CBSE Class 12 English Lost Spring Worksheet Set B

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. 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. 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. The colony of ragpickers is situated in_
A) The south of Delhi
B) Mangolpur
C) Jahangirpuri
D) Seemapuri

Answer : D 

Question. What forced Saheb to be a ragpicker?
A) Hard work
B) Destiny
C) People around him
D) Acute poverty

Answer : D 

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 is the meaning of Saheb-e-Alam?
A) Owner
B) Rich man
C) Poor man
D) Lord of the Universe

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 temperature
D) All of these

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. According to the author, rag picking has become, over the years,a
A) Profession
B) Fine art
C) Tradition
D) Dulture

Answer : B 

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. 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 : 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. From where did Saheb come?
A) Dhaka
B) Chittagong
C) Jorhat
D) Sri Lanka

Answer : A 

Question. The families of the bangle makers live in
A) comfortable environment
B) big houses
C) very small houses
D) factories

Answer : C 

Question. Where is Seemapuri?
A) In Noida
B) South Delhi
C) North Delhi
D) East Delhi

Answer : D 

Question. What was full name of Saheb?
A) Jashn-e--Alam
B) Bahar-e-Alam
C) Saheb-e-Alam
D) Shaba-e-Alam

Answer : C 

Question. The squatters in Seemapuri arrived as refugees from Bangladesh in
A) 1965
B) 1971
C) 1980
D) 1986

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. 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. 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 : C 

Question. Is Saheb happy working at the tea stall?
A) Yes
B) No
C) Sometimes
D) None

Answer : B 

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 means of survival in Seemapuri?
A) Work
B) Merchandising
C) Education
D) Rag picking

Answer : D  

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. What is the metaphorical symbol of Seemapuri in the lesson?
A) Poverty
B) Enjoyment
C) Exploitation
D) A little hell

Answer : C 

Question. What forces the children to live a life of exploitation?
A) Greed
B) Extreme Poverty
C) Peers
D) Parents

Answer : B 

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. The author advised Saheb to go to
A) School
B) College
C) Club
D) Playground

Answer : A  

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. 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. 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 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. "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. What is Firozabad famous for?
A) Bangles
B) Sandals
C) Cloth
D) Electronics

Answer : A 

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 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. What is Mukesh's father?
A) A doctor
B) A poor bangle maker
C) A teacher
D) A builder

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. 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 rag pickers have no identity,but they have_
A) Permits
B) Passports
C) Ration cards
D) Licenses

Answer : C 

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 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. 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. What does the title 'Lost Spring' symbolize?
A) Lost blooming childhood
B) Autumn season
C) Lost money
D) Lost age

Answer : A 

Question. What does Mukesh want to become?
A) Doctor
B) Motor Mechanic
C) Teacher
D) Writer

Answer : B 

Question. 'She has not enjoyed a full meal in her entire lifetime'. Who is 'she' in the given sentence?
A) The elderly woman sitting close to Savita
B) Mukesh's sister-in-law
C) Mukesh's mother
D) Mukesh's grandmother

Answer : A 

Question. Who was Saheb?
A) A shopkeeper
B) A servant
C) A ragpicker
D) All

Answer : D 

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. "Why not organise yourselves into a cooperative?" Who asked this question?
A) Author
B) Mukesh
C) Bureaucrats
D) All of these

Answer : A 

Question. The man from Udipi was the son of a
A) Doctor
B) Teacher
C) Priest
D) Engineer

Answer : C 

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. 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. 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. 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. Where does Mukesh live?
A) Firozepur
B) Faridabad
C) Aurangabad
D) Firozabad

Answer : D 

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. 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. Who is Mukesh?
A) Student
B) Worker
C) Writer
D) Ragpicker

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. 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. 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. 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. What was Saheb looking for?
A) Eggs
B) Gold
C) Coins
D) Toys

Answer : B 

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 employs the local families of Firozabad?
A) Bureaucrats
B) Merchants
C) Politicians
D) The glass blowing industry

Answer : D 

Question. " Why do you do this?" Who asked this question?
A) Saheb
B) Saheb's friend
C) Author
D) None

Answer : C 

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. Mukesh's house is covered with
A) stone
B) bricks
C) tiles
D) thatch

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. Who is the author of Lost Spring?
A) James Bond
B) Arundhati Roy
C) Sudha Murthy
D) Anees Jung

Answer : D 

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. 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. " I want to drive a car" Who said these words?
A) Saheb
B) Mukesh
C) Author
D) None

Answer : B 

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. How is Mukesh's attitude different from that of his family?
A) Being daring, firm and clear
B) Being a coward
C) Being a fighter
D) Not clear

Answer : A 

 

 

               Very Short Answer

 

Q.1)        What does the expression “sometimes I find a rupee in the garbage” mean?

Q.2)        Describe Seemapuri.

Q.3)        Why is Saheb not happy working at the tea stall?

Q.4)        What is the meaning of Saheb’s full name? What does he do the whole day?

Q.5)        What is Mukesh’s ambition? Can it be realized?

               Short Answer

Q.6)        Discuss how child labour is potential threat to life on the basis of your reading of the lesson the ‘Lost Spring’.

Q.7)        How is Mukesh’s attitude toward his situation different from that of his family?

Q.8)     Under the Supervision of your teacher conduct a discussion in your class on each of the following topics on human rights day:

            Child labour

Q.9)      Answer the following questions:

(1)        What did the Author learn about Mukesh’s father?

(2)         What do the bangle makers tell the author about their utter poverty?

Q.10)      Write an Article on Compulsory Elementary Education for Children.

               Long Answer

Q.11)      What are the reasons that are responsible for bangle-makers plight?

Q.12)      Firozabad presents a stranger paradox. Contrast the beauty of the glass bangles of Firozabad with the misery of the people who produce them?

Q.13)      What forces conspire to keep the workers in the bangle industry of Firozabad in poverty?

Q.14)      Give a brief account of the life and activities of the Bangladeshi squatters like Saheb-e-Alam settled in Seemapuri.

Q.15)      How is your opinion, can Mukesh realise his dream?

 

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