NCERT solutions for class 10 English the black aeroplane

NCERT solutions for class 10 English the black aeroplane

NCERT solutions for class 10 English the black aeroplane

Questions Answers NCERT solutions for class 10 English the black aeroplane

QN1. “I’ll take the risk.” What is the risk? Why does the narrator take it?

Ans. The narrator saw the black clouds like mountain before him. It was the risk of flying the aeroplane through the storm clouds. The narrator took the risk because he wanted have breakfast at home.

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

Ans. The pilot could not see through the clouds. The plane twisted inside the clouds. H compass was out of order. It was dead. The other instruments were also suddenly dea. He called the Paris control. But the radio too was dead.

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

Ans. The narrator had taken the risk of life. He might in clouds. It was not unexpected He willingly had taken the risk, so he was not sorry. He knew the consequences of passing throughout the clouds.

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

Ans. It was a stormy night. No aeroplane was flying in such a bad weather. The lady was amazed to see the narrator’s daring act of flying aeroplane in such a bad weather.

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

Ans. The narrator was helped by a black aeroplane. Which had no lights. The pilot in tha aeroplane guided the narrator. The narrator followed him until he landed safely. Actually it was not a real aeroplane or the pilot. It was the imagination of the pilot’s mind which helped him in the time of distress.

Think about Language

(a) They looked like black mountains

(b) Inside the clouds, everything was suddenly black

(c) In the black clouds near me, I saw another aeroplane

(d) The strange black aeroplane was there.

The word black in sentences ‘a’ and ‘o’ refers to the very darkest colour. But in ‘b and d (here) it means without light/with no light.

‘The word black has variety of meanings in different contexts. For example:

• I prefer black tea’ means ‘I prefer tea without milk.’
• With increasing pollution the future of the world is black’ means ‘ With increasing pollution the future of the world is very depressing/without hope.

Now, try to guess the meanings of the word ‘black’ in the sentences given below. Check the meanings in the dictionary and find out whether you have guessed right.

1. Go and have a bath, your hands and face are absolutely black._________

2. The taxi-driver gave Ratan a black look as he crossed the road when the traffic light was green.___________

3. The Bombardment in Hiroshima is one of the blackest crimes against humanity____________

4. Very few people enjoy Harold Pinter’s black comedy.__________

5. Sometimes shopkeepers store essential goods to create false scarcity and then sell these in black__________

6. Villagers had beaten the criminal black and blue.___________

Ans. 1. black-dirty, 2. black-angry, 3. blackest, depressing, 4. black, tragic in humorous way, 5. black- illegally, 6. black- very harshly

II. Look at these sentences taken from the lesson you have just read :

(a) I was flying my old Dakota aeroplane.

(b) The young seagull had been afraid to fly with them.

Match the phrases given under column ‘A’ with their meanings given under column ‘B’

In the first sentences the author was controlling an aircraft in the air. Another example is: Children are flying kites. In the second sentence the seagull was afraid to move through the air, using its wings.

Match the phrases given under column ‘A’ with their meanings given under column ‘B’.

their meanings given under Column B:

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