1. "Wings of Fire" is A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's __________.
a) prose
b) autobiography
c) biography
d) novel
2. Kalam was born into a middle class family in __________.
a) Chennai
b) Trichy
c) Rameswaram
d) Ramanathapuram
3. Kalam lived with his parents in the __________ house.
a) ancestral
b) new
c) modern
d) mud
4. Kalam was __________ years old when the Second World War broke out.
a) 7
b) 8
c) 9
d) 10
5. __________ helped Kalam to earn his first wages.
a) Samsuddin
b) Jainulabdeen
c) Ahmed
d) Sultan
6. When Kalam was old enough to ask questions, he asked his father about the
__________.
a) Science and technology
b) boat-business
c) relevance of prayer
d) people of Islam
7. Lakshmana Sastry warned the new teacher not to spread __________ in the
minds of innocent children.
a) Poison
b) foolish ideas
c) scandals
d) worries
8. Kalam was enrolled in __________ high school in Ramanathapuram.
a) Citizen
b) Government
c) Schwartz
d) Allamin
9. Kalam's father wanted him to be a __________.
a) Collector
b) Doctor
c) teacher
d) Social worker
10. __________ was a great inspiration to Kalam in Schwartz High School.
a) David
b) Iyadurai Solomon
c) Xavier
d) Peter
11. In 1950, Kalam arrived at St. Joseph's College in Trichy to study for
the __________ examination.
a) Intermediate
b) Engineering
c) Public
d) Aeronautic
12. Prof. Sponder who was an Austrian taught Kalam __________.
a) Science
b) technical aerodynamics
c) Physics
d) Astronomy
13. Through meticulous teaching, Kalam's teachers created within him an
excitement about __________.
a) Sky
b) Space
c) Aeronautics
d) technology
14. __________ century brought muslims who later mingled with the local
people and became an integral part of this country.
a) The ninth
b) The tenth
c) The eleventh
d) The Twelfth
15. Kalam enjoyed the __________ while travelling by train.
a) Country side
b) Sky
c) Stars
d) nature
16. Kalam met Swami Sivananda who looked like __________.
a) Gandhiji
b) Buddha
c) a Priest
d) a monk
17. Kalam says that Kanpur was __________ town.
a) an industrial
b) a wonderful
c) an ideal
d) a busy
18. The hovercraft was named as __________.
a) Sindhu
b) Nandi
c) Bharath
d) Narrisia
19. Kalam was asked to proceed to America for a __________ month training
programme on sounding rocket launching techniques.
a) Six
b) Seven
c) eight
d) nine
20. __________ housed the first office of the Thumba Space Centre.
a) The St. Peters Church
b) The St. Mary Magdalene Church
c) The Good Shepherd Church
d) The Karunya
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