My Childhood A) Answer the following short questions: 1. Where was Abdul Kalam's house? 2. What do you think Dinamani is the name of? Give a reason for your answer. 3. Who were Abdul Kalam's school friends? What did they later become? 4. How did Abdul Kalam earn his first wages?
5. Had he earned any money before that? In what way?
6. How does the author describe: i) his father, ii) his mother, iii) himself?
7. What characteristics does he say he inherited from his parents?
8. Who was Sivasubramania Iyer? What did he say to Abdul?
9. Why did Lakshmana Sastry summon the new teacher?
10. What happened when the narrator visited his science teacher's house the second time?
11. How did Abdul Kalam enjoy very secure Childhood?
12. How did Kalam's family foster Hindu-Muslim unity?
13. What was the situation in India after the Second World War?
B) Answer the following long questions:
1. Describe the incident of the new teacher at Rameswaran Elementary School.
2. Describe Abdul Kalam's childhood in Rameswaran.Was his Childhood secure, both materially and emotionally?
3. Describe the benign and liberal influence of parents, friends and teachers in shaping Kalam's personality.
Answers
Explanation:
1. Abdul Kalam's house was on the Mosque Street in Rameswaram.
2. Dinamani is the name of a local newspaper. It is so because Kalam traced the stories of the war in the head lines in Dinamani. ... Abdul Kalam earned his first wages by helping his cousin, who distributed newspapers in Rameswaram, to catch these bundles.
3. Ramanadha Sastry, Aravindan and Shivaprakasan were Abdul Kalam's school friends. Ramanadha Shastry became the high priest of the Rameshwaram temple, Aravindan a transport businessman and Shivprakasan was the catering contractor for the southern railways.
4. During the Second World War, the newspapers were bundled and thrown out of a moving train. Abdul Kalam earned his first wages by helping his cousin, who distributed newspapers in Rameswaram, to catch these bundles.
5. Yes, Abdul Kalam had earned some money before he started helping his cousin. When the Second World War broke out, there was a sudden demand for tamarind seeds in the market. He collected the seeds and sold them at a provision shop on Mosque Street. Usually, a day's collection earned him one anna.
6. his father
7. He inherited honesty and self discipline from his father. From his mother he inherited a sense of kindness and faith.
8. Answer:Siva subramania Iyer was an inspirational teacher foe Dr.A.P.J.Abdul kalam.Hesaid that one has to overcome faith, desire, difficulties to succeed in their life.
9. Lakshmana Sastry summoned the teacher because he spread the poison of social inequality and communal intolerance in the minds of innocent children
10. The teacher served kalam with his own hands. He sat down beside him to eat his meal. He again invited him to his house. That time his wife took Kalam inside her kitchen
11. He had a secure childhood because he was one of many children, they had a pucca house and all necessities were provided for in terms of food, medicines, and clothes. However, his father avoided all inessential emotionally secure childhood in terms of emotion and materials both.
12. The locality where the Kalam family resided was a lived by both Hindu and Muslim families. The childhood friends of Kalam belonged to the Orthodox Hindu Brahmin families. The house of Kalam was located just at a distance of ten minutes from the Rameshwaram Shiva temple.
13. After WW2, it became increasingly difficult for Britain to hold a colony as huge as India. In February of 1947, the British government declared that India would be granted independence by June 1948. Louis Mountbatten, Viceroy to India, urged the Congress and the Muslim League to form a united country.
1. The new teacher , who came to the Rameshwaram elementary school was a typical orthodox Brahmin person . He couldn't stomach a Muslim and a Brahmin boy sitting together . ... So , the new stereotypical teacher made Abdul Kalam sit on the back bench of the class , which equally hurt both the children's sentiments
2. His childhood was secure materially as all the basic necessities of food, medicines and clothes were provided to him. It was secure emotionally as his parents loved him and took good care of him. They provided a stress free environment for his personal growth and all-round development.
3.Kalam had a healthy surroundings. he inherited honesty, self-disclipline, faith in goodness and deep kindness from parents. ... Kalam's childhood was full of social barriers but at the same time his friends, parents and teachers wanted to break them and their influence on Kalam made him a good person in his life.
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