IN SEARCH OF THE PERFECT WINDOW - Chapter 10 English Class VIII

(Anundoram Borooah Academy)

English - Class VIII
Chapter 10
IN SEARCH OF THE PERFECT WINDOW

EXERCISE (অনুশীলনী) :

A. Answer the following questions (তলত দিয়া প্ৰশ্নবোৰৰ উত্তৰ দিয়া) :

1. What is the author's suggestions regarding the advertisements of rooms?
( ৰূমভাড়াৰ বিজ্ঞাপনৰ প্ৰতি লিখকৰ পৰামৰ্শ কি?)
Answer : The author's suggestion regarding the advertisement of rooms is that the advetisement should include the facility of rooms with window.

2. Why does the author say that garrets do not help a young poet in writing poems?
(‘লিখকে কিয় কৈছে যে গেৰেটে ডেকা কবিক কবিতা লিখাত সহায় নকৰে?)
Answer : The poets are imaginative. They need stimulant to write poems. In a garret there is no facility to enjoy the natural scenery of birds and other things to write poems on them. So the poet says that the garrets do not help young poet in writing poems.

3. What unpleasant experience did the author have while living near Clapham Junction?
(ক্লেফাম জংচনত বাস কৰি থকা সময়খিনিত লিখকে কি অশান্তিকৰ অভিজ্ঞতা লাভ কৰিছিল?)
Answer : The poet had to live in London for six
months. There he rented a room near Clapham Junction. It had a view of the railway. But he could not enjoy the view as the rows of washing were hung out to dry behind the building. Moreover it was an area lived by the people of the working class. There the rail passed with thundering sound making the building shudder, the ornments, crockery and dishes rocked
and rattled as if there were an incessant earthquake. For all these, the author could not feel comfortable.
These were the unpleasant experience that the author had while living near the Clapham Junction.

4. Which windows are perfect according to the author and why?
(লিখকৰ মতে কোন ধৰণৰ খিৰিকী পূর্ণাঙ্গ আৰু কিয়?
Answer : According to the poet, the windows through which the outside views like the sky, mountains, the road etc. can be seen and enjoyed are perfect windows. It is because the enjoyment of outside world keep mind away from feeling monotonous.

5. Did the author find his final abode which he had been longing for? If any, give a short description of it.
(লিখকে হাবিয়াস কৰি থকা তেওঁব চূড়ান্ত থকা ঠাইখন
পাইছিলনে? যদি পাইছিল তেন্তে তাৰ চমু বিৱৰণ দিয়া।)
Answer : Yes, the author found his final abode which he had been longing for.
It was on a hill side. It was an old house but the author found it ideal for him. It had windows through which he could see the sky, mountains, green valleys, winding rivers, television tower etc. There he felt comfortable and could sing song. The window was so positioned that lying on his bed he could look at the sky, sitting on the desk he could see the hills and standing on the window he could look at the road below.

6. What does the author feel when he sees the sky during the monsoon period?
(মৌচুমীৰ সময়ত আকাশখন দেখা পাই লিখকে কি অনুভৱ কৰিছিল?)
Answer : The author finally found his ideal house on a hill. There he enjoyed much during the monsoon period. During this time the sky was more fascinating. Sitting on his desk he saw the clouds advancing across the valley, rolling over the hills. Raindrops pattered agaisnt the window panes. When the clouds passed, the clouds opened up and the heaven was seen to be deeper blue. It was like a magic for the author. Every time that he saw the sky, he felt to be belonging to the universe rather than to one corner of the earth.

C. Fill in the blanks (খালী ঠাই পূৰণ কৰা।) :

1. The aurhor was longing for a perfect _____
Answer : window.

2. The author had been living in different _____
Answer : places.

3. Those who advertise rooms or flats to let often describe them as room with __________
Answer : bath, or room with tea and coffee-making facilities.

4. At last, persistence was _____
Answer : rewarded.

5. The author is aware of belonging to the __________
Answer : universe rather than to just one corner of the earth.

C. Write 'True' or 'False' (‘সঁচা’ বা ‘মিছা' লিখা।) :

1. The author says that without a view a room is hardly a living place merely a place of transit.
Answer : True.

2. Train windows, naturally, have no equal when it comes to views, especially in India.
Answer : True.

3. If given a choice, the author would opt for the road as the best of all views.
Answer : False.