CBSE Class 10 English Question Answers (Important)

Class 10 English Important Questions

NCERT Class 10 English First Flight and Footprints without Feet book Question Answers (Important) |

 

Get ready for CBSE Class 10 English 2026 exams with our expertly curated important questions from First Flight and Footprints Without Feet. Boost your scores with chapter-wise practice tailored to the latest syllabus for session 2025-26! We have included various types of questions as per the latest exam pattern of CBSE. Extract-based questions, MCQs, 3- marker questions and 6-marker questions have been added. Students can also check out the previous year questions to get an experience of the exact questions which have been asked in the CBSE Exam. All NCERT book questions have also been solved for ease of learning. Do check out these important Questions and boost the preparation for the literature section of your exam. Check out these Tips to score well in your exams.

Footprints without Feet Book Question Answers (Important)

Triumph of Surgery Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English Footprints without Feet book 

Questions on how Mrs Pumphrey’s excessive love and pampering renders Tricki ill. Efforts by Dr. Herriot to save the dog’s life by taking it away to the surgery and restricting its food intake.

The Thief’s Story Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English Footprints without Feet book

Questions on how Hari Singh, a thief, is reformed by his master Anil’s kindness and careless attitude towards money?

The Midnight Visitor Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English Footprints without Feet book

How the story proves that Looks are deceiving. How does Ausable, the secret agent proves to be smart and outwits Max.

A Question of Trust Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English Footprints without Feet book

Questions related to Horace Danby’s arrest for a theft that he did not commit. How another female thief fooled him to be the owner’s wife and trapped him in the police net.

Footprints without Feet Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English Footprints without Feet book

Questions on Griffin, a scientist becomes a law-breaker when he misuses his invention of becoming invisible for stealing and fighting.

The Making of a Scientist Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English Footprints without Feet book

Questions related to Richard Ebright’s mother’s role in his becoming a successful scientist. Richard’s curious mind propels him to continue his quest.

The Necklace Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English Footprints without Feet book

What leads to Matilda’s downfall? How the couple go through debts and hardships to repay the borrowed money.

Bholi Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English Footprints without Feet book

Questions about Bholi, the simpleton who grows up into a confident Sulekha. How she refuses to marry Bishamber and vows to take care of her parents.

The Book That Saved the Earth Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English Footprints without Feet book

Questions about the futuristic story which shows an incident when nursery rhymes avoided an Alien attack from the planet Mars.

Sample Question-

Why does Mrs. Hall find the scientist eccentric?
Ans) Griffin arrived at an inn in Iping village during winter season which itself was an uncommon thing to happen. He also had a weird appearance. Mrs. Hall tried to be friendly with him but he was rude to her and told her that he didn’t want to be disturbed and the reason for his visit to the village of Iping was solitude. These were some of the reasons due to which Mrs.Hall considered him to be an eccentric scientist.

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First Flight Book Question Answers (Important)

A Letter to God Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English First Flight book

Questions related to Lencho’s blind faith in God. When he gets lesser money than what he had asked God for, whom does he blame.

 Nelson Mandela – Long walk to Freedom Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English First Flight book 

Questions about Nelson Mandela’s role in the South African freedom struggle. What all happened on the inauguration day.

Two Stories About Flying Part 1 His First Flight Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English First Flight book

Questions related to the young seagull’s cowardice and what led him to the first flight.

Two Stories About Flying Part 2 Black Aeroplane Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English First Flight book

How the pilot in the old Dakota plane is saved by a mysterious black plane?

From The Diary of Anne Frank Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English First Flight book

What leads Anne to keep a diary? What are her feelings about friends?

Glimpses of India Part 1 A Baker from Goa Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English First Flight book

Questions related to the importance of bakery in Goan culture.

Glimpses of India Part 2 Coorg Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English First Flight book

Questions related to the uniqueness of Coorg and Coorgi culture.

Glimpses of India Part 3 Tea from Assam Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English First Flight book

How did tea become the most popular beverage in the world? What all influences made it a medicine and then, a beverage?

Mijbil the Otter Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English First Flight book

Questions related to the author’s adventures with Mijbil.

Madam Rides the Bus Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English First Flight books

How does Valli fulfill her desire to go for a bus ride? 

Sermon at Benares Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English First Flight book

The loss of her son, her only child, saddens Kisa. How does she realize the ultimate truth of life?

The Proposal Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English First Flight book

What does the play convey? Questions related to show-off in the Russian society.

Sample Question-

Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow-

I thought and thought, and suddenly I had an idea. I wrote the three pages Mr Keesing had assigned me and was satisfied. I argued that talking is a student’s trait and that I would do my best to keep it under control, but that I would never be able to cure myself of the habit since my mother talked as much as I did if not more, and that there’s not much you can do about inherited traits.

1. Anne’s argument shows that she is __________
a. Cunning
b. selfish
c. intelligent
d. clever
Ans. c

2. What does the word inherited mean?
a. A gift
b. to receive from parents or family
c. earning from parents or family
d. to get anything
Ans. b

3. Why was being talkative a negative trait?
Ans. She talked during the class which disturbed the teacher and the students.

Poems 

Dust of Snow Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English First Flight book

Questions related to the symbols used in the poem.

Fire and Ice Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English First Flight book

Questions about symbolism and figures of speech used in the poem.

A Tiger in the Zoo Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English First Flight book

Compare the two surroundings of the tiger and how they influence its behaviour.

How to tell Wild Animals Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English First Flight book

Questions on the poet’s way of identifying different wild animals.

The Ball Poem Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English First Flight book

Questions on use of figures of speech, how the child reacts to the loss?

Amanda Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English First Flight book

Questions on Amanda’s relation with her mother and the use of repetition in the poem.

The Trees Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English First Flight book

The use of metaphors and symbols in the poem.

Fog Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English First Flight book

Questions on the similarities between the fog and the cat.

The Tale of Custard the Dragon Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English First Flight book

Questions on the rhyme pattern of the poem. How Custard proves his courage and strength?

For Anne Gregory Question Answers (Important) | Class 10 English First Flight book

What is the message of the poem?

Sample Question-

The process of “moving out” was tedious for the trees. Support the statement with reference to the poem. [CBSE Q B, 2020-21]

Ans. Every part of the confined trees rises in revolt and struggles hard to free itself. The roots and leaves struggle to come out of the glass. Small twigs become hard due to over work and the long-cramped boughs are trying to break open the roof. So ‘moving out’ is tedious for trees.

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