A Triumph of Surgery
Q.1 What plan did Mr. Herriot make about Tricki's health?
Ans: Mr. Herriot planned to get Tricki out of the house for a few days. He said that Tricki must be hospitalized for about a fortnight to be kept under observation.
Q.2 How did Tricki manage his food at first?
Ans: When all the dogs finished their food, Tricki took a walk around the shining bowls. He licked inside the bowls also.
Q.3 How was the condition of Mrs. Pumphrey when Tricki was at the hospital?
Ans: Mrs. Pumphrey was very anxious and often walked in and out. She also rang a dozen times a day for the latest news of Tricki.
Q.4 What was the temptation for Mr. Herriot to keep Tricki in the hospital?
Ans: Eggs, wine, and brandy were the temptations because these were coming for Tricki but Mr. Herriot and his staff were consuming them.
Q.5 What was wrong with Tricki when the author examined him?
Ans: The author after his examination found that Tricki was very greedy for food. He did not take physical exercise.
Q.6 What message do you get from the lesson, "A Triumph of Surgery"?
Ans: This lesson teaches us to do exercise regularly and eat less so that we can maintain our health.
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The Thief's Story
Q.7 What was Anil's reaction when the speaker cooked bad food?
Ans: Anil patted the speaker on the head and said never mind. Anil agreed to teach him how to cook food.
Q.8 What things did Anil teach the speaker?
Ans: Anil taught the speaker cooking food. He also taught him how to write his name and then a whole sentence and how to add numbers.
Q.9 What was Anil's way of earning money?
Ans: Anil earned money by fits and starts. He would borrow one week and lend the next week. He kept worrying about his cheques.
Q.10 Why was it difficult to rob Anil?
Ans: It was difficult to rob Anil because he was very careless. He didn’t even notice that he had been robbed.
Q.11 What was Hari Singh's conclusion about men in his career as a thief?
Ans: He categorized men in three ways, greedy men showed fear, the rich showed anger, and the poor showed acceptance when their money was lost.
Q.12 Where did Anil keep his money?
Ans: Anil didn’t earn much money. He usually kept his money here and there. The safe place Anil used to put the money was under the mattress.
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The Midnight Visitor
Q.13 How is Ausable different from other secret agents?
Ans: Ausable does not look active and agile as a secret agent should be. He is very fat and his voice is not proper.
Q.14 What was the aim of Max's visit to Ausable's room?
Ans: Max opened the door of Ausable's room with a passkey. His aim was to get the important report on missiles.
Q.15 What did Max decide to do to escape the police?
Ans: Max decided to hide in the balcony under the window of Ausable's room. He would get the report when the police would go away.
Q.16 How can you say that Max and Ausable had met before?
Ans: Ausable addressed Max by his name. He was very surprised to see Max in his hotel room.
Q.17 What does the title of the story tell us about Max?
Ans: It tells us about Max as a visitor at night. He was the only person who visited there at midnight.
Q.18 What did Ausable say to Max about the knock at his door?
Ans: Ausable told Max about the knock at the door that it was the police. The police had come there for the extra protection of the report.
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A Question of Trust
Q.19 What does Horace Danby like to collect?
Ans: Horace Danby likes to collect rare and expensive books which he loves. He secretly buys the books through an agent.
Q.20 Who is the real culprit in the story?
Ans: A young pretty lady, who is dressed in red is the real culprit in the story. She has entered Shotover Grange with the aim of stealing.
Q.21 Why did Horace Danby rob a safe every year?
Ans: Horace wanted to read books for twelve months. So he robbed one safe every year to quench his thirst of reading books.
Q.22 What was the biggest mistake made by Horace Danby?
Ans. Horace Danby removed his gloves to light the cigarette of the lady. He opened the safe without gloves. His fingerprints were there.
Q.23 How did Horace come to know about the safe of Shotover Grange?
Ans: There was an article published in a magazine. This disclosed that the safe contained jewels worth fifteen thousand pounds.
Q.24 How can you say that Horace was a successful robber?
Ans: Horace was a good robber. He always studied the place where he targeted to rob. He was successful in all his robberies.
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Footprints Without Feet
Q.25 Why were the two boys in London surprised and fascinated?
Ans: The two boys saw the fresh muddy footprints on the steps of a house. But they couldn't see the one who was making those footprints.
Q.26 What reason did Griffin give to Mrs. Hall for coming to Iping?
Ans: He said that he wanted to live in solitude. He did not want to be disturbed in his work
Q.27 What was the result of the experiments carried out by Griffin?
Ans: Griffin discovered rare drugs that could make human body invisible. He swallowed those drugs and his body became invisible.
Q.28 How was the nature of Griffin?
Ans: Griffin's nature was lawless. He was eccentric, full of anger and revengeful. He wanted to live alone.
Q.29 What happened to Griffin in London store?
Ans: Griffin slept in London store and woke up late. He started to run in panic on seeing the store assistants. So he had to come out without clothes in the chill January air.
Q.30 Why did Griffin decided to enter into a big London store?
Ans: Griffin decided so because the weather was cold. The wind was sharp. He could not live without clothes.
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The Making of a Scientist
Q.31 DNA is the blue print for life, how?
Ans: DNA is the substance in the nucleus of a cell.lt controls heredity. Thus it is the blue print for life.
Q.32 What book given by his mother opened the world of science to Ebright?
Ans: His mother gave him children's book named 'The Travels of Monarch X'. It opened the doors of world of science to Ebright.
Q.33 What was presented by Ebright in the science fair in grade VII?
Ans: Ebright presented slides of frog tissues which he displayed under a microscope when he was in grade VII.
Q.34 What fact did Ebright find about the starling bird?
Ans: He found that a startling bird would not eat ordinary bird food. It would eat all the monarchs it could get.
Q.35 How can you say that Ebright was a versatile man?
Ans: He was a debator and public speaker, a good canoeist and an all rounder. He was a good photographer also.
Q.36 What lesson did Ebright learn in his science fair?
Ans: He found out that the efforts would have to be made to conduct a real experiment in order to win something.
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The Necklace
Q.37 What was the dream of Matilda?
Ans: Matilda's dream was that she should look beautiful and attractive to everyone. She wanted to be introduced at the party.
Q.38 How was the economical condition of Matilda's husband?
Ans: Matilda's husband was a poor clerk in the office of Board of Education. He was unable to buy costly dress and jewels for Matilda.
Q.39 What spoiled the pleasure of Matilda and her husband?
Ans: When Matilda and her husband came to know that the borrowed necklace was not around her neck, their pleasure was spoilt.
Q.40 Who was responsible for the sufferings of Matilda?
Ans: Matilda was herself responsible for the sufferings. She didn't disclose about the loss of the necklace.
Q.41 What was the cause of Loisels' ruin?
Ans: Loisel lost the necklace. They had to borrow eighteen thousand Francs Soo, they had to live a miserable life.
Q.42 Why had loisel saved four hundred Frances?
Ans: Loisels saved them in order to buy a gun. He wanted to join hunting parties. He wanted to go on shooting of larks.
Q.43 Why was Matilda unhappy?
Ans: Matilda was unhappy because she did not have any jewel to wear in the party. She had nothing to adorn herself with.
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Bholi
Q.44 Why was Sulekha nicknamed Bholi?
Ans: Sulekha had fallen from a cot. Her brain was damaged. She was a backward child so she was Called Bholi.
Q.45 What was the problem with Sulekha at the age of ten months?
Ans: She fell from a cot that damaged her brain. She remained a backward child.
Q.46 What did Sulekha say to her parents after the departure of Bishamber and his big party?
Ans: Sulekha said that she would serve them in their old age. She would teach in the same school where she learnt so much.
Q.46 What was the impression of Sulekha's teacher on her personality?
Ans: Sulekha's teacher turned simple Sulekha into a bold, confident and self respecting individual who could take her own decisions.
Q.47 How did Bholi feel after her teacher had encouraged her to study?
Ans: Bholi's heart throbbed with a new hope and a new life. She felt that the village temple bells were ringing.
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The Book That Saved the Earth
Q.48 What did books teach in twentieth century?
Ans: Books taught people how to, when to, where to and why to. They illustrated and educated them.
Q.49 Ultimately who eats the sandwich that is actually a book?
Ans: Sergeant Oops cats the sandwich ultimately. It is not delicious in taste.
Q.50 What does Noodle tell Think-Tank about books?
Ans: Noodle tells that books are not eaten by the Earthlings but used as some kind of communication devices.
Q.51 Which planet does Think-Tank and other Martians escape to? How far is it from Mars?
Ans: Think-Tank and other Martians escape to Alpha centauri. It is a hundred million miles away from the mars.
Q.52 Which book saved the Earth from Martian invasion?
Ans: One dusty, old, book of nursery rhymes entitled 'Mother Goose' saved the Earth from Martian invasion.
Q.53 What was the twentieth century often called?
Ans: The twentieth century was often called The Era of Books because in those days there were books
from anteaters to Zulus, on variety of subjects and on different periods.