My Childhood
Answers to text book questions.
Answer these questions in one or two sentences each.
1. Where was Abdul Kalam’s house?
Abdul Kalam’s house was on mosque street in Rameshwaram.
2. What do you think Dinamani is the name of? Give a reason for your answer.
The fact that Abdul Kalam used to read headlines, to know about the war and the
fact that his cousin was newspaper distributor indicate that Dinamani is the name of
a newspaper.
3. Who were Abdul Kalam’s school friends? What did they later become?
One of his friends Ramanadha Shastry became a priest in Rameshwaram,
Aravindam went into a business of tour operator and Shivaprakasan became a catering contractor with Southern Railways.
4. How did Abdul Kalam earn his first wages?
When there was a suspension of the train halt at Rameswaram, Abdul’s cousin asked
him for help in collecting newspaper bundles which were thrown from the moving
train. This task helped Abdul Kalam earn his first wages.
5. Had he earned any money before that? In what way?
Before the Second World War broke out, there was unusually huge demand of
tamarind seeds. Abdul Kalam used to collect tamarind seeds and used to sell them
for a princely some of one anna a day.
Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph in about 30 words.
1. i) Kalam’s father, Jainulabdeen was not a wealthy or educated person. However,
he was an honest and generous man, who possessed great innate wisdom. He
was self-disciplined and avoided all inessential luxuries.
(ii) Kalam’s mother, Ashiamma was an ideal helpmate to her husband. She
believed in goodness and profound kindness, and fed many people every day.
(iii) The author describes himself as a short boy with undistinguished looks, who
had a secure childhood. He is an honest and self-disciplined person, who
believes in goodness and deep kindness.
2. He says that he inherited honesty and self-discipline from his father. He further
says that he inherited faith in goodness and deep kindness from his mother. No
iv) Narrate two incidents that show how differences can be created, and also how they can
be resolved. How can people change their attitudes?
The first incident to show that how differences can be created is that when the new young teacher found a Muslim student sitting beside a Hindu student, he asked Kalam to sit in the last raw. His friend Ramanadha Sastry was heartbreaken. They informed their respective parents Lakshmana Sastry summoned the teacher and conveyed the strong sense of conviction which ultimately reformed him. The other incident shows that how differences can be resolved. The author’s science teacher, Sivasubramania Iyer, though an orthodox Brahmin with a very conservative tried to bridge these differences. People can change their attitudes by observing no difference in the way of Hindu’s and a Muslim’s eating of meals, drinking of water and cleaning of the floor
Answer these questions in one or two sentences each.
1. Where was Abdul Kalam’s house?
Abdul Kalam’s house was on mosque street in Rameshwaram.
2. What do you think Dinamani is the name of? Give a reason for your answer.
The fact that Abdul Kalam used to read headlines, to know about the war and the
fact that his cousin was newspaper distributor indicate that Dinamani is the name of
a newspaper.
3. Who were Abdul Kalam’s school friends? What did they later become?
One of his friends Ramanadha Shastry became a priest in Rameshwaram,
Aravindam went into a business of tour operator and Shivaprakasan became a catering contractor with Southern Railways.
4. How did Abdul Kalam earn his first wages?
When there was a suspension of the train halt at Rameswaram, Abdul’s cousin asked
him for help in collecting newspaper bundles which were thrown from the moving
train. This task helped Abdul Kalam earn his first wages.
5. Had he earned any money before that? In what way?
Before the Second World War broke out, there was unusually huge demand of
tamarind seeds. Abdul Kalam used to collect tamarind seeds and used to sell them
for a princely some of one anna a day.
Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph in about 30 words.
1. i) Kalam’s father, Jainulabdeen was not a wealthy or educated person. However,
he was an honest and generous man, who possessed great innate wisdom. He
was self-disciplined and avoided all inessential luxuries.
(ii) Kalam’s mother, Ashiamma was an ideal helpmate to her husband. She
believed in goodness and profound kindness, and fed many people every day.
(iii) The author describes himself as a short boy with undistinguished looks, who
had a secure childhood. He is an honest and self-disciplined person, who
believes in goodness and deep kindness.
2. He says that he inherited honesty and self-discipline from his father. He further
says that he inherited faith in goodness and deep kindness from his mother. No
iv) Narrate two incidents that show how differences can be created, and also how they can
be resolved. How can people change their attitudes?
The first incident to show that how differences can be created is that when the new young teacher found a Muslim student sitting beside a Hindu student, he asked Kalam to sit in the last raw. His friend Ramanadha Sastry was heartbreaken. They informed their respective parents Lakshmana Sastry summoned the teacher and conveyed the strong sense of conviction which ultimately reformed him. The other incident shows that how differences can be resolved. The author’s science teacher, Sivasubramania Iyer, though an orthodox Brahmin with a very conservative tried to bridge these differences. People can change their attitudes by observing no difference in the way of Hindu’s and a Muslim’s eating of meals, drinking of water and cleaning of the floor
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