Answer the following questions:
1. Where was Kapil Dev born?
Ans: Kapil Dev was born in Chandigarh
1.1 when was Kapil Dev born?
Ans.: Kapil Dev was born on 6th January, 1959.
2. What did Kapil’s mother always regales him with?
Ans.: Kapil’s mother always regales him with tales of his naughty behavior. She claims that she
never managed to control him.
3. What were the dreams of Kapil Dev? Were these dreams come true?
Ans.: Kapil’s dreams were to travel all around the world and drive a ‘Mercedes Benz’.Fortunatly his both dreams had been fulfilled.
4. What do you mean by ‘Castles in the air’?
Why does Kapil Dev uses these words?
Ans.: ‘Castles of air’ is an idiom which means that it never possible to achieve . Kapil used those words Twenty-five years ago when he was only a naughty boy .Then his dreams of traveling around the world and driving ‘Mercedes Benz’ these dreams seemed like castle in the air.
5. How did Kapil Dev spent his Childhood?
Ans.: Kapil Dev spent his childhood like all other children around him. By trying to bunk school
and save up enough money to go to a new movie or have a plate of chicken chowmein with his
friends.
6. How did Kapil spent most of his time in his childhood days?
Ans.: In the childhood days, most of Kapil and his friend’s time were spent in planning how to
get into the neighboring woman’s garden and pick the fruits off the tree.
7. What made Kapil to discover Rash that Papaya sap can cause?
Ans.: Once, Kapil and his friends entered into neibhours guarden by climbing over the wall and were perched on the tree in the garden while the woman walked out with some guests. This made Kapil to discover the rash that papaya sap can cause.
8. What are the naughty things done by Kapil Dev?
Ans.: Kapil Dev was very naughty in his childhood days. He and his friends used to pluck the
fruits from the neighbour’s garden and one more really naughty thing done by Kapil Dev
was riding the police hors
