Read the following passage and do the activities : (10 marks)A1. Complete the following sentences from the passage : (2) (i) Dr Kalam was born on .................... (ii) His birthplace was .................... (iii) As a boy, to help his family, he…
Q.4 (A) Read the following passage and do the activities : (10 marks)
A1. Complete the following sentences from the passage : (2) (i) Dr Kalam was born on .................... (ii) His birthplace was .................... (iii) As a boy, to help his family, he .................... (iv) He became the President of India in ....................
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was born on 15th October 1931 at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. His father owned a boat, and the family was not rich, so young Kalam distributed newspapers to help at home. After school he studied physics at St Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli, and then aeronautical engineering at the Madras Institute of Technology.
In 1969 he moved to the Indian Space Research Organisation, where he became the project director of SLV-3, India’s first indigenous satellite launch vehicle. In July 1980 it placed the Rohini satellite in orbit. Later, at the Defence Research and Development Organisation, he led the programme that developed missiles such as Agni and Prithvi, which earned him the title ‘Missile Man of India’. He also played a key role in the Pokhran nuclear tests of 1998.
He received the Bharat Ratna in 1997 and served as the eleventh President of India from 2002 to 2007. Children loved him because he always asked them to dream big and work hard. He died on 27th July 2015 while he was delivering a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management, Shillong.
A2. Rearrange the following events as per their occurrence in the passage : (2) (i) Dr Kalam became the President of India. (ii) Dr Kalam studied at the Madras Institute of Technology. (iii) SLV-3 placed the Rohini satellite in orbit. (iv) Dr Kalam received the Bharat Ratna.
A3. Match the synonyms : (2) [Match the columns — A : (i) home-grown (ii) handed out (iii) important (iv) created; B : (a) key (b) developed (c) indigenous (d) distributed.]
A4. Do as directed : (2) (i) Dr Kalam was born at Rameswaram. [Frame a ‘Wh’ type question to get the underlined part as an answer] (ii) Children loved him. (Add a question tag)
A5. Personal Response : (2) Who is your role model? Why?