CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Kalam used to wear a cap and Ramanandha Sastry wore a sacred thread which marked him to be a Brahmin.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: Kalam, who was a Muslim, used to wear a cap and his friend, Ramanadha Sastry, the son of the head priest at the Rameswaram temple, wore a sacred thread which marked him to be a Brahmin.

Detailed explanation-3: -The problems faced by Kalam in his childhood were related to religious discrimination. Once his teacher asked him to go and sit on the bench as he was sitting with his Brahmin friend, Another instance is when his teacher’s wife refused to serve him food. Thus, he had to suffer from these social disparities.

Detailed explanation-4: -He used to collect newspapers from the station and distribute in Rameswaram. Now, the bundles of newspapers had to be thrown from the moving train. Samsuddin wanted a helping hand who could catch the bundles thrown from the moving train. Abdul Kalam was engaged for this job by him.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ans. Abdul Kalam called his childhood a secure one because he had loving and caring parents who gave love and guidance to their children and took care of their emotional and physical needs. They provided their children with all necessities, in terms of food, medicine or clothes.