101% suggestion Class 12 semester 3: strong roots by apj abdul kalam

101% suggestion Class 12 semester 3: strong roots by apj abdul kalam | ১০১% সাজেশন দ্বাদশ শ্রেণীর সেমিস্টার ৩: strong roots- এপিজে আব্দুল কালাম 

✅ 1. The father of Abdul Kalam got up from bed at -

A) 7 am
B) 5 am
C) 9 am
D) 4 am

Answer: D) 4 am

✅ 2. The priest of the Rameswaram temple was -

A) Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry
B) Pandit Ramdev
C) Gurunath Singh
D) Bijoy Kumar

Answer: A) Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry

✅ 3. The Rameswaram temple is about a - minute walk from Kalam's house.

A) five
B) eight
C) ten
D) fifteen

Answer: C) ten

✅ 4. Kalam's father avoided -

A) crowded place
B) nasty people
C) late rising
D) all inessential comforts and luxuries in his daily life

Answer: D) all inessential comforts and luxuries in his daily life

✅ 5. Rameswaram was famous due to the presence of -

A) old mosque
B) old church
C) Shiva temple
D) none of these

Answer: C) Shiva temple

✅ 6. Kalam's father explained difficult philosophical and spiritual concepts in -

A) Sanskrit
B) Bengali
C) Gujrati
D) very simple, down-to-earth Tamil

Answer: D) very simple, down-to-earth Tamil

✅ 7. The title of 'Bahadur' was bestowed upon -

A) one of the forebears of Kalam's mother
B) one of the forebears of Kalam's father
C) Kalam's father
D) the priest of Shiva temple

Answer: A) one of the forebears of Kalam's mother

✅ 8. The coconut grove, where Abdul Kalam's father used to walk down every morning, was about -

A) one and a half miles
B) three miles
C) four miles
D) four and a half miles

Answer: C) four miles

✅ 9. According to Jainulabdeen, when one prays -

A) he can control demonic forces
B) he serves for people
C) he transcends his body and becomes a part of the cosmos
D) he can get opportunities for introspection

Answer: C) he transcends his body and becomes a part of the cosmos

✅ 10. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam was born in the town of -

A) Indore
B) Rameswaram
C) Malgudi
D) Kochi

Answer: B) Rameswaram

✅ 11. According to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam's father, adversity always presents -

A) problems
B) opportunities for introspection
C) sufferings
D) judgement

Answer: B) opportunities for introspection

✅ 12. Kalam describes his appearance as -

A) a short boy with rather undistinguished looks
B) a tall and handsome boy
C) a tall and lean boy
D) a short and fatty boy

Answer: A) a short boy with rather undistinguished looks

✅ 13. Kalam's father had an ideal helpmate in -

A) Kalam's brother
B) Kalam
C) Kalam's mother
D) Kalam's uncle

Answer: C) Kalam's mother

✅ 14. Kalam's ancestral house was built in -

A) mid 19-century
B) late 19-century
C) early 20-century
D) early 19-century

Answer: A) mid 19-century

✅ 15. A very close friend of Abdul Kalam's father was -

A) a habildar, Charan Das
B) a shopkeeper, Mohan Lal
C) the high priest of Rameswaram temple, Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry
D) a fortune-teller, Jimmy

Answer: C) the high priest of Rameswaram temple, Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry

✅ 16. Dr Kalam lived on the street -

A) Muslim
B) Mausoleum
C) Mosque
D) Monument

Answer: C) Mosque

✅ 17. Jainulabdeen possessed -

A) ancestral property
B) great innate wisdom and a true generosity of spirit
C) language proficiency
D) spiritual power

Answer: B) great innate wisdom and a true generosity of spirit

✅ 18. The language in which the prayers were chanted in the mosque was -

A) Hindi
B) Urdu
C) Bengali
D) Arabic

Answer: D) Arabic

✅ 19. Kalam's ancestral house was made of -

A) limestone and brick
B) cement and brick
C) mud and brick
D) bamboo and tin shed

Answer: A) limestone and brick

✅ 20. See the diagram on the right-hand side and choose the correct option to fill in the given space:

home-made idli, home-made dosa, home-made mint chutney, home-made pickle, samber, Ashiamma fresh served coconut chutney

Answer: home-made pickle

✅ 21. Pick out the correct alternative: Whenever human beings are in trouble they look for someone.

(I) This is a natural reaction.
(II) They want somebody to help them out.
(III) They reach an impasse.

A) I-T, II-F, III-F
B) I-T, II-T, III-T
C) I-F, II-T, III-F
D) I-F, II-F, III-F

Answer: B) I-T, II-T, III-T

✅ 22. Arrange the following statements in correct order:

(I) Jainulabdeen would go to a small coconut grove.
(II) Jainulabdeen would start his day at 4 am.Here’s the properly formatted version for questions 26–51 with the options and answers clearly shown:

✅ 26. Bowls of water were offered to Kalam's father because -

A) he wanted to wash his hands
B) he would dip his fingertips in them and say a prayer and this water was then carried home for invalids
C) he would bathe with them
D) he would store them for drinking

Answer: B) he would dip his fingertips in them and say a prayer and this water was then carried home for invalids

✅ 27. APJ Abdul Kalam was by birth a -

A) Telegu
B) Tamil
C) Kannad
D) Malayali

Answer: B) Tamil

✅ 28. The words of Abdul Kalam's father filled him with a strange energy and -

A) relief
B) enthusiasm
C) perseverance
D) determination

Answer: B) enthusiasm

✅ 29. Kalam normally ate with -

A) his father
B) his brothers and sisters
C) his mother
D) the outsiders

Answer: C) his mother

✅ 30. Kalam's locality was predominantly -

A) Hindu
B) Buddhist
C) Jain
D) Muslim

Answer: D) Muslim

✅ 31. In 'Strong Roots', the title of 'Bahadur' was bestowed by -

A) the landlord
B) the British
C) the District Magistrate
D) the priest

Answer: B) the British

✅ 32. The names of Kalam's parents were -

A) Jainulabdeen and Ashiamma
B) SK Azfaruddin and Minara Begum
C) Nazimul and Rebeca
D) Abdul Latif and Fatima Bibi

Answer: A) Jainulabdeen and Ashiamma

✅ 33. Dr Kalam's mother's lineage was more ___ than his father's.

A) superior
B) distinguished
C) aristocratic
D) lowly

Answer: B) distinguished

✅ 34. Kalam's father and his friend Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry would discuss -

A) political matters
B) social matters
C) spiritual matters
D) family matters

Answer: C) spiritual matters

✅ 35. Abdul Kalam said his mother's lineage was more distinguished as -

A) one of her ancestors was a popular political leader
B) her father established a hospital in their locality
C) one of her forebears had been bestowed the title of 'Bahadur' by the British
D) one of her forebears became a religious guru

Answer: C) one of her forebears had been bestowed the title of 'Bahadur' by the British

✅ 36. APJ Abdul Kalam's own world was concerned with -

A) science and war
B) rocket science and technology
C) science and technology
D) missile technology

Answer: C) science and technology

✅ 37. APJ Abdul Kalam, throughout his life, tried to emulate his -

A) father
B) elder brother
C) mother
D) uncle

Answer: A) father

✅ 38. Kalam's parents were widely regarded as -

A) proud parents
B) an ideal couple
C) successful parents
D) fortunate parents

Answer: B) an ideal couple

✅ 39. According to Kalam's father, whenever one feels lonely he starts looking for -

A) company
B) friend
C) enemy
D) mentor

Answer: A) company

✅ 40. According to Kalam's father, when troubles come, one should -

A) escape from the situation
B) move forward with troubles
C) try to understand the relevance of his sufferings
D) go with prayer

Answer: C) try to understand the relevance of his sufferings

✅ 41. Kalam endeavoured to understand -

A) the cause of pain
B) the meaning of prayer
C) the fundamental truths revealed to him by his father

Answer: C) the fundamental truths revealed to him by his father

✅ 42. Kalam normally ate -

A) sitting on the floor of the kitchen
B) sitting on the chair in the dining room
C) sitting on the floor of the verandah
D) sitting on the chair of the study room

Answer: A) sitting on the floor of the kitchen

✅ 43. After reading the namaz before dawn, Abdul Kalam's father used to -

A) meet people of different religions
B) go to the mosque
C) meet Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry
D) go to the coconut grove

Answer: D) go to the coconut grove

✅ 44. Kalam's father went for the evening prayer at -

A) the Shiva temple
B) a very old mosque in their locality
C) a local church
D) a gurudwara

Answer: B) a very old mosque in their locality

✅ 45. People waited for Jainulabdeen outside the mosque with -

A) a stick
B) bowls of water
C) a bundle of notes
D) a variety of religious books

Answer: B) bowls of water

✅ 46. Abdul Kalam asked his father about -

A) the problems of personal life
B) relevance of prayer
C) concept of freedom
D) idea of family lineage

Answer: B) relevance of prayer

✅ 47. Dr Kalam lived with both Hindu and Muslim neighbours -

A) peacefully
B) amicably
C) in stress
D) lovingly

Answer: B) amicably

✅ 48. 'Strong Roots' is part of a/an -

A) autobiography
B) biography
C) story
D) essay

Answer: A) autobiography

✅ 49. Kalam's father used to have his breakfast -

A) at 4 am
B) after the namaz
C) punctually at 8 am
D) after coming back from the small coconut grove

Answer: D) after coming back from the small coconut grove

✅ 50. Arrange the following statements in correct order:

(I) People of different religion would wait for him outside the mosque.
(II) He sanctified the bowls of water offered to him.
(III) People came to offer thanks.
(IV) Kalam's father would take Kalam to the mosque for evening prayers.

Options:
A) I, II, III, IV
B) III, I, II, IV
C) II, III, I, IV
D) I, IV, II, III

Answer: D) I, IV, II, III

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