NCERT Class 9 English Beehive Sixth Chapter My Childhood Solution
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I.) Answer these questions in one or two sentences each.
1.) Where was Abdul Kalam’s house?
Answer:
A.P.J Abdul Kalam’s house was located on the Mosques Street at Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu.
2.) What do you think Dinamani is the name of? Give a reason for your answer.
Answer:
Dinamani is the Tamil daily, News paper.
During World War II, it was always updated with the daily news, from that we came to know that it is may be a daily news paper.
3.) Who were Abdul Kalam’s school friends? What did they later become?
Answer:
Their names were Ramanadha Sastry, Aravindan and Sivaprakasan.
Ramanadha Sastry became the priest of Rameswaram temple like his father. Aravindan started a transporting business for the pilgrims to and from the Rameswaram temple and Sivaprakasan became a catering contractor for the southern Railway.
4.) How did Abdul Kalam earn his first wages?
Answer:
A.P.J Abdul Kalam’s cousin was a news paper distributer. Due to cancellation of the train stoppage at Rameswaram and for the throwing out of the news papers from the moving train he needed someone to help him to collect the news papers. For that he took A.P.J Abdul Kalam with him and against which he paid him a salary, which was A.P.J Abdul Kalam’s first salary.
5.) Had he earned any money before that? In what way?
Answer:
Yes, he had earned money before that.
During World War II, there was a huge demand of tamarind Seeds in the daily market. A.P.J Abdul Kalam started selling them on the Mosque Street and earned anna, considering this it was his first earning.
II.) Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph (about 30 words) 1. How does the author describe:
(i) His father,
Answer:
A.P.J Abdul Kalam’s father’s name was Jainulabdeen. Thought he was not wealthy and much educated, he was a generous man. He was wise and honest too. He provided author and his brothers and sisters with all the necessities of life.
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(ii) His mother,
Answer:
His mother’s name was Ashiamma. His mother was kind and generous too. Everyday she used to feed a large number of people, which is more in numbers than her family members.
(iii) Himself?
Answer:
A.P.J Abdul Kalam was a ordinary looking boy. He had a short height but his ambition was much bigger. He learnt honesty, kindness and discipline from his parents.
2.) What characteristics does he say he inherited from his parents?
Answer:
From his father A.P.J Abdul Kalam inherited honesty and self discipline and from his mother he inherited faith in goodness and deep kindness.
III. Discuss these questions in class with your teacher and then write down your answers in two or three paragraphs each.
1.) “On the whole, the small society of Rameswaram was very rigid in terms of the segregation of different social groups,” says the author.
(i) Which social groups does he mention? Were these groups easily identifiable (for example, by the way they dressed)?
Answer:
He mentioned here two social groups one is Hindu Brahmin and the other one is Muslims.
Yes, these groups were easily identifiable by their dress up. The Hindu Brahmin used to wear sacred thread and the Muslims cap on their head.
(ii) Were they aware only of their differences or did they also naturally share friendships and experiences? (Think of the bedtime stories in Kalam’s house; of who his friends were; and of what used to take place in the pond near his house.)
Answer:
Here “They” referred to A.P.J Abdul Kalam and his siblings. They were not aware about any social differences of the society. Infect they used to hear both Prophet Muhammad stories and Ramayana from their mother and grandmother in their bedtime stories. Again their family used to participate in Seeta Rama Kalyanam festival, which is a Hindu festival.
(iii) The author speaks both of people who were very aware of the differences among them and those who tried to bridge these differences. Can you identify such people in the text?
Answer:
The people who were aware of the social differences were Kalam’s English teacher who was newly appointed to the school when A.P.J Abdul Kalam was in fifth standard. He was totally against of sitting both Muslim and Hindu children together and another person was Kalam’s science teacher Sivasubramania Iyer’s wife. She was an orthodox religious person and did not serve Kalam food, when he was invited for dinner to her house.
The people who tried to bridge the social differences were Lakshmana Sastry, head priest of Rameswaram temple and Ramanadha father. He scolded that teacher and asked on apology for his dead. And another person was Sivasubramania Iyer, who being an orthodox Hindu called Kalam for dinner and served food to him by his own hand. So that his wife could feel the actual human relationship.
(iv) Narrate two incidents that show how differences can be created, and also how they can be resolved. How can people change their attitudes?
Answer:
Being a Muslim child A.P.J Abdul Kalam was never treated differently from others and never felt he belonged from different religion, though all his friends were Hindu. He and his family all were whole heartedly involved into the Hindu customs and Hindu religion.
But oneday when he was in standard five anew teacher came to their class and told him to sit on the last bench as he belonged to a lower rank of the society and that teacher did not like to allow students sitting together belonging from Hindu and Muslim family .Due to this incident A.P.J Abdul Kalam’s best friend Ramanadha got upset and he complained against that teacher to his father who was the chief Priest of Rameswaram temple. Later the teacher was scolded and asked for an apology by his father.
Again, another incident happened to A.P.J Abdul Kalam, as the caste system was vividly followed in the society of Rameswaram at that time. His science teacher Sivasubramania Iyer was a religious and an orthodox Brahmin but was a religious type of person. He did not believe in the distinction on the Basisaf cast system. But his wife had an orthodox mentality. To break that and to break this society barrier one day he called A.P.J Abdul Kalam for dinner to his house.
Being an orthodox Brahmin his wife did not allow him to her kitchen and did not serve food but to break her motion Mr. Sivasubramania serve A.P.J Abdul Kalam food by his own hand and again invited him another day for dinner. That day his wife understood her mistake and cordially welcomed A.P.J Abdul Kalam into her kitchen and serve food by her own hand.
2.) (i) Why did Abdul Kalam want to leave Rameswaram?
Answer:
Abdul; Kalam wanted to leave Rameswaram for higher studies. He wanted to go to Ramanathapuram.
(ii) What did his father say to this?
Answer:
When his father heard that Kalam wanted to go to Ramanathapuram for higher studies, he appreciated him and gave an example of seagull. Like seagull Kalam should also dream bigger and fly higher to achive his dream. He encouraged Kalam for his decision.
(iii) What do you think his words mean? Why do you think he spoke those words?
Answer:
When A.P.J Abdul Kalam’s mother came to know that he wanted to go Ramanathapuram for higher studies, she got upset. To console her, his father uttered few lines from “Your children” by Khalil Gibran. He wanted to mean that your children are not your children of life. They came from you, you gave them birth but you do not have the right to control their thoughts. They have their own thoughts and they have the total right to fulfil the actual aim of life.
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