How does author describes APJ Kalam’s Father and mother?
Write a note on Einstein education from school to university.
What do you learn about APJ Abdul Kalam and his family from the lesson “My childhood”?
How did the prince and the swallow enable to playwright to finish his work ?
Which country or countries do you think “the Northland” refers to?
Why did Aurangzab Ban the playing of the pungi?
For whom does the prince send the sapphires and why?
What difference do you find in present school and the school described in the lesson ‘The Fun They Had’?
Why was kezia afraid of her father?
Kezia’s efforts to please her father resulted in displeasing him very much. How did this happen?
What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair?
Write the story of ‘A Legend of Northland’ in about ten sentences.
How does author describes APJ Kalam’s Father and mother?
Why do the courtiers call the prince ‘the Happy Prince’? Is he really happy? What does he see all around him?
“Toto was a pretty monkey.” In what sense is Toto pretty?
Why did Aurangzeb Ban the playing of the pungi?
What does the poet like to do when it rains?
What difference do you find in present school and the school described in the lesson ‘The Fun They Had’?
What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair?
How does author describes APJ Kalam’s Father and mother?
For whom does the prince send the sapphires and why?
Write a note on Einstein education from school to university.
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1)His father: Abdul Kalam's father, Jainulabdeen, was not a wealthy or educated person. However, he was an honest and generous man with strong innate wisdom. ... (ii) His mother: Abdul Kalam's mother, Ashiamma, was an embodiment of goodness and kindness who was an ideal helpmate to her husband.
2)He studied in Munich but detested the strict discipline in the school. He hence left the school and continued his education in Switzerland. Though his teachers wrote him off at a very young age, he proved to be very good at Math and Physics. After passing high school he studied at Zurich University
3)Abdul Kalam tells us that his family was a middle class Tamil Muslim family from Rameshwaram. His parents were good, kind and wise people who gave their children a childhood that was emotionally and materially secure.
4)The prince asked the swallow to take one of his sapphires to the playwright. Thus they helped him to finish his work.
5)“The Northland” could refer to any extremely cold country in the Earth's north polar region, such as Greenland, the northern regions of Russia, Canada, Norway etc.
6)Aurangzeb banned the playing of musical instrument pungi because it had a shrill and unpleasant sound.
7)The prince sent the sapphires for the playwright so that he could finish a play for the director of the theatre in time. The princes sent his second sapphire to a poor match girl. Her matches had fallen into the gutter. She was afraid that her father would beat her for this loss.
8)In present day schools, students study together in a separate building and teachers are human beings whereas, in the lesson the school was at home and the teacher was mechanical.
9)Kezia used to be afraid of her father because her father talked to her harshly. One day her grandmother told her to make a pin-cushion to gift him on his birthday which was approaching. ... Thus, her efforts to please her father resulted in displeasing him very much.
10)One day when her father looked for the papers, he did not find them. After some time, he came to know that Kezia had torn them into pieces to make a pin-cushion. He got infuriated and beat her with a ruler. Thus, her efforts to please her father resulted in displeasing him very much.
11)On his way to the fair the child sees toys, balloons of different colours, garland of gulmohur, a swing and a snake-charmer playing a flute. He gets attracted towards all these things. So, he lags behind.
12)A legend of the northland is the story about the life nearer to the northern pole in which long nights, dark nights and short days are experienced leading to lack of sleep. Because of extreme cold children look like bear’s cubs in because of funny and furry clothes. Even with lack of faith in the mythological story, yet the poet decided to narrate it. The story is that of a hungry person seeking food from an old lady, who, due to greed ends up rebaking small cakes only to bake an even smaller one. She infuriates the man, Saint Peter, who curses and therefore she results in being cursed as a bird wandering for food. Ultimately teaching the lesson of greed being costly, as a moral.
13)Abdul Kalam inherited honesty and self discipline from his father and faith in goodness and kindness from his mother. Like his parents even he respected all religions.
14)The courtiers called the prince 'the Happy Prince' because he was always happy. ... However, when he died and was made into a statue, he was not happy and tears flowed down his eyes on seeing the state of his city. He could see all the misery and ugliness of the city around him.
15)Toto was a pretty monkey with bright eyes sparkling with mischief, pearly white teeth, quick and wicked fingers and a gracious tail which served as a third hand. His cute smile used to frighten elderly Anglo- Indian ladies.
16)Aurangzeb banned the playing of musical instrument pungi because it had a shrill and unpleasant sound.
17)When it rains, the poet likes to lie with his head pressed against the pillow of his cottage chamber bed and listen to the sound of the soft rain.
18) In present day schools, students study together in a separate building and teachers are human beings whereas, in the lesson the school was at home and the teacher was mechanical.