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MCQs For Class 9 Beehive
Chapter 6 : My Childhood
MCQs For Class 9 Beehive Chapter 6 My Childhood
Q1. Who is the author of the chapter "My Childhood"?
A. R.K. Narayan
B. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
C. Mulk Raj Anand
D. Vikram Seth
Correct Answer: B
Q2. Where was
A. P.J. Abdul Kalam born? A. Rameswaram
B. Chennai
C. Madurai
D. Thiruvananthapuram
Correct Answer: A
Q3. In which state is Rameswaram located?
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Kerala
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Karnataka
Correct Answer: C
Q4. What was the name of Kalam’s father?
A. Samsuddin
B. Jainulabdeen
C. Ahmed Jalaluddin
D. Lakshmana Sastry
Correct Answer: B
Q5. What was the name of Kalam’s mother?
A. Ashiamma
B. Janki
C. Mary
D. Fatima
Correct Answer: A
Q6. Kalam’s father was a man of:
A. Great wealth
B. Great innate wisdom and true generosity of spirit
C. Great education
D. Great selfishness
Correct Answer: B
Q7. How would Kalam describe his childhood?
A. Miserable
B. Very secure, both materially and emotionally
C. Full of struggles
D. Very lonely
Correct Answer: B
Q8. In which year did the Second World War break out?
A. 1937
B. 1938
C. 1939
D. 1945
Correct Answer: C
Q9. How old was Kalam when the Second World War broke out?
A. Five years old
B. Eight years old
C. Ten years old
D. Twelve years old
Correct Answer: B
Q10. During the war, what was in high demand that Kalam used to collect?
A. Newspaper
B. Tamarind seeds
C. Bidi wrappers
D. Sea shells
Correct Answer: B
Q11. Where did Kalam sell the tamarind seeds he collected?
A. To a grocery shop on Mosque Street
B. To his school teacher
C. To his father
D. To a factory
Correct Answer: A
Q12. How much money did Kalam earn by selling tamarind seeds?
A. One anna
B. Two annas
C. One rupee
D. Five rupees
Correct Answer: A
Q13. Who was Ahmed Jalaluddin to Kalam?
A. His brother
B. His teacher
C. A close friend much older than him
D. His father
Correct Answer: C
Q14. Who was Samsuddin?
A. Kalam’s brother
B. Kalam’s cousin who distributed newspapers
C. Kalam’s science teacher
D. The head priest
Correct Answer: B
Q15. Why did Samsuddin need a helping hand?
A. To sell seeds
B. To catch newspaper bundles thrown from the moving train
C. To study
D. To clean the shop
Correct Answer: B
Q16. What was Kalam’s first wages?
A. Selling tamarind seeds
B. Helping Samsuddin catch newspaper bundles
C. Working in a shop
D. Helping his father in the boat
Correct Answer: B
Q17. Kalam inherited _______ from his father.
A. Honesty and self-discipline
B. Faith in goodness and deep kindness
C. Wealth and property
D. Pride and ego
Correct Answer: A
Q18. What did Kalam inherit from his mother?
A. Self-discipline
B. Faith in goodness and deep kindness
C. Wealth
D. Scientific temperament
Correct Answer: B
Q19. How many close friends did Kalam have in his childhood?
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five
Correct Answer: B
Q20. Who was the son of Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry?
A. Aravindan
B. Sivaprakasan
C. Ramanadha Sastry
D. Samsuddin
Correct Answer: C
Q21. What was the profession of Ramanadha Sastry after he grew up?
A. He became a scientist
B. He took over the priesthood of Rameswaram temple
C. He joined the transport business
D. He became a teacher
Correct Answer: B
Q22. What did Aravindan do for a living?
A. He became a priest
B. He went into the business of arranging transport for pilgrims
C. He became a catering contractor
D. He became a pilot
Correct Answer: B
Q23. What did Sivaprakasan become?
A. A priest
B. A scientist
C. A catering contractor for the Southern Railways
D. A teacher
Correct Answer: C
Q24. During which festival did Kalam’s family arrange boats with a platform?
A. Diwali
B. Shri Sita Rama Kalyanam ceremony
C. Pongal
D. Eid
Correct Answer: B
Q25. Where were the bedtime stories in Kalam's family taken from?
A. The Ramayana and the life of the Prophet
B. Only the Quran
C. Only the Bible
D. Tales of Akbar and Birbal
Correct Answer: A
Q26. What was the cap Kalam wore signify?
A. He was a scientist
B. He was a Muslim
C. He was a student
D. He was a priest
Correct Answer: B
Q27. Where did Kalam always sit in the classroom?
A. On the last bench
B. In the front row next to Ramanadha Sastry
C. In the middle of the class
D. Near the teacher's desk
Correct Answer: B
Q28. Why did the new teacher ask Kalam to go and sit on the back bench?
A. Kalam was talking in class
B. The teacher could not stomach a Hindu priest's son sitting with a Muslim boy
C. Kalam had not done his homework
D. The front bench was broken
Correct Answer: B
Q29. How did Ramanadha Sastry react when Kalam was sent to the back bench?
A. He felt happy
B. He was indifferent
C. He looked utterly wretched and wept
D. He laughed at Kalam
Correct Answer: C
Q30. Who summoned the new teacher to warn him against spreading social inequality?
A. Kalam’s father
B. Lakshmana Sastry
C. The Principal
D. The Science teacher
Correct Answer: B
Q31. What did Lakshmana Sastry tell the new teacher?
A. To resign from the school
B. To either apologize or quit the school and the island
C. To go to a different city
D. To pay a fine
Correct Answer: B
Q32. Who was Kalam's science teacher?
A. Sivasubramania Iyer
B. Lakshmana Sastry
C. Ahmed Jalaluddin
D. Samsuddin
Correct Answer: A
Q33. Sivasubramania Iyer’s wife was very ________.
A. Modern
B. Liberal
C. Conservative and orthodox
D. Friendly
Correct Answer: C
Q34. Why did Sivasubramania Iyer's wife refuse to serve Kalam in her kitchen?
A. Because Kalam was dirty
B. Because of her belief in ritual purity and Kalam being a Muslim
C. Because there was no food
D. Because she was angry with her husband
Correct Answer: B
Q35. What did Sivasubramania Iyer do when his wife refused to serve Kalam?
A. He shouted at her
B. He served Kalam with his own hands and sat down beside him to eat
C. He told Kalam to leave
D. He also refused to eat
Correct Answer: B
Q36. What was the reaction of Sivasubramania Iyer’s wife when Kalam visited the second time?
A. She again refused to serve him
B. She took him inside her kitchen and served him food with her own hands
C. She left the house
D. She ignored him
Correct Answer: B
Q37. "Once you decide to change the system, such problems have to be confronted." Who said this?
A. Kalam’s father
B. Sivasubramania Iyer
C. Lakshmana Sastry
D. " Who said this? A. Kalam’s father B. Sivasubramania Iyer C. Lakshmana Sastry D. Samsuddin
Correct Answer: B
Q38. When the Second World War ended, what did Gandhiji declare?
A. Indians will build their own India
B. India will remain a colony
C. The war was a mistake
D. Rameswaram will be the capital
Correct Answer: A
Q39. Why did Kalam want to leave Rameswaram?
A. He hated the place
B. To study at the district headquarters in Ramanathapuram
C. To join the army
D. To find a job
Correct Answer: B
Q40. Did Kalam’s father hesitate to give him permission to leave?
A. Yes, he was very angry
B. No, he said he knew he had to go away to grow
C. He asked him to wait for five years
D. He told him to ask his mother
Correct Answer: B
Q41. To whom did Kalam’s father quote Khalil Gibran?
A. To Kalam
B. To his hesitant mother
C. To the science teacher
D. To the new teacher
Correct Answer: B
Q42. What does the quote "Your children are not your children..." imply?
A. Parents should not love children
B. Children have their own thoughts and must live their own lives
C. Children do not belong to the family
D. Parents should leave their children
Correct Answer: B
Q43. The word "orthodox" in the chapter means:
A. Modern
B. Following traditional or long-established beliefs
C. Scientific
D. Very rich
Correct Answer: B
Q44. What was the "ancestral house" of Kalam made of?
A. Wood and straw
B. Limestone and brick
C. Cement and glass
D. Mud and stones
Correct Answer: B
Q45. The "small island town" mentioned in the story is:
A. Lakshadweep
B. Rameswaram
C. Andaman
D. Sri Lanka
Correct Answer: B
Q46. What kind of person was Kalam's father despite his lack of formal education?
A. Practical and shrewd
B. Wise and generous
C. Simple and hardworking
D. All of the above
Correct Answer: D
Q47. What did the science teacher want to break?
A. The school walls
B. Social barriers between different communities
C. The rules of the school
D. The laboratory equipment
Correct Answer: B
Q48. How did Kalam feel about his science teacher?
A. He feared him
B. He respected and liked him
C. He ignored him
D. He found him boring
Correct Answer: B
Q49. "My Childhood" is an extract from which famous book?
A. Ignited Minds
B. Wings of Fire
C. India 2020
D. The Luminous Sparks
Correct Answer: B
Q50. What does this chapter teach us?
A. That we should stay in our hometown
B. That communal harmony and changing narrow mindsets are important
C. That science is better than religion
D. That war is good for earning money
Correct Answer: B