What did Valli see on her way that made | Class 10 English - First Flight Chapter Madam Rides the Bus, Madam Rides the Bus NCERT Solutions

What made Mr Keesing allow Anne to talk in class?

Are there people like Lencho in the real world? What kind of a person would you say he is? You may select appropriate words from the box to answer the question.

   greedy            naive                   stupid                ungrateful 
   selfish            comical               unquestioning

Chubukov says of Natalya: “... as if she won’t consent! She’s in love; egad, she’s like a lovesick cat...” Would you agree? Find reasons for your answer.

Why didn’t Valli want to make friends with the elderly woman?

Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why/Why not?

What ideals does Nelson Mandela set for the future of South Africa?

Anne says teachers are most unpredictable. Is Mr Keesing unpredictable? How?

Do you think Mr Keesing was a strict teacher?

How does Mandela describe the systems of government in his country

(i) in the first decade, and
(ii) in the final decade of the twentieth century?

What does courage mean to Mandela?

How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho’s fields?

What ideals does Nelson Mandela set for the future of South Africa?

What did being free mean to Mandela as a boy, and as a student ? How does he contrast these “transitory freedoms” with “the basic and honourable freedoms”?

What game had Mij invented?

Why were two national anthems sung?

How does he get the otter? Does he like it? Pick out the words that tell you this.

What did the military generals do ? How did their attitude change and why?

What did the postmaster do then?

Who does Lencho think has taken the rest of the money? What is the irony in the situation? (Remember that the irony of a situation is an unexpected aspect of it. An ironic situation is strange or amusing because it is the opposite of what is expected.)

Why was Mr Keesing annoyed with Anne? What did he ask her to do?