Gujarat Board GSEB Class 10 English Textbook Solutions Footprints Without Feet Chapter 10 The Book that Saved the Earth Textbook Exercise Important Questions and Answers, Notes Pdf.

Gujarat Board Textbook Solutions Class 10 English Footprints Without Feet Chapter 10 The Book that Saved the Earth

GSEB Class 10 English Bholi Text Book Questions and Answers

Read and Find Out (Textbook Page No. 63)

Question 1.
Why was the twentieth century called the ‘Era of the Book’?
Answer:
There Were books for everything, from anteaters to Zulus. Books taught people what to do? Sow to do? when to do? and why to do? They explained, educated, directed and decorated. No wonder that it was called ‘Era of the Book’.

Question 2.
Who tried to invade the Earth in the twenty-first century?
Answer:
Martians tried to invade the Earth in the twenty-first century.

Read and Find Out (Textbook Page No. 65)

Question 1.
What guesses are made by Think-Tank about the books found on Earth?
Answer:
Think-Tank first guesses them to be sandwiches. Then he calls them communication devices. After that, he thinks them to be some kind of eye communication devices that have to be watched.

Think about it

Question 1.
Noodle avoids offending Think-Tank, but at the same time, he corrects his mistakes. How does he manage to do that?
Answer:
Noodleavoids offending Think-Tank? while correcting his mistakes by presenting his own thoughts, but referring to them as being of no particular importance. Whenever he had to say something contrary to what Think-Tank said, he would do this. In this way, he would correct? Think-Tank’s errors without making Think-Tank S feel that he was being corrected.

Question 2.
If you were in Noodle’s place, how would you handle Think-Tank’s mistakes?
Answer:
If I were in his place, I would do the s same. I would politely and gently suggest the corrections.

Question 3.
Do you think books are being replaced by the electronic media? Can we do away with books altogether?
Answer:
Yes, these days online reading has replaced traditional books to a large extent. Internet, Facebook, Twitter, etc. have decreased interest in reading. But, the truth is that books cannot be totally replaced. Books can never go out of life although they may exist in a different form.

Question 4.
Why are books referred to as a man’s best companion? Which is your favourite book and why? Write a paragraph about that book.
Answer:
A book is a man’s best companion because it is always there. It never leaves us alone. It is there with us even when everyone else is gone. Books guide us, instruct us, make us laugh, inform us, inspire us and are always true to us. My favourite book is Peter Pan. It is a fairy tale. I love the character of Peter.

He lives in fantasies. He is a child who never wants to grow up and he never does. He enjoys thrills and adventures and even takes the kids from Earth on a merry adventure. The book inspires as it shows that one can remain a child at heart forever. The sense of wonder, innocence, purity and joy and a capacity to dream can stay in the human heart forever.

Talk about it

Question 1.
In what ways does Think-Tank misinterpret innocent nursery rhymes as threats to the Martians? Can you think of any incidents where you misinterpreted a word oi| an action? How did you resolve the misunderstanding?
Answer:
The words like ‘shell’ and ‘silver’ make Think-Tank think that humans grew them in farms. Then, there is a line about ‘cow’ and ‘moon’. Also, the picture of Humpty-Dumpty and the rhyme of ‘great fall’ make Think-Tank think that humans were about to invade Mars. Yes, I had a similar misunderstanding with a friend, But, I was fortunate as I got to know the actual! truth just in time. I did not believe what I had heard earlier.

Question 2.
The aliens in the play speak English. Do you think this is their language? What could be the language of aliens?
Answer:
No, English was not their language. If it had been so, they would not have misinterpreted the nursery rhymes. They could be speaking some Martian language.

The Book that Saved the Earth Summary in English

The Book that Saved the Earth Summary:
The play ‘The Book That Saved The Earth’ is full of imagination. In it, the different characters like Think-Tank, Noodle, Oop, Omega, etc. play as the Martian living beings, the time set of the play is 25th century. The play tells us in detail as to how the book successfully saved the earth from Martian invasion. Think-Tank who is the mightiest and the most brilliant among all the Martians is the commander-in-chief.

Think-Tank conducts the manned space probe in order to ask them their position. At this Think-Tank asks at them to show him the place closely. In fact, they were in a library full of different books. But they fail to understand where they were. Then Think-Tank tries to show his intelligence and tells his crew that the thing in question was a sandwich.

Then one of the crew members even eats the comer of a book to confirm the views of Think-Tank. After some time Noodle suggests Think-Tank that it was not for eating but for communication with ears. After some time Noodle again suggests Think-Tank that it was not for ear communication but for eye communication. Then they opened the books and try to read them.

But they failed to understand the language. Then Omega opens a big volume of ‘Mother Goose’ and tries to read it. Noodle asks Think-Tank if the chemical department has given them the vitamins to increase .intelligence and then read the sandwiches. As Oop starts reading the book of nursery rhymes to Think- Tank he feels trouble. He leaves the idea of invading. Instead, he tries to save himself from the invasion of the earthlings. He orders his crew to leave the earth at once and he himself runs to safety.