Class 8 English Chapter 1 Question Answers - It So Happened

Q1: What did the narrator mean by ‘for a child of such statuses’?
Ans: The narrator hailed from a decent family. Secondly, he was a promising student who had earned a scholarship in school.

Q2: How could he hear the coins talking?
Ans: The coins were not talking but it was in the mind of the narrator.

Q3: What did he say about his teacher?
Ans: The narrator said that his teacher was a strict disciplinarian. He would also make one stand on the bench until the school gets over.

Q4: What was the consequence of buying jalebis with the fees money?
Ans: The consequence of buying jalebis with the fees money was that for the first time in his life he was absent from his school.

Q5: Why did not the narrator pay his fees that day?
Ans: The narrator didn’t pay his fees because his teacher Master Ghulam Mohammed was absent that day.

Q6: Who was the last refuge according to the boy?
Ans: The boy was remorseful and scared; instead of taking help from his family, he considered God as the last refuge.

Q7: What did he do to escape from punishment?
Ans: The teacher informed the students that he would collect the fee during recess. The narrator was so scared that he lifted his bag and went to Kumbelpur railway station.

Q8: Why has his ‘head started to spin’?
Ans: The narrator went to his school happily with the hope that he would get his scholarship that day. But when he learned that his scholarship would be paid the following month.

Q9: What was there in the bag of the narrator?
Ans: The narrator was carrying a few textbooks, notebooks, one pencil, one sharpener, and one ID card sent by his Mammu. He did not have even four paise in his bag.

Q10: What was the suggestion given by the coin?
Ans: The coin advised him to spend the money on jalebis and he could pay the fee by the scholarship amount.