NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English (It So Happen) Chapter 4 The Treasure Within

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Class : 8th
Subject : English-2
Chapter : 4
Chapter Name : The Treasure Within

Q1 What did Hafeez Contractor have nightmares about?

Answer. Hafeez Contractor got nightmares about appearing for a mathematics examination in
which he did not know anything.

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Q2 What did the Principal say to him, which in uenced him deeply?

Answer. When Hafeez was in the eleventh standard, his Principal said to him that he had been
seeing him since day one. He was a good student. However, he had never studied. The
principal told him that so far he had taken care of him, but from then on he was by himself. He
mentioned how Hafeez’s mother had worked extremely hard to bring him up and had paid all
his fees for all those years. However, he had only played games. He thus told Hafeez to rise to
the occasion and study. These words in uenced Hafeez in a deep manner.

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Q3 “... that year I did not step out onto the eld.” What was he busy doing that year?

Answer. He was busy studying that year. He went for prayers, and just ate and studied.

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Q4 (i) What “distraction” did Hafeez Contractor create one day?
(ii) Would you have liked to participate in the “distraction” had you been with him?

Answer. (i) Hafeez mentions how one day he did not want to study. Thus, he decided to create
a “distraction”, and for one whole hour, he played ‘chor-police’ with his classmates.

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Q1 Hafeez Contractor wanted to join the police force. Why didn’t he?

Answer. Hafeez Contractor did not join the police force because his mother told him not to.
His mother told him to do his graduation.

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Q2 In the architect’s of ce, Hafeez Contractor was advised to drop everything and join
architecture. Why?

Answer. When Hafeez Contractor was in the architect’s of ce, he saw somebody drawing a
window detail. He told him that his drawing was wrong, and that the window he had drawn
would not open. Later, it was found that the drawing was indeed wrong. Seeing this, his
cousin’s husband asked him to draw a few speci c things, which he immediately did. He then
asked him to design a house and he completed this task as well. His potential for architecture
was clearly visible from these incidents. Thus, he was told to drop everything and join
architecture.

Q3 (i) What was Mrs Gupta’s advice to Hafeez Contractor?
(ii) What made her advise him so?

Answer. (i) Mrs. Gupta, who was Hafeez Contractor’s teacher in the second and third grades,
advised him to become an architect when he grew up.
(ii) She always said to him that he was quite useless in everything, except for his sketches,
which were always very good. Therefore, she advised him to take up architecture.

Q4 How did he help fellow students who had lost a button?

Answer. When his fellow students lost a button, he helped them by cutting a button from
chalk, by using a blade.

Q5 Which rules did he break as a school boy?

Answer. As a school boy, he was more interested in things other than academics. If it started
raining outside, he would think of the owing water, and how to build a dam to block it. He
thought about the ow of water within the dam, and how much of water the dam would be
able to hold. He was interested only in games, running around, and playing jokes and pranks
on others. He copied in class during exams. He used to get hold of the examination paper that
had been prepared, and study it as he could not remember things that had been taught to him
in class.

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Book : It So Happened Ncert Solutions | Chapter-4 English-2

Q6 (i) What is Hafeez contractor’s de nition of mathematics?
(ii) How would you want to de ne mathematics? Do you like the subject?

Answer. (i) He said that putting design, construction, psychology and sociology together, and
making a sketch from all that is ‘mathematics’.
(ii) DIY

Q1 Is it likely that someone who is original and intelligent does not do very well at school?
Should such a learner be called a failure? If not, why not?

Answer. It is likely that someone who is original and intelligent does not do very well at
school. Such a learner should not be called a failure as everyone has his or her own strengths
and weaknesses. Those who are academically brilliant do well in other elds. Hafeez
Contractor was not a very good student. However, he had the talent for construction, and he is
now one of the leading architects. Each individual has his or her own individual talents, which
may or may not be visible in the academic report. That is why students should be encouraged
to showcase their talents, and work on them. They should not be called failures.

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Q2 Who, in your view, is an ‘unusual’ learner?

Answer. This question requires you to use your own perspective as well as your analytical
skills. The answer to the question would vary from one person to another. It is suggested that
you read the text carefully and try attempting it on your own.

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Q3 What can schools do to draw out the best in unusual learners? Suggest whatever seems
reasonable to you.

Answer. This question requires you to use your own perspective as well as your analytical
skills. The answer to the question would vary from one person to another. It is suggested that
you read the text carefully and try attempting it on your own.

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