CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Suspicion grew even stronger when he suddenly produced some ____
A
Papers
B
Cash
C
Cars
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Suspicion grew even stronger when he suddenly produced some ready cash, though he had admitted not long before that he had no money. The village constable was secretly sent for. Instead of waiting for the constable, Mrs Hall went to the scientist, who had somehow mysteriously appeared from his empty bedroom.

Detailed explanation-2: -He pretended to Mrs. Hall that he was expecting a cheque to arrive at any moment. Griffin had to find ready cash. So, the result was the burglary at a clergyman’s house.

Detailed explanation-3: -(a) He in the above extract is Griffin, the invisible scientist. (b) He was suspected for having a role in the burglary at the clergymans home. (c) The phrase is ready cash. (d) Its synonym is immediately.

Detailed explanation-4: -“He” referred to in the extract is Saint Peter.

Detailed explanation-5: -She is a nine year old lady, named Margot, who has migrated to Venus from Ohio at the age of five. She remembers her sweet old days on earth, the golden sunshine and the warmth of the sun. She is unable to adjust to the gloomy, grey, incessantly raining climate of the Venus.

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