The Black Aeroplane: ncert solution class 10

            Thinking About  the Text Page 40

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.

His First Flight: ncert solution class 10

BEFORE YOU READ

Since the earliest times, human have dreamt of conquering the skies. Here are two stories about flying.

i. A young seagull is afraid to fly. How does he conquer his fear?

Ans: A young seagull experiences a new world in his life. He tries to fly but he fears to fall. He depends on his father and mother for his food which they used to bring for him. His father and mother scold him saying that if he does not fly, he will be starving to death. He wants to get a way out of it. So the seagull conquers his fear and gets ready to fly.

ii. A pilot is lost in storm clouds. Does he arrive safe? Who helps him?

Ans:The pilot is lost in the darkness of a cloudy storm flying the old Dakota over France back to England. As he says, he arrives safe on the runway with the help of another pilot flying a black aeroplane. But it was not actually certified by the woman in the control centre.

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Thinking about the Text

1. Why was the young seagull afraid to fly? Do you think all young birds are afraid to make their first flight, or are some birds more timid than others?

Ans: The young seagull was afraid to fly because of a frightening and dangerous ledge. He fears to fall from the narrow cliff. As I know,  most of the young birds are afraid to make their first flight, but some of them are really more timid. They are encouraged or scolded to make them fly.

2. "The sight of the food maddened him”. What does this suggest? What compelled the young seagull to finally fly?

Ans: “The sight of the food maddened him” suggests that the seagull was tempted to the food. He wanted to get it at any cost because he was very hungry. His intense hunger finally compelled him to fly.

3. "They were beckoning to him.” Why did the seagull’s father and mother threaten him and cajole him to fly?

Ans: The seagull’s father and mother wanted him to fly for his food. So they called him scolding and enticed him to fly.

4. Have you ever had a similar experience, where your parent encourage you to do something that you were too scared to try? Discuss this in pairs or groups

Ans: Yes, I had a similar experience when my father was encouraging me to learn swimming. There was a very big pond near my village numerous young boys used to go for swimming every morning. I, too, was very tempted to join them. When I reach the spot, I was afraid of getting into the water because it was very deep. My father persuaded me several times showing some tricks, but I was not ready to listen any of them. After a long effort, my father prepared me to swim, and now I am a skilled swimmer.

5. In the case of a bird flying, it seems a natural act, a forgone conclusion that it should succeed. In the examples you have given in answers to the previous question, was your success guaranteed, or was it important for you to try, or regardless of a possibility of failure?

Ans: When I got ready to learn swimming, I did not know whether I would be a successful swimmer or not. I tried my best with my full effort and endurance. Had I been afraid of failure, I would not have even tried to learn. So one must keep a positive aspect in his mind to get success. So it was important for me to try to learn with a good aspiration.

NOTICE about Annual Picnic cum Educational Tour

                                                                      NOTICE

                                                 Annual Picnic cum Educational Tour

24^th  May 2020

Students and parents are hereby informed that the Annual Picnic cum Educational Tour will be held on the 31^st of December 2020(Kolkata, Victoria Memorial). Consult the respective class teachers for enlistments of participants’ names and subscription fees, the deadline of which has been set on 23^rd  December 2020.

Students-----Rs 2350.00

Accompanying Adult -------Rs 2450.00

For additional queries, contact the programme–in–charge.

                                                                                                                       Pawansut Agarwal

                                                                                                                   Program – in-charge         

                                                                                                                                  

INVITATION about Annual Sports Meet

                            ANNUAL SPORTS MEET (2020)

RIIEC (+2 Senior Secondary School, Senior Secondary School, Affiliated to CBSE New Delhi)

                                                       Gulzarbagh, Patna

Dear Patrons,

The Principal, Staff and Students of RIIEC, Gulzarbagh cordially invite you to the 26^th  Annual Sports Meet at 11 a.m on Thursday, 24^th December 2020 at the school playground. The Honourable Mr. B.L Pandit (Company Commander BMP 7) has kindly consented to be the chief guest.

                                                                                                                                    RIIEC

                                                                                                                        Gulzarbagh, Patna

INVITATION about Silver Jubilee Celebration

                        SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATION (2020)

                                                      GRAND PROCESSION

                                         Organized by: RIIEC, Gulzarbagh (Patna)

Sir, Madam

                   To celebrate the ‘Silver Jubilee Year’ of the state’s largest educational organization, we have organized a grand procession on the 27^th  of June 2020, Saturday at 11 0’ clock in the morning. Our students of class iii to xii shall participate in it. We invoke for your humble presence to bring extra colour in the said procession.

                                                                                                                         Secretary

                                                                                                                            RIIEC

NOTICE about COVID_ Lockdown

                        RIIEC (+2 Senior Secondary School, Affiliated to CBSE New Delhi)

                                                
                               NOTICE

23^rd May 2020

All the student of RIIEC are here by informed that our school will remain closed sine die due to the outbreak of a fatal pandemic caused by a coronavirus, COVID-19. The Management and faculty have decided to facilitate the students online by providing  study materials and  solutions.

                                       Therefore, you are expected to be online through the suggested video conferencing apps.

Niraj Nayan

Principal

RIIEC

PARTICIPLE

Grammar Page 49 class 6 based on Participle

 Join the following pair of sentences by Participle.

(i)     Reaching the front door he rang the doorbell.

(ii)    Having bought a ticket she entered the cinema hall.

(iii)   Finishing the dinner the guests left the hall one by one.

(iv)   I could not make out the meaning of a letter written badly.

(v)    It being a very cold night I remained in my room.

(vi)   Opening the safe we found the money intact.

(vii)   Reading the question she wondered what the answer was.

(viii)  Walking in the park I saw a purse.

(ix)   Failing in the first attempt he made no further effort.

(x)    Receiving no reply to my letter I soon sent an urgent telegram.

(xi)   Hearing the news she fainted.

(xii)   Having seized his stick he went out of his house.