Chapter- 8 Kalpna Chawla: The Star
1. Question: Who were the children talking to?
Answer: The children were talking to Kalpana Chawla.
2. Question: From which school did the children come?
Answer: They came from Tagore School, Karnal.
3. Question: Why did the children meet her?
Answer: They wanted to ask her questions before her space mission.
4. Question: How did the children greet her?
Answer: They said, “Good morning, madam!”
5. Question: What was her reply to the children?
Answer: She said, “Good morning children! Sure, go ahead.”
6. Question: Who asked about her childhood?
Answer: Navya asked about her childhood.
7. Question: When was Kalpana Chawla born?
Answer: She was born on 1 July 1961.
8. Question: Where was she born?
Answer: She was born in Karnal, Haryana.
9. Question: What did she dream about as a child?
Answer: She dreamt about flying.
10. Question: What did she want to become at the age of thirteen?
Answer: She wanted to become an astronaut.
11. Question: What did Shubham ask her?
Answer: He asked her to tell more about herself.
12. Question: What was her reaction to Shubham’s question?
Answer: She laughed and replied.
13. Question: What kind of diet did she follow?
Answer: She was a strict vegetarian.
14. Question: Whom did she respect?
Answer: She respected her teachers.
15. Question: What were her hobbies?
Answer: Reading, flying, and bird-watching.
16. Question: Who asked about her studies?
Answer: Anand asked about her studies.
17. Question: When did she pass her Higher Secondary Examination?
Answer: In 1976.
18. Question: From which school did she pass it?
Answer: From Tagore School, Karnal.
19. Question: Which college did she join after school?
Answer: Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh.
20. Question: What did she study there?
Answer: Aeronautical Engineering.
21. Question: When did she complete her Bachelor’s Degree?
Answer: In 1982.
22. Question: Where did she go after that?
Answer: She went to the University of Texas, USA.
23. Question: What did she study there?
Answer: Aerospace Engineering.
24. Question: When did she complete her Master’s Degree?
Answer: In 1984.
25. Question: Where did she earn her Ph.D.?
Answer: From the University of Colorado.
26. Question: In which subject did she do her Ph.D.?
Answer: Aerospace Engineering.
27. Question: What was her childhood ambition?
Answer: To become an astronaut.
28. Question: What quality is shown by her respect for teachers?
Answer: Discipline and good values.
29. Question: What helped her achieve her dream?
Answer: Education and hard work.
30. Question: What is the main idea of the passage?
Answer: It shows her journey from childhood dream to becoming an astronaut.
Answer by Dimpee Bora
