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The Beggar+My Childhood

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Sergei?

a)

advocate

b)

teacher

c)

doctor

d)

dancer

2.

What work was given to Lushkoff by Sergei?

a)

cooking

b)

chopping wood

c)

singing

d)

all of these

3.

Which currency is mentioned in the story?

a)

rupee

b)

euro

c)

dollar

d)

rouble

4.

The beggar was once a school teacher.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

Which autobiography has this lesson been taken from?

a)

Wings of Earth

b)

Wings of Water

c)

Wings of Fire

d)

Wings of Air

6.

Full name of APJ Kalam is

a)

Abdul Pakir jainalabdeen Kalam

b)

Abul pakir Jainalubdeen Kalam

c)

Abdul Phakir Jainul Kalam

d)

Abul Pakir Jainul Kalam

7.

Where was Kalam born?

a)

Rameswaram, Madras

b)

Dublin, Ireland

c)

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

d)

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

8.

What did Kalam inherit from his father?

a)

Kindness and goodness

b)

Honesty and self-discipline

c)

Hatred

9.

What did Kalam inherit from his mother

a)

Sincerity

b)

Respect and obedience

c)

Deep kindness and faith in God

10.

Kalam's three close friends in his childhood were...........

a)

Ramadhar Sastry

b)

Aravindan

c)

Shivaprakashan

d)

jainubldenn

e)

ashaiamma

11.

Who is the father of Ramanadha Sastry?

a)

Luxman Sastry

b)

Shivsubramaniya Sastry

c)

Lakshmana Sastry

d)

Arvindan Shastry

12.

Why did the teacher separate Kalam from his friend?

a)

they were talking in the class

b)

they were not doing their work

c)

they were disturbing the class

d)

because of his own notion of social ranking, religious discrimination

13.

“The strong sense of conviction Lakshmana Sastry conveyed ultimately reformed this young teacher.”


In this excerpt, what does the word “conviction” mean?

a)

Bitterness.

b)

A strong opinion or belief.

c)

When proven guilty.

d)

Anger.

14.

What was Sivasubramnia Iyer’s wife’s reaction to Kalam entering her kitchen for the first time?

a)

Angry

b)

Horrified

c)

Compliant

d)

Disgusted

15.

What was the name of the beggar?

a)

A) Mushkoff

b)

B) Chekhov

c)

C) Lushkoff

d)

D) None

16.

What was the name of the cook?

a)

A) Sergei

b)

B) Olga

c)

C) Lushkoff

d)

D) None

17.

How much money Lushkiff was earning as a notary?

a)

A) 25 roubles a month

b)

B) 35 roubles a month

c)

C) 45 roubles a month

d)

D) 20 roubles a month

18.

Why was Lushkoff removed from the choir?

a)

A) due to his weakness

b)

B) due to his drunkenness

c)

C) weak body

d)

D) poor health

19.

How did Olga help the beggar?

a)

A) by giving him food

b)

B) giving him medicine

c)

C) by chopping wood for him

d)

D) none

20.

Why did Lushkoff agree to work for Sergai?

a)

A) Sergei trapped him

b)

B) because he was feeling ashamed

c)

C) because of his own pride

d)

D) all

21.

What is the name of the mother of Kalam

a)

Jainula

b)

Jahanara

c)

Ashiamma

d)

Amina

22.

What is Dinamani?

a)

A magzine

b)

A tamil Newspaper

c)

A tamil Nesletter

d)

A tamil gernal

23.

In which ceremony Kalam's family araanged boats?

a)

Shri Sri Rama Kalyanam Ceremony

b)

Shri Sita Ji Kalyanam Ceremony

c)

Shri Ram Janki Kalyanam Ceremony

d)

Shri Sita Rama Kalyanam Ceremony

24.

Why did Kalam want to go to Ramanathpuram?

a)

for collecting newspaper

b)

for collecting tamerind seeds

c)

for selling newspaper

d)

for further studies

25.

What kind of a person was Kalam as a child?

a)

enterprising and hardworking

b)

naughty

c)

caring

d)

none