The Hundred Dresses - I: CBSE Class 10 NCERT Solution

Find the CBSE Class 10th English (Language and Literature) NCERT Solution for the chapter- 5, The Hundred Dresses - I. It has been framed keeping the Students' perspective in mind. This will help the Students with easy and simple understanding of the concept and technique employed in solving as per the CBSE Marking Scheme.

Few Sample Questions from this Chapter are given below:

Q. Why didn’t Maddie ask Peggie to stop teasing Wanda? What was she afraid of?

Ans. Maddie never asked Peggie to stop teasing Wanda as she herself was poor like Wanda and was afraid that if she would say anything in favour of Wanda then Peggie along with other students would start making fun of her poverty. Moreover, Peggy was the most popular girl in the class and a close friend of Maddie. So, Maddie was afraid of losing Peggy’s friendship, hence she preferred to stay mute.

Q. Who did Maddie think would win the drawing contest? Why?

Ans. Maddie thought that Peggy would win the drawing contest because Peggy drew better than anyone else. She could copy a picture in a magazine, or some film star’s face so well that one could tell who it was.

Q. Who won the drawing contest? What had the winner drawn?

Ans. Wanda won the drawing contest. She had drawn a hundred dresses, which were all different from each other. They were dazzling with colours, and had brilliant and lavish designs.