Comprehension check… Part I
1. How does Tilloo
manage to find his way to the ‘forbidden passage’?
Ans: One day when his father was sleeping, Tilloo took out his security card and made his way to the forbidden passage.
2. What did Tilloo
hope to see once he emerged from his underground house?
Ans: He hoped to see the sun or stars.
3. Why did Tilloo’s father advise him not to try to reach
the surface of the planet?
Ans: The air was too thin to breathe. The temperature was so low that one freezed to death. So Tilloo’s father advised him not to try to reach the surface of the planet
4. What changes
had occurred, which forced people to live in underground homes?
Ans: The sun turned hostile. Its minimal change upset the nature’s balance. Birds, animals and the fish became extinct. These conditions forced people to live in underground homes
Part
II
1. Why was everyone in the Control Room greatly excited?
Ans: The big TV screen of the Control Room indicates that something was heading towards the place, this lead to a lot of excitement among people.
2. Was the spacecraft manned or unmanned? How do you know
it?
Ans: The spacecraft was unmanned. Number one in the central committee told that they did not contain any living being. They have instrument only.
3. What did Number One and Number Two suggest should be
done about the alien spacecraft?
Ans: Number One and Number Two suggested that they should not attack the spacecraft. They should only observe so as to reveal their existence.
Part
III
1. What do you
think the mechanical hand was trying to do?
Ans: The mechanical hand was trying to dig out the Martian soil for testing if there is life on Mars or not.
2. Tilloo pressed
red button and “the damage was done”. What was the damage?
Ans: The damage was that the mechanical hand stopped working.
3. Where had the
spacecraft come from?
Ans: The spacecraft had come from NASA.
4. On which planet do Tilloo and his parents live?
Ans: They live on Mars.