Class 8 English (It so Happened) Chapter 4 Important Question Answers - The Treasure Within

Q1: Write the word’s meaning
Wrath
Ans: Anger

Q2: In which college did Mr Hafeez get admission first?
Ans: Mr Hafeez got admission to Jaihind College in Mumbai first.

Q3: Which foreign language did he learn in college?
Ans: He learned French in college.

Q4: Write the word’s meaning
Incur
Ans: suffer

Q5: Mention some of Hafeez Contractor’s works.
Ans: Some of Hafeez Contractor’s works are the 42 in Kolkata, twin towers of imperial Mumbai.

Q6: Hafeez Contractor wanted to join the police force. Why didn’t he?
Ans: Hafeez Contractor wanted to join the police force, and he got his admission letter too. But his aunt tore the admission letter, and his mother asked him to do graduation. So, he did not join the police force and was admitted to Jaihind College of Mumbai.

Q7: Why did Hafeez Contractor feel miserable in school?
Ans: He felt miserable in school because he was not interested in what was taught. He liked science and geography, but he was very bad at languages. So, he was very much interested in sports and games.

Q8: Hafeez Contractor was advised in the architect’s office to drop everything and join architecture. Why?
Ans: Hafeez’s cousin’s husband was an architect. He asked Hafeez to draw a few things, and he did accordingly. Then the architect asked him to draw a plan for a house. He drew the plan of a house, and the architect was surprised. Then, he said that Hafeez should drop everything and get into architecture.

Q9: How did he help fellow students who had lost a button?
Ans: If his fellow students got involved in the fight and lost a shirt button, they would come to him for help. He would make a button for them out of chalk and thus help his friend from breaking discipline.

Q10: How does Hafeez Contractor understand which kind of plan the client wants?
Ans: Hafeez Contractor understands the clients’ tastes by observing their clothing, talking, and eating. According to this, he makes plans on paper and later gives the plan to his employees.

Q11: Describe Hafeez’s Saturday routine when he was in boarding school.
Ans: On Saturdays, Hafeez and his friends in the boarding school were allowed to go to the town and watch a movie. So, he would collect money from 40-50 students and run to buy tickets. On his way back, he would eat to his heart’s content.

Q12: Mention how Hafeez Contractor and his classmate had a competition in making sketches.
Ans: Hafeez had a friend named Behram Divecha. They would have competitions to draw the designs of forts, guns etc. They would try their best to draw something different.

Q13: What did Hafeez Contractor have nightmares about?
Ans: Hafeez Contractor had nightmares about exams in Mathematics. He dreamed that he had appeared for the test but did not know anything.

Q14: “… that year I did not step out onto the field.” What was he busy doing that year?
Ans: When he was in Class eleven, he gave his best to score better in exams. That year he studied his best. He did not play on the ground. According to him, what he did was eat and study.

Q15: Which rules did he break as a schoolboy?
Ans: Hafeez Contractor did not like school at all. He was more interested in playing. So, he used to break a lot of rules. He used to copy in exams because he did not study at all. Then, he would not complete his homework, or sometimes, he would behave badly. This would result in a caning on his hand. Sometimes, he used to be pulled out of class for doing badly in his studies. Apart from this, he used to play a lot. He was the captain of a big gang, and he would prank others. He used to help his friend by making false buttons so that they did not get caught by teachers. Thus, his school days were full of breaking the rules.

Q16: What was Mrs Gupta’s advice to Hafeez Contractor? What made her advise him so?
Ans: Mrs Gupta advised Hafeez Contractor to be an architect. She was a schoolteacher of Hafeez. She used to teach him when he was in his lower classes. When Hafeez was in second or third standard, Mrs Gupta saw the sketches drawn by Hafeez. She exclaimed that Hafeez might be bad at studies, but he was good at drawing. So, she advised him that he would become an architect when he grew up.

Q17: Describe a few memories of the school days of Hafeez Contractor.
Ans: Hafeez did not like their studies. He was more interested in playing games. He liked cricket and other games on the field. He used to be a captain of a big gang. He used to be pulled out of the class and would start playing. He was a big prankster too. He would be involved in gang fights and playing. His juniors would come to him to take his books because they were brand new. Every Saturday, Hafeez would collect money from the students and buy tickets for the movie. Thus, he had a memorable school life filled with playing and breaking the rules.