CBSE Class 12 Lost Spring Stories of Stolen Childhood MCQs

Question : Who is the author of Lost Spring?

(a) James Bond
(b) Arundhati Roy
(c) Sudha Murthy
(d) Anees Jung

Answer  : D

Question : This story is an excerpt from which book of the author?

(a) Lost Spring - Stories of stolen childhood
(b) Unveiling India
(c) Breaking the Silence
(d) The Song of India

Answer  : A

Question : What does the author analyze in the story?

(a) Rich people
(b) garbage
(c) Poor children and their exploitation
(d) her works

Answer  : C

Question : What is the central theme of the story Lost Spring?

(a) Pitiable Poor children and their lost childhood
(b) garbage
(c) Saheb and Mukesh
(d) Spring Season

Answer  : A

Question : What forces the children to live a life of exploitation?

(a) greed
(b) Extreme Poverty
(c) peers
(d) parents

Answer  : B

Question : According to the author what was garbage for the parents?

(a) Means of entertainment
(b) means of joy
(c) Means of sorrow
(d) Means of survival

Answer  : D

Question : According to the author what was garbage for the children ?

(a) Means of entertainment
(b) Means of timepass
(c) Means of playing
(d) a wonder

Answer  : D

Question : Who was Saheb?

(a) a shopkeeper
(b) a servant
(c) a ragpicker
(d) all

Answer  : C

Question : What was Saheb looking for?

(a) eggs
(b) gold
(c) coins
(d) toys

Answer  : B

Question : Is Saheb happy working at the tea stall?

(a) yes
(b) yes, he earns money
(c) no earning
(d) no, earning but no freedom

Answer  : D

Question : Why did Saheb E Alam not go to school?

(a) not interested
(b) no bucks to pay fees
(c) wants to go for movie
(d) wants to earn

Answer  : B

Question : What is the meaning of Saheb E Alam?

(a) Owner
(b) Rich man
(c) Poor man
(d) Lord of the Universe

Answer  : D

Question : Where was Saheb employed?

(a) at a tea stall in Seemapuri
(b) at a saree shop
(c) at a jewellery shop
(d) at a sweet shop

Answer  : A

Question : Why is author calling garbage as 'gold' in the story?

(a) Because of jewels in it
(b) Because of gems in it
(c) because of gold in it
(d) Because of its encashment

Answer  : D

Question : What do the boys appear like to the author in the story?

(a) Morning crows
(b) Evening crows
(c) Morning birds
(d) Evening Birds

Answer  : C

Question : Name the birth place of the author.

(a) U.S.A
(b) Callifornia
(c) Kochi
(d) Rourkela

Answer  : D

Question : What does the title 'Lost Spring' symbolise?

(a) lost blooming childhood
(b) autumn season
(c) lost money
(d) lost age

Answer  : A

Question : Saheb hailed from which place?

(a) Delhi
(b) Seemapuri
(c) Greenfields of Dhaka
(d) None

Answer  : C

Question : Why did Saheb go through garbage dumps?

(a) to find silver coin
(b) a rupee
(c) a ten rupee note
(d) all these

Answer  : D

Question : Why did Saheb leave his house?

(a) Because storm swept away his house and field
(b) to enjoy a life of leisure
(c) to find friends
(d) to go to college

Answer  : A

Question : What forced Saheb to be a ragpicker?

(a) hard work
(b) Destiny
(c) People arpund him
(d) Acute poverty

Answer  : D

Question : Where is Seemapuri?

(a) In Noida
(b) South Delhi
(c) North Delhi
(d) East Delhi

Answer  : D

Question : Why did Saheb leave Dhaka?

(a) Because of lack of resources
(b) Because of lack of enough food
(c) Because of friends
(d) Because of parents

Answer  : B

Question : Who are responsible for the poor condition of bangle makers in Firozabad?

(a) Parents
(b) Society
(c) Bureaucrats
(d) All

Answer  : D

Question : What efforts can help Mukesh materialise his dream of becoming a car driver?

(a) Hard work
(b) going to garage
(c) guidance of his owner
(d) all these

Answer  : D

Question : What are the hazards of working in the glass bangles industry?

(a) Poor health 
(b) impaired vision
(c) miserable life
(d) All of these

Answer  : D

Question : Who employs the local families of Firozabad?

(a) Bureaucrats
(b) Merchants
(c) Politicians
(d) The glass blowing industry

Answer  : D

Question : What is the function of glass blowing industry?

(a) to make windows
(b) to make doors
(c) to mould glass
(d) to mould glass and make colorful bangles

Answer  : D

Question : What makes the working condition of the children worst in the glass industry?

(a) Dark dingy cells without light and air
(b) dazzling and sparking of welding light
(c) high temprature
(d) All these

Answer  : D

Question : What excuse do the rag pickers give for not wearing chappals?

(a) mothers don't give
(b) no interest
(c) a tradition
(d) All these

Answer  : D

Question : Who is Mukesh?

(a) student
(b) worker
(c) ragpicker
(d) ragpicker

Answer  : D

Question : What are the reasons for the migration of people from villages to city in the lesson?

(a) Sweeping of houses and fields by storms
(b) poverty
(c) education and unemployment
(d) safety

Answer  : A

Question : What compels the workers in bangle industry of Firozabad to poverty?

(a) cast and ancestral profession
(b) Karam theory and society
(c) Bureaucrats and politicians
(d) All these

Answer  : D

Question : The city of Firozabad is famous for what?

(a) For casteism
(b) For ragpickers
(c) for poverty
(d) for bangles

Answer  : D

Question : Firozabad is the centre of which industry?

(a) cotton industry
(b) furniture industry
(c) textile industry
(d) glassblowing industry

Answer  : D

Question : How is Mukesh's attitude different from that of his family?

(a) being daring, firm and clear
(b) being a fighter
(c) being a coward
(d) not clear

Answer  : A

Question : What is the means of survival in Seemapuri?

(a) work
(b) merchandising
(c) education
(d) ragpicking

Answer  : D

Question :  What is the metaphorical symbol of Seemapuri in the lesson?

(a) poverty
(b) exploitation
(c) enjoyment
(d) a little hell

Answer  : D

Question :  What is Mukesh's dream?

(a) to be a doctor
(b) to be a merchant
(c) to be a rogue
(d) to be a motor- mechanic

Answer  : D

Question : What change did Anees Jung see in Saheb when she saw him standing by the gate of the neighbourhood club?

(a) as if lost freedom
(b) lost ownership
(c) lost joy
(d) all these

Answer  : D

Question. What does Saheb’s discarded and worn out tennis shoes indicate?
(a) An indication of exploitation
(b) A dream come true
(c) A sign of hopelessness
(d) An insult to the sport itself

Answer  : B

Question. Why had Saheb’s family migrated to Delhi and settled at Seemapuri?
(a) They had no attachment to their homeland Dhaka
(b) They were attracted by the glamour and glitz of Delhi
(c) Seemapuri was a naturally beautiful place
(d) Seemapuri provided them with a means of survival 

Answer  : D

Question. Choose the best that compels the workers in the bangle industry of Firozabad to poverty.
(a) Caste and ancestral profession
(b) Karam theory and society
(c) Bureaucrats and politicians
(d) All of the above

Answer  : D

Question. Why had the bangle-makers accepted their fate?
(a) They felt it was due to their Karma
(b) They were exploited using the police and other state machinery
(c) They had no money to do anything except carry on the business of bangle making
(d) All of the above

Answer  : D

Question. What may arouse ray of hope in rag pickers?
(a) Hollow promises made by the politicians
(b) Assurances given by the frequent visitors
(c) Discovery of a few more rupees in the heaps of garbage
(d) Fellow rag pickers’ achievements

Answer  : C

Question. Which game did Saheb enjoy watching?
(a) Tennis
(b) Badminton
(c) Table Tennis
d) Hockey

Answer  : A

Question. What is more important for survival?
(a) Identity
(b) Food
(c) Shoes
(d) Gold

Answer  : B

Question. Choose the statement which is NOT TRUE about the rag pickers in Seemapuri.
(a) Children are equally involved in rag picking as their parents.
(b) The rag pickers settle down in a place permanently.
(c) Rag picking has accomplished itself as a skill and form of art.
(d) Rag pickers live in unsteady shanties on the outskirts of Delhi. 

Answer  : B

Question. ‘Hearing him, one wonders if he has achieved what many have failed in their lifetime. He has a roof over his head!’ Which of the following is true, in the context of given line?
(a) The husband of the elderly woman had earned enough to get a roof over his head
(b) The writer presents a positive picture for Mukesh’s Family
(c) By saying so, the writer indicates that Mukesh could become a motor mechanic
(d) Mukesh’s father had earned enough to get a roof over his head

Answer  : A

Question. Mukesh wants to become a motor mechanic by ____.
(a) Finding a tutor
(b) going to a garage to learn
(c) reading books
(d) joining a school

Answer  : B

Question. Assertion: The bangle makers of Firozabad are reluctant to organize themselves into a cooperative.
Reason: They are trapped in the vicious cycle of debt and afraid of police.
(a) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true and reason is false.
(d) Assertion is false and reason is true. 

Answer  : A

Question. Assertion: Survival in Seemapuri means rag picking.
Reason: Garbage to them is gold.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) Both A and R are false

Answer  : B

Question. Assertion: Mukesh has potential to materialize his dream of becoming a motor mechanic.
Reason: He is an ambitious boy.
(a) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true and reason is false.
(d) Assertion is false and reason is true.

Answer  : A

Question. Assertion: The author is bothered about the problems of bangle makers.
Reason: The labour law is not implemented in reality.
(a) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true and reason is false.
(d) Assertion is false and reason is true.

Answer  : B

Question. Assertion: The bangle makers talk endlessly in a spiral that moves from poverty to apathy to greed and to injustice.
Reason: They are caught in the web of poverty, burdened by stigma of caste.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) Both A and R are false

Answer  : A

Question. Assertion: Saheb could not go to school.
Reason: His parents did not want him to go to school.
(a) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
(b) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true and reason is false.
(d) Assertion is false and reason is true.

Answer  : C

Question. Assertion: Their eyes are more adjusted to the dark than to the light outside.
Reason: The children love to help their parents in bangle- making.
(a) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(d) Assertion is false, reason is true. 

Answer  : C

Question. Who is the author of Lost Spring?
(a) James Bond
(b) Arundhati Roy
(c) Sudha Murthy
(d) Anees Jung

Answer : D

Question. What does the title 'Lost Spring' symbolize?
(a) Lost blooming childhood
(b) Autumn season
(c) Lost money
(d) Lost age

Answer : A 

Question. What is the probable reason for children remaining barefoot?
(a) Lack of money
(b) Tradition
(c) Poverty
(d) All of the above

Answer : D 

Question. For the people of Saheb's Colony what is more important than identity?
(a) Gold
(b) Silver
(c) Coats
(d) Food 

Answer : D 

Question. The author visited the town and temple of Udipi after
(a) 10 years
(b) 5 years
(c) 30 years
(d) 15 years 

Answer : C 

Question. Where does Mukesh's family work?
(a) In a school
(b) On a farm
(c) In a club
(d) In a bangle factory

Answer : D 

Question. What does Mukesh want to become?
(a) Doctor
(b) Motor Mechanic
(c) Teacher
(d) Writer

Answer : B

Question. What is the function of glass blowing industry?
(a) To make windows
(b) To make doors
(c) To mould glass
(d) To mould glass and make colourful bangles 

Answer : D

Question. What do the bangles symbolise in Indian culture?
(a) Suhag
(b) Corruption
(c) Chastity
(d) Farming

Answer : A

Question. What makes the working condition of the children worst in the glass industry?
(a) Dark dingy cells without light and air
(b) Dazzling and sparking of welding light
(c) High temperature
(d) All of these

Answer : D 

Question. What was the profession of Mukesh's father before he became a bangle maker?
(a) Tailor
(b) Carpenter
(c) Plumber
(d) Mason 

Answer : A 

Question. The frail women in Mukesh's house is his
(a) mother
(b) elder brother's wife
(c) aunt
(d) niece 

Answer : B 

Question. If laws were to be enforced, it would bring about change and relief in the lives of about
(a) ten thousand children
(b) twenty thousand children
(c) hundred children
(d) a thousand children 

Answer : B 

Question. Who will be hauled up by the police if they try to get organised?
(a) The old citizens
(b) The owners of the factories
(c) The group of young men
(d) Mukesh's family 

Answer : C 

Question. This story is an excerpt from which book of the author?
(a) Lost Spring - Stories of stolen childhood
(b) Unveiling India
(c) Breaking the Silence
(d) The Song of India

 Answer : A 

Question. According to the author what was garbage for the parents?
(a) Means of entertainment
(b) means of joy
(c) Means of sorrow
(d) Means of survival 

Answer : A 

Question. According to the author what was garbage for the children ?
(a) Means of entertainment
(b) Means of timepass
(c) Means of playing
(d) A wonder 

Answer : D 

Question. Who was Saheb?
(a) A shopkeeper
(b) A servant
(c) A ragpicker
(d) All  

Answer : D 

Question. Saheb's name means 'Lord of the Universe', but he leads a life of
(a) Wealth and power
(b) Opulence
(c) Prosperity
(d) Poverty and misery 

Answer : D 

Question. From where did Saheb come?
(a) Dhaka
(b) Chittagong
(c) Jorhat
(d) Sri Lanka 

Answer : A 

Question. Why did Saheb leave his house ?
(a) Because storms swept away his house and field
(b) To enjoy a life of leisure
(c) To find friends
(d) To go to college 

Answer : A

Question. The author advised Saheb to go to
(a) School
(b) College
(c) Club
(d) Playground 

Answer : A 

Question. The rag pickers have no identity,but they have_
(a) Permits
(b) Passports
(c) Ration cards
(d) Licenses 

Answer : C 

Question. According to the author, rag picking has become, over the years,a
(a) Profession
(b) Fine art
(c) Tradition
(d) Dulture 

Answer : B 

Question. What do the parents expect from their children to bring from the garbage dumps?
A )Left over food
(b) Silver coins
(c) Money
(d) Items valuable for them 

Answer : D 

Question. "Is your school ready"? Who asked this question?
(a) Saheb's mother
(b) Saheb's friends
(c) The author
(d) Saheb 

Answer : D 

Question. What is Saheb watching from the fenced gate of a club?
(a) Two young men playing tennis
(b) Two women dancing
(c) Two quarrelling dogs
(d) A gardener planting flowers

Answer : A 

Question. Where is Seemapuri?
(a) In Noida
(b) South Delhi
(c) North Delhi
(d) East Delhi 

Answer : D 

Question. The houses in Seemapuri are made of_
(a) Bricks and concrete
(b) Asbestos sheets
(c) Mud,tin and tarpaulin
(d) Plywood 

Answer : C 

Question. What is the metaphorical symbol of Seemapuri in the lesson?
(a) Poverty
(b) Enjoyment
(c) Exploitation
(d) A little hell 

Answer : C

Question. Mukesh wants to learn to become a motor mechanic by

(a) finding a tutor
(b) going to a garage to learn
(c) reading books
(d) joining a school

Answer : B 

Question. In what kind of house does Mukesh live?
(a) In a big house
(b) In a bungalow
(c) In a half built rough hut
(d) In a flat 

Answer : C 

Question. "Can a god-given lineage ever be broken?" These words spoken by
(a) Mukesh
(b) Mukesh's grandfather
(c) Mukesh's grandmother
(d) The author 

Answer : C 

Question. What is Mukesh's father?
(a) A doctor
(b) A poor bangle maker
(c) A teacher
(d) A builder 

Answer : B

Question. " Seemapuri is a place on the periphery of Delhi yet miles away from it metaphorically." What is the tone of the writer?
(a) Sad
(b) Happy
(c) Angry
(d) Mocking

Answer : D

Question. What is the meaning of Saheb-e-Alam?
(a) Owner
(b) Rich man
(c) Poor man
(d) Lord of the Universe

Answer : D 

Question. What do the boys appear like to the author in the story?
(a) Morning crows
(b) Evening birds
(c) Morning birds
(d) Nightingale

Answer : C 

Question. Why does Saheb remain barefoot?
(a) His feet are beautiful
(b) He hates shoes
(c) He is so poor that he cannot buy shoes
(d) His employer forbids him to wear shoes

Answer : C 

Question. What did the man from Udipi pray for,when he was young ?
(a) A pair of trousers
(b) A pair of shoes
(c) A friend
(d) Opportunity to study in a school

Answer : B

Question. The man from Udipi was the son of a
(a) Doctor
(b) Teacher
(c) Priest
(d) Engineer  

Answer : C

Question. What was Saheb looking for?
(a) Eggs
(b) Gold
(c) Coins
(d) Toys 

Answer : B

Question. Where was Saheb employed?
(a) At a tea stall in Seemapuri
(b) At a saree shop
(c) At a jewellery shop
(d) At a sweet shop

Answer : A 

Question. Why did Saheb not go to school?
(a) Not interested
(b) Had no money to pay fees
(c) Wanted to go for a movie
(d) Wanted to earn money 

Answer : B 

Question. The colony of ragpickers is situated in_
(a) The south of Delhi
(b) Mangolpur
(c) Jahangirpuri
(d) Seemapuri 

Answer : D

Question. Savita,a young girl is seen by the author
(a) stitching clothes
(b) washing clothes
(c) soldering pieces of glass
(d) embroidering a sheet

Answer : C 

Question. "I wonder if she knows the sanctity of the bangles she helps make", the phrase symbolises
(a) Auspiciousness in marriage
(b) The job provides good profit
(c) Richness
(d) Making bangles is a good job 

Answer : A 

Question. The squatters in Seemapuri arrived as refugees from Bangladesh in
(a) 1965
(b) 1971
(c) 1980
(d) 1986 

Answer : B 

Question. What is the means of survival in Seemapuri?
(a) Work
(b) Merchandising
(c) Education
(d) Rag picking  

Answer : D 

Question. Who employs the local families of Firozabad?
(a) Bureaucrats
(b) Merchants
(c) Politicians
(d) The glass blowing industry 

Answer : D 

Question. Is Saheb happy working at the tea stall?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Sometimes
(d) None 

Answer : B 

Question. Saheb did not like to work in the tea stall because
(a) He was getting only rupees 800
(b) He hated the steel canister
(c) He was no longer his own master
(d) He had to carry heavy bags now 

Answer : C

Question. " I want to drive a car" Who said these words?
(a) Saheb
(b) Mukesh
(c) Author
(d) None 

Answer : B 

Question. Who is Mukesh?
(a) Student
(b) Worker
(c) Writer
(d) Ragpicker

Answer : B 

Question. The families of the bangle makers live in
(a) comfortable environment
(b) big houses
(c) very small houses
(d) factories 

Answer : C 

Question. Mukesh's house is covered with
(a) stone
(b) bricks
(c) tiles
(d) thatch 

Answer : D 

Question. What compels the workers in bangle industry of Firozabad to poverty?
(a) Caste and ancestral profession
(b) Karam theory and society
(c) Bureaucrats and politicians
(d) All of these 

Answer : D 

Question. Sunny gold, paddy green, royal blue,pink,purple, every colour born out of the seven colours of the rainbow. What is this a reference to?
(a) Clothes
(b) Birds
(c) Bangles
(d) Bindis 

Answer : C 

Question. Later,Saheb is found wearing shoes. Who gave him the shoes?
(a) The writer
(b) A policeman
(c) A doctor
(d) A rich boy 

Answer : A 

Question. Why did rich boy give the tennis shoes to Saheb?
(a) He liked Saheb
(b) He hated his shoes
(c) There was a hole in one of them
(d) Saheb bought them from him 

Answer : C 

Question. What change did Anees Jung see in Saheb when she saw him standing by the gate of the neighbourhood club?
(a) As if lost his freedom
(b) Lost ownership
(c) Lost joy
(d) All of these 

Answer : D 

Question. What two distinct worlds does the author see in the lives of the bangle makers?
(a) Sahukars-policemen
(b) Policemen-bureaucrats
(c) Middleman-poor people
(d) Poor people-influential people 

Answer : D 

Question. What bothers the author most about the bangle makers?
(a) The stigma of poverty and caste
(b) The affluence of the landlords
(c) The behaviour of the factory owners
(d) The labour laws 

Answer : A

Question. What efforts can help Mukesh materialise his dream of becoming a car driver?
(a) Hard work
(b) Going to garage
(c) Guidance of his owner
(d) All of these  

Answer : D 

Question. Why did Saheb and his family come to India leaving Bangladesh?
(a) They liked India
(b) They were expelled from there
(c) Because of communal violence there
(d) Because storms destroyed their homes and fields

Answer : D 

Question. Why did Saheb leave Dhaka?
(a) Because of lack of resources
(b) Because of lack of food
(c) Because of friends
(d) Because of parents 

Answer : A

Question. What forced Saheb to be a ragpicker?
(a) Hard work
(b) Destiny
(c) People around him
(d) Acute poverty 

Answer : D 

Question. Whydid Saheb go through garbage dumps?
(a) To find silver coin
(b) A rupee
(c) A ten rupee note
(d) All of these 

Answer : D

Question. "Sometimes I find a Rupee in the garbage" Who said these words?
(a) Saheb
(b) Saheb's friend
(c) Author
(d) None

Answer : A

Question. " Why do you do this?" Who asked this question?
(a) Saheb
(b) Saheb's friend
(c) Author
(d) None 

Answer : C 

Question. What does the author analyze in the story?
(a) Rich people
(b) Garbage
(c) Poor children and their exploitation
(d) her works 

Answer : C 

Question. What is the central theme of the story Lost Spring?
(a) Pitiable Poor children and their lost childhood
(b) Garbage
(c) Saheb and Mukesh
(d) Spring Season

Answer : A 

Question. What forces the children to live a life of exploitation?
(a) Greed
(b) Extreme Poverty
(c) Peers
(d) Parents

Answer : B 

Question. Where does Saheb work after leaving the work of being a ragpicker?
(a) A factory
(b) A tea stall
(c) A farm
(d) A school

Answer : B

Question. " One wonders if he has achieved what many have failed to achieve in their lifetime. He has a roof over his head",these lines were said in reference to the condition of
(a) The elderly women's old husband
(b) Mukesh's father
(c) The bangle factory owner
(d) Mukesh's elder brother

Answer : A

Question. "Why not organise yourselves into a cooperative?" Who asked this question?
(a) Author
(b) Mukesh
(c) Bureaucrats
(d) All of these

Answer : A

Question. Where does Mukesh live?
(a) Firozepur
(b) Faridabad
(c) Aurangabad
(d) Firozabad

Answer : D

Question. What is Firozabad famous for?
(a) Bangles
(b) Sandals
(c) Cloth
(d) Electronics

Answer : A

True/False:

Question. For a poor boy like Saheb, even a shoe with a hole is a dream.

Answer  : True

Question. Workers in the glass industry face many health hazards.

Answer  : True

Question. Sahukar, police and politicians working under a nexus to help the poor bangle makers.

Answer  : False

Question. ‘Garbage to them is gold.’ The literary device that is used here is hyperbole.

Answer  : True

Question. Saheb’s family had originally migrated from Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Answer  : True

Question. Mukesh’s attitude is different from that of his family as he is daring, firm and clear. 

Answer  : True

Question. People in Firozabad were lazy, that is why they remained poor.

Answer  : False

Question. The beauty of the glass bangles of Firozabad contrasts with the misery of people who produce them. The given statement is paradoxical.

Answer  : True

Question. Mukesh dream is within his reach.

Answer  : False

Question. Most of the people are farmers in Firozabad.

Answer  : False