Black Aeroplane Summary Class 10

Notes for Class 10

Students should read the Black Aeroplane Summary Class 10 English provided below prepared based on the NCERT Book for Class 10 English. In the summary, the teacher has provided the gist of the lesson. The students will be able to understand the entire chapter easily. Students should go through all Class 10 English Chapter Summary provided by us on our website.

Class 10 English Black Aeroplane Summary

The Black Aeroplane is about a pilot who is flying an old Dakota aeroplane and is happy and to be able to be home with his family in time for breakfast. He is flying from Paris to London. But suddenly he sees some huge black storm clouds that look like black mountains in front of him. He does not have enough fuel to go around the clouds. He takes the risk and flies right into it. Suddenly it is pitch dark and impossible to see anything. The instruments stop working and he has lost contact with Paris Control. Very soon he sees another black aeroplane near him and the pilot motions for him to follow and leads the way. Soon he comes out of the clouds and sees two long straight lines of lights in front
of him and that was a Runway! He looks back to thank his friend but cannot see the other plane anywhere. After landing he asks the lady at the Control room about the other plane, but she’s surprised and says that there were no other plane in the skies that night, and his was the only plane flying in the storm. The pilot is puzzled! Who could it have been he wonders

Summary in Hindi

ब्लैक एयरप्लेन एक पायलट के बारे में है जो एक पुराने डकोटा हवाई जहाज उड़ा रहा है और खुश और खुश है अपने परिवार के साथ नाश्ते के लिए समय पर घर जा सके। वह पेरिस से लंदन के लिए उड़ान भर रहा है। लेकिन अचानक उसे कुछ विशाल काले तूफान के बादल दिखाई देते हैं जो उसके सामने काले पहाड़ों की तरह दिखते हैं। वह नहीं करता बादलों के चारों ओर जाने के लिए पर्याप्त ईंधन है। वह जोखिम लेता है और ठीक उसी में उड़ जाता है। अचानक यह पिच है अंधेरा और कुछ भी देखना असंभव। उपकरण काम करना बंद कर देते हैं और उनका पेरिस से संपर्क टूट गया है नियंत्रण। बहुत जल्द वह अपने पास एक और काला हवाई जहाज देखता है और पायलट उसके पीछे चलने के लिए कहता है और मार्ग प्रशस्त करता है। जल्द ही वह बादलों से बाहर आता है और सामने रोशनी की दो लंबी सीधी रेखाएं देखता है उसका और वह एक रनवे था! वह अपने दोस्त को धन्यवाद देने के लिए पीछे मुड़कर देखता है लेकिन दूसरे विमान को नहीं देख पाता कहीं भी। उतरने के बाद वह कंट्रोल रूम की महिला से दूसरे विमान के बारे में पूछता है, लेकिन वह है आश्चर्य होता है और कहता है कि उस रात आसमान में कोई और विमान नहीं था, और उसका एकमात्र विमान था तूफान में उड़ना। पायलट हैरान है! वह कौन हो सकता था वह आश्चर्य करता है

Black Aeroplane Class 10 English Important Questions

Extracts From The Text

I knew I could not fly up and over them, and I didn’t have enough fuel to fly around them to the north or south. “I ought to go back to Paris.” I thought, but I wanted to get home.

Question & Answer

Question. What does ‘them’ in the first sentence refer to?
Ans. ‘Them’ means the big black clouds

Question. Why could he not fly over on either side of storm clouds?
Ans. There was not enough fuel left in the Dakota – aero plane for him to fly around the clouds

Question. Why did he not go back to Paris?
Ans. He wanted to get home and enjoy breakfast with his family

Question. Which country was the pilot of the plane flying towards?
Ans. The Pilot was flying towards England.

Extracts From The Text

He turned his aeroplane slowly to the north, in front of my Dakota, so that it would be easier for me to follow him. I was very happy to go behind the strange aeroplane like an obedient child.

Question & Answer

Question. Where was the pilot at this time?
Ans. The pilot was inside the black storm cloud

Question. Who does ‘He’ refer to in the first sentence?
Ans. The pilot of the Black aeroplane

Question. Why did ‘He” of the black aeroplane bring his plane in front of the Dakota aeroplane?
Ans. The pilot was trying to guide the author out of the storm clouds by asking him to follow him.

Question. Why did the pilot of the Dakota follow him like an obedient child?
Ans. He was lost and all his instruments had stopped working. He wanted to find a way out of the storm/ He wanted to get out of the storm safely.

Short Answer Questions

Question. What did the narrator feel inside the clouds?
Ans. When the narrator entered the clouds, it became impossible to see outside the aeroplane. The aeroplane jumped and twisted in the air and all the instruments like compass etc. stopped working due to the weather conditions. He could not see anything and he was worried whether the fuel would last till he landed.

Question. Why was the woman in the control room shocked when the narrator asked her about another aeroplane?
Ans. The woman in the control room was shocked when the narrator asked about another aeroplane because there was no such plane flying in the sky that night as she saw none on the radar. It was an extremely stormy night and no one had taken the risk of flying in the storm.

Black Aeroplane Summary Class 10