1. The name of APJ Abdul Kalam’s autobiography is –
A) Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra B) Wings of Fire C) Malgudi Days D) Drishti Au Shrishti
Ans. B) Wings of Fire
2. Strong Roots’ is taken from APJ Abdul Kalam’s –
A) Ignited Minds B) Wings of Fire c) My Journey d) Indomitable Spirit
Ans. B) Wings of Fire
3. APJ Abdul Kalam was the –
A) Prime Minister of India B) President of India C) Chief Minister D) Judge of Supreme Court
Ans. B) President of India
4. APJ Abdul Kalam was born into a ______________ family. –
A) middle-class Tamil B) lower middle-class Tamil C) upper-class Tamil D) none of these
Ans. A) middle-class Tamil
5. APJ Abdul Kalam’s birth place was in the island town of –
A) Goa B) Andaman C) Rameswaram D) Puri
Ans. C) Rameswaram
6. APJ Abdul Kalam’s father had –
A) much formal education B) much formal education and wealth C) neither much formal education nor much wealth D) none of these
Ans. C) neither much formal education nor much wealth
7. Who possessed great innate wisdom and true generosity of spirit –
A) Ashiamma B) Kalam C) Jainulabdeen D) Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry
Ans. C) Jainulabdeen
8. APJ Abdul Kalam’s father found an ideal helpmate in –
A) Ashiamma B) Jalaludeen C) Abdul Kalam D) Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry
Ans. A) Ashiamma
9. Kalam was quite sure that her mother fed –
A) many beggars B) many outsiders C) all her family members D) all of these
Ans. B) many outsiders
10. One of the forebears of Kalam’s mother was awarded by the British the title of –
A) Bahadur B) Raibahadur C) Padmashree D) Bharat Ratna [H.S. = 2015]
Ans. A) Bahadur
11. Kalam had –
A) charming looks B) undistinguished looks C) ugly looks D) pretty looks
Ans. B) undistinguished looks
12. According to APJ Abdul Kalam, his parents were –
A) tall B) handsome C) tall and handsome D) short but handsome
Ans. C) tall and handsome
13. Kalam and his brothers and sisters lived in their –
A) ancestral house B) rented house C) hut D) Cottage
Ans. A) ancestral house
14. The ancestral house of APJ Abdul Kalam was a fairly large pucca house which was made of –
A) cement and brick B) limestone and brick C) clay and brick D) sand and brick
Ans. B) limestone and brick
15. Kalam’s father led a –
A) very simple life b) very indisciplined life c) luxurious life d) moderate life
Ans. A) very simple life
16. APJ Abdul Kalam’s father used to avoid all _____________ comforts and luxuries. –
A)essential B) inessential C) avoidable D) unavoidable
Ans. B) inessential
17. Abdul Kalam’s ancestral house was built in –
A) mid 19th century B) late 19th century C) early 20th century D)early 19th century [H.S. = 2017 & 2022]
Ans. A) mid-19th century.
18. In his childhood Kalam was provided with all necessary –
A) food, medicine and clothes B) money C) support for games and sports D) all of the above
Ans. A) food, medicine and clothes
19. Kalam accepted that he had a very _________ childhood. –
A) insecure B) uncertain C) painful D) secure
Ans. D) secure
20. Kalam usually ate with his –
A) father B) mother C) outsiders D) family members
Ans. B) mother
21. _______________ made Rameswaram famous to pilgrims –
A) the Krishna Temple B) the Shiva Temple C) the Tirupati Temple D) the Kali Temple
Ans. B) the Shiva Temple
22. The Shiva Temple was about _________ minutes walk from Kalam’s house. –
A) a ten B) a five C) a twenty D) a fifteen
Ans. A) a ten
23. Kalam’s locality was predominantly –
A) Hindu B) Buddhist C) Jain D) Muslim
Ans. D) Muslim
24. Kalam’s father would take him to the mosque for –
A) pre-dawn prayer B) evening prayer C) mid-day prayer D) afternoon prayer [H.S. = 2016]
Ans. B) evening prayer.
25. Kalam’s father went to a very old mosque every evening –
A) alone B) with his wife C) with his friends D) with his son, Kalam [H.S. = 2016]
Ans. D) with his son, Kalam
26. Kalam had no idea of the meaning of the prayer because –
A) it was difficult to understand B) it was chanted in Arabic C) it was not properly audible D) none of these
Ans. B) it was chanted in Arabic
27. What was Kalam convinced about the Arabic prayers?–
A) It reaches all people B) It is useless C) It reaches God D) It has no effect at all
Ans. C) It reaches God
28. When Kalam’s father came out of the mosque after the prayers, people of __________ community would be sitting outside to meet him.
A) Muslim B) his friends C) different D) his relatives
Ans. C) different
29. When Kalam’s father came out of the mosque, he saw people –
A) asking him for alms B) offering him the bowls of water C) asking him for help D) offering him money
Ans. B) offering him the bowls of water
30. The holy water sanctified by his father was carried for –
A) drink B) worship C) invalids D) none of these
Ans. C) invalids
31. Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry was the –
A) councillor of the town B) headmaster of Rameswaram School C) high priest of the Shiva temple D) none of these
Ans. C) high priest of the Shiva temple
32. Kalam remembered his father discussing with Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry about –
A) politics B) the riots C) sports D) spiritual matters
Ans. D) spiritual matters
33. According to Kalam’s father, when we pray we transcend our body and become a part of –
A) the earth B) the cosmos C) the god D) the world
Ans. B) the cosmos
34. According to Kalam’s father, __________ knows no division of wealth, age, caste or creed. –
A) the earth B) the cosmos C) the god D) the world
Ans. B) the cosmos
35. Abdul Kalam’s father would convey complex spiritual concepts in simple down-to-earth –
A) Arabic B) Urdu C) Tamil D) Telegu [H.S. = 2019 & 2022]
Ans. C) Tamil.
36. According to Kalam’s father, adversity always presents opportunities for –
A) inspection B) introduction C) introspection D) retrospection
Ans. C) introspection
37. Kalam’s father believed that man looked for a company –
A) when he was happy B) when he was lonely C) when he was afraid D) when he was cheerful
Ans. B) when he was lonely
38. The words of Abdul Kalam’s father filled him with strange energy and –
A) relief B) enthusiasm C) perseverance D) determination [H.S. =2020]
Ans. B) enthusiasm.
39. According to Kalam’s father, whenever people reach an impasse, they –
A) become frustrated B) look for someone to help them C) surrender themselves to God D) try to understand the relevance of it
Ans. B) look for someone to help them
40. Kalam remembers his father starting his day at ____ am.
A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5
Ans. C) 4
41. Kalam remembers his father starting his day –
A) with namaz after dawn B) with namaz before dawn C) with morning walk D) with meditation
Ans. B) with namaz before dawn
42. The coconut grove where Abdul Kalam’s father used to walk down every morning was about –
A) One and a half miles B) Three miles C) Four miles D) Four and a half miles [H.S. = 2018]
Ans. C) Four miles.
44. Kalam’s father would go to their coconut grove and return with about –
A) a dozen coconuts B) 8 coconuts C) 10 coconuts D) 14 coconuts
Ans. A) a dozen coconuts
45. Kalam’s father would maintain his routine- bound life upto –
A) sixties B) late sixties C) seventies D) late seventies
Ans. B) late sixties
46. Kalam tried to emulate his father in his own world of –
A) politics B)science and technology C) social service D) medical science
Ans. B)science and technology
47. Kalam had deep faith in the existence of a –
A) supernatural power B) divine power C) devilish power D) his father’s rituals
Ans. B) a divine power
48. According to Kalam an individual can attain freedom, happiness and peace of mind by –
A) reading the daily namaz B) severing his mental and physical bonds C) avoiding all luxuries of life D) following a routine-bound life
Ans. B) severing his mental and physical bonds
49. Abdul Kalam describes his parents as being –
A) wealthy, educated and generous B) highly educated but not wealthy C) very poor and illiterate D) neither wealthy nor highly educated but kind, wise and large-hearted [WBCHSE model question]
Ans. D) neither wealthy nor highly educated but kind, wise and large-hearted
50. We know that Kalam’s father was acknowledged as a spiritual person because –
A) he was very knowledgeable about spiritual matters B) he worked at the local mosque C) he read the namaz before dawn D) the priest of the Rameswaram temple had discussions with him[WBCHSE model question]
Ans. A) he was very knowledgeable about spiritual matters
51. Kalam is also spiritual because –
A) he visits the mosque every day B) he tries to follow in his father’s footsteps C) he believes in the power of the divine D) he believes that an individual has to sever all ties to be happy [WBCHSE model question]
Ans. D) he believes that an individual has to sever all ties to be happy
52. Kalam’s father believed that for people in distress, he was –
A) mere mediator B) greater than God C) solver of problems D)a helpless onlooker of their difficulties [WBCHSE model question]
Ans. A) mere mediator
53. How does APJ Abdul Kalam sum up his childhood in Rameswaram? –
A) a time when he moved from rags to riches B) a period of extreme comfort and affluence C) a time of want and deprivation D) a very secure time, materially and emotionally [WBCHSE model question]
Ans. D) a very secure time, materially and emotionally
54. How does Kalam describe his neighbourhood? –
A) a predominantly Muslim locality close to the famous Shiva temple where Hindu families lived amicably with their Muslim neighbours B) a predominantly Hindu locality near the Shiva temple, fraught with tension between the Muslim and Hindu communities C) a predominantly Christian locality where the Muslim population was thinly spread D) a cosmopolitan urban neighbourhood with people of all castes, creeds and communities sharing a high-rise apartment near the Shiva temple [WBCHSE model question]
Ans. A) a predominantly Muslim locality close to the famous Shiva temple where Hindu families lived amicably with their Muslim neighbours
55. Why was Kalam’s father well-known in their locality? –
A) He was a successful doctor B) He was a respected teacher C) He was a healer who prayed for the well-being of his fellowmen D) He was a wealthy moneylender [WBCHSE model question]
Ans. C) He was a healer who prayed for the well-being of his fellowmen
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