Important MCQ From Strong Roots By APJ Abdul Kalam Class XII

Strong Roots MCQ Question And Answer

1) Kalam was born in the town of -

a) Rajgir

b) Rajarhat

c) Rameswaram

d) Raurkella

Ans-c) Rameswaram.

2) Rameswaram was erstwhile in the state of -

a) Hyderabad

b) Madras

c) Gwalior

d) Pondichery

Ans-b) Madras

3) Kalam's autobiography is entitled as -

a) Sunny Days

b) The Story of My Life

c) Those days

d) Wings of fire

Ans-d) Wings of fire

4) Kalam was the ______ President of India

a) 11th

b) 13th

c) 12th

d) 14th

Ans-a) 11th

5) Kalam's father had -

a) not much formal education

b) excessive formal education

c) much formal education

d) no education

Ans-a) not much formal education

6) The name of Kalam's father was -

a) Nazrul

b) Jainulabdeen

c) Jalaludeen

d) Jasimuddin

Ans-b) Jainulabdeen .

7) Kalam's father possessed -

a) no wisdom

b) acquired wisdom

c) wisdom

d) great innate wisdom

Ans-d) great innate wisdom.

8) Kalam's father did not have -

a) much formal education

b) much wealth

c) both (a) & (b)

d) none of these

Ans- c) both (a) & (b) .

9) The name of Kalam's mother was -

a) Ahiana

b) Begum Rokeya

c) Ashiamma

d) Razia Sultana

Ans- c) Ashiamma .

10) In Ashiamma, Kalam's father found an ideal -

a) helpmate

b) dancer

c) singer

d) cook

Ans- a) helpmate .

11) The number of outsiders in comparison to the family members who were served food by Ashiamma was -

a) More

b) Same

c) Less

d) None of these

Ans- a) More .

12) people regarded Kalam's parents as -

a) Beautiful couple

b) Ideal couple

c) Quarrelsome couple

d) Lazy couple

Ans- b) Ideal couple .

13) "Wings of Fire" was published in -

a) 1899

b) 2009

c) 1999

d) 1799

Ans- c) 1999 .

14) The number of siblings that Kalam had was -

a) One

b) Three

c) Two

d) Many

Ans-d) Many .

15) Kalam's parents were -

a) tall

b) ugly

c) handsome

d) tall and handsome

Ans- d) tall and handsome .

16) The title bestowed upon one of the forebears of Ashiamma was -

a) Roy Chowdhury

b) Bahadur

c) Raibahadur

d) Rajeswar

Ans- b) Bahadur .

17) The title 'Bhadur' was bestowed upon one of Ashiamma's forebears by the -

a) Portuguese

b) British

c) French

d) Scandinavians

Ans- b) British .

18) Kalam's height was -

a) tall

b) medium

c) short

d) None of these

Ans- c) short .

19) Kalam's appearance was -

a) distinguished

b) fair

c) undistinguished

d) handsome

Ans- c) undistinguished .

20) Kalam's family lived in a/an -

a) mansion

b) ancestral house

c) hut

d) palace

Ans- b) ancestral house .

21) Kalam's ancestral house was built in the -

a) early 19th century

b) late 19th century

c) mid 19th century

d) before 19th century

Ans- c) mid 19th century .

22) The ancestral house was made of -

a) limestone and brick

b) concrete

c) cement and rod

d) mud

Ans- a) limestone and brick .

23) The ancestral house of Kalam was -

a) small

b) large

c) very small

d) fairly large

Ans- d) fairly large .

24) Kalam's father had -

a) conservatism

b) true generosity

c) cynicism

d) None of these

Ans- b) true generosity .

25) Which of the following adjectives is used by Kalam to describe his father ?

a) fashionable

b) rude

c) austere

d) aristocrat

Ans- c) austere .

26) What sorts of comforts and luxuries were avoided by Kalam's father?

a) essential

b) important

c) inessential

d) none of these

Ans- c) inessential .

27) What sort of necessities were provided by Kalam's father?

a) food

b) cloth

c) medicine

d) all of the above

Ans- d) all of the above .

28) Kalam terms his childhood as -

a) secure

b) insecure

c) disgusting

d) irritating

Ans- a) secure .

29) Who normally accompanied Kalam at the time of eating?

a) father

b) mother

c) sister

d) brother

Ans- b) mother .

30) Kalam ate sitting on the floor of the -

a) kitchen

b) sitting room

c) dining room

d) bedroom

Ans- a) kitchen .

31) Kalam's food was served on a -

a) plate

b) dish

c) thali

d) banana leaf

Ans- d) banana leaf .

32) The pickle served to Kalam was -

a) bought

b) stolen

c) homemade

d) None of these

Ans- c) homemade .

33) The chutney served to Kalam was made of -

a) papaya

b) coconut

c) guava

d) tomato\

Ans- b) coconut .

34) The sambar served to Kalam was -

a) salty

b) sweet

c) fragrant

d) bitter

Ans- c) fragrant .

35) The homemade pickle tasted -

a) sweet

b) bitter

c) chilli

d) excessively salty

Ans- a) sweet .

36) Rameswaram was famous for its-

a) Shiva temple

b) Church

c) Mosque

d) Gurdwara

Ans- a) Shiva temple .

37) How was the Shiva temple far from Kalam's house?

a) a five-minute walk

b) a fifteen-minute walk

c) a ten-minute walk

d) a twenty-minute walk

Ans- c) a ten-minute walk .

38) Kalam's locality was -

a) totally Muslim

b) mostly Muslim

c) totally Hindu

d) mostly Hindu

Ans- b) mostly Muslim .

39) The Muslims and the Hindu of Rameswaram lived -

a) in a friendly manner

b) fighting with each other

c) quarrelling with each other

d) hurling abusive words at each other

Ans- a) in a friendly manner .

40) Every evening Kalam's father took Kalam to -

a) the Shiva temple

b) the local church

c) the local mosque

d) the Gurdwara

Ans- c) the local mosque .

41) Kalam was taken to the mosque for -

a) morning prayers

b) afternoon prayers

c) noon prayers

d) evening prayers

Ans- d) evening prayers .

42) In the mosque prayers were chanted in -

a) Hindi

b) Arabic

c) Tamil

d) Malayalam

Ans- b) Arabic .

43) So far as the meaning of the Arabic prayers is concerned, Kalam had -

a) no idea

b) complete idea

c) partial idea

d) superficial idea

Ans- a) no idea .

44) What was Kalam sure of regarding the meaning of the Arabic prayers?

a) they reached God

b) they failed to reach God

c) they did not reach God

d) they partially reached God

Ans- a) they reached God .

45) The people who waited outside the mosque in the evening for Kalam's father belonged to -

a) the Hindu community

b) different religions

c) the Muslim community

d) None of these

Ans- b) different religions.

46) The people who waited for Kalam's father outside the mosque had -

a) glasses of water

b) cups of water

c) bowls of water

d) basins of water

Ans- c) bowls of water .

47) People belonging to different religions waited for Kalam's father -

a) inside the mosque

b) near the mosque

c) outside the mosque

d) away from the mosque

Ans- c) outside the mosque .

48) Kalam's father dipped his _________ into the bowls of water.-

a) hand

b) thumb

c) leg

d) fingertips

Ans- d) fingertips .

49) After dipping his fingertips into the water of bowls, Jainulabdeen would -

a) say a prayer

b) shout in anger

c) remain silent

d) faint

Ans- a) say a prayer .

50) The enchanted water was carried home for -

a) the children

b) the newly married

c) the handicapped

d) the invalids

Ans- d) the invalids .

51) After using the enchanted water, the invalids were -

a) cured

b) dead

c) fainted

d) senseless

Ans- a) cured .

52) The cured invalids visited Kalam's father to -

a) pay money for the water

b) become his disciple

c) thank him

d) abuse him

Ans- c) thank him .

53) When the cured invalids visited Kalam's father to offer their thanks, he advised them to thank -

a) the mosque

b) the church

c) the temple

d) Allah

Ans- d) Allah .

54) Kalam's father referred to Allah as -

a) the Almighty

b) the merciful

c) the omnipresent

d) None of the above

Ans- b) the merciful .

55) The high priest of Rameswaram was -

a) Jainulabdeen

b) Ashiamma

c) APJ Abdul Kalam

d) Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry

Ans- d) Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry .

56) One of the close friends of Jainulabdeen was -

a) Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry

b) Ruskin Bond

c) R K Narayan

d) Gieve Patel

Ans- a) Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry.

57) Kalam's father and Mr. Sastry often -

a) discussed spiritual matters

b) fought with each other

c) quarreled with each other

d) did not talk with each other

Ans- a) discussed spiritual matters .

58) While discussing spiritual matters, Jainulabdeen and P L Sastry wore -

a) special dresses

b) formal dresses

c) traditional dresses

d) informal dresses

Ans- c) traditional dresses .

59) When Kalam was old enough to ask questions, he asked his father about -

a) the relevance of prayers

b) the relevance of religion

c) the importance of prayers

d) the importance of communal harmony

Ans- a) the relevance of prayers .

60) According to Jainulabdeen, there is -

a) a mystery in prayers

b) no mystery in prayers

c) partial mystery in prayers

d) complete mystery in prayers

Ans- b) no mystery in prayers .

61) Prayer makes possible a communion between the spirit-

a) of the people

b) of the demons

c) of the Gods

d) of the spirits

Ans- a) of the people .

62) When we pray we transcend our -

a) mind

b) belongings

c) body

d) both mind and body

Ans- c) body .

63) When we transcend our body we become one with the -

a) world

b) water

c) air

d) cosmos

Ans- d) cosmos .

64) When troubles come people try to find -

a) God

b) a special helper

c) solution

d) none of these

Ans- b) a special helper .

65) What knows no division of wealth, age, caste or creed?

a) sky

b) the black hole

c) cosmos

d) the earth

Ans- c) cosmos .

66) Jainulabdeen could convey complex spiritual concepts in very simple downs to earth -

a) Tamil

b) Malayalam

c) Telugu

d) Hindi

Ans- a) Tamil .

67) Every human being is a specific element within the whole of the manifest -

a) divine Being

b) demonic forces

c) God

d) Paradise

Ans- a) divine Being .

68) We should not be afraid of -

a) troubles and sufferings

b) troubles and problems

c) pain and sufferings

d) sufferings and problems

Ans- d) sufferings and problems .

69) Adversity always presents opportunities for -

a) interview

b) introspection

c) interrogation

d) investigation

Ans- b) introspection .

70) Keeping his hands on Kalam's shoulders, Jainulabdeen stared at him -

a) to judge Kalam's capacity to understand his words

b) as he felt humiliated

c) because he was angry

d) as he was ashamed

Ans- a) to judge Kalam's capacity to understand his words .

71) When Kalam asked his father why he did not say his philosophy to the people who visited him, Jailulabdeen answered in a/an -

a) angry voice

b) loud deep voice

c) low deep voice

d) loud shallow voice

Ans- c) low deep voice .

72) Kalam's father's answer filled Kalam with a strange energy and -

a) inspiration

b) enthusiasm

c) appreciation

d) None of these

Ans- b) enthusiasm .

73) One of the forebears of Kalam's mother was awarded by the British, the title of -

a) Bahadur

b) Padmashree

c) Raibahadur

d) Bharat Ratna

Ans- a) Bahadur .

74) The coconut grove, where Abdul Kalam's father used to walk down every morning was about -

a) one and a half miles

b) four miles

c) three miles

d) four and a half miles

Ans- b) four miles .

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