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A QUESTION OF TRUST Question 1. What does Horace Danby like to collect? Answer: Horace Danby likes to collect rare and expensive books. Question 2. Why does he steal every year? Answer: He stole every year so that he could buy the rare and expensive books that he loved to collect. Each year he planned carefully so as to steal enough to last twelve months. Question 3. Who is speaking to Horace Danby? Answer: A lady standing in the doorway is speaking to Horace Danby. She was young and pretty and was dressed in red. She said she had come just in time, or else her family would have been robbed by Horace. Thus she pretended to be one of the members of the family living at Shotover Grange. Question 4. Who is the real culprit in the story? Answer: The real culprit in the story is the woman who pretended to be a member of the family living at Shotover Grange. She tricked Horace Danby into believing her, and cleverly took away all the jewels that were kept in the safe. ...

THE MAKING OF A SCIENTIST Question 1. How did a book become a turning point in Richard Ebright’s life? Answer: The book ‘The Travels of Monarch X’ opened the world of science for Richard. After reading it he became interested in tracking the migration of butterflies. This interest led to his other projects and experiments. Finally, he became a great scientist. Question 2. How did his mother help him? Answer: Richard’s mother proved to be a great help. She took him on trips and bought scientific equipment for him. She spent all her time in setting up challenges for him. This helped him to learn a lot. She presented him the book ‘The Travels of Monarch X’. The book changes Richard’s life forever. Question 3. What lesson does Ebright learn when he does not win anything at a science fair? Answer: Ebright exhibited slides of frog tissues at a science fair. He did not get any prize. He learnt an important lesson that science is not just about display. It is about projects and...

FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET Question 1.   How did the invisible man first become visible? Answer: The invisible man (Griffin) first became visible after he slipped into a big London store for keeping warm and overslept there while wearing some clothes taken from the store. The clothes made him visible to the shop assistants when the shop opened in the morning. To escape from them, he had to shed all his clothes to become invisible again. Question 2. Why was he wandering the streets? Answer: Though he was a brilliant scientist, he was a lawless person. His landlord disliked him and wanted to evict Griffin. In revenge, he set fire to the house. To escape, he removed his clothes, becoming invisible. Thus he became homeless and was wandering the streets of London. Question 3. Why does Mrs Hall find the scientist eccentric? Answer: Mrs Hall found the scientist eccentric because of his strange appearance and also, when she tried to be friendly with him, he rebuffed her b...

ANIMALS Extract Based Questions [3 Marks each] Read the following extracts carefully and answers the questions that follow. Question 1. I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-containd, I stand and look at them long and long. (a) What does the poet want to do? (b) Which qualities of animals attract the poet? (c) Which word is similar to the word “Calm”? (d) Explain the successive use of the word ‘long’ twice and bring out its significance. Answer: (a) The poet wants to change and live with animals. (b) The poet is attracted to the calmness and poise of the animals. (c) The word is ‘Placid’. (d) The successive use of the word ‘long’ makes the line significant; the first ‘long’, denotes ‘period/Time’ whereas the other, ‘a desire’. Question 2. They do not sweat and whine about their condition, They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,  [CBSE 2015] (a) Why do hu...