The Black Aeroplane: ncert solution class 10

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1.“I’ll take the risk.” What is the risk? Why does the narrator take it?

Ans: It is really a risk to fly an old aeroplane into the storm for the narrator. It is because flying an aeroplane into the storm yields very destructive results. The narrator takes the risk because he wants to attend his breakfast table at his home. The very this is the reason why he takes the risk to fly his plane into the storm.

2. Describe the narrator’s experience as he flew the aeroplane into the storm.

Ans: When the narrator was flying his aeroplane, all of a sudden, he noticed a dark background inside the cloud, which did not let him view anything ahead. As a result, the plane started twisting and shaking in an uncontrolled way. In the meantime, some other devices such as compass and radio also stopped working. He found another aeroplane flying very close to his plane having no light in its wings. The pilot of the flight. According to the instruction of the pilot, the narrator followed him and landed his aeroplane. Now he found himself safe and sound.

3. Why does the narrator say, “I landed and was not sorry to walk away from the old Dakota…”?

Ans: The narrator says that he landed and was not sorry to walk away from the old Dakota, because he thought himself to be a safe and successful pilot.

4. What made the woman in control centre look at the narrator strangely?

Ans: The narrator wanted to know about the aeroplane by which he got out of the storm and landed safely. Curiously, he asked the woman in the control centre which aeroplane that was. The woman looked at the narrator strangely because the radar at the control centre traced only one flight, the old Dakota.

5. Who do you think helped the narrator to reach safely? Discuss this among yourselves and give reasons for your answers.

Ans: There may be different reasons about who helped the narrator to land his plane safely. Sometimes radar does not trace some aeroplanes because of their technological advancements. It may also be possible that radar fails to trace the helping flight due to its technical problems caused by the storm.

I think the narrator saw another aeroplane due to a hallucination created in his brain by fear. In the state of fear, a pilot seeks help, and so, an illusion is created in the brain. Consequently, he can feel about someone to be helping. It is true that a pilot cannot return to the storm after helping another plane. So it is for sure that there was no plane or pilot in the sky when the narrator was facing the storm.