West Bengal Board Class 8 English Chapter 4 Solution –The Great Escape Question Answer: Class 8 English Textbook Blossoms Chapter 4 English Activity Question Answers of the Story “The Great Escape” have been provided here. WB Board 8th Class English Book Chapter 4 Questions with solution will help you in your exam. Students may follow the article to know the Solution of the Model Activity of 8th Class Chapter 4 WB Bengali Medium School English Book.
Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order and put the numbers in the givenboxes:
(1) Subhas and Sisir chose the wanderer of their journey.
Answer: 6
(2) Sisir entered Subhas’s bedroom that December afternoon.
Answer: 1
(3) The police were keeping a watch on Subhas’s house.
Answer: 4
(4) Sisir was to help plan and carry out Subhas’s escape from India.
Answer: 2
(5) Subhas‘s nephew helped him listen to foreign broadcast.
Answer: 5
(6) Sisir walked back to his own house in a state of wonder and excitement.
Answer: 3
Activity –2 Solution
Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
(a) On a December afternoon,Sisir _______________________
Answer:Subhas’s nephew entered Subhas’s bedroom
(b) The task that Subhas gave Sisir was _____________________
Answer:to help planning and carry out Subhas’s escape from India
(c) 1, Woodburn park was _____________________
Answer:the residence of Sisir kumar Bose
(d) The escape plan of Subhas and Sister was __________________
Answer:to drive out , in the most natural fashion through the main gate.
Activity –3 Solution
Answer the following question:
Why did Subhas and Sisir ,as their plan of escape , decide to drive out in ‘the most natural fashion through the main gate’ ?
Answer: Subhas and Sisir drove through the main gate in most natural fashion because they can elude whatever suspicions of the British soldiers keeping a watch on Subhas.
Activity – 4 Solution
Write ‘T’ for true and ‘f’ for falsestatements in the given boxes. Give supporting statements for each of your answers:
(a) Akabar Shah operated in the northeastern frontier provinces.
Answer: F
Supporting Statement : He fully tried to operate in the northeastern frontier provinces but failed in it .
(b) The items of clothing for Subhas’s disguise were purchased from a shop in South kolkata.
Answer: F
Supporting Statement : the shop they want in central Calcutta where they bought beggy ,shalwars ,trousers and a black Fez for Subhas’s disguise.
(c) Everyone in Subhas’s family was aware of his plan of escape.
Answer: F
Supporting Statement : only Subhas’s niece lila and a male cousin , Damien knew everything.
(d) The policemen preferred warm blankets on the cool winter night of 16 January.
Answer: T
Supporting Statement : on January 16 in the night of winter , the policemen preferred that there should be warm blankets on charpoi.
Activity – 5 Solution
Answer the following questions:
(a) What items were purchased for Subhas to be carried with him on his Journey ?
Answer: A suitcase , Bedroll , Shirts , Baggy shalwars etc. items were purchased for Subhas.
(b) What was the real identity of Muhammad Ziauddin?
Answer: In reality, Muhammad Ziauddin assumed the identity of Subhas Chandra Bose.
(c) Why do you think Subhas had to put on a false identify ?
Answer: I believe Subhas ji must have made the decision to break free from his house arrest, which is why he had to assume a false identity.
Activity – 6 Solution
Fill in the chart with information from the text:
What
Why
(i) Subhas and sister tip- toed down the back stairs
Answer:They aimed to maintain secrecy regarding their plan from other family members and to evade the attention of the police.
(ii) The light glowed in Subhas’s bedroom
Answer:They intended to create the illusion that Subhas was still inside his room.
(iii) Answer:Subhas and Sisir shared a few anxious moments.
The car engine faltered.
(iv) Answer:Subhas left for Gomoh station in disguise.
Subhas wanted to catch the Delhi-Kalka mail.
Activity – 7 Solution
Answer the following questions:
(a) In which direction did Sisir drive after leaving Elgin Road ?
Answer: After Leening Elgin Road he drove the Car to Howrah Bridge.
(b) Who was Ashok ? How did he help in Subhas’s escape ?
Answer: Ashok was the brother of Sisir. He left a room for Subhas to rest during the daytime. Thus he helped him to escape.
(d) Why did Sisir pick Subhas up in his Car a little further from Ashok’s house?
Answer: Since Ashok only knew Subhas as Muhammad Ziauddin to maintain the secrecy of Subhas’s true identity, Sisir was able to collect Subhas in his car a short distance away from Ashok’s residence.
Activity – 8(a) Solution
In the following sentences, underline the words that act like verbs and take objects:
(i) He likes to play badminton.
Answer: He likes to play badminton.
(ii) His habit is to read the newspaper daily.
Answer: His habit is to read the newspaper daily.
(iii) Her greatest pleasure is to dance.
Answer: Her greatest pleasure is to dance.
Activity – 8(b) Solution
Underline the Infinitive in the following sentences:
(i) Raja is not afraid to speak the truth.
Answer: Raja is not afraid to speak the truth.
(ii) The teacher was extremely sorry to hear it.
Answer: The teacher was extremely sorry to hear it.
(iii) The guava is fit to eat.
Answer: The guava is fit to eat.
(iv) To find fault is easy.
Answer:To find fault is easy.
Activity – 9 Solution
Add suitable prefix or suffix to the given words in brackets and fill in the blanks to complete the sentences meaningfully:
(a) The children were full of ______________ (excite) as they went for a picnic.
Answer: The children were full of excitement (excite) as they went for a picnic.
(b) We should not ________________ (courage)anyone.
Answer: We should not discourage (courage)anyone.
(c) It was a ______________ (comfort)journey as I got a place to sit.
Answer: It was a comfortable (comfort)journey as I got a place to sit.
(d) India became an ______________ (dependent)nation in 1947.
Answer: India became an independent (dependent)nation in 1947.
