1. Where is the text 'Strong Roots’ taken from?
Ans: The text 'Strong Roots' is taken from Kalam’s autobiography Wings of Fire.
2. In which town was APJ Abdul Kalam born? (2016)
Ans: APJ Abdul Kalam was born in the island town of Rameshwaram in the earstwhile Madras state.
3. What was the name of Kalam’s father
Ans: The name of Kalam’s father was Jainulabdeen.
4. What was the name of kalam’s mother?
Ans: The name of Kalam’s mother was Ashiamma.
5. What did Kalam’s father possess?
Ans: Kalam’s father possessed great innate wisdom and true generosity of spirit
6. Describe the ancestral house of Abdul Kalam. (2018) or How was the house of Kalam
Ans: The ancestral house of Abdul Kalam was built in the middle of the 19th century. It was a large pucca house, made of limestone and brick on the mosque Street in Rameshwaram.
7. Who was Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry?
Ans: Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry was the high priest of Rameswaram temple and a very close friend of Abdul Kalam's father.
8. Who was the high priest of Rameshwaram temple? (2015)
Ans: The high priest of Rameswaram temple was Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry.
9. Give the name of a distinguished friend of A P J Abdul Kalam’s father.
Ans: Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry was the distinguished friend of APJ Abdul Kalam’s father.
10. What would Kalam’s father and Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry discuss?
Ans: Kalam’s father and Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry would discuss spiritual matters.
11. How does Kalam describe his appearance?
Ans: Kalam describes his appearance as a short boy with undistinguished looks.
12.Where did Kalam’s family live?
Ans: Kalam’s family lived in their ancestral house in the Mosque Street of Rameshwaram.
13. Where did Kalam’s father go for evening prayer?
Ans: Kalam’s father went to an old mosque in their locality for evening prayers.
14. When was the ancestral house of Kalam built?
Ans: The ancestral house of Kalam was built in the middle of the 19th century.
15. Where did Kalam usually eat in his childhood? Or Where did Kalam eat? Or With whom did Kalam eat?
Ans: In his childhood Kalam usually ate on a banana leaf on the floor of the kitchen with his mother.
16. What did Kalam usually have in lunch?
Ans: At lunch Kalam would usually have rice, aromatic sambar, home made pickle and fresh chutney.
17. What made Rameshwaram so famous to pilgrims?
Ans: The Shiva temple of Rameshwaram made Rameshwaram so famous to the pilgrims.
18. How far was the Shiva temple from the house of Kalam?
Ans: It was a 10 minutes walk from Kalam’s house.
19. In whom did Kalam’s father have an ideal helpmate? (2015)
Ans: Kalam’s father Jainulabdeen had an ideal helpmate in his wife Ashiamma.
20. What does adversity always present according to Kalam’s father? (2016)
Ans: According to Kalam’s father, adversity always presents opportunities for introspection.
21. Why was the lineage of Kalam’s mother more distinguished?
Ans: The lineage of Kalam’s mother was more distinguished because one of her ancestors was given the title of ‘Bahadur’ by the British.
22 . Who was bestowed the title of 'Bahadur' in “Strong Roots”? H.S 17
Ans: In 'Strong Roots', one of the forefathers of Kalam’s mother was bestowed the title of 'Bahadur'.
23. What did Kalam’s father say about the relevance of prayer? (2018)
Ans: Kalam’s father said that there was nothing mysterious about prayer, rather prayer made possible a communion of the spirit between people.
24. What according to Kalam’s father do human beings look for when they feel lonely?
Ans: According to Kalam’s father, human beings look for company of others when they feel lonely.
25. How could Kalam’s father convey complex spiritual concepts?
Ans: Kalam’s father could convey complex spiritual concepts in simple down-to-earth Tamil.
26. When did Kalam's father start his day?
Ans: Kalam's father started his day at 4 P.M.
27. When did Kalam’s father have his breakfast?
Ans: Kalam’s father had his breakfast after returning from the coconut grove with about a dozen of coconuts.
28. What was the distance of the coconut grove from Kalam’s house?
Ans: The coconut grove was 4 miles away from Kalam’s house.
29. How did Kalam’s father bring the coconuts from the grove?
Ans: Kalam’s father brought coconuts from the grove carrying them slung over his shoulders.
30. Why would Kalam go to the local mosque?
Ans: Kalam would go to the local mosque with his father for the evening prayer.
31. What was one of the most vivid memories of Kalam's early childhood?
Ans: Kalam's one of the most vivid memories was of his father and the high priest of Rameswaram Temple, Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry discussing spiritual matters.
32. Who waited for Kalam's father outside the mosque?
Ans. People of different religions waited for Kalam's father outside the mosque.
33. What did the people offer to Kalam's father outside the mosque?
Ans. Peopie offered bowls of water to Kalam's father outside the mosque.
34. What did Kalam's father do with the bowls of water?
Ans Kalam's father dipped his fingertips into the bowls of waler and chanted a prayer to sanctify it.
35. What was the role of Kalam's father in propitiating the demonic forces?
Ans. Kalam's father played the role of a go-between in in propitiating demonic forces.
36. What is the meaning of 'impasse'?
Ans: The word 'impasse' means 'a situation where there is no chance of progress'.
37. How did Kalam's father start his day?
Ans: APJ Abdul Kalam's father started his day by reading the namaj before dawn.
38. What does not Abdul Kalam recall
Ans: Abdul Kalam does not recall the exact number of people whom his mother fed every day.
39. After the namaz what would Kalam's father do?
Ans: After the namaz Kalam's father would go to their small coconut grove.
40. What do human beings do when they reach an impasse?
Ans: When human beings reach an impasse, the search for someone who can show them the way out.
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