Education - A Story of My Childhood - Unit Five Full Exercise ( Comprehension )

 

UNIT - 5

Education

A Story of My Childhood

Class 12 Unit 5 Education A story of my childhood Full Exercise | NEB Grade XII Compulsory English Note | NEBdesk |

 Working with words  

A. Match the words in column ‘A’ with their meanings in column ‘ B’.

Column ‘A’                                                      Column ‘B’

Expectantly =  in a way that shows you are hoping for something, especially something good or exciting

Beckon= to give the signal to somebody to move nearer or to follow you 

Grapple= to try hard to find a solution to a problem 

Texture= the way food or drink tastes or feels in your mouth

Cobbled = having a surface that is made of small round stones

Flimsy = thin and easily torn

Attire = clothes, especially fine or formal ones

Marvelous= extremely good; wonderful

Dynamics= the science of the forces involved in the movement 

B. An autobiography is a story of a person's life, written by himself/herself. Use a dictionary and find the meaning of the following words related to people’s life stories. 

Hagiography = A hagiography is a type of biography that puts the subject with undue reverenceHagiographies are often about saints. 

Psychobiography = a biography written from a psychodynamic  point of view

Pathography = a biography that deals with a person’s illness, failure

Chronicle = list of historical events in order of time

Obituary = a notice of death person 

Character sketch = description of person’s quality 

Profile = a short article that gives information about a person

   

Memoir = a collection of memory written by the person themselves

 Comprehension  

Put the following events in the life of Abdul Kalam in chronological order. 

In the correct order

f. One day Abdul Kalam’s teacher visited them to share his pride and pleasure about his performance. 

a. They celebrated happiness with poli.

c. Abdul Kalam attended an elementary school at Rameswaram. 

g. A new teacher in the school forbade Abdul Kalam to sit together with his Bramhin friend.

e. Many students did not understand well of Sivasubramania Iyer’s lecture well. 

d. He then took the students to the seashore for a practical class.

b. Abdul Kalam was determined that he would make a future study about flight and flight systems. 

B. Answer the following questions. 

a. What were the causes of Abdul Kalam’s happiness?

Abdul Kalam was happy as he got perfect scores on his maths, science, English as well as Tamil. He was pleased because his teacher had the talent to come all the way to his house to share this moment. 

b. Which two places did Abdul Kalam visit before going to school?

He used to attend Arabic tuition classes and after that, he used to have a special class with his Mathematics teacher. 

c. What did he like about mathematics?

He loved learning about numbers and their rules and patterns. He used to enjoy grappling with number problems. 

d. Why was the new teacher unhappy?

A new teacher was unhappy because he saw Abdul and Rameswaram sit together who are from different religions i.e Muslim and Hindu. 

e. Why did Abdul Kalam have to split with his intimate friend?

Abdul Kalam had to split with his intimate friend because his teacher brought divisions of religion into the classroom. 

f. What was the topic of Sivasubramania Iyer’s class?

Sivasubramania Iyer’s class was about how birds fly.

g. How was the teacher’s reaction when the students told him that they did not understand his lecture?

When he asked the other students whether they had understood or not, not much of yes we did was heard. But it didn’t upset him at all. 

h. Why did Sivasbramania Iyer take his student to the seashore?

He took his students to the seashore as a practical class where children could actually see how birds fly and their formation. So, it will be easier for them to picture and understand what they were being taught.