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On the basis of your reading of the passage answer the following question by ticking the most appropriate options. Give reason for your choices.
Paragraph 5 shows that kalam's mother and grandmother had
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great scholarship and wisdom
excellent ability to tell stories of historic importance
all embracing outlook on religion and communities
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Paragraph 5 shows that kalam's mother and grandmother had excellent ability to tell stories of historic importance .
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WHERE the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken up into fragments By narrow domestic walls Where words come out from the depth of truth Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit –
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
— Rabindranath Tagore
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