Q1. Where was A.P.J. Abdul Kalam born?
a) Chennai
b) Rameswaram
c) Madurai
d) Ramnad
Answer: b) Rameswaram

Q2. Abdul Kalam was born into a ______ family.
a) Rich zamindar family
b) Poor labourer family
c) Middle-class Tamil family
d) Royal family
Answer: c) Middle-class Tamil family

Q3. What was the name of Abdul Kalam’s father?
a) Samsuddin
b) Jalaluddin
c) Jainulabdeen
d) Lakshmana Sastry
Answer: c) Jainulabdeen

Q4. Abdul Kalam’s mother was known for her ______.
a) Strict discipline
b) Great generosity and kindness
c) Business skills
d) Political knowledge
Answer: b) Great generosity and kindness

Q5. Abdul Kalam’s father avoided all inessential comforts and luxuries because he believed in ______.
a) Wealth
b) Modern lifestyle
c) Simplicity
d) Fame
Answer: c) Simplicity

Q6. What did Abdul Kalam’s father possess despite lacking formal education?
a) Political power
b) Great wisdom and kindness
c) Wealth
d) Foreign degrees
Answer: b) Great wisdom and kindness

Q7. The Second World War broke out in ______.
a) 1935
b) 1937
c) 1939
d) 1942
Answer: c) 1939

Q8. During the war, Abdul Kalam earned his first wages by ______.
a) Working in a shop
b) Selling newspapers
c) Collecting and selling tamarind seeds
d) Working at the temple
Answer: c) Collecting and selling tamarind seeds

Q9. Abdul Kalam helped his cousin Samsuddin by ______.
a) Delivering milk
b) Catching bundles of newspapers
c) Teaching children
d) Selling vegetables
Answer: b) Catching bundles of newspapers

Q10. Who distributed newspapers in Rameswaram during the war?
a) Jalaluddin
b) Lakshmana Sastry
c) Samsuddin
d) Sivasubramania Iyer
Answer: c) Samsuddin

Q11. Abdul Kalam had three close friends in childhood. One of them was ______.
a) Jalaluddin
b) Ramnad Sastry
c) Sivasubramania Iyer
d) The new teacher
Answer: b) Ramnad Sastry

Q12. Ramnad Sastry was the son of ______.
a) Abdul Kalam’s father
b) The headmaster
c) The high priest of the Rameswaram temple
d) A freedom fighter
Answer: c) The high priest of the Rameswaram temple

Q13. Why did the new teacher ask Abdul Kalam to sit on the back bench?
a) He was late to class
b) He did not complete homework
c) He was a Muslim
d) He was talking in class
Answer: c) He was a Muslim

Q14. How did Ramnad Sastry react when Kalam was asked to sit at the back?
a) He laughed
b) He protested loudly
c) He looked downcast and hurt
d) He ignored it
Answer: c) He looked downcast and hurt

Q15. Who strongly opposed the new teacher’s discriminatory behaviour?
a) Samsuddin
b) Jalaluddin
c) Lakshmana Sastry
d) Sivasubramania Iyer
Answer: c) Lakshmana Sastry

Q16. Lakshmana Sastry asked the teacher to either apologise or ______.
a) Leave the school
b) Resign immediately
c) Face consequences
d) Transfer Kalam
Answer: c) Face consequences

Q17. Sivasubramania Iyer was Abdul Kalam’s ______ teacher.
a) Maths
b) English
c) Science
d) History
Answer: c) Science

Q18. Sivasubramania Iyer invited Kalam to his house to ______.
a) Teach him privately
b) Discuss science
c) Have a meal
d) Help in experiments
Answer: c) Have a meal

Q19. Why did Sivasubramania Iyer’s wife initially refuse to serve food to Kalam?
a) He was poor
b) He was late
c) He belonged to a different religion
d) He was unknown
Answer: c) He belonged to a different religion

Q20. How did Sivasubramania Iyer react to his wife’s refusal?
a) He became angry
b) He cancelled the dinner
c) He himself served Kalam
d) He scolded Kalam
Answer: c) He himself served Kalam

Q21. What lesson did Kalam learn from Sivasubramania Iyer?
a) Importance of money
b) Breaking social barriers
c) Business skills
d) Political leadership
Answer: b) Breaking social barriers

Q22. After the war, what did Gandhiji declare?
a) War should continue
b) India will build more temples
c) Indians will build their own India
d) British rule will strengthen
Answer: c) Indians will build their own India

Q23. Kalam left Rameswaram to study at ______.
a) Chennai
b) Ramanathapuram
c) Delhi
d) Mumbai
Answer: b) Ramanathapuram

Q24. “Abdul, I know you have to go away to grow.” Who said this?
a) His father
b) His mother
c) Jalaluddin
d) Lakshmana Sastry
Answer: a) His father

Q25. According to Kalam’s father, children are ______.
a) The property of parents
b) Born to obey parents
c) Not your children; they are life’s longing for itself
d) Responsible for family business
Answer: c) Not your children; they are life’s longing for itself

Q26. The phrase “inherited honesty and self-discipline” shows that Kalam learned these qualities from ______.
a) His teachers
b) His father
c) His friends
d) His cousin
Answer: b) His father

Q27. Abdul Kalam’s house was built of ______.
a) Wood and bricks
b) Limestone and brick
c) Marble
d) Mud and straw
Answer: b) Limestone and brick

Q28. The Rameswaram temple was located ______ Kalam’s house.
a) Far away from
b) Near
c) Behind
d) Inside
Answer: b) Near

Q29. Assertion (A): Kalam and his friends belonged to different religions.
Reason (R): They faced discrimination from each other because of religious differences.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
Answer: c) A is true but R is false.

Q30. Assertion (A): Lakshmana Sastry summoned the new teacher.
Reason (R): He wanted to prevent the spread of communal intolerance among children.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
Answer: a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Q31. Assertion (A): Sivasubramania Iyer was an orthodox Brahmin.
Reason (R): He wanted to break social barriers.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
Answer: a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Q32. Why did Kalam feel the “surge of pride” years later?
a) He became famous
b) He earned his first wages
c) He topped the class
d) He moved to another city
Answer: b) He earned his first wages

Q33. The word “hermit” in the lesson refers to a person who ______.
a) Lives luxuriously
b) Lives in isolation and simplicity
c) Travels frequently
d) Teaches in school
Answer: b) Lives in isolation and simplicity

Q34. What was the impact of the Second World War on Rameswaram?
a) Complete destruction
b) Suspension of train halt
c) Closure of temple
d) Migration of people
Answer: b) Suspension of train halt

Q35. Who inspired Kalam in his early childhood?
a) His father and Jalaluddin
b) His headmaster
c) His neighbours
d) His classmates
Answer: a) His father and Jalaluddin

Q36. Assertion (A): Kalam’s mother fed more people than her own family members.
Reason (R): She was generous and kind-hearted.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
Answer: a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Q37. Kalam’s father believed that children should be given ______.
a) Wealth
b) Freedom to grow
c) Strict control
d) Family business
Answer: b) Freedom to grow

Q38. In the poem “To Sir, With Love”, Kalam remembers his teacher for teaching him about ______.
a) Politics
b) Flying and aerodynamics
c) History
d) Literature
Answer: b) Flying and aerodynamics

Q39. What changed Kalam’s life according to the poem?
a) His father’s advice
b) His teacher’s practical demonstration
c) The war
d) Moving to Ramanathapuram
Answer: b) His teacher’s practical demonstration

Q40. In the language section, the word “erupt” is most closely related to ______.
a) Calm
b) Explode suddenly
c) Hide
d) Sleep
Answer: b) Explode suddenly

Q41. The opposite of “tolerant” is ______.
a) Accepting
b) Understanding
c) Intolerant
d) Liberal
Answer: c) Intolerant

Q42. Choose the correct passive voice: “The Principal gave the prizes.”
a) The prizes were gave by the Principal.
b) The prizes are given by the Principal.
c) The prizes were given by the Principal.
d) The prizes had given by the Principal.
Answer: c) The prizes were given by the Principal.

Q43. Which word in the lesson means “a readiness to give freely”?
a) Authority
b) Generosity
c) Casualty
d) Surge
Answer: b) Generosity

Q44. Assertion (A): Kalam’s father was a wealthy man.
Reason (R): He owned a large house made of marble.
a) Both A and R are true.
b) Both A and R are false.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
Answer: b) Both A and R are false.

Q45. The word “downcast” means ______.
a) Happy
b) Angry
c) Depressed
d) Excited
Answer: c) Depressed

Q46. What message does the lesson “My Childhood” mainly convey?
a) Importance of wealth
b) Religious superiority
c) Value of harmony, tolerance and hard work
d) Political power
Answer: c) Value of harmony, tolerance and hard work

Q47. Who eventually served food to Kalam during his second visit to Iyer’s house?
a) Iyer himself
b) Iyer’s wife
c) A servant
d) Ramnad Sastry
Answer: b) Iyer’s wife

Q48. Kalam’s decision to leave Rameswaram shows his ______.
a) Disobedience
b) Ambition and desire to grow
c) Fear
d) Carelessness
Answer: b) Ambition and desire to grow

Q49. The phrase “figures of authority” refers to ______.
a) Government officers
b) People with power to make decisions
c) Religious leaders only
d) Teachers only
Answer: b) People with power to make decisions

Q50. The overall tone of the chapter “My Childhood” is ______.
a) Humorous
b) Bitter
c) Reflective and inspirational
d) Critical
Answer: c) Reflective and inspirational