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Class 9 English Chapter 6 My Childhood Quiz 8 (25 MCQs)

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1. Why did the new teacher send Kalam to sit on the back bench?

Correct Answer: C) He found the violation of social ranking quite difficult to accept.

2. Which one of the following events contributed most significantly to Kalam's secular upbringing? Choose the most appropriate answer.

Correct Answer: C) He was exposed to the Ramayana as well as stories from the Prophet's life.

3. Choose the word that is the synonym of 'new'

Correct Answer: C) Unprecedented.

4. How does Kalam describe his relationship with his siblings?

Correct Answer: B) Supportive and loving.

5. What bedtime stories did Abdul's mother and grandmother tell the children of the family?

Correct Answer: D) Both (a) and (c).

6. Where did Kalam talk about his childhood?

Correct Answer: A) In his autobiography, Wings of Fire.

7. How did Kalam's teachers influence his life according to 'My Childhood'?

Correct Answer: B) They were inspiring and supportive.

8. Sivasubramania's expectations from Abdul Kalam was

Correct Answer: C) That Abdul will be equal to the highly educated people of big cities.

9. Full Form of the APJ Kalam

Correct Answer: C) Abul Pakir Zainulabdin Kalam.

10. What was Dinamani?

Correct Answer: C) A newspaper.

11. Why did Kalam collect tamarind seeds?

Correct Answer: C) To earn good money.

12. Who were A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's childhood friends?

Correct Answer: B) Arvindan, Shivprakashan, and Ramanathan Sastri.

13. What does Kalam say about the cultural diversity in his hometown?

Correct Answer: B) It was celebrated and respected.

14. Broke out stands for

Correct Answer: D) Began suddenly in a violent way.

15. Why was SivaSubramania wife horrified?

Correct Answer: A) Because idea of the Muslim sitting with orthodox Brahmin and eating.

16. Kalam always sat in which row?

Correct Answer: C) Front.

17. What role did Kalam's father play in his childhood according to the chapter?

Correct Answer: B) He was a source of inspiration and guidance.

18. How did Kalam's teachers influence his childhood?

Correct Answer: B) They encouraged his curiosity and learning.

19. The name of the marriage site situated in the middle of the pond near to Abdul's house was

Correct Answer: B) Rama Tirtha.

20. Whom did Kalam's father say these wordsKhali Gibran's words:Your children are not ..... ?

Correct Answer: C) To his wife.

21. What did the new teacher tell the narrator about wearing a cap?

Correct Answer: A) It marked him as a Muslim.

22. The new teacher could not stomach a Hindu priest's son sitting with a Muslim boy.find the phrase closest to:-could not stomach

Correct Answer: D) None of these.

23. What did Kalam think and say about his parents?

Correct Answer: D) All.

24. Which one of these statements sums up Kalam's father's attitude towards parenting?

Correct Answer: C) Parents should love children but give them the freedom to have their own thoughts and opinions.

25. Which subject did Sivasubramania Iyer teach to Abdul kalam?

Correct Answer: C) Science.

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