Eluded means to avoid or escape.
The criminal was able to elude the police and run off with the diamonds.
B. TOM WON THE RACE.
This is the sentence where race is used as a noun.
A noun is a word that denotes a person, place, or a thing. It answers the questions who and what in that sentence.
In the above sentence, tom and race are both nouns.
Who won the race? TOM
What did Tom win? the race.
Describe the four main motives of the new imperialists. Various motives prompt empires to seek to expand their rule over other countries or territories. These include economic, exploratory, ethnocentric, political, and religious motives.