CLASS 9
MY CHILDHOOD
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Question
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One rupee
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One paisa
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Two anna
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One anna
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Detailed explanation-1: -Abdul Kalam was eight years old when the Second World War broke out. Suddenly, there was a great demand for tamarind seeds. He would collect those seeds and sell them in the market. He got one anna (about six paise) for a day’s collection.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer. Explanation: He got one anna (about six paise) for a day’s collection.
Detailed explanation-3: -Kalam was only 8 years old when the second world war broke out in 1939. Then there was a great demand for tamarind seeds. Abdul used to collect those seeds and sell them in the market. His cousin Shamsuddin distributed newspapers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Abdul Kalam used to collect the tamarind seeds and used to sell them to provision shop on the Mosque street in Rameshwaram. A days collection would fetch him the princely one anna.
Detailed explanation-5: -2. Why did Abdul collect tamarind seeds in 1939? Kalam collected tamarind seeds in 1939 because he wanted to study the effects of radiation on plants.