Chapter 2 Lost Spring with Answers

Question 1.

Mukesh wants to learn to become a motor mechanic by

(a) finding a tutor

(b) going to a garage to learn

(c) by reading books

(d) by joining a school

Answer

Answer: (b) going to a garage to learn

Question 2.

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

Answer: (a) the stigma of poverty and caste

Question 3.

“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 woman’s old husband

(b) Mukesh’s father

(c) the bangle factory owner

(d) Mukesh’s elder brother

Answer
Answer: (a) the elderly woman’s old husband

Question 4.

Which of the objects below best serves as a symbol of an Indian woman’s `suhag’?

(a) bindi

(b) sindoor

(c) bangles

(d) henna-dyed hands

Answer

Answer: (c) bangles

Question 5.

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

Answer: (c) bangles

Question 6.

What was the profession of Mukesh’s father before he became a bangle-maker?

(a) tailor

(b) carpenter

(c) plumber

(d) Mason

Answer
Answer: (a) tailor

Question 7.

The frail woman in Mukesh’s house is his

(a) mother

(b) elder brother’s wife

(c) wife

(d) niece

Answer

Answer: (b) elder brother’s wife

Question 8.

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

Answer: (b) twenty thousand children

Question 9.

Bangle industry flourishes in the town of

(a) Ferozepur

(b) Firozabad

(c) Ferozgarh

(d) Farukhabad

Answer

Answer: (b) Firozabad

Mukesh belonged to a family of

(a) farmers

(b) rag-pickers

(c) bangle makers

(d) motor mechanics

Answer

Answer: (c) bangle makers

Question 11.

One day, Saheb was seen by the author, watching some young men playing

(a) cricket

(b) tennis

(c) hockey

(d) soccer

Answer

Answer: (b) tennis

Question 12.

According to the author, rag picking has become, over the years, a

(a) profession

(b) fine art

(c) tradition

(d) culture

Answer

Answer: (b) fine art

The rag pickers have no identity, but they have

(a) permits

(b) passports

(c) ration cards

(d) licenses

Answer

Answer: (a) permits

Question 14.

The colony of ragpickers is situated in

(a) the south of Delhi

(b) Mongolpuri

(c) Jehangirpuri

(d) Seemapuri

Answer

Answer: (d) Seemapuri

Question 15.

What did the man from Udipi pray for, when he was young?

(a) a pair of trousers

(b) a pair of shoes

(c) a few friends

(d) an opportunity to study in a school

Answer

Answer: (b) a pair of shoes

Question 16.
One explanation which the author gets about children choosing to remain barefoot is

(a) they have no money

(b) tradition

(c) no matching pairs

(d) like to wear only chappals

Answer

Answer: (b) tradition

Question 17.

‘Is your school ready? Who asked this question?

(a) Saheb’s mother

(b) Saheb’s friends

(c) the author

(d) Saheb

Answer

Answer: (d) Saheb

Question 18.

What were Saheb and his family looking for in Delhi?

(a) dollars

(b) rupees

(c) pounds

(d) gold

Answer

Answer: (d) gold

Question 19.

Saheb’s home, before Delhi, was in

(b) Orissa

(c) Dhaka

(d) Bihar

Answer

Answer: (c) Dhaka

Question 20.

’Why do you do this?’ This question was asked by the author to

(a) the bangle sellers

(b) Mahesh

(c) Saheb

(d) Saheb’s mother

Answer

Answer: (c) Saheb

Question 21.

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

Answer: (d) To be a motor- mechanic

Question 22.

What is the means of survival in Seemapuri?

(a) Work
(b) Merchandising

(c) Education

(d) Ragpicking

Answer

Answer: (d) Ragpicking

Question 23.

Firozabad is the centre of which industry?

(a) Cotton industry

(b) Furniture industry

(c) Textile industry

(d) Glassblowing industry

Answer

Answer: (d) Glassblowing industry

Question 24.

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 of these

Answer

Answer: (d) All of these

Question 25.

Who is Mukesh?

(a) Student

(b) Worker
(c) Bangle maker

(d) Ragpicker

Answer

Answer: (c) Bangle maker

Question 26.

What makes the working conditions 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

Answer: (d) All of these

Question 27.

Who employs the local families of Firozabad?

(a) Bureaucrats

(b) Merchants

(c) Politicians

(d) The glass blowing industry

Answer

Answer: (d) The glass blowing industry

Question 28.

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

Answer

Answer: (d) All these

Question 29.

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

Answer: (b) Because of lack of enough food

Question 30.

What forced Saheb to be a ragpicker?

(a) Hard work

(b) Destiny

(c) People around him

(d) Acute poverty

Answer

Answer: (d) Acute poverty

Question 31.

Why did Saheb go through garbage dumps?

(a) To find a silver coin

(b) A rupee

(c) A ten rupee note

(d) All of these

Answer: (d) All of these

Question 32.

What does the title ‘Lost Spring’ symbolise?

(a) Lost blooming childhood

(b) Autumn season

(c) Lost money

(d) Lost age

Answer

Answer: (a) Lost blooming childhood

Question 33.

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

Answer: (c) Morning birds

Question 34.

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) At a tea stall in Seemapuri

Question 35.

Why did Saheb -e- Alam not go to school?

(a) Not interested

(b) Had no money to pay fees

(c) Wanted to go for movie

(d) Wanted to earn money

Answer

Answer: (b) Had no money to pay fees

Question 36.

What was Saheb looking for?

(a) Eggs

(b) Gold

(c) Coins

(d) Toys

Answer

Answer: (b) Gold

Question 37.

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
Answer: (d) A wonder

Question 38.

What forces the children to live a life of exploitation?

(a) Greed

(b) Extreme Poverty

(c) Peers

(d) Parents

Answer

Answer: (b) Extreme Poverty

Question 39.

What does the author analyze in the story?

(a)Rich people

(b) Garbage

(c) Poor children and their exploitation

(d) Her works

Answer

Answer: (c) Poor children and their exploitation

Question 40.

Who is the author of Lost Spring?

(a) James Bond

(b) Arundhati Roy

(c) Sudha Murthy

(d) Anees Jung

Answer

Answer: (d) Anees Jung

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

Answer: (d) All of these

Question 42.

What is the metaphorical symbol of Seemapuri in the lesson?

(a) Poverty

(b) Exploitation

(c) Enjoyment

(d) A little hell

Answer

Answer: (d) A little hell

Question 43.

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

Answer: (a) Being daring, firm and clear

The city of Firozabad is famous for what?

(a) For casteism

(b) For ragpickers

(c) For poverty

(d) For bangles

Answer

Answer: (d) For bangles

Question 45.

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) No money

(c) Education and unemployment

(d) Safety

Answer

Answer: (a) Sweeping of houses and fields by storms