Class 9 English Chapter 6 NCERT Solutions | My Childhood Class 9 English Beehive

My Childhood Question And Answer

I. Answer these questions in one or two sentences each.

Question 1: Where was Abdul Kalam’s house?

Answer: 

Abdul Kalam’s house was on the Mosque Street in Rameswaram.

Question 2: What do you think Dinamani is the name of? Give a reason for your answer.

Answer: 

I think Dinamani is the name of a newspaper because Kalam says that when his brother-in-law would tell his stories of the War, he would later try to trace it in the ‘headlines’ of Dinamani. This implies that Dinamani would have been a newspaper.

Question 3: Who were Abdul Kalam’s school friends? What did they later become?

Answer: 

Ramanadha Sastry, Aravindan and Sivaprakasan were Abdul Kalam’s school friends.

Ramanadha Sastry took over the priesthood of the Rameswaram temple from his father. Aravindan went into the business of arranging transport for visiting pilgrims. Sivaprakasan became a catering contractor for the Southern Railways.

Question 4: How did Abdul Kalam earn his first wages?

Answer: 

Abdul Kalam earned his first wages by catching bundles of the newspapers thrown out from the moving train on the Rameswaram Road between Rameswaram and Dhanuskodi and distributing them.

Question 5: Had he earned any money before that? In what way?

Answer: 

Yes, he had earned money before that too. He used to collect tamarind seeds and sell them to a provision shop on Mosque Street. A day’s collection would let him earn one anna.

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

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

Answer: 

i) The author describes his father as honest and self-disciplined. His father used to avoid inessential comforts and luxuries. The author tells that his father never had a formal education or much wealth but he possessed great wisdom and was very generous.

ii) The author describes his mother as being an ideal helpmate to his father. She used to feed a lot of outsiders along with her family members.

iii) The author describes himself as a short boy with undistinguished looks born to tall and handsome parents.

Question 2: What characteristics does he say he inherited from his parents?

Answer: 

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

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