NCERT Class 10 English Solutions

The NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English of both books are available in PDF format. Students can click and download the solutions chapter-wise in pdf files without any signup or redirection. The solutions have been developed after extensive and thorough research on all the topics of the textbooks following the CBSE prescribed syllabus.

NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English PDF Download

NCERT Class 10 English has 2 books, namely First Flight and Footprints Without Feet. There are a total of 21 chapters where "First Flight" has 11 chapters and "Footprint Without Feet" has 10 chapters. Here, we have solutions to all the exercises of 21 chapters of 2 books. The solutions are framed so that it serves every student's needs & he/she can easily relate to it eliminating the need for memorizing the answers.

Below are the chapter-wise solutions of all the chapters of both the NCERT Class 10 English books.

• NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English First Flight
• NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English Footprint Without Feet

NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English First Flight

The NCERT solutions for class 10 English have been developed in the simplest language maintaining relevance with the textbooks' actual content to reach a wide audience, mainly students.

The table below contains the PDF links to solutions of all the 11 chapters of NCERT Class 10 English First Flight. The PDF solutions of any desired chapter can be easily and smoothly downloaded from the table by just clicking on the particular chapter.

NCERT Class 10 First Flight Solutions

Chapters	Chapter-wise Solution PDF Download
Chapter 1	A Letter To God
Chapter 2	Nelson Mandela Long Walk To Freedom
Chapter 3	Two Stories About Flying
Chapter 4	From The Diary Of Anne Frank
Chapter 5	The Hundred Dresses 1
Chapter 6	The Hundred Dresses 2
Chapter 7	Glimpses of India
Chapter 8	Mijbil The Otter
Chapter 9	Madam Rides The Bus
Chapter 10	The Sermon At Benares
Chapter 11	The Proposal

NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English Footprint Without Feet

The PDF solutions of NCERT Class 10 English of any desired chapter can be easily downloaded from the table by just clicking on the particular chapter.

The table below contains the PDF links to solutions of all the 10 chapters of NCERT Class 10 English Footprints Without Feet.

NCERT Class 10 Footprints Without Feet Solutions

Chapters	Chapter-wise Solution PDF Download
Chapter 1	A Triumph of Surgery
Chapter 2	The Thief's Story
Chapter 3	The Midnight Visitor
Chapter 4	A Question of Trust
Chapter 5	Footprints Without Feet
Chapter 6	The Making of a Scientist
Chapter 7	The Necklace
Chapter 8	The Hack Driver
Chapter 9	Bholi
Chapter 10	The Book that Saved the Earth

NCERT Books for Class 10 English Chapter Summary

NCERT Books for Class 10 English consists of two textbooks named First Flight and Footprints without Feet. Part 1 covers 11 chapters, whereas part 2 covers ten chapters with book back exercises including activities, practice exercises, grammar, and supplementary questions.

The following table highlights some important aspects and details of both the NCERT Class 10 English Books.

NCERT Books for Class 10 English Highlights

English Book Part 1 Download	First Flight Book
Total Chapters in Part 1	11
No. of Pages	74
English Book Part 2 Download	Footprint without Feet Book
Total Chapters in Part 1	10
No. of Pages	75
Publisher	NCERT

NCERT Summary for Class 10 English First Flight

The First Flight textbook consists of 11 chapters. The chapter exercises have Synonyms provided along with lessons, activities such as question & answers, and additional expertise to stay engaged and learn useful information.

Here are the chapters in NCERT Books Class 10 English - First Flight

• Chapter 1: A Letter to God
• Chapter 2: Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
• Chapter 3: Two Stories about Flying
• Chapter 4: From the Diary of Anne Frank
• Chapter 5: The Hundred Dresses - I
• Chapter 6: The Hundred Dresses - II
• Chapter 7: Glimpses of India
• Chapter 8: Mijbil the Otter
• Chapter 9: Madam Rides the Bus
• Chapter 10: The Sermon at Benares
• Chapter 11: The Proposal

Chapter 1: A Letter to God

Chapter 1 of "A Letter To God" is a story written by an author named G L Fuentes, recounts a farmer's deep faith in God. The story starts with the farmer named Lencho expecting rain to nourish his cornfield. Instead, he was hugely dependent on the rain to raise the crops, which in turn will give him huge profits.

His prayers were answered, the rainfall occurred. Unfortunately, the hailstorm followed the rainfall and destroyed his entire crop field. The sake of his family's livelihood was greatly affected at this point. The farmer's family had still not lost faith in the Almighty. Out of desperation, the farmer writes to God himself and sends a post via the post office.

Chapter 2: Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Nelson Mandela is a great political and moral leader of this era. In this chapter, the autobiography of Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, chapters cover Mandela's speeches about various occasions of importance and events involving the freedom movements.

Chapter 3: Two Stories about Flying

The chapter has two different short stories about flying; His First Flight and Balck Aeroplane.

His First Flight

The story His First Flight by Liam O'Flaherty revolves around a young bird with a fear of flying. He has no belief in the strength of his wings and thinks that he might fall without any support. Even his young siblings had started flying by then with much shorter wings, how the worried mother of the bird helps him overcome his fear and makes him fly from the rest of the story.

Black Aeroplane

Black Aeroplane by Frederick Forsyth describes how one's judgment gets flawed due to fantasizing unnecessarily and how unwanted fantasy creates problems. In this story, the pilot is the narrator of the story, and he is eager to meet his family so that he can spend quality time together with them.

Chapter 4: From the Diary of Anne Frank

'Paper has more patience than people.' says Anneliese Marie "Anne" Frank, a German-born Jewish girl who wrote this when in hiding. The story is set before World War 2, during the Nazi era. Anne Frank, her family, and friends escape and go into hiding to avoid contact with German forces who could exterminate them or send them to concentration camps set by the Nazi forces.

Chapter 5: The Hundred Dresses - I

We judge people around us by the amount of money, wealth, and possessions they have acquired. As a result, we fail to appreciate the values and morals they possess.

This story, written by El Bsor Ester, revolves around a poor girl Wanda Petronski of Polish origin and the plight she faces due to her friends. However, an interesting turn of events makes her value outshine her difficulties.

Chapter 6: The Hundred Dresses - II

This chapter is the continuation of the story "A Hundred Dresses - I." Wanda was to be seen nowhere in the school. Wanda had not been present on the day that was destined to give her importance and respect among her classmates. Amidst her absence, Miss Mason received a circular from the Principal.

The circular contained the content of a letter sent by Wanda's father stating that they are moving out of the city and Wanda will not continue to study in this school anymore. The letter also mentioned how disturbed Wanda had been because of the mocking done by her classmates. The varied display of emotions of Maddie and how she feels for Wanda is described.

Chapter 7: Glimpses of India

This chapter contains three different stories which describe the wide range of cultures and beauty India has. Read on to find out more.

A Baker from Goa

Goa is the land of a mixed culture where many French, English, and Portuguese descendants are still present until this date. This chapter, "A Baker from Goa," was written by Lucio Rodrigues in which he describes how fond he was of a baker who baked lovely loaves of bread, adding a different taste and bringing out different loaves of bread.

Coorg

Coorg or Kodagu is heaven on Earth and lies midway between Mysore and the coastal town of Mangalore. It is recognized as the smallest district in Karnataka. This hilly place is home to evergreen rainforests, spices, and coffee plantations, and the author has portrayed a lovely depiction of Coorg.

Tea from Assam

Tea from Assam, written by Arup Kumar Dutta, tells about two young boys on a journey to Assam and its tea gardens. It also discusses the origin stories of tea and how it became a favourite drink to the rest of the world.

Chapter 8: Mijbil the Otter

The story is set in the 1950s, and the author was in Iraq. He had recently lost his pet dog, and he was thinking about getting a new pet. He told his friend that he would like to get an otter as a pet. The author receives a sack. To his surprise, the sack had an otter inside. The author named his pet Mijbil.

Soon the otter became friendly and got used to its surroundings. The author had to move to England and then to Camusfearna. The story broadens on the adventure of the author along with his pet otter.

Chapter 9: Madam Rides the Bus

"Madam Rides the Bus" is written by author Vallikannan. It is a story about how an eight-year-old girl travels to the town nearby and discovers many new experiences. She is awed by the wonderful sight while travelling on the bus. It was the adventure Valli was expecting.

Chapter 10: The Sermon at Benares

Chapter 10 tells us about the Journey of Gautama Buddha (563 B.C - 483 B.C), who lived the life of a prince who had no worries and was never exposed to any grievances or sufferings. The story also sheds light on Kisa Gautami, who was grieving over her son's death. She meets Gautama Buddha and requests the great saint to bring her son back alive.

Gautama accepts but on one condition, and she must bring a handful of mustard seeds from a house where no one has lost a child, husband, parent, or friend. She requested all the people available, and no house had not lost a loved one. She realizes that death is inevitable, and the life of mortals are always troubled.

Chapter 11: The Proposal

The drama "The Proposal'' was scripted and written by Anton Chekov. The drama is a story between Stepan Stephanovitch Chubukov, a landowner, his twenty-five-year-old daughter Natalya Stepanovna and Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov Chubukov's wealthy neighbour.

NCERT Summary for Class 10 English Footprints Without Feet

Footprints without Feet textbook consists of 10 chapters. The Book has Synonyms of a few words explained and a space to add some notes to it. In addition, several questions and additional information are provided in boxes to engage the students.

Here are the chapters in NCERT Books Class 10 English - Foot-prints

• Chapter 1: A Triumph of Surgery
• Chapter 2: The Thief's Story
• Chapter 3: The Midnight Visitor
• Chapter 4: A Question of Trust
• Chapter 5: Footprints Without Feet
• Chapter 6: The Making of a Scientist
• Chapter 7: The Necklace
• Chapter 8: The Hack Driver
• Chapter 9: Bholi
• Chapter 10: The Book That Saved the Earth

Chapter 1: A Triumph of Surgery

The story "Triumph of Surgery" revolves around Mrs Pumphrey, Tricky the dog, and Veterinary Doctor James Herriot. Mrs Pumphrey was a rich and sensitive woman who had a cute pet dog named Tricky. Mrs Pumphrey always overfed Tricky out love and affection without knowing the consequences of it. After a while, the dog had become fat and unhealthy. A worried Mrs Pumphrey took Tricky to the veterinary doctor, where the story begins and ends with Tricky's recovery.

Chapter 2: The Thief's Story

Anil was a young and talented writer who lived a carefree life. He wrote for magazines and earned money to live his life. A small boy who had been a thief all his life saw Anil at a wrestling match. He introduced himself with the fake name "Hari Singh" and used his flattery to convince Anil to take him up for some work. A convinced Anil takes him to his house to agree that he will provide food if Hari cooks food. What happens next contributes to the rest of the entire story written.

Chapter 3: The Midnight Visitor

The story consists of three main characters who are Ausable, Fowler, and Max. Ausable and Max are rival spies, and Fowler is a writer of mystery content. What happens in all the characters' travel contributes to the rest of the entire story written.

Chapter 4: A Question of Trust

The story "Question of Trust," written by Victor Canning, is about a thief who gets cheated by an unexpected person. A thief named Horace Danby has a unique characteristic where he steals only once a year. He is very fond of books and spends whatever he earned by stealing on books. He is a very cautious thief and plans carefully.

The thief plans to steal from a big house and carefully gather all information regarding the house and its safety but finally ends up in jail is what the story is about.

Chapter 5: Footprints Without Feet

The story "Footprints without Feet" was written by the author H.G.Wells. It is about a scientist who creates a potion that is capable of making a person invincible. The scientist drinks the potion, becomes invisible, and starts stealing clothes, money, etc.,

Chapter 6: The Making of a Scientist

The chapter is an article which is an exact account of a curious child who wanted to discover many things and end up as a scientist. Later he became a famous scientist after his paper on the working of cells published in a science journal. Ebright participated in many science exhibitions, not for the sake of winning but to complete a task to the best of his abilities.

Chapter 7: The Necklace

The story falls into the category of a short story that Guy De Maupassant writes. The story is set in France many years ago. It is Matilda Loisel and her husband who worked as a clerk in the Ministry of Education. They both live in a flat, and they lead a simple life. However, Matilda was not convinced and always unhappy. She was jealous of her friend, Jeanne, who was rich and owned a large house and jewellery. One fine day, Matilda's husband brings an invitation to a ball organized by the Minister.

Matilda was very unsatisfied and cringed to go to the ball, stating that she does not have any appropriate dress to wear. Finally, her husband gets a dress for her with the money he had saved to buy a rifle. However, she was still reluctant as she did not have good jewellery to wear and the dress, where the story begins, and they face some consequences where the rest of the story revolves around.

Chapter 8: The Hack Driver

The short story is about an innocent lawyer who goes to a village to serve a summons called Lutkins. When he reaches the railway station, he meets a person who claims his name to be Bill. The lawyer enquires about Lutkins as Bill seems to know a lot of people in the village.

He travels with the lawyer and dupes him along the way by looting a lot of money. They search for Lutkins for a long time but fail to find him. The next day, the lawyer and his colleague discover that Lutkins was dumping him, posing as Bill. The whole village laughs at the innocent lawyer.

Chapter 9: Bholi

The story was written by A.K. Abbas, revolves around a girl called Sulekha, who is nicknamed Bholi because of her lack of intelligence and beauty. Since she is not so likeable, she does not get proper attention from her family and gets neglected.

After she turns five years old, her father sends her to a school built recently because of the instruction given by the tehsildar. She befriended a kind-hearted teacher and accepted the teacher as her mentor, which gives her an immense confidence boost. Later she decided to work as a teacher in the same school she studied while receiving reassurance from her favourite teacher. The story details the reason and value of her decision.

Chapter 10: The Book That Saved the Earth

The story is written by Claire Boiko and is set in the 25th century, where the historian explains the story about the 20th century, which was the century of the books. He tells how a book saved the Earth from an invasion by the Martians.