English(Beehive) Class 9 : Lesson 6 - My Childhood

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NCERT Solution Class 9 English Beehive Lesson 6 My Childhood
NCERT Solution Class 9 English Beehive

Lesson-6
My Childhood
- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam


I Answer these questions in one or two sentences each.

Q.1. Where was Abdul Kalam's house?
Ans: Abdul Kalam's house was on the Mosque Street in Rameswaram.


Q.2. What do you think Dinamani is the name of? Give a reason for your answer.
Ans: Dinamani is the name of a local newspaper. It is so because Kalam traced the stories of the war in the headlines in Dinamani.


Q.3. Who were Abdul Kalam's school friends? What did they later become?
Ans: Ramanadha Shastry, Aravindan, and Shivaprakasan were Abdul Kalam's school friends. Ramanadha Shastry became the high priest of the Rameshwaram temple, Aravindan a transport businessman and Shivprakasan was the catering contractor for the southern railways.


Q.4. How did Abdul Kalam earn his first wages?
Ans: During the Second World War, the newspapers were bundled and thrown out of a moving train. Abdul Kalam earned his first wage by helping his cousin, who distributed newspapers in Rameswaram, to catch these bundles.


Q.5. Had he earned any money before that? In what way?
Ans: Yes, Abdul Kalam had earned some money before he started helping his cousin. When the Second World War broke out, there was a sudden demand for tamarind seeds in the market. He collected the seeds and sold them at a provision shop on Mosque Street. Usually, a day's collection earned him one anna.


II Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph (about 30 words).

Q.1. How does the author describe: (i) his father (ii) his mother (iii) himself ?

Ans: (i) Kalam's father, Jainulabdeen was not a wealthy or educated person. However, he was an honest and generous man, who possessed great innate wisdom. He was self-disciplined and avoided all inessential luxuries.

(ii) Kalam's mother, Ashiamma was an ideal helpmate to her husband. She believed in goodness and profound kindness, and fed many people every day.

(iii) The author describes himself as a short boy with undistinguished looks, who had a secure childhood. An honest and self-disciplined person, Dr. Kalam believed in goodness and kindness.



Q.2. What characteristics does he say he inherited from his parents?

Ans: He says that he inherited honesty and self-discipline from his father. He further says that he inherited faith in goodness and deep kindness from his mother.


Extra Questions

Q.1. What was A.P.J Abdul Kalam’s first earning?
Ans: 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.


Q.2. What is the Seeta Rama Kalyanam ceremony and what did A.P.J Abdul Kalam’s family use to do?
Ans: In south India Kalyanam means marriage ceremony and Seeta Rama Kalyanam means marriage ceremony of Lord Rama and Devi Seeta.
                            During Seeta Rama Kalyanam ceremony A.P.J Abdul Kalam and his family used to arrange boats with a special platform for carrying idols of the lord from the temple to the middle of the pond called Rama Tirtha, the marriage site of Lord Rama and Devi Seeta.


Q.3. Describe the meaning of the last few lines uttered by Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam’s father.
Ans: 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.


Q.4. What were the religious consequences faced by Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam in his child hood?
Ans: 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 one day when he was in standard five a new 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.


Q.5. Why did Abdul Kalam want to leave Rameswaram? What did his father say to this? What do you think his words mean?
Ans: Abdul Kalam wanted to leave Rameswaram for further studies at the district headquarters in Ramanathapuram. His father told as a seagull needs to leave its nest and fly across the sun alone to grow, children also need to go away to grow. He also mentioned the quote by Khalil Gibran that actually says that children are a product of the universe’s desire,they come through parents not from the parents. Parents can provide their children with love, support, and guidance, but ultimately, children must learn to make their own decisions and live their own lives. Parents can’t control or dictate their children’s choices or thoughts, but they can provide a nurturing environment that encourages growth and independence.


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