CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Kalam was only 8 years old when the second world war broke out in 1939.

Detailed explanation-2: -Solution : When the stoppage of trains was cancelled at Rameshwaram because of World War II, Kalam’s cousin, Samsuddin, who distributed newspapers in Rameswaram, asked him for help in collecting newspaper bundles which were thrown from the moving train. This helped Abdul Kalam earn his first wages.

Detailed explanation-3: -v) Abdul Kalam views first job in such a way that he would be on time all the time that he would say that it is on time to be 5 minutes early and that it is late to arrive at the time of the meeting. This is the marvellous outlook the former president had.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: Dinamani seems to be the name of a newspaper. Kalam mentions that he gathered information about the World War from his brother-in-law Jallaluddin. Later he tried to trace these stories in the headlines of Dinamani.

Detailed explanation-5: -Dr. Kalam helped his cousin catch these newspaper bundles and sold them to earn his wages. While distributing the newspapers, Dr. Kalam started reading them and this is how he came to know about the progress of the Second World War.