Question

Read the given extracts to attempt questions that follow.
A. “One day, he invited me to his home for a meal. His wife was horrified at
the idea of a Muslim boy being invited to dine in her ritually pure kitchen.
She refused to serve me in her kitchen. Sivasubramania Iyer was not
perturbed, nor did he get angry with his wife, but instead, served me with his
own hands and sat down beside me to eat his meal. His wife watched us from
behind the kitchen door. I wondered whether she had observed any
difference in the way I ate rice, drank water or cleaned the floor after the
meal. When I was leaving his house, Sivasubramania Iyer invited me to join
him for dinner again the next weekend. Observing my hesitation, he told me
not to get upset, saying, “Once you decide to change the system, such
problems have to be confronted.” When I visited his house the next week,
Sivasubramania Iyer’s wife took me inside her kitchen and served me food
with her own hands.”
(25)Who are ‘he’ and ‘me’ in the first sentence?
(a) Sivasubramania Iyer and Abdul Kalam
(b) Abdul Kalam and Ramanand Sastry
(c) Abdul Kalam and Sivaprakasan
(d) Abdul Kalam and Aravindam

Answer 1

Answer:

25) he is the friend me is the narrator

Answer 2

Sivasubramania Iyer and Abdul Kalam are 'he' and 'me' respectively in the first sentence.

Explanation:

• Option (a) Sivasubramania Iyer and Abdul Kalam- This is the correct answer.
• In the extract given we see that Sivasubramania Iyer had invited Abdul Kalam for a meal.
• In this place we see that they had made an attempt to demolish the barriers of religion, caste or creed.
• That was why the Brahmin had invited Abdul Kalam, a Muslim for a meal in his house.
• We see how Sivasubramania Iyer was so kind and secular towards Abdul Kalam.