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Footprints without FeetCh 3 The Midnight Visitor

The Midnight Visitor: Class 10 English Chapter 3 Hinglish mein

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  • 22 practice questions
  • 24 MCQs

Is chapter mein aap kya seekhenge

  • ‘The Midnight Visitor’ ko order mein dobara sunao, Fowler ki niraasha se lekar final twist tak, aur batao ki har mod kya dikhata hai
  • Ausable, Max, Fowler aur Henry ko unki baaton aur kaamon ke evidence ke saath describe karo
  • Samjhao ki Ausable kaise ek balcony aur police ka aana gadh leta hai, aur Max dono par yakeen kyun kar leta hai
  • Evidence ke saath argue karo ki Ausable ne apna plan kab banaya aur quick thinking kaise ek pistol ko haraati hai
  • Story ke themes, suspense, irony, title aur twist ending samjhao
  • Ghar aur bahar aam emergencies mein shaant aur safe pehle steps describe karo
  • Haiku form ko pehchano aur apna khud ka haiku likho
  • Story par extract-based, short aur long board questions ke answers do

NCERT English Class 10, Chapter 3, pp. 14–19 par based original companion text. Yeh NCERT se juda nahi hai aur NCERT ne ise endorse nahi kiya hai.

3.1 Padhne se pehle

Kisi film ya novel ke ek secret agent ke baare mein socho. Hum mein se zyadatar log ek tez nazar wale, smart kapdon wale insaan ki tasveer banate hain, jiski har jeb mein gadgets hon aur car chase kabhi door na ho. Spy stories ne humein glamour, speed aur danger ki ummeed karna sikha diya hai. Yeh story pehle us tasveer ko todti hai, aur phir dikhati hai ki ek spy ka asli hathiyaar kya hota hai.

The Midnight Visitor France ke ek chhote se hotel room mein, der raat ko set hai. Ek young writer ek asli secret agent ko kaam karte dekhne aaya hai. Ek rival agent pehle se hi andar gun lekar intezaar kar raha hai, aur use ek secret report chahiye jo jaldi aane wali hai. Poora muqabla sirf kuch minute chalta hai. Pehle story apni NCERT book mein padho; yeh page tumhe ise samajhne, iske twist ka mazaa lene aur board exam ki taiyaari karne mein madad karta hai.

3/3Saadha, haanfta hua aadmi room ka sabse chalaak insaan nikalta hai.

Fig. 3.1Fowler ki niraasha story mein jaan-boojhkar rakhi gayi hai: uski tarah hum bhi Ausable ko kam aankein, yahi irada hai.NCERT Padho aur pata karo · p. 14

Chaar-chaar cards ke do columns. Step 1, Expected: left column, jiska heading Fowler ki soch hai, mein raat ke chases, gunfights, secret codes aur glamorous meetings hain, har ek par star laga hai. Step 2, Reality: right column, jiska heading Mila hai, mein ek boring music hall, ek mota, haanfta host, ek phone call aur upar ka ek tang room aata hai, jabki left ke items par line khinch jaati hai aur woh feeke pad jaate hain. Step 3, Twist: neeche ek patti par likha aata hai Looks se dhokha: Max ko maat.

Padhne se pehle
2 mein se 1
Is shaam Fowler Ausable ke saath kyun hai?
Answer dekho

Answer (C) Woh ek young writer hai jo ek asli spy ko kaam karte dekhna chahta hai.

Fowler stories likhta hai aur spies se bahut fascinated hai, isliye usne ek spy ke saath shaam bitane ki request ki hai. Woh agent nahi hai, aur report abhi aayi nahi hai.

3.2 Story padhna

Story lagbhag real time mein chalti hai. Light on hone se lekar aakhri line tak sirf kuch minute beette hain, aur koi bhi room se bahar nahi jaata siwaay door ya window ke raaste. Humne ise teen parts mein baanta hai taaki tum har mod ko follow kar sako. Fig. 3.2 ka floor plan dikhata hai ki kaun kahan khada hai; moves follow karne ke liye Play dabao.

7/7Wahan kabhi koi balcony thi hi nahi: sirf khaali hawa, street se bahut upar.

Fig. 3.2Light on hone se lekar final line tak kaun kahan khada hai.

Ek chhote room ka floor plan, jismein neeche ek door hai, upar-left corner mein ek armchair, neeche-right mein ek table aur right wall mein ek hi window, jiske paar khuli hawa hai. Log letters wale tokens hain: Ausable ke liye A, Fowler ke liye F, Max ke liye M aur Henry ke liye H. Step 1, Light on: A aur F door ke theek andar khade hain jabki M room ke beech mein intezaar kar raha hai. Step 2, Armchair: A armchair mein baithta hai, F uske paas khada hai, aur window ke bahar ek dashed outline aati hai jis par balcony aur question mark likha hai. Step 3, Knock: door ke neeche khat, khat shabd aate hain aur M peeche hatte hue window ki taraf jaata hai. Step 4, Sill: M window frame mein baithta hai. Step 5, Drop: M window se gir chuka hai aur uske neeche feeka pad jaata hai, paas mein cheekh shabd hai. Step 6, Waiter: H door par aata hai aur table par do glasses aate hain. Step 7, Sach: dashed balcony gaayab ho jaati hai aur label par no balcony, sirf hawa likha aata hai, ek arrow seedha neeche ki taraf.

3.2.1 Part I: Ek spy jo spy jaisa nahi dikhta

Fowler ek young writer hai jiski romantic imagination spy thrillers padh-padhkar bani hai. Usne Ausable, ek asli secret agent, ke saath ek shaam bitane ki request ki hai, is ummeed mein ki woh books wali espionage ki duniya mein kadam rakhega. Ab tak sab feeka raha hai. Music hall wali shaam boring thi, aur secret duniya se aaya ek hi contact meeting fix karne ke liye ek prosaic phone call tha. Ab Fowler thake kadmon se apne host ke peeche ek purane hotel ki sabse upar wali manzil ke tang room tak jaata hai.

Sabse badi niraasha khud Ausable hai. Woh bahut mota hai aur baat karte hue zor se saans leta hai, aur Paris mein bees saal rehne ke baad bhi uski French aur German se Boston accent nahi gaya. Woh Fowler ka chehra aasaani se padh leta hai aur us par chhedta hai: young aadmi danger aur drama ke liye aaya tha, woh kehta hai, aur use mila ek bikhra hua, mota saathi aur ek boring raat. Phir woh apne guest ko thodi tasalli deta hai: aaj raat ek document uske paas aa raha hai. Use paane ke liye jaanein daav par lagi hain, aur woh poore deshon ke liye maayne rakh sakta hai.

Ek switch dabte hi shaam badal jaati hai. Andhere room ke beech mein ek aadmi chhoti automatic pistol liye intezaar kar raha hai, aur yahi, music hall nahi, Fowler ko din ki pehli asli excitement deta hai. Ausable lagbhag bephikr rehta hai. Kuch baar palkein jhapkaane ke baad woh gunman ko naam se, Max, bulaata hai, maanta hai ki use dar laga, aur poochta hai ki Max Berlin mein kyun nahi hai.

Part I check
3 mein se 1
Ausable un spies se kis tarah alag hai jinke baare mein Fowler ne padha hai?
Answer dekho

Answer (B) Woh mota hai, zor se saans leta hai aur uska American accent hai.

Ausable mein film wale spy ka koi glamour nahi hai: woh mota hai, haanfta hai aur abhi bhi American sunai deta hai. Asal mein woh apne kaam ke baare mein khulkar baat karta hai, aur uske paas koi hathiyaar hai hi nahi.

3.2.2 Part II: Hawa mein se ek balcony

Gunman ek dubla-patla aadmi hai jiska chehra tez, lomdi jaisa hai; uski pistol le lo to woh shaayad hi kisi ko daraaye. Woh seedhe mudde par aata hai. Kuch naye missiles ke baare mein ek report aaj raat Ausable ko di jaane wali hai, aur Max use lekar jaane ka irada rakhta hai.

Jawab dene ke bajaay, Ausable apni armchair mein dhans jaata hai aur gusse se hotel ki shikaayat karta hai: ghuspaithiye ek balcony se uske room tak pahunchte rehte hain, aur yeh ek mahine mein doosri baar ki chori-chhupe entry hai. Max hairaan hota hai. Use pata hi nahi tha ki koi balcony hai; woh to bas ek passkey se andar aa gaya tha.

Chidhkar Ausable detail mein samjhaata hai ki yeh balcony kahan se aati hai, asal mein kiski hai aur ghuspaithiye us tak kaise pahunchte hain, aur yeh bhi jodta hai ki hotel ne ise band karne ka vaada kiya tha par kabhi kiya nahi. (Is speech ki details hum Section 3.3.2 mein dekhenge.) Max haath ke ishaare se Fowler ko chair par bithaata hai aur lagbhag aadha ghanta intezaar karne ke liye baith jaata hai. Ausable use theek karta hai: “Thirty-one minutes,” kyunki meeting saadhe baarah baje fix hai. Dono spies is par baatein karte hain ki har side ko report ke baare mein kaise pata chala, aur Max vaada karta hai ki aaj raat woh use le jaayega.

Achaanak ek knock unhe rok deta hai, aur Ausable muskuraakar uska swagat karta hai. Woh daava karta hai ki paper itna keemti hai isliye usne police se aaj raat use check karne ko kaha tha. Saath mein woh warning deta hai: door locked nahi hai, isliye woh andar aa jaayenge chahe woh jawab de ya na de, aur woh goli chalaane mein der nahi karte. Max ki himmat toot jaati hai. Dono aadmiyon par nishana rakhte hue woh peeche hatkar window tak jaata hai, ek taang sill ke upar daalta hai aur dhamki deta hai ki agar aane walon ko waapas nahi bheja gaya to woh goli chala dega. Knocking aur tez hoti hai, aur bahar se koi Ausable ko pukaarta hai.

Part II check
4 mein se 1
Max asal mein Ausable ke room mein kaise ghusa?
Answer dekho

Answer (A) Usne passkey use ki.

Max ne door passkey se khola. Jab tak Ausable ne balcony ka zikr nahi kiya, usne kabhi balcony ke baare mein suna hi nahi tha, aur isiliye jhooth kaam kar gaya.

3.2.3 Part III: Girna aur twist

Max dono taangein sill ke upar kar leta hai aur pistol ka nishana dono aadmiyon par hi rakhta hai. Theek jab door ka handle ghoomta hai, woh haath chhod deta hai, is soch mein ki balcony par utrega. Uske bajaay room mein ek tez, oonchi cheekh sunai deti hai, aur phir kuch nahi.

Door khulta hai to saamne koi daraane wala nahi, bas Henry hai, ek waiter jo woh drinks laaya hai jo Ausable ne apne lautne ke liye order kiye the. Uske jaane ke baad, peela pada aur hila hua Fowler police ke baare mein poochta hai, aur Max ke baare mein bhi, jo kisi bhi pal waapas chadhkar aa sakta hai. Ausable ka shaant jawab story khatam karta hai: koi police kabhi aa hi nahi rahi thi, Max waapas nahi aayega, aur koi balcony hai hi nahi.

Woh aakhri line humein poori story dobara dimaag mein chalaane par majboor karti hai. Balcony gadhi hui thi, aur police bhi. Ausable ko pata tha ki ek bechaara waiter aa raha hai, aur usne us knock ka use karke Max ko dara kar ek aisi window se bahar bhej diya jiske neeche lambi gehraai thi. Writer kabhi nahi batata ki Max ka kya hua; cheekh aur Ausable ke shaant shabd kaafi keh dete hain. Aisa achaanak khulaasa, jo usse pehle ki har cheez ka matlab badal de, twist ending kehlaata hai.

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Max ne kya maana, aur sach kya tha

Max ne maana

  • Window ke neeche ek balcony thi
  • Door par police thi
  • Police goli chala degi
  • Ausable ek bechaara mota aadmi tha

Sach

  • Sirf street tak ek lambi gehraai
  • Henry waiter, drinks ke saath
  • Koi police aa hi nahi rahi thi
  • Ausable wahan sabse tez dimaag tha
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Story ke shabd

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Part III check
3 mein se 1
Asal mein door par kaun knock kar raha tha?
Answer dekho

Answer (D) Ek waiter, us drink ke saath jo Ausable ne order ki thi

Woh Henry waiter tha. Ausable ne apne lautne ke liye drink pehle hi order ki thi, isliye use theek pata tha ki kaun knock kar raha hai. Report 12:30 se pehle aani hi nahi thi.
Story ko jodo
2 mein se 1
In events ko us order mein lagao jismein woh hote hain.
  1. Ek boring shaam bahar
  2. Max sill se neeche girta hai
  3. Max maanta hai ki usne passkey use ki
  4. Henry drinks laata hai
  5. Door par ek knock
  6. Light on: Max pistol ke saath
  7. Ausable intezaar ka time theek karta hai
  8. Ausable ek balcony ki shikaayat karta hai
Answer dekho
Answer
  1. Ek boring shaam bahar
  2. Light on: Max pistol ke saath
  3. Ausable ek balcony ki shikaayat karta hai
  4. Max maanta hai ki usne passkey use ki
  5. Ausable intezaar ka time theek karta hai
  6. Door par ek knock
  7. Max sill se neeche girta hai
  8. Henry drinks laata hai
Pehle niraasha aati hai, phir pistol, balcony ki shikaayat, Max ki passkey, intezaar ka exact time aur knock. Waiter ke andar aane se theek pehle Max girta hai.

3.3 Is par socho

Tumhari textbook ke Think about it questions tumse poori story ko palatkar dekhne ko kehte hain: fiction ke spies ko, gadhi hui balcony ko, aur us pal ko jab Ausable ke dimaag mein plan aaya. Yeh section har idea ko ek-ek karke dekhta hai, phir characters, themes aur title ko, jinke baare mein board papers aksar poochte hain.

3.3.1 Kitaabon aur screen par spies

Fiction humein do tarah ke secret hero deta hai. Sherlock Holmes ya Satyajit Ray ke Feluda jaise detectives tez observation se mysteries solve karte hain. James Bond jaise spies gadgets, fast cars aur ladaaiyon ki duniya mein rehte hain. Dono tarah ke log aksar role ke hisaab se dikhte bhi hain: duble, chaukanne aur achhe kapdon mein. Ausable unke jaisa bilkul nahi dikhta, aur yahi point hai. Uski taakat tab tak chhupi rehti hai jab tak use zaroorat na pade.

Table 3.1Fictional detectives aur spies, Ausable ke saath
CharacterKisne banayaUnhe kya khaas banaata hai
Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan DoyleLamba, patla, chhote se chhota clue bhi notice karta hai
FeludaSatyajit RayFit aur tez nazar wala; poore India mein cases solve karta hai
Byomkesh BakshiSharadindu BandyopadhyayKhud ko sach ka khoji kehta hai; logon ko gaur se padhta hai
James BondIan FlemingGadgets, cars aur ladaaiyan; hamesha stylish
AusableRobert ArthurMota, haanfta, bikhra hua; sirf shabdon se jeetta hai

Dhyaan do ki Ausable Bond se zyada ek detective ke kareeb hai. Woh kabhi goli nahi chalaata ya ghoonsa nahi maarta. Holmes ya Feluda ki tarah, woh isliye jeetta hai kyunki woh saamne waale se zyada notice karta hai aur tez sochta hai.

3.3.2 Woh balcony jo kabhi thi hi nahi

Max jaisa experienced spy ek aisi balcony par yakeen kyun kar leta hai jo usne kabhi dekhi hi nahi? Kyunki Ausable use kabhi information ki tarah deta hi nahi. Woh uski shikaayat karta hai, jaise ek thaka hua aadmi tapakte nal ki shikaayat karta hai, aur Max ko lagta hai ki woh kisi ki private naraazgi sun raha hai. Ek bluff sabse achha tab kaam karta hai jab saamne waale ko lage ki sach usne khud dhoondha hai. Dekho details kaise jodi gayi hain:

  • Yeh shikaayat ki tarah aata hai. Ausable zyada tar Fowler se badbadaata hai aur hotel se naraaz lagta hai, Max se pareshaan nahi.
  • Yeh pehle bhi ho chuka hai. Pichhle mahine ek ghuspaithiye ne iska use kiya tha, isliye Max aasaani se soch sakta hai ki kisi aur agent ne bhi aisa hi kiya.
  • Kisi par dosh hai. Management ne ise band karne ka vaada kiya aur nahi kiya: ek boring, realistic detail jo kahani ko sach jaisa bana deti hai.
  • Iska ek itihaas hai. Uska room kabhi kamron ke ek bade set ka hissa tha, isliye padosi room ki balcony imagine karna aasaan hai.
  • Iska ek raasta hai. Woh samjhaata hai ki ghuspaithiya corridor mein thoda aage ke ek khaali room se us tak kaise pahunchta hai.
  • Iska fayda baad mein milta hai. Jab knock aata hai, Max ko turant chhupne ki jagah chahiye, aur balcony pehle se uske dimaag mein intezaar kar rahi hai.

4/4Koi balcony nahi hai, sirf street tak ek lamba girna.

Fig. 3.3Ausable shabdon se ek balcony banaata hai, aur Max us par kadam rakh deta hai.NCERT p. 16

Ek cut-away side view. Left mein top floor par Ausable ka room hai, jiski bahar ki deewar mein ek window hai; right mein raat ki khuli hawa hai, aur bahut neeche street hai, ek zigzag break ke saath jo dikhata hai ki beech ki kai manzilein chhod di gayi hain. Step 1, Room: sirf room, window aur bahar ki khaali deewar dikhte hain. Step 2, Daava: window ke theek neeche railing wali ek balcony ki dashed outline aati hai, jis par batayi balcony likha hai. Step 3, Max maanta hai: balcony solid ban jaati hai aur ek chhota mudaa hua arrow sill se woh chhota kadam neeche dikhata hai jiski Max ummeed karta hai. Step 4, Sach: balcony gaayab ho jaati hai, label par no balcony likha aata hai, aur ek lamba arrow window se neeche street tak jaata hai, jis par lamba girna likha hai.

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Trick kyun chali: kise kya pata tha

Max ko pata tha

  • Report 12:30 par aayegi
  • Passkey se door kaise kholna hai
  • Bahar ki deewar ke baare mein kuch nahi

Ausable ko pata tha

  • Uske room ki koi balcony nahi thi
  • Uski window street se bahut upar thi
  • Usne lautne par ek drink order ki thi
  • Isliye knock ek bechaare waiter ka hoga

3.3.3 Plan kab bana?

Tumhari textbook tumse decide karne ko kehti hai ki Ausable ki trick kab bani. Achhe answers evidence par tike hote hain, isliye shuruaat isse karo ki Ausable ko kya pata ho sakta tha aur kya nahi.

Timeline

Ausable ki chaalein, minute dar minute

  1. Usi shaam pehle

    Drink order karta hai

    Woh intezaam karta hai ki lautne par ek drink upar laayi jaaye.

  2. Aadhi raat se theek pehle

    Light on hui: Max

    Use pata ho hi nahi sakta tha ki Max andhere room mein chhupa hai.

  3. Kuch second baad

    Balcony ki kahani

    Woh baithta hai aur turant balcony ki baat daal deta hai.

  4. 11:59 pm

    Exact intezaar

    Woh Max ko theek-theek batata hai ki 12:30 ki meeting mein kitna time bacha hai.

  5. Pal bhar baad

    Knock

    Woh waiter ko ‘the police’ kehta hai aur warning deta hai ki woh goli chalaate hain.

  6. Lagbhag aadhi raat

    Koi balcony nahi

    Max sill se gir chuka hai; Henry drinks rakh jaata hai.

Pehle se plan nahi kiya tha. Ausable Max ke liye taiyaari nahi kar sakta tha, kyunki light on hone tak use pata hi nahi tha ki Max room mein hai. Uska palkein jhapkaana asli hairaani ke ek pal ki taraf ishaara karta hai.

Seconds mein bana, usse jo use pehle se pata tha. Use do aisi baatein pata thi jo Max ko nahi pata thi: uski window ke neeche khaali hawa thi, aur ek waiter jaldi hi uski order ki hui drink lekar knock karega. Baithne ke kuch hi seconds mein woh balcony ki shikaayat kar raha hai, jisse lagta hai ki use trick ka dhaancha lagbhag turant dikh gaya: ek chhupne ki jagah ki baat daalo, knock ka intezaar karo, phir Max ko chhupne par majboor karo.

Jaise-jaise events aaye, waise poora hua. Kuch details usne mauke par jodi: aane wale ko ‘the police’ kehna, warning dena ki woh goli chalaayenge, aur yeh batana ki door locked nahi hai. Isliye sabse convincing answer ek mix hai. Idea ek pal mein aaya, jo use pata tha uske basis par; details jaise-jaise cheezein hui, waise jodi gayi. Presence of mind ka theek yahi matlab hai.

3.3.4 Characters

Board questions aksar character sketch maangte hain. Ek quality ka naam lo, phir use character ki kisi baat ya kaam se prove karo. Table Ausable ke liye evidence deti hai; uske baad ke paragraphs baaki logon ko cover karte hain.

Table 3.2Ausable ki qualities aur unke evidence
QualityStory se evidence
Khatre mein shaantPistol dekhkar bas palkein jhapkata hai; Max se purane jaan-pehchaan wale ki tarah baat karta hai
Haazir-jawaabBaithne ke kuch seconds mein balcony gadh leta hai
Ek maahir actorYakeen dilaane wale tareeke se badbadaata hai; knock par aise muskuraata hai jaise raahat mili ho
PreciseUse pata hai ki intezaar theek thirty-one minutes ka hai
Gaur se dekhne walaBina bataaye Fowler ki niraasha padh leta hai
Mazaakiya mizaajFowler ko chhedta hai aur apne hi looks par hansta hai
Zaroorat padne par bedardReport bachaane ke liye ek hathiyaarband dushman ko khaali hawa mein kadam rakhne deta hai

Max Ausable ka ulta hai. Woh dubla, hathiyaarband aur khud par bharosa rakhne wala hai, aur usne apna homework kiya hai: use report ke baare mein aur uske aane ke time ke baare mein pata hai. Phir bhi woh overconfident aur jaldbaaz hai. Woh Ausable ki har baat maan leta hai, window kabhi check nahi karta, aur police ka naam sunte hi ghabra jaata hai. Pistol use kuch minute ke liye power deti hai, lekin dimaag ki ladaai mein woh kahin peeche reh jaata hai.

Fowler young, josheela aur jaldi impress hone wala hai. Narrator uske point of view ke kareeb rehta hai, isliye uski nazar se humein sirf ek boring mota aadmi dikhta hai aur hum bhi uske saath hairaan hote hain. Pistol aur cheekh use bahut dara dete hain, aur aakhri lines mein bhi woh baat samajhne ki koshish kar raha hai. Henry, waiter, ko kabhi pata nahi chalta ki usne kya role nibhaaya: apna kaam karta ek aam aadmi Ausable ki kahani mein hathiyaarband police ban jaata hai.

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Do rivals

Ausable

  • Mota, haanfta, bikhra hua
  • Bina hathiyaar
  • Shaant aur dhairya wala
  • Apni jagah ko jaanta hai
  • Shabdon se jeetta hai

Max

  • Dubla, lomdi jaise chehre wala
  • Pistol rakhta hai
  • Tense aur jaldbaaz
  • Building se anjaan
  • Ek kahani se haar jaata hai

3.3.5 Themes, suspense aur twist

  • Presence of mind force ko haraata hai. Ek bina hathiyaar ka aadmi shaant awaaz aur ek achhi kahani se gunman ko hara deta hai.
  • Dikhawa dhokha deta hai. Mota, bikhra hua spy room ka sabse khatarnaak insaan hai; hathiyaarband, chaukanna wala sabse aasaani se bevakoof banta hai.
  • Spying ka romance aur asliyat. Story ishaara karti hai ki asli secret kaam mein glamour se zyada himmat, dhairya aur dimaag chahiye.
  • Knowledge hi power hai. Ausable isliye jeetta hai kyunki woh apne room, apne hotel aur apne intezaamon ko apne dushman se behtar jaanta hai.

Title. Max bin bulaaya visitor hai. Ausable kehta hai ki 12:30 ki meeting mein thirty-one minutes bache hain, isliye jab Max dono aadmiyon ko gunpoint par rakhta hai tab 11:59 pm hai. Title bilkul shabdon ke hisaab se sach hai. Ismein ek chaalaak mazaak bhi hai: thrillers mein aadhi raat ke visitors aksar daraane wale hote hain, lekin yeh wala khud shikaar ban jaata hai.

Suspense kaise kaam karta hai. Writer tension ko ek wave ki tarah upar-neeche karta hai, jaise Fig. 3.4 dikhata hai. Boredom ki jagah pistol ka jhatka aata hai; balcony ki baat cheezon ko thoda halka karti hai; knock aur sill par chadhna tension ko climax tak, yaani cheekh tak, le jaate hain. Waiter ek pal ki raahat laata hai, aur aakhri line twist deti hai. Story itni chhoti hai ki suspense ko kam hone ka time hi nahi milta.

7/7Aakhri line: ek surprise jo sab kuch samjha deta hai.

Fig. 3.4Suspense ek wave ki tarah upar-neeche hota hai aur cheekh par peak karta hai.

Ek line graph jismein vertical axis par suspense low se high tak hai aur neeche story ke saat events hain. Step 1, Let-down: line boring shaam par neeche se shuru hoti hai. Step 2, Light: Max ke aane par line oonchi chhalaang lagaati hai, jis par pistol likha hai. Step 3, Balcony: balcony ki baat ke dauraan thoda neeche aati hai. Step 4, Knock: knock par phir upar jaati hai. Step 5, Scream: cheekh par apne sabse oonche point tak pahunchti hai, jis par climax likha hai. Step 6, Waiter: waiter ke andar aane par tezi se girti hai, jis par raahat aur question mark likha hai. Step 7, Twist: aakhri line par phir chadhkar ek star tak jaati hai jis par surprise likha hai.

Irony. Story irony se bhari hai. Gun wala aadmi hi asli khatre mein hai. Fowler ek romaanchak spy chahta tha, aur ‘boring’ wala use zindagi ki sabse romaanchak raat deta hai. Ausable Max ko hathiyaarband police ki warning deta hai, lekin aane wale ke paas ek bottle se zyada khatarnaak kuch nahi hai. Inmein se har ek situational irony hai: jo hota hai woh us baat ka ulta hai jo hone wala lag raha tha.

Story par sochna
4 mein se 1
Max itni aasaani se balcony par yakeen kyun kar leta hai?
Answer dekho

Answer (C) Yeh aam details se bhari ek chidhi hui shikaayat ki tarah aata hai.

Ausable balcony ko ek pareshaani ki tarah badbadaata hai aur uska itihaas aur raasta bhi jodta hai, isliye Max ko lagta hai ki usne koi fact sun liya hai. Use koi kuch nahi dikhata, aur waiter Max ke jaane ke baad hi aata hai.
Practice · 8 questions

Practice 3.3: Think about it aur Talk about it: answers ke saath

  1. Short answerMediumThink about it Q1

    Films, TV ya kisi bhi language ki books se koi do detectives ya spies chuno jinhe tum jaante ho. Compare karo ki woh kaise dikhte aur kaam karte hain, aur Ausable kaise dikhta aur kaam karta hai.

    Solution dikhao

    James Bond is handsome and stylish, and he relies on gadgets, fast cars and his fists. Feluda is tall, fit and sharp-eyed, and he solves cases by spotting small clues. Ausable shares none of their looks: he is fat, wheezy and untidy. Yet his method is closest to Feluda’s. He wins without a gadget or a fight, simply by knowing more than his enemy and thinking faster.

    • Key points: two named characters described
    • Ausable’s looks contrasted
    • his method compared (brains, not weapons)
  2. Short answerMediumThink about it Q2

    Ausable ke balcony wale bayaan se teen details do aur samjhao ki har ek jhooth ko aur yakeen laayak kaise banaati hai.

    Solution dikhao
    • The history: his room was once part of a larger suite, so a balcony belonging to the next room sounds natural.
    • The route: an empty room a little way down the corridor gives easy access, so the danger seems practical.
    • The past break-in: someone used it last month, so it seems tested and real.

    Each detail is the kind of dull, specific fact a liar rarely bothers with. Delivered as an irritated complaint, they sound like the plain truth.

  3. Long answerHardThink about it Q3

    Kya Ausable ki trick uske room pahunchne se pehle taiyaar thi, ya mauke par gadhi gayi? Evidence ke saath apni raay do (lagbhag 100–120 words).

    Solution dikhao

    Ausable could not have planned everything in advance, because he did not know Max was waiting until the light came on; his blinking shows real surprise. But he knew two things Max did not: there was no balcony below his window, and a waiter would soon knock with the drink he had ordered. Within seconds of sitting down he began grumbling about a balcony, so the core idea must have struck him almost at once. The rest he added as events came: he called the knock the police and warned that they would shoot. So the plan was born in a flash and completed on the spot, a perfect example of presence of mind.

    • Key points: could not foresee Max
    • used what he knew (no balcony, the ordered drink)
    • idea at once, details improvised
    • clear verdict
  4. ActivityEasyTalk about it Q1

    Lagbhag 100 words ki ek sachchi ya gadhi hui kahani sunao jismein koi presence of mind dikhata hai. Phir ek sentence mein batao ki us insaan ne kya sahi kiya.

    Solution dikhao

    Model story. On Diwali night a spark from a sparkler landed on my cousin’s cotton dupatta, and it caught fire. Everyone screamed, but our neighbour Meera, who is fourteen, did not freeze. She shouted ‘Stop, drop and roll!’, pulled my cousin to the ground, rolled her over and smothered the flames with a heavy blanket. Then she held the small burn on her arm under cool running water for twenty minutes and called the adults. My cousin was frightened but only slightly hurt. Meera had practised the drill in a school fire-safety class.

    What she did right: she stayed calm and used a drill she had already learnt, instead of running or shouting for help first.

  5. Short answerMediumTalk about it Q2

    Toofaan se bijli chali gayi hai, aur tumhari building ke ground floor mein paani ghusne laga hai. Pehli teen cheezein likho jo tum karoge aur ek cheez jo tumhe nahi karni chahiye, har ek ki wajah ke saath.

    Solution dikhao
    • Switch off the main power at the meter or circuit breaker, only if you can reach it from a dry spot: water and live wires together can kill.
    • Move people and essentials upstairs: a torch, a charged phone, drinking water, medicines and important papers.
    • Call for help early: tell neighbours or the building committee, and dial 112 if anyone is trapped or hurt.
    • Never wade through the water or touch switches with wet hands: there may be live wires, open drains or manholes under the surface.
  6. Quick answerEasy

    Max Ausable ke room mein ek se ghusa.

    Answer dekho

    Answer passkey

    Usne door passkey se khola, isiliye usne bahar ki deewar kabhi dekhi hi nahi thi.
  7. Quick answerMedium

    Har pal ko us quality se match karo jo woh Ausable mein dikhata hai.

    Left mein koi item tap karo, phir right mein uska match.

    Answer dekho
    Answer
    • Gun dekhkar palkein jhapkata hai : shaanti
    • Balcony gadh leta hai : haazir-jawaabi
    • Intezaar ka time ginta hai : precision
    • Knock par muskuraata hai : acting ka hunar
    Har action ek quality ka evidence hai, aur character sketch aise hi banaana chahiye.
  8. Quick answerMedium

    Inmein se kaun sa story mein situational irony ka example hai?

    Answer dekho

    Answer (B) Hathiyaarband aadmi hi aakhir mein khatre mein padta hai.

    Hum ummeed karte hain ki gun wala aadmi control mein hoga, lekin wahi bevakoof banta hai aur girta hai. Baaki options seedhe facts hain jinmein koi ulat-pher nahi.

3.4 Talk about it: presence of mind

Ausable ki sabse badi quality presence of mind hai. Tumhari textbook tumse iske examples share karne aur yeh sochne ko kehti hai ki kuch roz ki emergencies mein tum kaise react karoge.

Definition
Presence of mind

Kuch achaanak aur khatarnaak hone par shaant rehna, saaf sochna aur jaldi se samajhdaari wala kaam karna.

ExampleAusable ka ek waiter ke knock ko ek hathiyaarband aadmi ke khilaaf hathiyaar bana dena.

Presence of mind koi aisa gift nahi jo kuch log bas lekar paida hote hain. Yeh taiyaari se badhta hai. Ausable seconds mein act kar paaya kyunki woh apne room, apne hotel aur apne intezaamon ko pehle se jaanta tha. Isi tarah, jisne pehle se kitchen ki aag ya road accident ki kalpana karke decide kar liya ho ki kya karna hai, uske paas plan taiyaar hota hai jab ghabraahat haavi hone lagti hai. Fig. 3.5 is aadat ko chaar moves mein baantta hai.

4/4Ek shaant, safe move karo, aur zaroorat ho to madad lo.

Fig. 3.5Presence of mind ke chaar moves, har ek Ausable ke kisi kaam se match kiya hua.

Chaar numbered cards ek square mein lage hain, aur arrows ek se agle tak jaate hain. Step 1: card 1, Pause, kehta hai saans lo aur shaant raho, example ke saath ki Ausable bas palkein jhapkata hai. Step 2: card 2, Look, aata hai, kehta hai khatre ko samjho, example ke saath ki Max window ke bahar nahi dekh sakta. Step 3: card 3, Use, aata hai, kehta hai jo tumhare paas hai uska use karo, example ke saath ki ek waiter aa raha hai. Step 4: card 4, Act, aata hai, kehta hai ek shaant, safe move karo, example ke saath ki Ausable ki kahani mein Henry police ban jaata hai.

3.4.1 Quick thinking ki kahaniyan

3.4.2 Tum kya karoge?

Textbook chhe roz ki emergencies ki list deti hai aur poochti hai ki tum har ek ko kaise sambhaaloge. Table safe pehle steps ka saar deti hai; tumhara group aur jod sakta hai. Khud ko safe rakho, jaldi madad bulao, aur sirf wahi karo jo tumhe pata hai ki safe hai. India mein 112 tumhe police, fire aur ambulance services se jodta hai.

Table 3.3Chhe emergencies: pehle steps, aur ek cheez jo kabhi nahi karni
SituationPehle stepsKabhi nahi
Kitchen stove par chhoti aagAgar safe tareeke se pahunch sako to gas band karo; jalte pan ko dhakkan se dhak do; agar aag phaile to sabko bahar nikaalo aur 101 ya 112 call karoJalte oil par paani daalna
Khaane se ek bachche ka gala ataknaAgar bachcha khaans sakta hai to use khaansne do; agar woh saans nahi le pa raha ya bol nahi pa raha, to first aid mein trained kisi adult ko awaaz do aur 112 call karoBina dekhe bachche ke munh mein ungliyan daalna
Koi appliance sisak raha hai aur sparks de raha haiUsse door raho; main switch ya circuit breaker band karo; electrician ko bulaoUse chhoona, ya us par paani daalna
Ek cyclist kisi pedestrian ko gira deta haiJagah ko traffic se safe karo; check karo ki insaan hosh mein hai aur saans le raha hai; 108 ya 112 call karoAise insaan ko hilaana jiske sir, gardan ya peeth mein chot lagi ho sakti hai
Ek din se zyada lagaataar baarishGhar ke andar raho; official weather alerts follow karo; torch, phone, peene ka paani aur dawaiyan taiyaar rakhoBehte paani mein chalna ya gaadi chalaana
Family ka koi member ghar aane mein bahut late haiShaant raho; unhe call karo, phir unke dost ya kaam ki jagah; ghar ke kisi adult ko batao; agar phir bhi koi khabar na mile to 112 call karoAfwaahein phailaana ya family ko ghabra dena
Presence of mind check
4 mein se 1
Kadhai mein oil ko aag lag jaati hai. Sabse safe pehla move kya hai?
Answer dekho

Answer (C) Gas band karo aur kadhai ko dhakkan se dhak do

Dhakkan aag tak jaane wali hawa rok deta hai, aur gas band karne se aur heat nahi milti. Jalte oil par paani daalne se woh chhitakta aur phailta hai, aur jalta pan uthaakar le jaane se gehri jalan ka khatra hai.

3.5 Story se aage

3.5.1 Aur padhne ke liye

3.5.2 Haiku

4/4Kul satrah syllables, jo ek pal ko pakadte hain.

Fig. 3.6Ek original haiku: teen lines, 5–7–5 syllables, aadhi raat ke baad ka ek chhota pal.

Teen lines ka ek original haiku, har line ke baad dots ki ek row jo uske syllables dikhati hai aur ek bubble mein count. Step 1, Line 1: Lights out, past midnight, paanch dots aur number 5 ke saath. Step 2, Line 2: one candle, and on the wall, saat dots aur number 7 ke saath. Step 3, Line 3: my hand’s shadow-dog, paanch dots aur number 5 ke saath. Step 4, Poora: neeche ek patti par likha hai 17 syllables, ek chhota pal.

Haiku check
2 mein se 1
English haiku apni teen lines mein paramparaagat roop se kaun sa syllable pattern follow karte hain?
Answer dekho

Answer (D) 5, 7, 5

5, 7, 5 pattern Japanese haiku ke sound units ki nakal karta hai: kul satrah, sabse lambi line beech mein.
Recap

Summary aur key points

  1. Fowler, ek young romantic writer, Ausable se niraash hota hai, jo Boston accent wala ek mota, haanfta secret agent hai (Section 3.2.1).
  2. Light on hone par Max, ek rival agent, pistol liye naye missiles ki us report ka intezaar kar raha hai jo 12:30 par aani hai (Section 3.2.1).
  3. Max passkey se andar aaya tha; Ausable apni window ke neeche ki balcony ki shikaayat karke use gadh deta hai (Section 3.2.2).
  4. Knock hone par Ausable daava karta hai ki police aayi hai aur goli chalaayegi; Max chhupne ke liye bahar chadhta hai aur ek cheekh ke saath girta hai (Section 3.2.2).
  5. Aane wala Henry tha, Ausable ki order ki hui drinks wala waiter, aur koi balcony nahi thi (Section 3.2.3).
  6. Jhooth isliye kaam karta hai kyunki woh aam details se bhari ek shikaayat jaisa lagta hai (Section 3.3.2).
  7. Plan ek pal mein aaya, Ausable ki jaankaari par bana, aur events ke saath poora hua (Section 3.3.3).
  8. Ausable shaant, haazir-jawaab aur ek badhiya actor hai; Max hathiyaarband hai lekin jaldbaaz aur overconfident (Section 3.3.4).
  9. 12:30 ki meeting se thirty-one minutes pehle matlab 11:59 pm, jo title ko samjhaata hai (Section 3.3.5).
  10. Themes: presence of mind force ko haraata hai, dikhawa dhokha deta hai, knowledge hi power hai; story twist ke saath khatam hoti hai aur irony se bhari hai (Section 3.3.5).
  11. Presence of mind taiyaari se badhti hai: safe pehle steps jaano aur emergency mein 112 call karo (Section 3.4).
  12. Haiku lagbhag 5, 7 aur 5 syllables ki teen line ki Japanese poem hai jo ek pal ko pakadti hai (Section 3.5.2).

3.6 Board exam practice

Board exam mein Footprints without Feet extract-based questions aur short aur long answers se test hoti hai. Short answers ke liye lagbhag 40–50 words chahiye, long answers ke liye lagbhag 100–120. Apne shabdon mein likho, character ya event ka naam saaf likho, aur har baat ko story ki kisi cheez se support karo. Har model answer ke end mein woh key points hain jo examiner dhoondhta hai.

Practice · 4 questions

Extract-based questions: answers ke saath

  1. Short answerEasy

    Page 14 par story ki shuruaat padho, jahan Fowler niraash hokar Ausable ke peeche uske room tak jaata hai. Questions ke answers do.

    1. Fowler niraash kyun hai?

      Answer dekho

      Answer (B) Ausable bilkul bhi un spies jaisa nahi dikhta ya rehta jinke baare mein usne padha hai.

      Usne ek glamorous spy ki ummeed ki thi aur ek boring shaam ke baad ek chhote room mein ek mota, haanfta aadmi milta hai.

    2. Ausable ka accent humein uske baare mein kya batata hai?

      Solution dikhao

      He is an American from Boston who has lived in Paris for twenty years without losing his accent.

    3. Text ke is hisse mein jis word ka matlab aam aur boring hai, woh hai.

      Answer dekho

      Answer prosaic

      Ausable meeting fix karne wali phone call ko prosaic kehta hai: kisi secret message jaisa bilkul nahi.

    4. Ausable Fowler ki feelings ka andaaza kaise lagaata hai, aur isse uske baare mein kya pata chalta hai?

      Solution dikhao

      He reads the young man’s disappointment on his face and says it aloud, teasing himself too. It shows he is observant and good-humoured, a first sign of the sharp mind behind his dull looks.

  2. Short answerEasy

    Page 15 par woh hissa padho jo light on hone ke pal se lekar Max ki report ki maang tak hai. Questions ke answers do.

    1. Max ko dekhkar Ausable kaise react karta hai?

      Answer dekho

      Answer (C) Woh palkein jhapkata hai aur usse shaanti se baat karta hai.

      Woh thoda palkein jhapkata hai aur Max ko naam se bulaata hai, itna shaant ki pooch leta hai ki woh Berlin mein kyun nahi hai.

    2. Max ke dikhne ka varnan karo.

      Solution dikhao

      He is slim and of medium height, with sharp features that remind the narrator of a fox. Apart from his pistol, he does not look dangerous.

    3. Max kis cheez ke liye aaya hai?

      Solution dikhao

      A report about new missiles that is to be delivered to Ausable that night. Max plans to take it from him.

    4. Phrase first authentic thrill ishaara karta hai ki Fowler ki pehle ki excitement thi

      Answer dekho

      Answer (A) sirf kalpana, asli nahi

      Authentic ka matlab hai asli. Ab tak uske thrills books aur uski apni imagination se aate the; hathiyaarband aadmi pehla asli thrill hai.
  3. Short answerMedium

    Page 16 ka woh passage padho jismein Ausable armchair mein baithkar balcony ki shikaayat karta hai, Max ke Fowler ko baithne ke liye kehne tak. Questions ke answers do.

    1. Ausable balcony ki shikaayat kyun karta hai?

      Answer dekho

      Answer (A) Max ko yakeen dilaane ke liye ki window ke bahar chhupne ki ek jagah hai

      Shikaayat ek trap hai: koi balcony nahi hai, lekin jab knock aaye tab Max ko yakeen hona chahiye ki ek balcony hai.

    2. Max asal mein andar kaise aaya, aur yeh kyun maayne rakhta hai?

      Solution dikhao

      He used a passkey to open the door. So he never saw the outside of the building and cannot know that the balcony is false.

    3. Max ‘balcony’ shabd ko upar jaati awaaz mein dohraata hai, jaise question mein. Awaaz ke aise utaar-chadhaav ke liye word hai.

      Answer dekho

      Answer inflection

      Inflection awaaz ki pitch mein badlaav hai; upar jaati inflection ek word ko question jaisa bana deti hai.

    4. Do details chuno jo Ausable ke bayaan ko yakeen laayak banaati hain.

      Solution dikhao

      Any two: the balcony belongs to the next room, which was once part of the same suite; an intruder can reach it from an empty room nearby; it was used for a break-in only weeks ago; the hotel said it would close it off but never did.

  4. Short answerMedium

    Page 17 par story ka aakhri hissa padho, door khulne ke pal se final line tak. Questions ke answers do.

    1. Henry kaun hai?

      Answer dekho

      Answer (D) Ek waiter jiska Ausable intezaar kar raha tha

      Henry woh waiter hai jo woh drink laa raha hai jo Ausable ne apne lautne ke liye order ki thi.

    2. Fowler peela kyun pada hai aur hakla kyun raha hai?

      Solution dikhao

      He has just heard Max scream after dropping from the window, and instead of armed police he sees only a waiter. He is shocked and confused.

    3. Final line kya khulaasa karti hai?

      Solution dikhao

      That the balcony never existed. Believing Ausable’s lie, Max dropped from a window high above the street.

    4. Yeh ending Ausable ke baare mein kya dikhaati hai?

      Solution dikhao

      He is quick-witted, calm and tough enough to protect the report, defeating a gun with words alone.

Practice · 6 questions

Short-answer questions (40–50 words): answers ke saath

  1. Short answerEasy

    Fowler ko shuru mein Ausable niraash karne wala kyun lagta hai?

    Solution dikhao

    Fowler expected a spy from the thrillers: glamorous, mysterious and surrounded by danger. Instead Ausable is very fat, wheezes, still speaks with an American accent and lives in a cramped top-floor room. Their evening has been dull, with only an ordinary phone call. He looks completely harmless.

    • Key points: expected glamour
    • fat, wheezy, accent
    • dull evening, small room
  2. Short answerEasy

    Max room mein kaise ghusa, aur use kya chahiye tha?

    Solution dikhao

    Max opened Ausable’s door with a passkey and waited in the dark with a small pistol. He wanted the report about new missiles that was to be delivered to Ausable at half past twelve that night. His side felt the report was theirs, and he meant to take it back.

    • Key points: passkey
    • waiting with a pistol
    • the missile report due at 12:30
  3. Short answerMedium

    Ausable ne door par hue knock ka apne fayde ke liye kaise use kiya?

    Solution dikhao

    Ausable knew the knock was the waiter bringing the drink he had ordered. He calmly told Max it was the police, who would walk into the unlocked room ready to shoot. Frightened, Max decided to hide on the balcony Ausable had described, and climbed out of the window.

    • Key points: knew it was the waiter
    • called it the police
    • Max fled to the imaginary balcony
  4. Short answerMedium

    Story goli ki awaaz ke bajaay ek cheekh par kyun khatam hoti hai?

    Solution dikhao

    Max was the only armed man, but he never fired because he feared the ‘police’. Ausable beat him without any weapon: Max dropped from the window expecting a balcony and screamed as he fell. The scream shows that brains, not bullets, decided the contest.

    • Key points: only Max was armed
    • fear of police stopped him
    • defeated by a trick, not force
  5. Short answerMedium

    Title ‘The Midnight Visitor’ ko samjhao.

    Solution dikhao

    Max is the visitor waiting in Ausable’s room. The meeting is at 12:30 and Ausable says thirty-one minutes remain, so it is 11:59 pm, just before midnight. The title also plays on the thriller idea of a frightening night-time caller, though this visitor ends up as the victim.

    • Key points: Max is the visitor
    • 11:59 pm worked out
    • the frightening visitor becomes the victim
  6. Short answerMedium

    Story mein Fowler ka kya role hai?

    Solution dikhao

    Fowler is the young writer through whose eyes we see events. His disappointment makes us underrate Ausable too, so the twist surprises us as much as him. His fear and confusion at the end show how cleverly Ausable acted, since even a witness could not follow the trick.

    • Key points: point-of-view character
    • his view misleads the reader
    • his confusion highlights Ausable’s skill
Practice · 4 questions

Practice questions answers ke saath (NCERT “Long-answer questions (100–120 words)”)

  1. Long answerMedium

    Ausable ka character sketch likho.

    Solution dikhao

    Ausable is a secret agent who looks nothing like one. He is very fat, wheezes as he talks and has kept his Boston accent through twenty years in Paris. Yet behind this dull appearance is a brilliant mind. He is calm under pressure: facing a pistol, he only blinks and chats to Max. He is observant, reading Fowler’s disappointment at once, and precise, knowing that exactly thirty-one minutes remain before the meeting. Above all he is quick-witted and a fine actor. Within seconds he invents a believable balcony, then turns a waiter’s knock into armed police. Without firing a shot, he protects a vital report and defeats an armed enemy.

    • Key points: misleading looks
    • calm under threat
    • observant and precise
    • quick-witted actor
    • wins without a weapon
  2. Long answerHard

    “Presence of mind is more powerful than a pistol.” ‘The Midnight Visitor’ ke reference ke saath discuss karo.

    Solution dikhao

    In this story the man holding the pistol loses and the unarmed man wins. Max has every advantage of force: a gun, surprise and a plan to seize the missile report. Ausable has only his mind, but he uses it brilliantly. He does not argue or plead. Instead he plants an imaginary balcony through an irritated complaint, then waits. When the waiter knocks, he calmly tells Max the police have come and will shoot. Max panics, climbs out of the window and falls. Not a single shot is fired. The story shows that a calm person who thinks clearly and knows his surroundings can defeat a stronger enemy.

    • Key points: Max’s force and advantages
    • Ausable’s only weapon is his mind
    • the balcony and police bluffs
    • no shot fired
    • clear conclusion
  3. Long answerMedium

    Dikhawa dhokha de sakta hai. Story Ausable aur Max ke zariye yeh kaise saabit karti hai?

    Solution dikhao

    The story is built on the gap between how people look and what they are. Ausable seems the least likely spy: fat, wheezy and untidy, living in a small room in an old hotel. Fowler, and the reader with him, expects nothing from him. Max, by contrast, looks like a real danger: slim, sharp-featured, armed and confident. Yet the roles are reversed. Ausable turns out to be calm, alert and brilliantly inventive, while Max proves hasty and easy to fool. The armed man believes every word of his rival’s story and steps into empty air. In the end, true strength lies in the mind, not in looks or weapons.

    • Key points: Ausable looks harmless
    • Max looks dangerous
    • roles reversed in action
    • conclusion: judge by deeds, not looks
  4. Long answerMedium

    Socho ki tum Fowler ho. Ausable ke saath bitaayi shaam ke baare mein lagbhag 100–120 words ki ek diary entry likho.

    Solution dikhao

    Late at night, after midnight

    Dear Diary, tonight I finally met a real spy, and at first I was bitterly disappointed. Ausable is fat, breathless and dull, and our evening at the music hall was boring. Then the light came on in his room, and a man with a pistol was waiting for us! I was terrified, but Ausable stayed perfectly calm. He grumbled about a balcony under his window, and when someone knocked, he said it was the police. The gunman climbed out to hide and screamed as he fell, because there was no balcony at all. The ‘police’ was only a waiter with drinks. I will never again judge anyone by looks.

    Fowler

    • Key points: diary format (time, salutation, signature)
    • first person and past tense
    • feelings: let-down, terror, amazement
    • main events in order
    • lesson learnt

Apna NCERT exercise question dhoondo

Hamare practice questions ncert.ai ke liye likhe gaye hain aur NCERT exercises ko follow karte hain. Apni textbook ke question se match karne wala question dhoondo; uska answer uske saath hai.

Tumhari NCERT textbook meinYahan practice question
Think about it Q1Practice Q1
Think about it Q2Practice Q2
Think about it Q3Practice Q3
Talk about it Q1Practice Q4
Talk about it Q2Practice Q5

Quick check: MCQs

  1. Padhne se pehle2 questions
  2. Part I check3 questions
  3. Part II check4 questions
  4. Part III check3 questions
  5. Story ko jodo2 questions
  6. Story par sochna4 questions
  7. Presence of mind check4 questions
  8. Haiku check2 questions
Glossary · 12

Key terms (English + Hindi)

bluffझाँसाjhaansa
Ek dikhawa jisse koi yeh maan le ki tumhare paas kuch hai ya tumhe kuch pata hai jo asal mein nahi hai.Chapter mein pehli baar yahan aaya →
climaxचरमोत्कर्षcharamotkarsh
Story ka sabse intense pal, jahan main conflict apne charam par pahunchta hai.Chapter mein pehli baar yahan aaya →
espionageजासूसीjasoosi
Jaasoosi ka kaam: kisi dushman ya rival ke baare mein chupke se information ikattha karna.Chapter mein pehli baar yahan aaya →
haikuहाइकुhaiku
Japan ki ek bahut chhoti poem form, aksar teen lines mein, jo ek hi pal ko pakadti hai.Chapter mein pehli baar yahan aaya →
ironyविडंबनाvidambana
Jo expected hai aur jo hota hai, unke beech ka farq. Situational irony mein events us baat ke ulte ho jaate hain jo hone wala lag raha tha.Chapter mein pehli baar yahan aaya →
passkeyमास्टर चाबीmaster chaabi
Ek chaabi jo building ke kai ya saare darwaaze kholti hai, jaise hotel ka har room.Chapter mein pehli baar yahan aaya →
point of viewदृष्टिकोणdrishtikon
Woh nazariya jahan se story dekhi aur sunaayi jaati hai.Chapter mein pehli baar yahan aaya →
presence of mindप्रत्युत्पन्नमतिpratyutpannamati
Achaanak khatre mein shaant rehne, saaf sochne aur turant samajhdaari se act karne ki kaabiliyat.Chapter mein pehli baar yahan aaya →
prosaicनीरसneeras
Saadha, aam aur boring, jismein kuch bhi exciting na ho.Chapter mein pehli baar yahan aaya →
romanticकल्पनाशीलkalpanasheel
(yahan) Zindagi ke baare mein romaanchak lekin unrealistic khayaalon se bhara, jaise Fowler spies ki kalpana karta hai.Chapter mein pehli baar yahan aaya →
suspenseउत्कंठाutkantha
Reader ki woh tense, betaab feeling jab woh yeh jaanne ka intezaar karta hai ki aage kya hoga.Chapter mein pehli baar yahan aaya →
twist endingअप्रत्याशित अंतapratyashit ant
Aisa ending jo achaanak kuch unexpected khol deta hai aur poori story ko dekhne ka nazariya badal deta hai.Chapter mein pehli baar yahan aaya →

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