Hi Everyone!! This article will share The Fascinating Childhood of India’s Missile Man Questions & Answers.
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The Fascinating Childhood of India’s Missile Man Questions & Answers
Question 1: Mention any two things that Kalam and his friends observed from the top of the hill.
Answer: Kalam and his friends observed the temple gopuram and the boats on the beach.
Question 2: Why did Kalam’s beautiful childhood come to an abrupt end? Why was his family affected?
Answer: Kalam’s beautiful childhood came to an abrupt end in the year 1939, when World War II broke. Since India was then a colony of the British Empire, it was indirectly affected by the war. Prices skyrocketed and there was a scarcity of things of daily need. The people who were already struggling to make ends meet, like Kalam’s family, were further affected.
Question 3: How did Kalam try to help his family during World War II?
Answer: Kalam would collect bags full of tamarind seeds and sell to a grocery store. He also collected newspapers thrown from a train and distribute them among the eager readers of the town.
Question 4: How would the people who Kalam delivered newspapers to behave with him? Give one reason.
Answer: People would eagerly buy newspaper from Kalam.
Question 5: What did his mother understand from Kalam’s tears as he placed his head on her lap?
Answer: Kalam’s mother understood that her son’s tears were due to the sheer exhaustion of a little boy trying to step into a man’s shoes well before his time.
Question 6: Read the lines and answer the questions:
1. Understood, children?
(a) Who said these words? What topic was the speaker trying to explain?
Answer: Kalam’s science teacher said these words. He was trying to explain how birds fly.
(b) What did the children reply? Why do you think they said so?
Answer: Children replied ‘no’. They said so because the teacher drew the picture and explained in the class itself.
(c) What did the speaker do to help the children understand?
Answer: To help the children understand, the teacher took them for a lesson at the seashore.
2. Mmff… no! I’m full!
(a) Who said these words and to whom and why?
Answer: Kalam said these words to his mother as she was asking him to eat more.
(b) What was speaker full with? Which meal was this?
Answer: The speaker was full with idlis. It was breakfast which his mother had prepared.
(c) What would the speaker do after this?
Answer: Kalam would go to school after this.
So, these were the Questions & Answers.