DAV English Literature Class VIII
Chapter 5 My Mother by A P J Abdul
Kalam
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I. Understanding the Poem
A. As the poet thinks ..... (For full
question, refer to the book.)
B. The poet has ..... (For full question, refer to the book.)
Ans.
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1. helpful |
shared your best with whoever needed the most. |
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2. understanding |
you knew the pain of your child. |
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3. religious |
you always gave and gave with faith in Him. |
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4. tender |
your caring hand tenderly removing the pain. |
C. The poet's childhood ..... (For full
question, refer to the book.)
Ans. The poet had to climb the sandy
hills to Railway Station Road to collect newspapers. Thereafter, he would go to
distribute them to the citizens of the temple city of Rameswaram. In the
evening too, before studies, he had to work to earn money. The poet toiled hard
in his childhood to help his family.
D. Read the extracts ..... (For
full question, refer to the book.)
1. 'You come to me ..... (For full
question, refer to the book.)
(a) Who are you' and 'me' .....
(For full question, refer to the book.)
Ans. In the above lines, ‘you’ is the
poet’s mother and ‘me’ is the poet, A P J Abdul Kalam.
(b) Identify the figure ..... (For
full question, refer to the book.)
Ans. Simile has been used in the first
line. Here, mother has been compared to heaven’s caring arms using the term
‘like’.
(c) Mention two ..... (For full
question, refer to the book.)
Ans. The poet had to walk miles to take
lessons first from the saintly teacher and then at Arab teaching school.
The poet also had to climb the sandy
hills to Railway Station Road to collect newspapers, which he distributed to
the residents of Rameswaram.
(d) Why did the poet ..... (For
full question, refer to the book.)
Ans. The poet had to walk a lot early
in the morning to take lessons first from the saintly teacher and then at Arab
teaching school. The poet also had to climb the sandy hills to Railway Station
Road to collect newspapers, which he distributed to the residents of
Rameswaram.
2. 'All this pain ..... (For full
question, refer to the book.)
(a)
Who is the young ..... (For full question, refer to the book.)
Ans.
The poet is ‘the young boy’.
(b)
What pain ..... (For full question, refer to the book.)
Ans.
He is talking about the pain due to walking miles every day early in the
morning and the toil of evening business times.
(c)
What was this pain ..... (For full question, refer to the book.)
Ans. The pain was transformed into ....
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