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Hafeez Contractor knew the skill of dedicated his entire time to his studies. cutting a perfect button from chalk, a button 4, (i) What ‘distraction’ did Hafeez Contractor that would stay fixed till the school ended create one day? This way he would help fellow students who Ans. To escape studying, Hafeez Contractor would have lost the button of their shirts or would create a distraction. He made everyone trousers. play ‘chor police’ for whole one hour. 5, Which rules did he break as a school boy? (ii) Would you have liked to participate in the ‘Ans, As a student, Hafeez Contractor broke dl ‘distraction’ had you been with him? rules. He used to cheat in exams, use unfair Ans. It is tempting to play the games that means to attain a copy of the question paper everyone else is playing. |, too, might have He was also good at distracting the class and participated. 0 on. . e 6. (i) What is Hafeez Contractor's definition “HECK © (NCERT Page 32) mathematics? 4. 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Hafeez Contractor thought that now since n't need to think about examinations more, his psyche has got over with the phase of getting nightmares. 2, What was the designation of Bela Raja? Ans. Bela Raja was an editor of Sparsh, a newsletter from the Resource Centre, The Valley School, Banglore. 3, For how many years had Hafeez Contractor learnt French? Ans. Hafeez Contractor had spent 7 years learning French. It is a different matter that he didn't even acquire the skill of speaking a few phrases correctly. 4, Who was Behram Divecha? Ans. Behram Divecha was a friend of Hafeez Contractor with whom Hafeez used to have competitions for designing for's, guns and ammunition. 5, Which were the subjects that Hafeez was good at? ‘Ans. Hafeez mettions that he could deal with science and geography. At everything else, he was extremely bad. g, When and with whom did commence his caf Contractor Ans. Hafeez Contractor began his career IN 1977 under the apprenticeship af T Khareghat 7, Whom does Hafeez Contractor give credit for the lessons he had learnt about lite? Ans. Hafeez Contractor notes that life at boarding schools was difficult, but that made him street smart. He credits those lessons for what he has learnt about life than academics. g, What does Hafeez Contractor have to say about the class toppers? Ans. Hafeez Contractor shares his observations about his class toppers and other good students. They were doing ordinarily in life 9, What did Hafeez Contractor wish to do? Ans. Hafeez Contractor wanted to join the Army Later then, he thought of joining the police force. His aunt and mother were not in favour of these to professions, respectively. 40, What did Hafeez Contractor plan strategies for? Ans, Hafeez Contractor planned strategies for fighting against the gangs. & Short Answer Type Questions 4, Why did the students use to book Hafeez Contractor's books in advance? 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