Class XII Examination 2025
Examination on Strong Roots Part-2
1. Where did Kalam’s father often come out from after prayers?
A) Church
B) Temple
C) Mosque
D) School
2. Who would be sitting outside the mosque waiting for Kalam’s father?
A) Only Muslims
B) Hindus and Muslims
C) People of different religions
D) Family members
3. What did the people offer to Kalam’s father outside the mosque?
A) Fruits
B) Flowers
C) Bowls of water
D) Coins
4. What did Kalam’s father do with the water offered to him?
A) Drank it
B) Bathed with it
C) Dipped his fingers in and prayed
D) Gave it to his son
5. Why was the water taken home?
A) To be offered to God
B) For decoration
C) For the invalids
D) To cook food
6. What does the word invalids mean?
A) Healthy people
B) Teachers
C) Sick or incapacitated people
D) Workers
7. How did the people respond after being cured?
A) Cried
B) Shouted
C) Thanked Kalam's father
D) Sang songs
8. How did Kalam’s father react when people came to thank him?
A) Ignored them
B) Asked them to thank Allah
C) Took money
D) Praised himself
9. What kind of smile did Kalam’s father give when thanked?
A) Artificial
B) Angry
C) Gentle
D) No smile
10. Whom did Kalam's father tell people to thank?
A) Lord Shiva
B) Allah, the merciful
C) His own ancestors
D) Doctor
11. Who was Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry?
A) Kalam’s uncle
B) A doctor
C) High priest of Rameswaram temple
D) School teacher
12. What was the relation between Kalam’s father and Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry?
A) Enemies
B) Friends from temple
C) Close friends
D) Business partners
13. What does Kalam call one of his vivid memories?
A) Eating sweets
B) Playing cricket
C) Watching his father and Sastry discuss
D) Visiting mosque alone
14. What kind of attire did the two spiritual men wear?
A) Uniform
B) Jeans
C) Traditional
D) Religious robes
15. What did the two men discuss?
A) Business
B) Politics
C) Spiritual matters
D) Farming
16. When did Kalam begin to ask his father questions?
A) After marriage
B) After college
C) When he was old enough
D) When he was sick
17. What did Kalam ask about?
A) Education
B) Money
C) Relevance of prayer
D) Temple architecture
18. What did Kalam’s father say about prayer?
A) It’s complicated
B) It has no meaning
C) It creates spiritual connection
D) It is for poor people
19. What does the word communion mean?
A) Disagreement
B) A special connection
C) Praying with food
D) Watching rituals
20. What happens when you pray, according to Kalam’s father?
A) You get money
B) You transcend the body
C) You become famous
D) You feel sleepy
21. What does ‘transcend your body’ mean?
A) Become weaker
B) Be free from physical self
C) Sleep deeply
D) Fall unconscious
22. What does prayer help one to become part of?
A) Heaven
B) Mosque
C) Cosmos
D) Nature
23. What does the cosmos not know?
A) Music
B) Space
C) Divisions of wealth, caste, creed
D) Prayer
24. What was Kalam’s father's language of teaching?
A) Sanskrit
B) Hindi
C) English
D) Tamil
25. How did Kalam's father explain spiritual concepts?
A) Through books
B) In complex language
C) In simple Tamil
D) In silence
26. What did Kalam’s father say about each human being?
A) All are equal
B) Each is a part of divine Being
C) Everyone is rich
D) Each one is separate from the world
27. What does Kalam's father say about difficulties?
A) Avoid them
B) Run away
C) Understand their relevance
D) Blame others
28. What is presented by adversity?
A) Pain
B) Depression
C) Introspection
D) Revenge
29. What does introspection mean?
A) Fighting others
B) Looking inside oneself
C) Blaming others
D) Praising oneself
30. What did Kalam ask his father after listening to his ideas?
A) To leave home
B) To write a book
C) Why he didn’t tell these things to others
D) To pray more
31. How did Kalam's father respond to his question at first?
A) Laughed
B) Got angry
C) Remained silent
D) Left the room
32. What did he do after holding Kalam’s shoulders?
A) Smiled
B) Slapped him
C) Looked straight into his eyes
D) Sat down
33. What was Kalam’s father trying to judge?
A) Kalam’s faith
B) Kalam’s intelligence
C) Kalam’s ability to understand
D) Kalam’s attitude
34. How did Kalam feel after hearing his father's answer?
A) Angry
B) Bored
C) Enthusiastic and energetic
D) Confused
35. What does impasse mean?
A) Danger
B) Illness
C) A dead end or difficult situation
D) Journey
36. What do humans naturally look for when alone?
A) Wealth
B) Entertainment
C) Company
D) Knowledge
37. When in trouble, what do people look for?
A) Books
B) Money
C) Food
D) Someone to help
38. What does every recurrent anguish find?
A) No meaning
B) A punishment
C) A helper
D) A ghost
39. What does anguish mean?
A) Happiness
B) Confusion
C) Deep pain or suffering
D) Silence
40. What kind of helper does every desire find?
A) General helper
B) Temporary helper
C) Special helper
D) Doctor
41. What is the meaning of "adversity"?
A) Luxury
B) Illness
C) Hardship or difficulties
D) Anger
42. What does manifest divine Being refer to?
A) Ghost
B) Visible form of God
C) Human body
D) Sacred book
43. Who is described as "merciful" in the passage?
A) Sastry
B) Kalam
C) God / Allah
D) The author
44. The act of dipping fingers in water symbolizes —
A) Cooking
B) Drinking
C) Blessing through prayer
D) Drawing
45. Kalam's father advised to understand —
A) The Quran
B) One’s sufferings
C) Other religions
D) Business plans
46. Kalam’s father believed prayer helps people connect beyond —
A) Language
B) Religion
C) The physical body
D) Time
47. Kalam describes the words of his father as —
A) Angry
B) Sharp
C) Deep and powerful
D) Confusing
48. What quality made Kalam’s father stand out in society?
A) Physical strength
B) Deep spirituality
C) Wealth
D) Education
49. What filled Kalam with a strange energy?
A) A good meal
B) A dream
C) His father's reply
D) A holiday
50. Kalam’s father didn’t tell others about deep ideas because —
A) He was shy
B) He waited for the right time and understanding
C) He didn’t believe them
D) He was not allowed
51. The story takes place in which place?
A) Delhi
B) Rameswaram
C) Mumbai
D) Madurai
52. What religion did Kalam’s father follow?
A) Hinduism
B) Christianity
C) Islam
D) Buddhism
53. Kalam's father's attitude toward other religions was —
A) Biased
B) Respectful
C) Distant
D) Strict
54. The water with blessings was believed to —
A) Cure diseases
B) Decorate homes
C) Make people rich
D) Protect animals
55. How does the passage portray interfaith harmony?
A) By ignoring differences
B) Through joint prayers
C) Through friendship of father and Sastry
D) By fighting evil
56. Kalam’s father is a symbol of —
A) Wealth
B) Power
C) Humility and wisdom
D) Silence
57. What kind of outlook does Kalam’s father have?
A) Negative
B) Scientific
C) Spiritual and philosophical
D) Materialistic
58. The purpose of prayer, according to the passage, is —
A) Healing
B) Ritual
C) Connection with the cosmos and others
D) Memorization
59. Kalam’s early learning came from —
A) School
B) Books
C) Conversations with his father
D) TV
60. Kalam’s father believes that every individual is —
A) A sinner
B) A poor being
C) A specific element of the divine
D) A separate soul
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