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: -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.

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: -Explanation of the above Passage: APJ Abdul Kalam’s brother–in–law Jalaluddin used to tell him the stories of the ongoing World War. Later, APJ used to read the newspaper ‘Dinamani’ and used to look for the news of the same stories.