Chapter-6: My Childhood

1 . Who was Abdul Kalam’s science teacher?

  • Subramania Swami
  • Sivasubramania Iyer
  • Subramania Bharati
  • Anant Sayam Iyengar
Answer
Sivasubramania Iyer

2. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was born in –

  • a middle-class Tamil family
  • an upper-class Telugu family
  • a low-grade Tamil family
  • a rich family
Answer
a middle class Tamil family

3. Where was A. P. J. Abdul Kalam born?

  • Ramanathapuram
  • Rameswaram
  • Ramachandrapuram
  • Ramapuram
Answer
Rameswaram

4. Who was Samsuddin?

  • Abdul Kalam’s father
  • Abdul Kalam’s brother
  • Abdul Kalam’s cousin
  • Abdul Kalam’s uncle
Answer
Abdul Kalam’s cousin

5. Who has written the autobiography  “My Childhood “?

  • Vikram Seth
  • A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Issac Asimov
  • Deborah Cowley
Answer
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

6. Abdul Kalam’s father’s name was

  • Shafiullah
  • Jainulabdeen
  • Kamaluddeen
  • None of these
Answer
Jainulabdeen

7. Abdul Kalam’s mother’s name was

  • Ashiana
  • Dinamani
  • Rukiya
  • Begum Akhtar
Answer
Ashiamma

8. The name of the Tamil newspaper distributed by Kalam was –

  • Dinamani
  • Sentinel
  • Summary
  • Azad Sipahi
Answer
Dinamani

9. What thing did Abdul Kalam use to collect?

  • Mustard seeds
  • Linseed
  • Tamarind seeds
  • None of these
Answer
Tamarind seeds

10. Abdul Kalam’s three close friends were –

  • Ramakant Desai , Arnab Goswami , Prem Shukla
  • Ramanathan Shastry, Aravindan Shivaprashan
  • Rameshwar Kumar, Jaheeruddin, Shekhar
  • Santosh Ghosh, Soma Shekhar, Kumaran
Answer
Ramanadha Shastry , Aravindan Shivaprashan

11. How old was Kalam when the Second World War broke out?

  • 10 years
  • 6 years
  • 8 years
  • 12 years
Answer
8 years