দশম শ্ৰেণী (ইংৰাজী) footprints without feet

 

1) How did Ausable get rid of Max  ? 

Ans : Ausable  got rid of telling a false story to Max. He told the story so convincing that Max was moved. Ausable told him that his room was actually a part of a larger apartment and there was a balcony under the window. But it was not his balcony and it belonged to the next apartment. He also told that a month ago someone had entered his room through the window and the management promised to block that off but they did not done. While Ausable was telling the story, the waiter knocked at the door. Ausable told Max that the knocking was made by the police who were told to check on him whether everything was alright. Max believed his story. He jumped into the balcony to get rid of police and he died. Thus Ausable got rid of Max  .

2) How did Ausable manage to make Max believe that there was a balcony attached to his room  ? 

Ans: Ausable made a story  and told it to Max .He made his story so convincing that Max was moved. Ausable told him that his room was actually a part of a larger apartment and there was a balcony under the window. But it was not his balcony and it belonged to the next apartment. He also told that a month ago someone had entered his room through the window and the management promised to block that off but they did not done.  Thus,  Ausable gave  a crystal clear description about the balcony and managed to make Max believe that there was a balcony attached to his room  .

3) Briefly describe how Ausable defeated Max’s scheme to take away the report  ? 2016

Ans : Ausable defeated Max’s  scheme to take away the report by  making an imaginary balcony under the window . Ausable  told him that his room was actually a part of a larger apartment and there was a balcony under the window. But it was not his balcony and it belonged to the next apartment. He also told that a month ago someone had entered his room through the window and the management promised to block that off but they did not done.  Thus,  Ausable gave  a crystal clear description about the balcony and managed to make Max believe that there was a balcony attached to his room  . Meanwhile , the waiter knocked at the door. Ausable told Max that the knocking was made by the police who were told to check on him whether everything was alright. Max believed his story. He jumped into the balcony to get rid of police and he died. Thus Ausable defeated Max’s scheme to take away the report. 

4) How did Ausable befool Max ? 

Ans : Ausable made a story  and told it to Max .He made his story so convincing that Max was moved. Ausable told him that his room was actually a part of a larger apartment and there was a balcony under the window. But it was not his balcony and it belonged to the next apartment. He also told that a month ago someone had entered his room through the window and the management promised to block that off but they did not done.  Thus,  Ausable gave  a crystal clear description about the balcony and managed to make Max believe that there was a balcony attached to his room  . Meanwhile , the waiter knocked at the door. Ausable told Max that the knocking was made by the police who were told to check on him whether everything was alright. Max believed his story. He jumped into the balcony to get rid of police and he died.  Thus,  Ausable befooled Max .

5) Describe the first meeting between Ausable and Max ? 

Ans : Ausable met Max in his room . Ausable demanded him the report on missiles.  To get rid of Max Ausable made a plan. Ausable made a story  and told it to Max .He made his story so convincing that Max was moved. Ausable told him that his room was actually a part of a larger apartment and there was a balcony under the window. But it was not his balcony and it belonged to the next apartment. He also told that a month ago someone had entered his room through the window and the management promised to block that off but they did not done.  Thus,  Ausable gave  a crystal clear description about the balcony and managed to make Max believe that there was a balcony attached to his room  . Meanwhile , the waiter knocked at the door. Ausable told Max that the knocking was made by the police who were told to check on him whether everything was alright. Max believed his story. He jumped into the balcony to get rid of police and he died.  Thus,  Ausable befooled Max . This was the first meeting between  Ausable and Max. 

6) Who was Max  ? How did Max get in (enter) Ausable’s room  ? 

Ans : Max was a secret  agent.  Max entered Ausable’s room with a passkey. 

7)Who was Ausable  ? Who did they meet at hotel  ? 

 Ans  :  Ausable was a secret agent  . They met an another secret agent named Max  at hotel. 

2) What kind of person was  Ausable  ?  Ans : Ausable was a witty person. 

3) Who was Fawler  ?  Why did Fawler come to meet Ausable  ? 

Ans : Fawler was a romantic writer  . 

6) Why did Max enter  Ausable's room ? What happened to him in the end  ? 

Ans: Max entered Ausable’s room to retrieve a report concerning new missiles. 

  Ausable defeated him to take away the  report concerning new missiles .He befooled Max by making a false story with bellow the window of his room. Max believed it and jumped through it and died in the end .

A Question of  Trust 

1)Who was Horace Danby  ? How old was Horace Danby?

Ans Horace Danby was a lock maker by profession .He was about fifty years old .

2)What was Horace Danby’s profession  ?

Ans: Horace Danby’s profession was to make locks .

3)What did Horace  Danby like to collect? With whom did he live  ? 

Ans : Horace Danby liked to collect rare and expensive books.  He lived with a house keeper. 

4)Why did Horace  Danby steal every year?

Ans : Horace Danby stole every year to buy rare and expensive books.

5)How was Horace in his business of lock making? 

6)What did the young lady threaten Horace  Danby to do  ?

Ans: The young lady threatened to inform in police about Horace.

7)Why did Horace rob  a safe  every year ? 

Ans : Horace Danby robbed a safe every year to buy rare and expensive books. 

8) How was Horace in his business of lock making  ? 

Ans : Horace was successful enough in his business of lock making to have two helpers. 

9) What did the young lady threaten to do ? 

Ans : The young lady threatened to inform in police about Horace. 

14) How did the young lady trick Horace Danby ? 

Or ,  Describe briefly how did the young lady trick Horace Danby  ?

Ans : The young lady was a lock maker . Horace Danby met her at shotover 

   Grange when he was thinking of opening the safe . The young lady pretended to be the     wife of the houseowner and pursuaded him . She threatened him to telephone the police. At last she told him  that she wanted to wear the jewels to a party that night, but she had forgotten the number to open the safe. Believing her word ,Horace open the safe within an hour without his gloves. He took out the jewels and gave the jewels to her .After that he escaped from there. After three days later he was arrested and sent to jail in charge of stealing the jewels because his fingerprints were found all over the room. Thus the young lady tricked Horace Danby.

 

15)How did the young lady befool Horace Danby  ? 

Ans : The young lady was a lock maker . Horace Danby met her at shotover Grange when he was thinking of opening the safe. The young lady pretended to be the wife of the houseowner and convinced Horace Danby. She threatened him to telephone the police. At last she told him  that she wanted to wear the jewels to a party that night, but she had forgotten the number to open the safe. Believing her word ,Horace open the safe within an hour without his gloves. He took out the jewels and gave the jewels to her .After that he escaped from there. After three days later he was arrested and sent to jail in charge of stealing the jewels because his fingerprints were found all over the room. Thus the young lady befooled Horace Danby.

16)Describe the first meeting between the young lady and Horace Danby? 

Ans : The young lady was a lock maker . Horace Danby met her at Shotover Grange when he was thinking of opening the safe . The young lady pretended to be the wife of the houseowner and pursuaded him . She threatened him to telephone the police. At last she told him  that she wanted to wear the jewels to a party that night, but she had forgotten the number to open the safe. Believing her word ,Horace open the safe within an hour without his gloves. He took out the jewels and gave the jewels to her .After that he escaped from there. This was the first meeting between the young lady and Horace Danby. 

17)How did Horace Danby become the Assistant librarian in the prison? 

Ans : Horace  Danby was befooled by a young lady lock maker when  he entered to steal the jewels of Shotover Grange. The lady pretended  to be the wife of the houseowner and pursuaded him . She threatened him to telephone the police. According to her order Horace opened the locker within  an hour without his gloves and gave the jewels to her and escaped there. But atfter three days later, he was arrested in the charge of stealing the jewels of Shotover Grange and sent to jail. At the jail, the jail authorities knew about his reading habits and he was assigned (প্ৰদান কৰ/ পদবী দে) the task of the assistant librarian of the prison library.  Thus, Horace Danby became the assistant librarian in the jail. 

          

                        

                      Footprints without feet .

1)Who was Griffin? What did he discover  ?

Ans : Griffin was a scientist who lived in London.  He invented certain rare drugs that could make human body transplant and invisible. 

2)What did Griffin do to his landlord’s house  ?

Ans : Griffin set fire to his landlord’s  house to take revenge from his landlord  because the landlord and his wife disliked him and tried to eject him .

3)What was Griffin’s profession ?Ans :Griffin’s profession was scientist .

4)Whose house did Griffin set on fire? Ans  : Griffin set on fire to his landlord’s house. 

5)Why did Griffin enter the big London Store  ? 

Ans : Griffin entered the big London Store for warmth .

6) Who was the invisible man? Ans : The invisible man was Griffin. 

7) What experiment did Griffin perform  ? 

Ans:  Griffin’s experiments  was to invent some things which made people invisible. 

8) What was Griffin’s experiment and what was it result  ? 

Ans : Griffin’s experiments  was to invent some things which made people invisible .

      After many experiments, he invented some rare drugs that could make human body transplant and invisible. 

10) Who is Mrs Hall  ? 

Ans : Mrs Hall is the wife of the landlord of the inn in the village of Iping. 

11) Who was secretly sent for by Mrs Hall  ? 

Ans : Jaffers was secretly sent for by Mrs Hall. 

12) Who was Jaffers  ? Who sent for him to the inn ? 

Ans : Jaffers was a police constable.  Mrs Hall sent for him to the inn .

13) Where did Griffin go from London  ? 

Ans : Griffin went to Iping village from London. 

14) Why did Mrs Hall fall down the stairs  ? 

Ans : Mrs Hall fell down the stairs in hysterics. 

15) Why did Mrs Hall excuse Griffin’s strange habits  ? 

16) How did invisible man first become invisible  ? 

Ans : The invisible man,  Griffin swallowed  his invented rare drugs that made him invisible. Thus Griffin became first invisible.

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6)How would you assess Griffin as a scientist  ? 

Ans : Griffin performed many experiments. Finally he invented some rare drugs that that could make human body transplant and invisible. He became a brilliant scientist. 

7)Briefly describe the extraordinary behaviour if Mrs Hall's furniture. 2016 

Or , What happened to the landlord and his wife in Griffin’s bedroom? 

Or , What other extraordinary things happen at the inn .

Ans : One day , the landlord and his wife found the scientist’s door open. But there was no one in the room when they peeped the room. They entered his room. They found that his clothes and bandages were lying in the room. At that time, Mrs Hall saw that the hat kept up from the bedpost and dashed itself into her face. Then the bedroom chair became alive. It was pushed them out of the room. They turned away in terror from the room. 

8)Give a description of Griffin’s experience in Drury Lane ? 2017, 2020

Ans : In Drury Lane,  Griffin felt very cold without clothes. He found a suitable shop there. He entered the shop to wear something.  He came out wearing bandages around his forehead, dark glasses, false nose,  big bushy side-whiskers and a large hat .To escape without being seen,  he callously attacked the shopkeeper from behind and robbed his all money. These were Griffin’s experience in Drury Lane. 

9) What curious episode occurred in the clergyman’s study  ? 

Ans : The clergyman and his wife heard noises in the study. They heard the chink of money being taken from the Clergyman’s desk. They stealthily entered the study to catch the thief, but they found the room empty. They searched for the thief everywhere. There was nobody there. Yet the desk had been opened and the housekeeping money was missing. It was a curious episode in the clergyman’s study. 

9)How did Griffin become invisible  ? 2015, 2017

Ans : Griffin swallowed his invented rare drugs and his body became as transparent as a sheet of glass .Thus he became invisible . Thus he became invisible man.

11)Why did Mrs Hall found Griffin eccentric ( আঁচহুৱা) ? 2015

Ans : Mrs Hall found Griffin eccentric because she wanted to be friendly with him.  She desired to talk to him. But he did not show any interest in that. He told her that he desired solitude and did not disturbe in his work.

10) How did Griffin prove to be lawless  ? Or , 

 “ Griffin was rather a lawless person. “ ---Comment .

Ans : Griffin was a lawless person.  He misused his power. He burned his landlord’s house to take revenge from him. After becoming invisible,  he stealthily entered the London Store and clothed and fed himself without regard to expenses. 

    In Drury Lane, too, he stole the necessary goods and even hit the shopkeeper from behind and robbed him. In Iping, he stole money from a Clergyman’s house. He terrorised the landlord and his wife. The above activities of Griffin proved that he was a lawless person. 

The Hack Driver 

2)Who befriended the young lawyer? How did that person befool him ? 

Ans : Bill befriended the young lawyer. 

      The actual name of Bill was Oliver Lutkins . When he knew that the lawyer wanted to meet him, he himself introduced the  lawyer as Bill to befool him .He told him that he knew Lutkins and would help him finding Lutkins. The lawyer hired his huck and fixed the fare at two dolars per hour. He took him to various places in search of Lutkins. But they did not find Lutkins . This was because Bill had managed the people to tell lies the lawyer . Finally he left the lawyer at the New Mullion Station. Thus, Bill befooled the lawyer.

3)Who was Bill  ? How did he befool the lawyer  ?

Ans : Bill was the hock driver whose actual named Oliver Lutkins. 

     Bill met the lawyer at New Mullion Station. When Oliver Lutkins came to know that the lawyer wanted to met him, he introduced himself as Bill to befool him . He told him that he knew Lutkins and would help him finding Lutkins. The lawyer hired his huck and fixed the fare at two dolars per hour. He took him to various places in search of Lutkins. But they did not find Lutkins . This was because Bill had managed the people to tell lies the lawyer . Finally he left the lawyer at the New Mullion Station. Thus, Bill befooled the lawyer.

1)Where was Lutkin’ house  ? 

Ans : Lutkins’ house was in a small town called New Mullion. 

1)Why was the young lawyer sent to New Mullion? What does he first think about the place ? 

Ans: The young lawyer was sent to the New Mullion to serve the summons on Oliver Lutkins whom his firm wanted as a witness in a low case .

      

1)Combine each of the following pairs of Sentences into a single sentence. 

a)I speak the truth.  I am not afraid of it .

 I am not afraid of speaking the truth. 

b) Walk fast . You will miss the train.

 If you do not walk fast you will miss the train. 

c)The earth is round . We can prove it  .

 We can prove that the earth is round. 

d)Where does he live. Do you know it ?

 Do you know where he lives. 

e) The boy is not brave. The boy is not intelligent. 

 The boy is neither brave nor intelligent. 

f) Man is mortal. Everybody knows this.

  Everybody knows that man is mortal.