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Dr.ABDUL KALAM QUIZ

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A P J Abdul Kalam is known as _______________

a)

People's prime Minister

b)

Missile Man of India

c)

Father of ISRO

d)

People's President

2.

What is the full name of A P J Abdul Kalam ?

a)

Aabideen Parsa Jaban Abdul Kalam

b)

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam

c)

Aabinus Payam Jabbar Abdul Kalam

d)

Aabid Pasha Jabalah Abdul Kalam

3.

Abdul Kalam was the _____th President of India.

a)

13

b)

12

c)

14

d)

11

4.

Where was Kalam born ?

a)

Rameswaram

b)

Madras

c)

Chennai

d)

Puducherry

5.

Abdul Kalam collapsed while delivering a speech at which Institution ?

a)

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

b)

Indian Institute of Management, Shillong

c)

Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Trivandrum

d)

Indian Institute of Science, Banglore

6.

Kalam's birth anniversary is observed as _________________.

a)

International Students' Day

b)

World Students' Day

c)

National Students' Day

d)

International Youth Day

7.

Which of the following is not a book of Abdul Kalam ?

a)

Turning Points

b)

You are Born to Blossom

c)

The Luminous Sparks: A Biography in Verse and Colours

d)

Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation

8.

Name of the autobiography written by APJ Abdul Kalam

a)

My experiment with truth

b)

Fire of Wings

c)

Wings of Fire

d)

My autobiography

9.

What was Abdul Kalam’s wish/ desire?

a)

To feed the poor children of our country

b)

To plant hundred thousand saplings in their research centre

c)

To refurbish their research centre and buy the latest equipments for successful launch

10.

APJ Abdul Kalam was born

a)

15.10.1931

b)

14.10.1931

c)

15.10.1939

d)

15.10.1930

11.

How did Abdul Kalam earn his first wages?

a)

to sell tamerind seeds

b)

to collect newspaper bundle

c)

to distribute newspaper

d)

to ask money from parents

12.

In which year Kalam became the President of India?

a)

2001

b)

2002

c)

2003

d)

2004

13.

Kalam became.......... President of India.

a)

10 th

b)

11 th

c)

12 th

d)

9 th

14.

Which organization did Dr. Kalam join as a senior scientist?

a)

ADE – Aeronautical Development Establishment

b)

DRDO – Defence Research Development Organisation

c)

SLV 3 – Satellite Launch Vehicle

d)

Indian Committee of Space Research

15.

Dr. Kalam died at the age of 50.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

From which city did Dr. Kalam do his engineering?

a)

Rameshwaram

b)

Ramanathapuram

c)

Tiruchirapally

d)

Chennai

17.

Whom did Kalam’s father say these wordsKhali Gibran’s words:Your children are not…?

a)

(a) to Kalam

b)

(b) to Samsuddin

c)

(c) to his wife

d)

(d) to Mr. Iyer

18.
Kalam was graduated in 
a)
BE Aeronautics
b)
BTech
c)
BSc Physics
d)
BA
19.
Kalam did his aeronautical engineering at
a)
IIT
b)
MIT
c)
REC
d)
TIFR
20.
EquatorialRocket Launching Station (TERLS) is located in
a)
Mumbai
b)
Tiruvananthapuram
c)
Cochin
d)
Sriharikotta
21.
What is SLV?
a)
Secondary Launch Vehicle
b)
Satelliting Launch Vehicle
c)
Stable Launching Vechicle
d)
Satellite Launching Vehicle
22.
Name these two gentlemen.
a)
Kalam and Menon
b)
Menon and Pandey
c)
Kalam and Satish Dhawan
d)
Kalam and his brother
23.

What is the name of the nuclear test conducted successfully at Rajasthan on 1998 under the team led by Abdul Kalam and R Chidambaram ?

a)

Smiling Buddha

b)

Pokhran - II

c)

Shakthi - I

d)

Shakthi - II

24.

Which is the autobiography of Abdul Kalam ?

a)

Wings of Fire

b)

The Discovery of India

c)

Waiting for a Visa

d)

My India

25.

When was Abdul Kalam born ?

a)

15 January 1935

b)

17 September 1930

c)

9 June 1933

d)

15 October 1931