Question

1. Answer these questions in one or two sentences each.
Where was Abdul Kalam's house?
What do you think Dinamani is the name of? Give a reason for your answer.
Who were Abdul Kalam's school friends? What did they later become?
How did Abdul Kalam earn his first wages?
5. Had he earned any money before that? In what way?
II. Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph (about 30 words)
1 How does the author describe: (i) his father, (ii) his mother, (iii) himself?
What characteristics does he say he inherited from his parents?
Discuss these questions in class with your teacher and then write down your
answers in two or three paragraphs each.
"On the whole, the small society of Rameswaram was very rigid in terms of
the segregation of different social groups, says the author.
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( Which social groups does he mention? Were these groups easily
identifiable (for example, by the way they dressed)?
(i) Were they aware only of their differences or did they also naturally share
friendships and experiences? (Think of the bedtime stories in Kalam's
house; of who his friends were; and of what used to take place in the
pond near his house.)
(iii) The author speaks both of people who were very aware of the differences
among them and those who tried to bridge these differences. Can you
identify such people in the text?
(iv) Narrate two incidents that show how differences can be created, and
also how they can be resolved. How can people change their attitudes?
(i) Why did Abdul Kalam want to leave Rameswaram?
(ii) What did his father say to this?
(iii) What do you think his words mean? Why do you think he spoke those
words?
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Answer 1

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