Class 10 English Footprints Without Feet PYQ 2026-27

Footprints Without Feet Class 10 PYQs help students practise the chapter's most tested ideas for the 2026-27 CBSE syllabus. The questions cover Griffin's invisibility, his crimes, his stay at Iping, irony and the misuse of scientific knowledge.

• 24 chapterwise questions from CBSE papers held between 2019 and 2026
• Newest-year-first arrangement with marks and paper-year references
• Free PDF for quick revision before school and board exams

Footprints Without Feet Class 10 PYQ Pattern and Coverage

The chapter is commonly tested through short and analytical answers. Questions ask students to explain motives, judge Griffin's conduct or connect an event with a theme. The downloadable PDF groups authentic chapter questions in one place and keeps the newest papers first.

Footprints Without Feet Explained for Class 10 Boards

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Griffin's Descent from Scientist to Criminal

Griffin discovers how to make the human body invisible, but he does not use the discovery for public good. He burns his landlord's house, steals clothes and money, and attacks people who challenge him. His scientific success therefore becomes a moral failure.

1. Griffin carries out difficult experiments and becomes invisible.
2. He burns the house to take revenge on his landlord.
3. He steals food, clothes and money to survive unseen.
4. He reaches Iping in disguise and demands complete privacy.
5. He attacks others and uses invisibility to escape arrest.

Griffin's problem is not scientific ability. It is the absence of responsibility and self-control. This distinction strengthens analytical answers.

Griffin the Scientist and Griffin the Criminal

Griffin's discovery proves that he is intelligent and determined. His conduct proves that knowledge alone cannot make a person admirable. He uses his special power to satisfy anger, avoid the law and control others.

• As a scientist: curious, patient, inventive and capable of complex experimental work.
• As a person: selfish, quick-tempered, dishonest and violent.
• Main conflict: great knowledge operates without ethics or concern for others.
• Exam inference: science needs responsibility because power can help or harm.

How to Write High-Scoring Footprints Without Feet PYQ Answers

Begin with a direct response to the task word. Add one precise event from the story, then explain what it proves. A six-mark response should use two or three short paragraphs instead of retelling the complete plot.

1. Explain: show why an event happens and what follows.
2. Justify: state your view, then support it with evidence.
3. Compare: discuss Griffin's scientific skill and moral weakness.
4. Evaluate: judge whether invisibility gives freedom or creates isolation.

Evidence plus inference earns more credit than plot summary alone. Use names correctly and keep every paragraph tied to the question.

Frequently Tested Themes in Footprints Without Feet

H. G. Wells presents invisibility as a scientific achievement that becomes dangerous in the wrong hands. Griffin gains unusual power but loses safety, trust and normal human connection.

• Science and ethics: discovery without responsibility can damage society.
• Misuse of power: Griffin uses invisibility for theft, revenge and violence.
• Isolation: his secret makes ordinary relationships almost impossible.
• Appearance and reality: empty clothes and unexplained objects create mystery.

The title refers to the muddy footprints made by invisible feet. It turns an impossible idea into visible evidence.

Common Mistakes in Footprints Without Feet Previous Year Questions

Weak answers praise Griffin only as a genius or describe invisibility as a complete advantage. Both claims ignore the chapter's warning about knowledge without values.

• Do not say Griffin becomes invisible by magic; he develops a scientific method.
• Do not forget that he burns his landlord's house out of revenge.
• Do not confuse Mrs Hall, the innkeeper, with the London shopkeepers.
• Do not treat invisibility as freedom; Griffin faces cold, hunger and exposure.

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