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(i) Why did Maggie offer a shilling to Mr Gupta ?
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(ii) When did Janaki and her parents leave for England ?
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(iii) What is Road Safety Week?
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(iv) What was Abdul Kalam's father?
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(v) What was Swami's thought at first at his father's order ?
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(i) Why did Maggie offer a shilling to Mr Gupta ?

• She wants Mr. Gupta to go to the grave of her brother who is buried in India and gives one shilling to him. A shilling is a lot of money for a poor girl like her.

(ii) When did Janaki and her parents leave for England ?

• 1992
• Janaki and her parents left for England in the middle of 1992. When she reached Dover and began practising in the English Channel, the Channel Swimming Association officials were quite shocked. This was the first time in their experience that a physically handicapped person was trying to swim the English Channel.

(iii) What is Road Safety Week?

• During the Road Safety Week in India, the police forces and other departments working for street safety will spread awareness about the Motor Vehicles Act of 1988 and Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill of 2019.

(iv) What was Abdul Kalam's father?

• His father Jainulabdeen Marakayar was a boat owner and imam of a local mosque; his mother Ashiamma was a housewife. His father owned a ferry that took Hindu pilgrims back and forth between Rameswaram and the now uninhabited Dhanushkodi. Kalam was the youngest of four brothers and one sister in his family.