NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English (An Alien Hand) Chapter 4 The Cop and the Anthem

Ans : The narrator says that when birds begin to fly south, when people want new warm coats and when dead leaves fall, one can be sure that winter is near. 

Ans : (i) False
Soapy wanted to go to prison.
(ii) True
(iii) False
There were places in the city where he could go and ask for food and a bed. These would be given to him.
(iv) True 

Ans : Soapy’s first plan was to have a good dinner at some fine restaurant and then say that he had no money to pay. This would cause a cop to be called, who would then arrest him. The judge would do the rest.


However, his plan did not work. As soon as Soapy entered the restaurant door, the head waiter saw his broken old shoes and the torn clothes that covered his legs. As a result, Soapy was turned out of the restaurant. 

Ans : The cop did not consider that Soapy could have broken the window of the shop. He did not consider him because men who broke windows would not stop to talk to cops. They would run away as fast as they could. On the other hand, Soapy was standing right there. The cop then saw a man further along the street, running, and he ran after him, thinking that he was the culprit. 

Ans : When Soapy began to shout as if he was drunk, the cop turned his back to him and said to a man standing near that the person shouting was one of the college boys and he would not hurt anything. He said that the police had orders to let them shout.