Strong Roots Question Answer Suggestion 2022 । Model Questions for H.S 2022 । APJ Abdul Kalam । Higher Secondary 2022

Strong Roots Question Answer Suggestion 2022

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Broad Question Suggestions:

Q.1 “Why don’t you say this to the people who come to you?” Who says this and to whom? What is referred to by the word ‘this’? Why do the people come to the person spoken to? (2+3+1 = 6) [H.S. – 2015]

Q.2 What remained the routine for Abdul Kalam’s father even when he was in his late sixties? What does Abdul Kalam say about his emulation of his father? (3+3 = 6) [H.S =2016]

Q.3 “Our locality was predominantly Muslim” – Who is the speaker? How does the speaker describe the locality? What picture of communal harmony do you find in the description? (1+3+2 = 6) [H.S. – 2017]

Q.4 “I normally ate with my mother” – Who ate with his mother? Name his mother? Where did he eat with his mother? – What did he eat with his mother? (1+1+1+3 = 6) [H.S. – 2018]

Q.5 “His answer filled me with a strange energy and enthusiasm” – Who is the speaker? Whose answer is being referred to here? What was the answer? (1+1+4 = 6) [H.S. – 2019]

Q.6 “The people of different religions would be sitting outside waiting for him” – Who is referred to as ‘him’? Where did the people wait? Why did they wait there? What would happen thereafter? (1+1+2+2 = 6) [H.S. – 2020]

Q.7 “I was born into a middle-class Tamil family.....” – Who is referred to here as ‘I’? When and where was he born? Describe what he recollects about his ancestral home and childhood? (1+2+3=6)

Short Question Suggestions:

1.“Our locality was predominantly Muslim” – Who is the speaker?

2. After the namaz what would Kalam’s father do?

3. Describe the ancestral house of Abdul Kalam. (2018)

4. Give the full name of Kalam.

5. Give the name of a distinguished friend of A P J Abdul Kalam’s father.

6. How could Kalam’s father convey complex spiritual concepts?

7. How could Kalam’s father convey complex spiritual concepts?

8. How did A.P.J Abdul Kalam describe his appearance?

9. How did Kalam describe his childhood?

10. How did Kalam describe his childhood?

11. How did Kalam’s father bring the coconuts from the grove?

12. How did Kalam’s father sanctify the water for the invalids?

13. How did Kalam’s father start his day?

14. How did Kalam’s father’s answer fill Kalam with?

15. How did Kalam’s mother serve food to Kalam?

16. How did the people of Kalam’s locality live?

17. How does Kalam describe his appearance?

18. How far was the Shiva temple from the house of Kalam?

19. How was Kalam’s father?

20. How, according to Kalam, does one achieve freedom, happiness and peace of mind?

21. In which language was the prayer chanted in the mosque?

22. In which town was APJ Abdul Kalam born? (2016)

23. In whom did Kalam’s father have an ideal helpmate?

24. In whom did Kalam’s father have an ideal helpmate? (2015)

25. Mention the time when Kalam’s father started his day.

26. What according to Kalam’s father do human beings look for when they feel lonely?

27. What comprises one of Kalam’s most vivid memories?

28. What could Kalam’s father convey in simple Tamil?

29. What did Kalam feel convinced?

30. What did Kalam usually have in lunch?

31. What did Kalam’s father do with the bowls of water?

32. What did Kalam’s father possess?

33. What did Kalam’s father say about the relevance of prayer? (2018)

34. What did little Kalam think of the prayers?

35. What did the people offer to Kalam’s father outside the mosque?

36. What do you mean by ‘introspection’?

37. What does adversity always present according to Kalam’s father? (2016)

38. What does not Abdul Kalam recall?

39. What does the word ‘anguish’ mean?

40. What does the word ‘predominantly’ mean?

41. What is the “Strong Roots” all about?

42. What is the meaning of ‘impasse’?

43. What made Rameshwaram so famous to pilgrims?

44. What made the communion of spirit among people possible?

45. What qualities did Kalam’s father possess?

46. What was one of the most vivid memories of Kalam’s early childhood?

47. What was revealed to Kalam by his father?

48. What was the distance of the coconut grove from Kalam’s house?

49. What was the impact of Jainulabdeen’s answer on his son?

50. What was the name of Kalam’s father?

51. What was the name of Kalam’s mother?

52. What was the role of Kalam’s father in propitiating the demonic forces?

53. What were the names of Kalam’s parents?

54. What, according to Kalam’s father, does adversity always present?

55. When did Kalam’s father have his breakfast?

56. When did the father of APJ Abdul Kalam get up from bed?

57. When was the ancestral house of Kalam built?

58. Where did Kalam usually eat in his childhood?

59. Where did Kalam’s family live?

60. Where did Kalam’s father go for evening prayer?

61. Where did Kalam’s father go for the evening prayers?

62. Where is Rameswaram?

63. Who bestowed the title of ‘Bahadur’ to one of his mother’s forebears in “Strong Roots”?

64. Who waited for Kalam’s father outside the mosque?

65. Who was Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry?

66. Who was the high priest of Rameshwaram temple? (2015)

67. Who was the high priest of Rameswaram temple?

68. Whom did Kalam try to emulate in his world of Science and Technology?

69. Whom do human beings look for when they face trouble?

70. Why do you think Kalam to be spiritual?

71. Why was APJ Abdul Kalam’s father well known?

72. Why was Kalam’s father well known in his locality?

73. Why was the lineage of Kalam’s mother more distinguished?

74. Why was the lineage of Kalam’s mother more distinguished?

75. With whom did Kalam eat?

MCQ Suggestions:

1. In the words of Abdul Kalam’s father adversity always presents opportunity for –

(a) Understanding

(b) Views

(d) Introspection

2. Dr. Kalam’s father had —

(a) Neither wealth nor power

(b) Neither formal education nor power

(d) Neither wealth nor respect

3. The number of people who ate everyday at Dr. Kalam’s house were

(a) Very few outsiders

(b) Only the family members

(d) No outsiders but the villagers

4. Dr. Kalam’s mother’s lineage was more — than his father’s.

(a) superior

(b) Distinguished

(d) Lowly

5. Dr. Kalam lived on the – Street

(a) Muslim

(b) Mausoleum

(d) Monument

6. Dr. Kalam lived with both Hindu and Muslim neighbours –

(a) Peacefully

(b) Amicably

(d) Lovingly

7. According to Dr. Kalam’s father, during prayer —

(a) One becomes part of the cosmos

(b) The cosmos becomes one

(d) Cosmos is distributed into parts

8. The name of the high priest of the Rameshwaram Temple is –

(a) Pakshi Laxmana Shastri

(b) Ashiamma

(d) Abdul Kalam

9. Jainulabdeen could convey complex spiritual matters in simple down to earth –

(a) Tamil

(b) Telegu

(d) Malyali

10. Jainulabdeen started his day at 4 a.m. with –

(a) Namaz

(b) Breakfast

(d) Plucking coconuts

11. Abdul Kalam’s father used to walk miles to his coconut grove every morning.

(a) One and half

(b) Three

(d) Four and half

12. Jainulabdeen’s coconut grove was miles from his house –

(a) One and half

(b) Three

(d) Four and half

13. One of the forebears of A.P.J Abdul Kalam’s mother had received the title –

(a) Bahadur

(b) Khan

(d) Zamindar

14. Abdul Kalam’s ancestral house was built in –

(a) The end of the 20th century

(b) The middle of the 19th century

(d) The end of the 19th century

15. The Shiva temple was walk from Abdul Kalam’s house.

(a) ten minutes

(b) twenty minutes

(d) two minutes

16. The name of the high priest of Rameswaram Temple was

(a) Lakshmana Sastry

(b) Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry

(d) Rameswaram Sastry

17. According to Kalam’s father, adversity always presents opportunities for —

(a) Self-realisation

(b) Introspection

(d) Acknowledgement

18. Abdul Kalam’s father walked miles home from the coconut groove

(a) four

(b) Six

(d) fourteen

19. Adversity always provides opportunities for –

(a) Introspection

(b) Retrospection

(d) Inspections

20. Strong roots is part of

(a) An autobiography

(b) A biography

(d) An essay

21. The Kalam family lived in a

(a) Limestone and brick house

(b) Flat

(d) Wooden cabin

22. Rameshwaram was famous due to the presence of –

(a) Old Mosque

(b) Old Church

(d) None of these

23. Kalam says, he was born into —

(a) A lower middle class family

(b) A middle-class family

(d) A considerably rich family.

24. Kalam’s father possessed

(a) Great innate wisdom

(b) True generosity of spirit

(d) Great innate wisdom and true generosity of spirit

25. Kalam’s parents were widely regarded as –

a) Proud parents

b) An ideal couple

c) Successful parents

d) Fortunate parents

26. The ancestral house, in which Kalam lived, was made of –

(a) Brick

(b) Cement

(d) Limestone and brick

27. Kalam’s father followed his routine till

(a) Early sixties

(b) Late sixties

(d) Late fifties

28. According to Kalam’s father since adversity always presents opportunities for introspection, we must try to —

(a) Understand its relevance

(b) Accept it.

(d) Propitiate demonic forces with prayers and offerings

29. Kalam normally ate with

(a) His father

(b) His brothers and sisters

(d) The outsiders

30. Kalam remembers his father starting his day at

(a) 4 am

(b) 5 am

(d) 7 am

31. According to Kalam’s father, whenever one feels lonely he starts working for

(a) Company

(b) Friend

(d) Mentor

32. Kalam’s ancestral house was built in the middle of the

(a) 19th century

(b) 20th century

(d) 18th century

Grammar Suggestions:

Voice Change:

1. Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection.

2. All necessities were provided for, in terms of food, medicine or clothing.

3. Every recurrent anguish, longing and desire finds its own special helper.

4. For quite some time he said nothing.

5. He possessed great innate wisdom and a true generosity of spirit.

6. He possessed great innate wisdom.

7. He put his hands on my shoulder.

8. He was judging my capacity to comprehend his words.

9. He was judging my capacity.

10. His answer filled me with a strange energy and enthusiasm.

11. His answer filled me with a strange energy.

12. I asked my father about the relevance of prayer.

13. I do not recall the exact number of people she fed every day.

14. I was totally convinced that they reached God.

15. Many of them offered bowls of water to my father.

16. My austere father used to avoid all inessential comforts and luxuries.

17. My father could convey complex spiritual concepts in very simple, down-to-earth Tamil.

18. My father told me there was nothing any mysterious about prayer.

19. My father would take me for evening prayers to a very old mosque.

20. My father would take me to the local mosque.

21. My parents were widely regarded as an ideal couple.

22. One must understand the difference.

23. One of her forebears was bestowed the title of Bahadur by the British.

24. Only then he would have his breakfast.

25. Our ancestral house was built in the middle of the 19th century.

26. Prayer made possible a communion of the spirit between people.

27. She would place a banana leaf before me.

28. They look for someone to help them.

29. This should never be followed.

30. This water was carried home for invalids.

31. Try to understand the relevance of your sufferings.

32. Why don't you say this to the people?

Narration Change:

1. "When you pray", he said, 'you transcend your body and become a part of the cosmos."

2. "Why don't you say this to the people who come to you for help and advice?"I asked my father.

3. APJ Abdul Kalam said, "T have, throughout my life, tried to emulate my father."

4. He answered, "Whenever they are in trouble, they look for someone to help them".

5. He once told me, "So why be afraid of difficulties, sufferings and problems?"

6. He said to his son, “I am but a go-between in their effort to propitiate demonic forces.”

7. He said to me, "Every recurrent anguish, longing, and desire finds its own special helper."

8. He said, "One must understand the difference between a fear-ridden vision of

9. He said, "When trouble comes, try to understand the relevance of your sufferings."

10. Jainulabdeen said, "Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection."

11. Kalam said, “I was totally convinced that they reached God.”

12. Kalam's father said, “This is not a correct approach at all and should never be followed."

13. My father said to me, "In his own time, in his own place, in what he really is, and in the stage he has reached-good or bad-every human being is a specific element within the whole of the manifest divine being."

14. My father said," When you pray, you transcend your body and become a part of the cosmos."

15. My father used to tell me, "There is nothing mysterious about prayer. Rather,

Prayer makes possible a communion or the spirit between people."

16. Why don't you say this to the people who come to you for help and advice?" asked my father.

Transformation of Sentences:

1.Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection. (make it negative)

2. All necessities were provided for. They were in terms of food, medicine and clothing. (Simple)

3. Father always smiled. He asked them to thank Allah, the merciful. [ Compound]

4. He finished the namaz and used to walk down to a small coconut grove. We owned it. It was about four miles from our home. [Complex and Simple]

5. He had these disadvantages. He possessed great innate wisdom still. [Simple and Complex]

6. He put his hands on my shoulders and looked straight into my eyes. (make it simple)

7. He would return with about a dozen coconuts tied together and thrown over his shoulder. He would have his breakfast only then. [Complex]

8. I had not the faintest idea of the meaning of the Arabic prayers. But I was totally convinced that they reached God. (Join into a simple sentence).

9. I had not the faintest idea of the meaning of the Arabic prayers chanted. I was totally convinced that they reached God. [Compound]

10. I have endeavoured to understand the fundamental truths and they were revealed to me by my father. I feel convinced that there exists a divine power which can lift one up from confusion and failure. [Complex]

11. I normally ate with my mother. I sat on the floor of the kitchen. She would place a banana leaf before me. [Complex]

12. My father came out of the mosque after the prayers. People of different religions would be sitting outside. [Complex]

13. My father could convey complex spiritual concepts in very simple, down - to - earth Tamil. (turn into a complex sentence)

14. Our locality was predominantly Muslim. But there were quite a lot of Hindu families. (Join into a simple sentence).

15. People visited our home after being cured to offer thanks. I also remember that. [Simple]

16. She fed a number of people every day I do not recall the exact number [Complex]

17. She would place a banana leaf before me. She then ladled rice and aromatic sambar. (Join using an adjective clause.)

18. The high priest of Rameswaram temple was Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry. He was a very close friend of my father's. (Join into a simple sentence.)

19. The people come to you for help and advice. Why don't you say this to them [Complex]

20. The Shiva temple made Rameswaram very famous to pilgrims. It was about a ten-minute walk from our house. (Complex and Simple)

21. The Shiva temple made Rameswaram very famous. It was about a ten - minute walk from our house. (Join using as an adjective clause).

22. There are times when troubles come. Then try to understand the relevance of your suffering. [Complex]

23. There exists a divine power that can lift one up from confusion, misery, melancholy and failure. I feel convinced of this fact. [Complex]

24. There were quite a lot of Hindu families. They lived amicably with their Muslim neighbours. [Simple]

25. We lived in our ancestral house. It was built in the middle of the 19th century. [Complex and Simple]

Split the Following Sentences:

1. After the namaz, he used to walk down to a small coconut grove we owned, about four miles from our home.

2. Father always smiled and asked them to thank Allah, the merciful.

3. For quite some time he said nothing, as if he was judging my capacity to comprehend his words.

4. For the people who come to me in distress, I am but a go-between in their effort to propitiate demonic forces with prayers and offerings.

5. He possessed great innate wisdom and a true generosity of spirit.

6. He put his hands on my shoulders and looked straight into my eyes.

7. He would return with about a dozen coconuts tied together thrown over his shoulder, and only then would he have his breakfast.

8. I do not recall the exact number of people she fed every day, but I am quite certain that far more outsiders ate with us than all the members of our own family put together.

9. I had not the faintest idea of the meaning of the Arabic prayers chanted, but I was totally convinced that they reached God.

10. I have endeavoured to understand the fundamental truths revealed to me by my father, and feel convinced that there exists a divine power that can lift one up from confusion, misery, melancholy and failure, and guide one to one's true place.

11. I have, throughout my life, tried to emulate my father in my own world of Science and technology.

12. I remember my father starting his day at 4 am. by reading the namaz before dawn.

13. I was born into a middle-class Tamil family in the island town of Rameswaram in the erstwhile Madras state.

14. It was a Fairly large pucca house, made of limestone and brick.

15. Many of them offered bowls of water to my father, who would dip his fingertips in them and say a prayer.

16. My father, Jainulabdeen, had neither much formal education nor much wealth; despite these disadvantages, he possessed great innate wisdom.

17. My mother's lineage was the more distinguished, one of her forebears having been bestowed the title of 'Bahadur by the British.

18. Once an individual severs his emotional and physical bond, he is on the road to freedom, happiness and peace of mind.

19. One must understand the difference between a fear-ridden vision of destiny and the Vision that enables us to seek the enemy of fulfilment within ourselves.

20. Our locality was predominantly Muslim, but there were quite a lot or Hindu families too, living amicably with their Muslim neighbours.

21. She would place a banana leaf before me, on which she then ladled rice and aromatic sambar, a variety of sharp, home-made pickle and a dollop of fresh coconut chutney.

22. The Shiva temple, which made Rameswaram so famous to pilgrims, was about a ten-minute walk from our house.

23. There was a very old mosque in Our locality where my father would take me for evening prayers.

24. We lived in our ancestral house, which was built in the middle of the 19tn century.

25. When I was old enough to ask questions, I asked my father about the relevance of prayer.

26. When my father came out of the mosque after the prayers, people of different religions would be sitting outside, waiting for him.

27. Whenever human beings find themselves alone, as a natural reaction, they start looking for company.

28. Whenever they are in trouble, they look for someone to help them.

Affirmative into Negative & Vice Versa:

1. I do not recall the exact number of people she fed every day. [Affirmative]

2. Mine was a very secure childhood. [Negative]

3. y father had neither much formal education nor much wealth. [Affirmative]

4. My Father told me there was nothing mysterious about prayer. [Affirmative]

5. Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry was a very close friend of my Father's. [Negative]

6. There was nothing mysterious about prayers. (Make it an affirmative sentence.)

7. Why be afraid of difficulties, sufferings and problems? (Negative)

8. Why don't you say this to the people? (make it affirmative)

Error Correction:

1. Adversity always present opportunities of introspection.

2. An individual sever his emotional and physical bond.

3. As if he was judge my capacity.

4. After the namaz, he used to walked down to a small coconut grove.

5. Every recurrent anguish, longing and desire find its own special helper.

6. Father asked them to thank Allah, a merciful.

7. He answered in the low, deeply voice.

8. He have reached.

9. I had not have the faintest idea of the meaning of the Arabic prayers.

10. I remembers my father starting his day at 4 am.

11. My austerity father used to avoid all inessential comforts and luxuries.

12. My mother's lineage was the more distinguishable.

13. My parent were widely regarded as an ideal couples.

14. One of the most vivid memory of my early childhood is of two men, each in tradition attire, discuss spiritual matters.

15. People of different religion would be sitting outside.

16. Then he answered for a low, deep voice

17. This is not a correct approach at all and should never follow.

18. This water was then carrying home of invalids.

19. When troubles come, try of understand the relevance of your sufferings.

20. Whenever they are trouble, they look for someone to help them.

21. Would say my was a very secure childhood, material and emotional.

Change of Parts of Speech:

1. Father always smiled and asked them to thank Allah. [Use noun term of 'smiled']

2. He answered in a low, deep voice. [Use noun form of 'answered']

3. He possessed great innate wisdom. [Noun]

4. Hindu families were living amicably with their Muslim neighbours. [Use adjective form of 'amicably']

5. I asked my father about the relevance of prayer.[Use adjective form of 'relevance']

6. I do not recall the exact number of people she fed, everyday [Use adverb term ‘exact']

7. I normally ate with my mother. [Adjective]

8. My parents were widely regarded as an ideal couple. [Adjective]

9. Our locality was predominantly Muslim. [Use verb form of predominantly]

10. There exists a divine power that can lift one up from confusion, misery, melancholy and failure. (Use noun form of 'exists)

11. There was nothing mysterious about prayer. [Use noun form of "mysterious]

12. We lived in our ancestral house. [Use noun form of 'ancestral']

13. When you pray you transcend your body. [Use noun form of pray']

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