MCQ from Strong Roots for 3rd Semester, Class XII, WBCHSE.

MCQ from Strong Roots – Very important MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions for 3rd Semester of Class XII. Must prepare these questions to score an attractive result.

Here are the most important MCQ Type Questions:-

1. APJ Abdul Kalam was born in –

a) a middle-class family.

b) a rich and affluent family.

c) an aristocratic family.

d) a very poor family.

Ans: a) a middleclass family.

2. At present the capital city of Tamil Nadu is –

a) Madras

b) Chennai

c) Tribandam

d) Delhi.

Ans: b) Chennai.

3. People sat outside the mosque and waited for Kalam’s –

a) mother

b)  friend

c) father

d) the narrator

Ans: c) father.

4. Kalam was born in

a) Madras.

b) Chennai

c) Delhi

d) Bangalore.

Ans: b) Chennai.

5. A.PJ Abdul Kalam is –

a) the one of the two sons of

b) the single son in the family.

c) one of the many children of
Jainulabdeen.

d) the eldest and tallest child of Jainulabdeen.

Ans: c) one of the many children of Jainulabdeen.

6. Kalam lived in –

a) in his mother’s house.

b) a timeworn house of his father.

c) a dilapidated building of his
father’s father.

d) in his ancestral house.

Ans: in his ancestral house.

7. Kalam in his childhood was provided with –

a) material wealth

b) money

c) food, medicine and clothes

d) all the above.

Ans: c) food, medicine and clothes

8. The father of Kalam led –

a) a very secure and peaceful life.

b) a very luxurious and peaceful life.

c) a veru fast and laborious and peaceful life.

d) a very austere and peaceful life.

Ans: d) a very austere and peaceful life.

9. Kalam is respectful to his father because –

a) his father was very laborious.

b) his father used to read namaz everyday before dawn.

c) his father sold all his valuables to educate him.

d) his father led an honest and austere life.

Ans: d) his father led an honest and austere life.

10. Out of the most vivid memories of Kalam’s early childhood is of –

a) two men discussing political problems

b) two men discussing economic matters

c) two men discussing spiritual matters

d) two men discussing Hindu-Muslim unity. 

Ans: c) two men discussing spiritual matters.

11. A dollop of fresh coconut chutney means –

a) a heavy amount of coconut chutney.

b) a very negligible amount of coconut chutney.

c) a certain amount of coconut chutney.

d) a meagre amount of coconut chutney.

Ans: c) a certain amount of coconut chutney.

12. Kalam is spiritual because –

a) he preaches spirituality to the world

b) he is very liberal in thought

c) he goes to the mosque for evening prayer.

d) he believes in the existence of the define power.

Ans: d) he believes in the existence of divine power.

13. According to Kalam’s father, when we pray we transcend our body and become a part of the –

a) cosmos

 b) family

c) earth

d) world

Answer: a) cosmos.

14. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was born to –

a) parents of bright complexion

b) short but handsome parents

c) parents of dark complexion

d) tall and handsome parents

Ans: d) tall and handsome parents.

15. One of the forebears of Kalam’s mother was awarded by the British the title of –

a) Rai Bahadur

b) Bahadur

c) Bharat Ratna

d) Padmashree.

Ans: b) Bahadur.

16. The ancestral house of APJ Abdul Kalam is situated on

a) the church road in Rameshwaram

b) the Mughal Road in Rameshwaram

c) the Shiva temple road in Rameshwaram

d) the mosque Street in Rameshwaram

Ans: the mosque Street in Rameshwaram.

17. Kalam was convinced that there exists –

a) a divine power

b) a magical power

c) an economical power

d) a natural power

Ans: a) divine power. 

18. Kalam’s father used to get up from bed at –

a) 4:00 a.m.

b) 5:00 a.m.

c) 6:00 a.m.

d) 7:00 a.m.

Ans: a) 4:00 a.m.

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19. Kalam’s father used to avoid –

a) all social festivals

b) all essential comforts and luxuries

c) all inessential comforts and luxury

d) all luxurious items

Ans: c) all inessential comforts and luxury.

20. For Kalam’s father, Jainulabdeen, the author’s mother was an –

a) ideal companion

b) ideal helpmate

c) ideal teacher

d) ideal friend.

Ans: b) ideal helpmate.

21. Adversity always provides opportunities for –

a)  retrospection

b) circumspection 

c) inspection

d) introspection

Ans: d) introspection.

22. APJ Kalam’s father started his day by –

a) reading the namaz

b) taking breakfast

c) running four miles

d) going to coconut grove.

Ans: a) reading the namaz.

23. APJ Abdul Kalam’s locality was predominantly –

a) Hindu 

b) Christ

c) Buddhist

d) Muslim

Ans: d) Muslim.

24. Kalam’s father said that for the distressed people he acted as –

a) a go-between

b) a priest

c) a mentor

d) a guru 

Ans: a) a go-between.

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25. “When you pray, you become a part of ——” 

a) the divine

b) the cosmos

c) the God

d) the universe

Ans: b) the cosmos.

26. Kalam’s austere father did not like –

a) essential comforts

b) material wealth

c) luxuries

d) Arabic prayer.

Ans: c) luxuries.

27. Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry was –

a) a guide of Kalam

b) the high priest of the Shiva temple

c) a wise man

d) a political leader.

Ans: b) the high priest of the Shiva temple.

28. Jainulabdeen possessed a great –

a) western education

b) wisdom

c) Indian culture

d) innate wisdom.

Ans: d) innate wisdom.

29. Every recurrent anguish, longing and desire – 

a) finds special friend 

b) finds hindrances

c) finds a physician

d) finds its special helper.

Ans: d) finds its special helper.

30. “This water was then carried home for invalids.” – Hear the word ‘invalid’ means – 

a) illogical

b) inessential

c) infirm and incapable persons

d) worthless.

Ans: c) infirm and incapable persons.

31. “My mother’s lineage was the more distinguished.” – Here the word ‘lineage’ means – 

a) parents

b) list

c) ancestry

d) life 

Ans: c) ancestry.

32. Kalam usually ate with his mother –

a) sitting on the floor

b) with the banana leaves

c) aromatic sambar and rice

d) all the three

Ans: a) sitting on the floor.

33. Kalam’s father believed that for the people in disstress, he was –

a) a mere mediator

b) greater than God

c) mere onlooker

d) a trouble

Answer: a) a mere mediator.

34. The opposite word of ‘manifest’ is –

a) reflected

b) dormant

c) revealed

d) regulated

Ans: b) dormant.

35. The word ‘introspection’ means –

a) self-analysis

b) self-effacement

c) self-revelation

d) self-expression.

Ans: a) self-analysis.

36. Kalam’s father would take him to the mosque for –

a) pre-dawn prayers

b) evening prayers

c) midday prayers

d) afternoon prayers a

Ans: b) evening prayers.

37. Kalam’s ancestral house was built in –

a) mid 19th century

b) late 19th century

c) early 20th century

d) early 19th century

Ans: a) mid 19th century.

38. The coconut grove, where Abdul Kalam’s father used to walk down every morning was about –

a) one and a half miles

b) three miles

c) four miles

d) four and a half miles

Ans: c) four miles.

39. Abdul Kalam’s father would convey complex spiritual concepts in simple, down-to-earth –

a) Arabic

b) Urdu

c) Tamil

d) Telugu

Ans: c) Tamil.

40. The words of Abdul Kalam’ father filled him with a strange energy and –

a) relief

b) enthusiasm

c) perseverance

d) determination

Ans: b) enthusiasm.

41. APJ Abdul Kalam generally ate from –

a) dish

b) plate

c) bowl

d) banana leaf

Ans: d) banana leaf.

42. APJ Abdul Kalam’s father used to get up from bed at –

a) 7 a.m.

b) 6 a.m.

c) 5 a.m.

d) 4 a.m.

Ans: d) 4 a.m.

43. According 2 APJ Abdul Kalam, the divine power can lift one up from –

a) confusion and misery

b) melancholy

c) failure

d) all the above

Ans: a) all the above.

44. Which title was bestowed on Kalam’s mother lineage by the British? –

a) Bahadur

b) Roy Chaudhary

c) Raja

d) Roy Bahadur

Ans: a) Bahadur.

45. Kalam’s father maintained his routine bound life –

a) upto sixties

b) even in his late sixties

c) even in his early seventies

d) even in his late seventies

Ans: b) even in his late sixties.

46. The antonym of ‘freedom’ is –

a) liberty

b) bondage

c) happiness

d) emancipation

Ans: b) bondage .

47. There is a divine power that can guide one to one’s true place –

a) among friends

b) in a political party

c) in life

d) in society

Ans: c) in life.

48. Kalam believed that a ‘divine power’ can lift one up from –

a) confusion, misery, melancholy and failure

b) confusion, melancholy, failure and misery

c) confusion, failure, misery and melancholy

d) melancholy, misery, failure and confusion

Ans. a) confusion, misery, melancholy and failure

49. An individual, according to Kalam, is on the road to freedom, happiness and peace of mind, when he severs his –

a) physical and psychological bond

b) socio-economic bond

c) emotional and physical bond

d) cultural and biological bond

Ans. c) emotional and physical bond

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50. Kalam is also spiritual because –

a) he visits the mosque everyday

b) he tries to follow in his father’s foot steps

c) he believes in the power of the divine

d) he believes that an individual has to sever all ties to be happy

Ans. c) he believes in the power of the divine.

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51. I was born into a middle class Tamil family in the _______ town of Rameshwaram.

a) large b) island c) metropolitan d) small.

Ans: b) island .

52. Our locality was ________ Muslim.

a) particularly b) prominently c) vaguely d) predominantly.

Ans: d) predominantly.

53. In fact, I would say mine was a very secure childhood ________ and emotionally.

a) materially b) maternally c) metaphorically d) metaphysically.

Ans: a) materially.

54) My parents were widely regarded as an ________ couple.

a) idealistic b) idyllic c) ideal d) ideological.

Ans: c) ideal.

55. It was a _________ large pucca house, made of limestone and brick.

a) fairly b) great c) huge d) unthinkably .

Ans: a) fairly.

56. My austere father used to ________ all inessential comforts and luxuries.

a) enjoy b) avoid c) accept d) adopt.

Ans: b) avoid.

57. After the namaz, he used to walk down to a small coconut _________ we owned.

a) a) orchard b) grove c) grazing field d) garden.

Ans: b) grove.

Case. Jainulabdeen had neither much wealth nor enough formal education. Still he had a liberal outlook and an innate wisdom. – This was primarily because –

a) he was born in a middle clas, Tamil family

b) he had an ideal helpmate in his wife Ashiamma

c) qualities like liberalism and wisdom are often outcome of self-teaching and surrounding ambiance

d) he came in contact with his ancestors

Ans.c) qualities like liberalism and wisdom are often outcome of self-teaching and surrounding ambiance.

Case : Kalam did not recall how many outsiders were fed by his mother every day but he was quite certain that their number exceeded all the members of his family put together.-This helped Kalam

a) to become liberal and self sufficient

b) in learning the joy of sharing and developing a spirit of co-operation

c) to be joyful and religious

d) to make friendship with the outsiders

Ans. b) in learning the joy of sharing and developing a spirit of co-operation.

Case : Kalam’s parents were regarded as an ideal couple.-This is because –

a) Kalam’s parents were wise and rich

b) they were helpful and co-operative

c) they were loved and respected for their virtues and their mutual faith in each other

d) Kalam’s parents did not depend on traditional education

Ans.c) they were loved and respected for their virtues and their mutual faith in each other.

Case : Kalam declared that he had a secure childhood, materially and emotionally.- He says this as –

a) he feels that one’s childhood can become secure when it is a combination of parental care, retention of mental and physical health and satisfaction of emotional needs

b) Kalam was accustomed to a life without luxury and full of austere discipline

c) Kalam grew up in a vice-free environment

d) Kalam never met scarcity of food or clothing

Ans: a) he feels that one’s childhood can become secure when it is a combination of parental care, retention of mental and physical health and satisfaction of emotional needs.

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