Strong Roots Quiz

The autobiographical writing "Strong Roots" is written by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam which is the first chapter of his best selling autobiographical book "Wings of Fire".

The full name of APJ Abdul Kalam is Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam.

Dr APJ Abdul Kalam was born in 1931 into a middle-class Tamil family in the island town of Rameswaram in the erstwhile Madras state.

APJ Abdul Kalam was born in the island town of Rameswaram in the erstwhile Madras state in 1931.

The island town Rameswaram was in the erstwhile Madras state.

APJ Abdul Kalam had studied Physics at St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli.

Dr Kalam began his career at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.

The excerpt "Strong Roots" is a/an autobiographical writing by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam taken from his best selling autobiographical book 'Wings of Fire'.

By 'Strong Roots' APJ Abdul Kalam meant his family background.

The autobiographical writing 'Strong Roots' is excerpted from the first chapter of his best selling autobiographical book 'Wings of Fire'.

The autobiographical essay "Strong Roots" is an excerpt from Dr Kalam's best selling autobiographical book 'Wings of Fire'.

Dr Kalam was born into a middle-class Tamil family.

APJ Abdul Kalam was by birth a Tamil. He was born into a middle-class Tamil family.

".....the erstwhile Madras state" suggests Madras before independence.

The name of APJ Abdul Kalam’s father was Jainulabdeen.

Abdul Kalam describes his parents as being neither wealthy nor highly educated but kind, wise and generous.

"He possessed great innate wisdom," Here the word 'he' refers to Kalam's father.

Dr Kalam's father, Jainulabdeen had an ideal helpmate in Kalam's mother, Ashiamma.

The name of the mother of the author of 'Strong Roots' is Ashiamma.

The narrator's mother or Dr Kalam's mother fed outsiders with her own family everyday.

The narrator's i.e. Dr Kalam's parents were widely regarded as an ideal couple in their locality.

"My mother's lineage was the more distinguished." Here 'lineage' means family background.

One of the forebears of Kalam's mother's was awarded the title of Bahadur by the British.

Dr Kalam was one of many children, with rather undistinguished looks, born to tall and handsome parents.

Abdul Kalam’s ancestral house was built in the middle of the nineteenth century.

Kalam's house was a fairly large pucca house made of limestone and brick.

The ancestral house was made of limestone and brick.

Kalam's ancestral house was located on the Mosque Street in Rameswaram.

Kalam's father was a austere man who used to avoid all inessential comforts and luxuries.

APJ Abdul Kalam sums up his childhood in Rameswaram by describing the time as a a very secure time, materially and emotionally.

Kalam normally ate with his mother, sitting on the floor of the kitchen.

The speaker usually ate with his mother sitting on the floor of the kitchen.

During meals, the food was served on banana leaves.

The Shiva temple made Rameswaram so famous to pilgrims.

The distance from Dr Kalam's house to the Shiva temple was about a ten-minute walk from their house.

Kalam's locality was predominantly Muslim, but there were quite a lot of Hindu families too, living amicably with their Muslim neighbors.

Kalam grew up in a society which was secular and integrated.

Dr Kalam describes his neighbourhood as a predominantly Muslim locality close to the famous Shiva temple where Hindu families lived amicably with their Muslim neighbours.

Kalam's father was well-known in their locality because he was a healer who prayed for the well-being of his fellow men.

We know that Kalam’s father was acknowledged as a spiritual person because the priest of the Rameswaram temple had discussions with him.

There was a very old mosque in their locality where Kalam's father would take him for evening prayers.

The prayers chanted in the mosque were in Arabic.

Though Kalam had not the faintest idea of the meaning of the Arabic prayers chanted in the mosque, he was totally convinced that those prayers would reach god.

People sat outside the mosque and waited for Kalam's father.

Many people offered bowls of water to Kalam’s father who would dip his fingertips in them and say a prayer.

Having dipped his fingertips in the bowls of water and saying a prayer, Kalam's father sanctified the water by saying a prayer.

The water sanctified by Kalam's father was carried home for invalids.

After being cured, people came to meet Kalam's father in their house to offer thanks to him.

When people thanked Jainulabdeen after being cured, he asked them always to thank Allah, the Merciful.

The name of the high priest of Rameswaram temple was Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry who was a very close friend of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’s father, Jainulabdeen.

Growing old enough, once Kalam asked his father about the relevance of prayer.

According to Kalam’s father, when we pray, we transcend our body and become a part of the cosmos which knows no division of wealth, age, caste or creed.

Abdul Kalam’s father would convey complex spiritual concepts in simple, down-to-earth Tamil.

"When troubles come, try to understand the relevance of your sufferings." This is said by Kalam's father, Jainulabdeen.

"Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection." Here the word 'introspection' means deep thought about one's feelings.