Ans. Crow and hemlock tree are considered inauspicious in the west. They are generally taken bad omen. But the poet did not take them in negative way. They saved his day. His negative outlook changed to the positive one.

Q.3 How has the poet observed nature in the poem, ‘Dust of Snow’?

Ans. The poet has observed nature as a positive medium of change for him. The poet had been in the sorrowful and depressive mood in the poem. But then the way a crow shook snow dust off, it changed his mood. Nature gave him the inspiration to behave in a positive manner.

Q.4 What side of nature do ‘crow’ and ‘hemlock’ represent?

Ans. ‘Crow’ is a black, harsh-voiced bird and ‘hemlock’ is a tree with poisonous bitter fruit. Both are not beautiful. They represent the dark, depressive, sorrowful and bitter side of nature.

Q.5 What is two different views about the end of the world in the poem ‘Fire and Ice’?

Ans. The two different views of people regarding the end of the world are—Fire and Ice Fire stands for desire and ice stands for hatred.

Q.6 What does the poet think about the end of the world?

Ans. The poet thinks about the end of the world that people think fire is the main cause of destruction. But by the end of the poem he says that both Fire and Ice are equally destructive. Both have the same power of causing destruction

Q.7 What is the central idea of the poem”Fire and Ice”?

Ans. The poem tells us about the unending desires and the endless hatred. These are there in the heart and mind of the man.Desire is like fire and hate is like ice.

Q.8 What type of life does a man lead according to the poem?

Ans. A man should lead a life where hate and desire has no place.These are the root cause of evils so a satisfied life is the only solution.

Q.9 How does the tiger feel in the zoo?

Ans. The felling of the tiger in the zoo,he keeps on moving from one comer to another. “He stalks in his vivid stripes moving the few steps of his cage”. He is not happy. He expresses his silent anger.

Q.10 What would the tiger do in a forest?

Ans. In the forest, the tiger can enjoy complete freedom. He would walk around freely without any fear. He would terrorize the villagers by growling. He would show his teeth and claws.

Q.11 What does the poet want to convey through this poem?

Ans. The poet wants to convey that like human beings, animals also like freedom. They do not want to be caged; they cannot live a miserable life.

Q.12 What is the tiger thinking while looking at the stars?

Ans. The tiger thinks about his day of freedom.How freely he spent those days.he also laments over his present condition.

Q.13 What message does the poet want to give in the line “His strength behind the bars”?

Ans. The poet wants to tell that the natural power and freedom, of the tiger is put behind the bars.He wants to tell us about freedom of tiger.

Q.14 How can you identify the Asian lion and the Bengal Tiger?

Ans. The Asian Lion has a large body and a brownish-yellow coat. It roars loudly when it attacks it’s prey . On the other hand, the Bengal Tiger has black stripes on its yellow coat. It silently attacks it’s prey .

Q.15 Write the sum and substance of the poem, “How to Tell Wild Animals”.

Ans. The poet, Carolyn Wells, in the poem suggests some of the dangerous ways to identify the wild animals. The poem is full of humorous examples when the poet tries to distinguish one animal from the other. Moreover, the poem educates us by describing the various features of wild animals.

Q.16 How can you distinguish between a tiger and a leopard?

Ans. A tiger has black stripes on its yellow coat. A leopard on the other hand, does not have any stripes. It has spots peppered on its body. Moreover, a tiger kills only when it is hungry, while a leopard can kill for the pleasure of killing by pouncing continuously on its prey.

Q.17 How can you distinguish between a hyena and a crocodile?

Ans. A hyena laughs as it swallows its victim, whereas a crocodile weeps as it swallows its victim.

Q.18 What does the Bengal Tiger look like? What is so distinct about him?

Ans. The Bengal Tiger roams freely in the forest. It is noble and majestic in stature. It wears black stripes on a yellow hide. When it notices someone it tries to eat him. The Bengal tiger attacks its prey very silently and grasps it with his terrifying teeth.

Q.19 How does the poet describe the bear?

Ans. The poet describes the bear in a humorous way. He says that as soon as a bear sees a human being, it hugs him tightly. It clasps its prey tightly with both its hands and squeezes him to death. If he is still alive, he gives him another tight hug to kill him.

Q.20 What is so weird about the Hyena and the crocodile?

Ans. Some animals such as the hyena and the crocodile are famous for their weird behaviour. For example, a laughing hyena’s voice resembles human’s laughing sound. Moreover, a hyena laughs while swallowing it’s prey, while a crocodile shed tears.

Q.21 What has happened to the boy in the poet’s opinion?

Ans. The poet said that a boy lost his ball when he was playing. Poet also asked what the boy would do.

Q.22 What does the poet suggest the boy about the ball?

Ans. The poet suggests the boy about the ball that he should feel sad as there are many other balls in this world.

Q.23 What was the boy learning, according to the poem?

Ans. The boy was learning how to bear the loss. Everyone has to lose one and the other thing someday. It is the nature.

Q.24 “Money is external”. What does the poet mean?

Ans. Money does not have any value for emotions. One can buy new things with money. One cannot buy memories because money is external.

Q.25 What is the message of the poem, “The Ball Poem”?

Ans. Loss of external things happen in life repeatedly. If we learn the art of bearing the loss, we can live peacefully.

Q.26 Why does Amanda want to be a mermaid?

Ans. She wants to be a mermaid because she drifts blissfully in emrald sea, enjoys complete freedom and peace of the sea.

Q.27 How does Amanda behave in the poem?

Ans. Amanda behaves sulkily and moodily in the poem. She does not pay attention to what her mother says. She wants to be an orphan, mermaid or Rapunzel.

Q.28 What is the theme of the poem, “Amanda”?

Ans. The theme of this poem is to find faults of children and nagging of parents at their children. What impact all these have on them.

Q.29 Write a short note on the title of the poem?

Ans. The title of the poem is Amanda as it revolves around the upbringing of little girl named Amanda. Her life is full of struggles where she is denied freedom and expression. Amanda is so much irritate that she escapes reality by living in her imaginative world. Through this gateway she experiences calmness, away from her nagging parents.

Q.30 Why does Amanda seem moody most of the times?

Ans. Amanda seems moody most of the times because she is lost in an imaginary world. Her mother is always scolding her and telling her what should and should not do. So Amanda escapes into her own world she imagines herself as an orphan, a mermaid or a Rapunzel.

Q.31 Do you consider Amanda’s mother to be a nagging mother?

Ans. Amanda’s mother is indeed a nagging mother. She is all about instructions and finding faults. No doubt it is her responsibility to instil good values into her daughter, but not at the cost of her child’s happiness. One should know how to strike a balance between maintaining responsibilities and taking good care.

Q.32 Why does the poet like animals?

Ans. The poet likes animals for their self-contained and quiet nature. The fact that animals are not like human beings and satisfied with their lives appeals to the poet a lot.

Q.33 Why do animals not weep for their sins?

Ans. Animals do not weep for their sins because they do not need to do so. They are innocent creatures that commit no sins. It is humans, who weep yet commit sins.

Q.34 Differentiate between humans and animals in terms of desire.

Ans. Animals are very different from humans as they have no desire to own things. They are happy without an unending greed while humans become maniacs in their greed for possessing valuables.

Q.35 How are the birds, insects and sun affected by the absence of the trees?

Ans. Birds have no place to sit. Insects cannot find any place to hide and there is no shadow in the forest by sunlight.

Q.36 What is the central idea of the poem “The Trees”?

Ans. The poem tells us about the conflict between man and nature. Man has brought trees to decorate their houses, trees inside.

Q.37 What are the similarity poet has drawn in the poem “Fog”?

Ans. Poet compares fog with a cat. Fog comes silently resting on its haunches as a cat and disappears in the same manner as a cat does.

Q.38 What effect does a fog make on city and its people?

Ans. Fog affects the life of city people. It disturbs and disrupts their schedule. Fog covers the harbor and city and then disappears

Q.39 What did Custard look like?

Ans. Custard looked really dangerous with spikes on his top and scales underneath. His mouth was like a fireplace and nose like a chimney. His toes looked like daggers.

Q.40 Describe the bravery of everyone in the house.

Ans. Belinda was as brave as a barrel full of bears. Ink and Blink were brave enough to chase lions away. Mustard’s bravery was like a tiger’s rage. It was only Custard, who was a coward, everyone else was very brave.

Q41. What did Lencho hope for?

Ans: Lencho was a farmer. The only thing he desired and prayed for were showers for his field of ripe crops. So that it could harvest well. If the showers did not come, the crop would die, and it would lead to a big loss.

Q42. How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho's fields?

Ans: The seasoned welcomed good rains and Lencho was certain he would get a good harvest this time. But the rains soon turned into storms and were accompanied by winds and hailstorms. The harsh weather destroyed his crops completely.

Q43. Who was Lencho? What were his main problems?

Ans: Lencho was a hardworking farmer, who lived on the crest of a low hill. Due to the hailstorm his crops were destroyed, so he needed money to sow his field again and support his family. These were the main problems of Lencho.

Q44. How did the post master helped Lencho?

Ans: The postmaster was determined to help Lencho. He did not want Lencho's faith in God to be shaken so he asked his employees and friends to help Lencho. He also contributed a part of his salary for this act of charity.

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Q45. Why did Lencho write a letter to God? Who received the letter and what did he do?

Ans: Lencho was a hard-working farmer. He was expecting a good harvest. But unfortunately, a hail storm came and destroyed his crop completely. He had no money to purchase the seed for sowing. But he had a firm faith in God. He believed that God would help him. He was a simple man. He wrote a letter to God. He asked God to send him a hundred pesos. He wanted this money in order to sow seeds again and to live until the next harvest season. Lencho went to town and posted the letter. At the post-office, a postman took out the letter from the letterbox. He read the address on it and had a good laugh. He showed the letter to the postmaster and was greatly impressed by the faith of Lencho. He did not want to shake Lencho’s faith in God. He collected money from his employees. He put this money into an envelope and addressed it to Lencho.

Q46. What did the postmaster need to answer the letter? How did he collect it?

Ans: Lencho’s crop had been destroyed. He needed God’s help. So he wrote a letter to God. He posted the letter. At the post-office, a postman took the letter out of the letterbox. He laughed at reading the address. He showed the letter to the postmaster. The postmaster also laughed. But he praised Lencho’s firm faith in God. He did not want to shake e this faith. He was very kind. He decided to help Lencho. He and the post-office employees collected some money. The postmaster gave a part of his salary. They put the money into an envelope and addressed it to Lencho.

Q47. Describe the first flight of the young seagull?

Ans: The young seagull dived at the fish due to hunger and fell outwards and downwards into space. He thought of getting drowned but his wings spread outwards automatically. He moved downwards and outwards and landed safely on the sea and floated on it without any fear.

Q48. How did seagull's parents try to make him fly?

Ans: Seagull's parents tried everything to make him fly. They screamed, scolded and threatened to let him starve on the ledge unless he flew away.

Q49. Describe author’s feeling while he was flying his aero plane back to England?

Ans: The author was very excited while he was flying his aero plane back to England because he wanted to spend his holiday with his family at home. 

Q50. How much fuel was there in the aero plane when the writer started flying?

Ans: There was sufficient fuel in the tanks of the aero plane to reach England safely when the writer started flying.

Q51. Who do you think helped the narrator to reach safely?

Ans: The pilot of the black plane asked the narrator to follow him and the writer landed safely.

Q52. Why was the writer shocked after hearing the woman’s word?

Ans: The writer was shocked after hearing the woman’s word because she told him that there was no other aero plane flying that night as she had seen on the radar.

Q53. How did the young seagull get over his fear of sea water and what was his family’s reaction on it?

Ans: The young seagull had made his maiden flight successfully. He was flying straight over the sea. He observed a vast green sea all around him. He turned his beak sideways and cawed amusedly. His family was very happy and landed ahead of him. They beckoned to him. When he landed on the sea, he began to sink but he tried in despair and his belly touched the water and he sank no further. He was floating on water. This way he got over his fear of seawater and his family praised him a lot and offered him the dog-fish as a reward.

Q54. “Mother is the first teacher”. Do you agree with this statement? Explain with reference to the young seagull.

Ans: Yes, it is true that mother is the first teacher. It is a well known point for all. A baby takes birth and first of all sees mother’s face. It is mother who gives him a new life by feeding him. The mother helps a baby to walk him first step. The mother introduces him to this world, gives him knowledge of relations. She teaches him how to speak. She gives him power and strength to face the difficulties of life. The same thing we find in this story, when no one could encourage the young seagull to fly, his mother thought out a plan and took a piece of fish near him, but she did not go nearer and her plan worked.

Q55. What makes writing in a diary a strange experience for Anne Frank?

Ans: Writing in a diary was a strange experience for Anne Frank because she never had a diary and it was a gift on her 13th birthday. It seemed to her that nobody would be interesting later in her musings.

Q56. Why does Anne want to keep a diary?

Ans: Anne was an introvert and had no close friend to share her feeling with. She felt that paper has more patience than people.

Q.57 What tells you that Anne loved and grandmother?

Ans: Anne's birthday was celebrated without her grandmother. Anne was not happy. Grandmother candle was lit along the rest. The birthday was a make up for others. This shows that Anne loved her grandmother.

Q.58. Where in the classroom does Wanda sit and why?

Ans: Whan sits in the seat next to the last seat in the last row in Room Thirteen. Nobody knows exactly why she sits there. But it may be because she comes from Boggins Heights and her feet are usually covered with dry mud.

Q.59. In what way was wanda different from the other children?

Ans: Wanda was different from the other children in many ways. Her name was funny. She did not have any friends. She came to school alone and went home alone. She always wore a faded blue dress that did't fit her. It was clean but it had never been ironed properly. Nobody played with her.

Q.60. Did Wanda have a hundred dresses? Why do you think she said she did?

Ans: No, Wanda did not really have a hundred dresses to wear. I think that she wanted to impress the other girls and enjoy the situation.

Q.61. What does Miss Mason think of Wanda's drawing What do the children think of them? How do you know?

Ans: Miss mason thinks that all the drawings of wanda are very beautiful and different. They are exquisite. Each one of them is worth winning a prize. The children find them amazing. They stop short and gasp when they look their beauty and brilliance. We know it through their reaction of bursting into applause and stamping on the floor joyfully and blowing whistles.

Q.62. Is bread an important part of Goan life? (Glimpses of India)

Ans: Yes. Bread is an important part of goan life because marriage gifts are meaning less and a party or a feast loss its charm without bread. Sandwiches are prepared on daughter’s engagement.

Q.63. Where is Coorg? (Glimpses of India)

Ans: Coorg is the smallest district of Karnataka. It is situated midway between Mysore and the coastal town of Mangalore. It looks like piece of heaven drifted from the kingdom of God.

Q.64. What is the Kabai?

Ans: The Kabai is a traditional dress of the baker. It was worn by the baker or bread-seller during the days of Portugese in Goa. It was a single-piece long frock which reached down to the knees.

Q.65. What do you learn from the financial condition of the bakers of Goa?

Ans: In Goa, bread was an essential part of daily life. Sweet dishes made of bread made of bread were also essential for various occasions like marriage ceremonies, engagements, Christmas and others festivals. In this way the profession of baking was a profitable one. The baker and his family never starved. He and his family and his servants too always looked happy and prosperous.

Q.66. Where is Coorg or Kodagu situated?

Ans: Coorg or Kodagu is situated midway between Mysore and the coastal town of Mangalore. It is the smallest district of Karnataka. It seems to be a piece of heaven drifted from the kingdom of God.

Q.67. What magical effect does tea leaves contain?

Ans: Tea contains the magical effect that it can banish sleep when it is drunk after boiling in hot water. It works as a medicine. It removes tiredness of mind and body and provides liveliness.

Q.68. What is an Indian Legend about tea?

Ans: An Indian Legend about the discovery of tea is that a Buddhist ascetic cut off his eyelids because he felt sleepy during meditations. Ten tea plants grew out of the eyelids. These tea leaves when put in hot water and drunk banished sleep. In this way tea came into existence as medicine and beverage.

Q.69. How are the tea pluckers different from the others from labourers?

Ans: The tea pluckers have to keep a bamboo basket on their backs. They wear plastic aprons. They pluck the newly sprouted leaves of tea-plants and drop them in them in their bamboo baskets. On the other hand the other farm labourers don’t have to wear apron. They don’t carry bamboo baskets on their backs. They have to use sickle or other equipments.

Q.70. How was Mij to be transported to England? (Mijbil the otter)

Ans: Mij was to be transported to England by flight to Paris and from there to London. The airline insisted to pack Mij in to 18 inches’ square box.

Q.71. What group of animals do otters belong to? (Mijbil the otter)

Ans: Otters belong to a small group of animals called Mustellines. The badger. Mongoose. Weasel. Stoat and mink also belong to this group.

Q.72. How did Mij spend most of his time in playing games? (Mijbil the otter)

Ans: Mij spent most of his time in playing games. He would play for hours with ping-pong balls,marbles, rubber fruit and a terrapin Shell. He spent hours shuffling a rubber ball round the room like a four footed soccer player. He could threw the ball. I had a tilted suitcase. He would play the ball on his high end. And then he would dash around to the other end to ambush its arrival. Marbles were his favourite toys for his pastime.

Q.73. What are the general habits of school going children? (Mijbil the otter)

Ans: There are some such habits that the school going children have as compulsive habits. The general habits of school going children is to place their feet squarely on the centre of each paving block. They walk as if they are playing a game. The second one is that they are habitual to touch every seventh upright of iron railings. One more compulsive habit is to pass to the outside of every second lamp post.

Q.74. How did Valli save up money for her first journey? (Madam rides the bus)

Ans: Valli saved every coin she got. She controlled her temptation to buy pepper mints. Toys. Balloons etc. at a village fair she did not even ride the merry –go –round

Q.75. What was Valli’s favourite pastime? (Madam rides the bus)

Ans: Valli favourite pass time was standing in the front door way of her house. Watching what was happening in the street outside.

Q.76. How did Valli gather the information about the bus journey? (Madam rides the bus)

Ans: One of friend of Valli rode on a bus. Valli had a great desire to ride on the bus. She talked to her friend about her journey. Valli’s friend described her about journey in a very good manner. Vallilistned to the description of the town from her friend. For over many days and months she had been listening to conversations carefully between her neighbours and the people. Those people regularly used the bus. Valli asked all the questions from them. She also asked about the problems she might face in her bus journey. In this way Valli gathered the information about her bus journey.

Q.77. Who was Gautama Buddha?

Ans: Gautama Buddha was a prince. His name was Siddhartha. He lived from. At the age of twelve, he was sent for schooling in the Hindu sacred scriptures. At the age of sixteen, he married a princess. He had a son. He lived for ten years as a befitted royalty. At the age of twenty five, he become a monk and went out into the world to seek enlightenment concerning the sorrows he witnessed.

Q.78. Where did Buddha give his first sermon and what did it reflect?

Ans: Buddha gave his first sermon at the city of Benares. It is the holiest dipping place on the river Ganges. The sermon reflected his wisdom about one inscrutable kind of suffering.

Q.79. When her son dies, Kisa Gotami goes from house to house? What does she ask for?

Ans: After the death of her only son, Kisa Gotami was overcome with grief. She carried the dead body of her son in her arms and went from door to door asking for medicine to cure her child, but nobody could provide any medicine.

Q.80. What ultimate truth did Gotami learn?

Ans: Gotami learnt the fate of men. She learnt that their lives are like lights. As the lights flicker up and extinguish again, so is the life of living beings that flickers up and extinguishes again. She knowing that we are humans and it is natural for us to die. We do not easily accept the death of our loved ones.

Q.81. How did Buddha make Kisa Gotami understand about the reality of death?

Ans: Kisa Gotami’s only son had died. In her grief she carried the dead child to all her neighbors, asking them for medicine. Then a man suggested her to go to Sakyamuni, the Buddha. Kisa Gotami requested Gautama Buddha to give her the medicine that would cure her son. The Buddha replied that he wanted a handful of mustard seed which must be taken from a house where no one had lost a child, husband, parent or friend. KisaGotami went from house to house. People pitied her but she could not find any house where near and dear one had not died. She thought how selfish she had been in her grief. She realized that death is common to all human beings.

Q.82. How did Mr. Herriot treat Tricki’s health ?

Ans. Mr. Herriot took Tricki with him in his car to his hospital. Tricki was gasping and remained motionless on the carpet. He was not given anything to eat for two days. He was given plenty of water. On the second day he started to show some interest in his surroundings. In this way there was gradual recovery in Tricki’s health. 

Q.83. How was the discharge scene of Tricki from hospital ?

Ans. Mr. Herriot informed Mrs. Pumphrey about Tricki’s recovery. Within minutes she came there. When Tricki saw his mistress he took of from Mr. Herriot’s arms. He jumped and sat into her lap. She gave a startled ‘Ooh” and do swarmed over her. He licked her face and barked. They both were excited to see each others. Tears came out of the eyes of Mrs. Pumphrey and she thanked Mr. Herriot.

Q.84. Draw a character sketch of Mrs. Pumphery?

Ans. Mrs. Pumphery is a rich lady, she is an animal lover. She loves Tricki, her dog very much. She overfed Tricki lovingly Tricki falls ill due to overfeeding. But she doesn’t restrict his diet and doesn’t give him exercises despite the veterinary surgeon’s warning. She is greatly concerned about his well being. She has given Tricki comforts with all means.

Q.85. Draw a brief character sketch of Hari Singh.

Ans. Hari Singh was an experienced and fairly successful thief. He was quite cunning and shrewd. He tried to get close to Anil through flattery. He changed his name every month to escape from police and his former employers. Hari sing was thoughtful. He cheated Anil by means of his theft. He thought that Anil would never believe anyone. He was very emotional also.

Q.86. Describe the story of Anil and the thief.

Ans. The story opens at the place where Anil was watching a wrestling match, The thief also reaches there. By flattery and lies he wins Anil’s favour. Anil provides food and teaches him, One day Anil keeps his money under the mattress. The thief knows it. At night when Anil sleeps, the thief steals the money and reaches the railway stations to escape but he thinks about the goodness of Anil and returns to Anil and leaves theft.

Q.87. How did Ausable get rid of Max ?

Ans. Ausable, a secret agent, was to receive a very important report abut some new missiles. Max, a rival agent wanted to obtain the report from him by force. He entered Ausable’s room using a pass-key. He threatened to shoot Ausable if he didn’t hand over the report to him. To get rid of Max, Ausable concocted a false story about a balcony being attached to his room. Max jumped out of the window to escape the police. As there was no balcony, he fell to the ground floor. Ausable thus got rid of Max.

Q.88. Draw a character sketch of Horace Danby.

Ans. Horace Danby was a voracious reader. He could not afford expensive books. Book reading was his habit. He robbed a safe once in a year so that he could buy books and read them. He robbed only those houses where money was more than enough. He was respectable but we can not say that he was honest in complete sense. He used wrong way to do good work.

Q.89. What was the reason of Horace’s arrest ?

Ans. Horace Danby was tricked by a lady thief. She came and impersonated herself as the owner of the house. She told him that she always liked wrong type of people. Horace in order to help her took off his gloves. She wanted the jewells which were in the safe. Thinking the lady as owner, Horace broke the safe and gave her jewels. Due to his finger prints which were left on the safe, he was arrested.

Q.90. Why were the two boys in London surprised and fascinated?

Ans. The two boys in London were surprised and fascinated because they saw fresh muddy footprints of a pair of bare feet. They could not see anyone but only the footprints.

Q.91. What did the Halls see in the scientist's room?

Ans. Halls saw that the bed clothes were cold, showing that the scientist must have been up for some time. He also found that the clothes and bandages that the scientist always wore were lying about the room.

Q.92. Who is Lutkins?

Ans. The hack driver who introduces himself as Bill is none other than Lutkins himself. He is jolly fellow who befools the narrator.

Q.93. Why do you think Lutkins’ neighbours were anxious to meet the lawyer?

Ans. Lutkins had befooled the lawyer in the whole village. Almost all people had enjoyed this joke of Lutkins. These neighbours were the only people who had missed seeing the lawyer. So they were anxious to meet him.

Q.94. Do you think the lawyer was gullible? How could he have avoided being taken for a ride?

Ans. I do think that the lawyer was gullible. Had he been worldly wise, he would have avoided being taken for a ride. He should not have trusted a stranger blindly. He could have been first to inquire about Lutkins not Bill.

Q.95. What picture of New Mullion does the narrator present?

Ans. He says that the streets of the village were rivers of mud with rows of wooden shops. These shops were either painted a sour brown of bare of any paint.

Q.95. Do you think that Lutkins was right in befooling the lawyer and earning money by using unfair means? What precautions should one take to avoid a situation like one in which the lawyer was placed?

Ans. Lutkins was not right in befooling the lawyer and earning money by using unfair means. He was shrewd and showed no respect for law and order. If we are in the lawyer’s place we should not trust things as they appear. We should be cautious and not trust blindly the other person’s simple attitude. In fact we should carry out enquires ourselves to see its validity.

Q.96. How did Bholi become a backward child?

Ans. Bholi was the fourth daughter of Ramlal. When she was only ten months old, she fell off the cot. She fell down on her head Some part of her brain got damaged. That's why she lost her mental ability, and became a backward child.

Q.97. Why was Bholi's father worried about her?

Ans. Bholi was different from other children. She neither had good looks nor intelligence. Bholi's father was worried about finding a good bridegroom for her.

Q.98. For what unusual reasons is Bholi sent to school?

Ans. Bholi's father was a revenue official and government representative in the village. The Tehsildar told him to send his daughter to school. There for Bholi was sent to school.

Q.99. What was the situation in the classroom when Bholi reached the school?

Ans. When Bholi reached the school, she found many children sitting in their classroom. There were several rooms and in each room girls were sitting. They were reading from books or writing on slates. She was glad to find so many girls.

Q.100. Does Bholi enjoy her first day at school?

Ans. Yes, Bholi enjoyed her first day at school. Initially she was frightened. But, she was delighted to find so many girls almost of her own age. She hoped that one of these girls might become her friend.