Beehive (Prose): My Childhood · Class 9 · CBSE English
How did young Kalam earn his first wages during the Second World War?
Practice question from Beehive (Prose): My Childhood (Class 9 · CBSE English), with the correct answer and a step-by-step solution.
easy · MCQ · Q-E36A5F
How did young Kalam earn his first wages during the Second World War?
- A.By selling newspapers bundled and thrown out from moving trains
- B.By helping his father build wooden boats
- C.By collecting tamarind seeds and selling them to a provision shopCorrect answer
- D.By teaching younger children in his neighborhood
Solution
When the Second World War broke out, there was a sudden demand for tamarind seeds. Kalam collected them and sold them to a provision shop on mosque street to earn a meager anna.
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