strong roots MCQ question answer -Important MCQ questions and answers from ” Strong Roots ” by APJ Abdul Kalam according to the pattern of H.S. English syllabus (WBCHSE), class – xii strong roots mcq question answer
Strong Roots mcq question answer
‘ Strong Roots ‘ is autobiographical prose writing which is written by APJ Abdul Kalam. It is the first chapter of Kalam’s autobiography the wings of fire.
- APJ Abdul Kalam’s autobiography is
- (a) Fire of Wings
- (b) “Wings of Fire”
- (c) Thank You Ma’am
- (d) My Experiment with Truth
2. By ‘ Strong Roots ‘ APJ Abdul Kalam means
- (a) his Indianness
- (b) his religious identity
- (c) his family background
- (d) his passion for science.
3. APJ Abdul Kalam is widely known as a great
- (a) president
- (b) politician
- (c) businessman
- (d) scientist
4. APJ Abdul Kalam was a boy of
- (a) Tamil family
- (b) Bengalee family
- (c) Telugu family
- (d) Marathi family
5. The family of Kalam was
- (a) rich
- (b) poor
- (c) middle-class
- (d) upper middle-class
6. Kalam lived in a
- (a) village
- (b) town
- (c) midile-class
- (d) upper middle-class
7. Kalam’s father was
- (a) wise and generous
- (b) generous but not wise
- (C) wise but not generous.
- (d) neither wise nor generous
8. Everyday Kalam’s mother fed
- (a) many beggars
- (b) only her children
- (c) many outsiders
- (d) all her family members
9. One of the ancestors of Kalam’s mother was given the title of
- (a) Lord
- (b) Sir
- (c) Bahadur
- (d) Knight.
10. Kalam had
- (a) charming looks
- (b) undistinguished looks
- (c) pretty looks
- (d) ugly looks.
11. Kalam’s ancestral house was built in the
- (a)17th century
- (b) 19th century
- (c) 18th century
- (d) 16th century
12. Kalam’s father led a/an
- (a) very simple life
- (b) indisciplined life
- (c) luxurious life
- (d) bohemian life
13. In his childhood Kalam was provided with sufficient
- (a) food, medicine and clothes
- (b) money
- (c) support for games and sports
- (d) all of the above
14. The childhood APJ Abdul Kalam summed up in Rameswaram was
- (a) a time when he moved from rags to riches
- (b) a period of extreme comfort and affluence
- (c) a time of want and deprivation
- (d) a very secure time, materially and emotionally
15. Kalam usually ate with his
- (a) father
- (b) mother
- (c) servant
- (d) family friends.
16. Kalam describes his neighbourhood as
- (a) a predominantly Muslim locality close to the famous Shiva temple where Hindu families lived amicably with their Muslim neighbours.
- (b) a predominantly Hindu locality near the Shiva temple, fraught with tension between the Muslim and Hindu communities
- (c) a predominantly Christian locality where the Muslim population was thinly spread
- (d) a cosmopolitan urban neighbourhood with people of all castes, creeds and communities sharing a high-rise apartment near the Shiva temple.
17. Many people came to Rameswaram to visit
- (a) the Krishna Temple
- (b) the Shiva Temple
- (c) the Tirupati Temple
- (d) the Kali Temple
18. Kalam’s locality was predominantly
- (a) Hindu
- (b) Buddhist
- (c) Jain
- (d) Muslim
19. Kalam’s father went to a very old mosque every evening
- (a) alone
- (b) with his wife
- (c) with his friends
- (d) with his son, Kalam
20. Kalam had not the faintest idea of the meaning of the prayer because
- (a) it was not clearly audible
- (b) it was sung in Arabic
- (c) it was very complicated
- (d) it was too philosophical
21. Kalam’s father was believed to have the powers of
- (a) reasoning
- (b) divinity
- (c) controlling the destiny
- (d) controlling the future action of his life
22. When Kalam’s father came out of the mosque after uttering prayers he saw people
- (a) asking him for alms
- (b) offering him the bowls of water
- (c) shouting and quarrelling
- (d) singing song
23. Water touched and made holy with a prayer was carried by people for
- (a) drink
- (b) worship
- (c) the cure of the invalids
- (d) sale
24. Kalam’s father was well known in their locality for
- (a) he was a successful doctor
- (b) he was a respected teacher
- (c) he was a healer who prayed for the well-being of his fellowmen
- (d) he was a wealthy moneylender
25. Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry was the
- (a) councillor of the town
- (b) headmaster of Rameswaram School
- (c) high priest of the Shiva temple
- (d) town planner of Rameswaram
26. Kalam remembered his father discussing with Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry about
- (a) their children’s future
- (b) the religious disharmony in the town
- (c) their lands and properties
- (d) spiritual issues
27. nice Kalam asked his father a question The question was related to
- (a) his father’s austerity
- (b) the relevance of prayer
- (c) the existence of God
- (d) the mystery of life
28. Kalam’s father would explain profound spiritual theories in
- (a) English
- (b) his own vernacular
- (c) any language
- (d) simple, down-to-earth Arabic
29. Kalam’s father regarded adversity
- (a) a hindrance in the way to success
- (b) a chance for introspection
- (c) a reward for happiness
- (d) a man-made affair
30 Kalam’s father believed that man looked for a company
- (a) when he was happy
- (b) when he was lonely
- (c) when he was afraid
- (d) when he was cheerful
31. Abdul Kalam describes his parents as being
- (a) wealthy, educated and generous
- (b) highly educated but not wealthy
- (c) very poor and illiterate
- (d) neither wealthy nor highly educated but kind, wise and large-hearted
32. We know that Kalam’s father was acknowledged as a spiritual person because
- (a) he was very knowledgeable about spiritual matters
- (b) he worked at the local mosque
- (c) he read the namaz before dawn
- (d) the priest of the Rameswaram temple had discussions with him
33. Kalam’s father believed that for people in distress, he was
- (a) a mere mediator
- (b) greater than God
- (c) a solver of problems
- (d) a helpless onlooker of their difficulties
34. Kalam remembers his father starting his day
- (a) with breakfast
- (b) with namaz
- (c) with morning walk
- (d) with meditation
35. Everyday Kalam’s father would take a stroll of
- (a) two miles
- (b) four miles
- (c) three miles
- (d) five miles
36. Kalam’s father would go to their coconut grove wherefrom he would pick up
- (a) about a dozen coconuts
- (b) about 8 coconuts
- (c) 10 coconuts
- (d) 14 coconuts
37. Kalam tried to emulate his father in his own world of
- (a) politics
- (b) social service
- (c) science and technology
- (d) medical science
38. Kalam was indebted to his father because he
- (a) provided him with a secure childhood
- (b) explained to him the relevance of prayer
- (c) would take him to the mosque every day
- (d) revealed to him the fundamental truths
39. Kalam had deep faith in
- (a) his religion
- (b) the existence of a divine power
- (c) the usefulness of morning walk
- (d) his father’s rituals
40. According to Kalam, there is a divine power that
- (a) shapes our destiny
- (b) lifts us from our sufferings
- (c) inspires us to fight the odds of life
- (d) all the above answers
41. Kalam supports
- (a) religious rituals
- (b) physical bond
- (c) emotional bond
- (d) spirituality
42. According to Kalam, an individual can attain freedom, happiness and peace of mind by
- (a) reading the daily namaz
- (b) severing his mental and physical bonds
- (c) avoiding all luxuries of life
- (d) following a routine-bound life
43. Kalam is also spiritual because
- (a) he visits the mosque every day
- (b) he tries to follow in his father’s footsteps
- (c) he believes in the power of the divine
- (d) he believes that an individual has to sever all ties to be happy