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TUITION GURU

CLASS 12
LOST SPRING – ANEES JUNG
Extract-based Questions:
►Read the given passages and answer the questions that follow:

1. "Saheb left his home long ago. Set amidst the green fields of Dhaka, his home is not even a
distant memory. There were many storms that swept away their fields and homes, his mother
tells him." That's why they left, looking for gold in the big city where he now lives.

i. Who is the speaker here?


il. Who are 'they'?
iii. Where did they come from?
iv. What do they do now?
v. What has been swept away by storms?

Ans: i. The speaker of the above extract from "Lost Spring" is the writer and narrator Anees
Jung.
ii. Here the word 'they' refers to the family of Saheb.
iii. They came from Dhaka in Bangladesh.
iv. They now pick rags in the dustbins in Delhi.
v. The homes and fields of Saheb and his neighbours were washed away by storms.

2. "It takes longer to build a school". I say, embarrassed at having made a promise that was not
meant. But promises like mine abound in every corner of his bleak world."

i. Where does the line occur?


ii. Who is referred to as 'I'?
iii. Why is the speaker embarrassed?
iv. Find out the word from the passage which means 'plenty.

Ans: i. These lines occur in the prose piece "Lost Spring" written by Anees Jung.
ii. Here in this extract from "Lost Spring", the writer narrator Anees Jung is referred to by the
word 'I.
iii. The speaker is embarrassed because she promised Saheb he could attend her school once
it was built, but she didn't build it, and Saheb asked about it.
iv. The word from the passage which means 'plenty' is abound.

3. My acquaintance with the barefoot ragpickers leads me to Seemapuri, a place on the


periphery of Delhi yet miles away from it, metaphorically. Those who live here are squatters who
came from Bangladesh back in 1971.

i. Who are the acquaintances of the narrator?


ii. Where do they live?
iii. From where did they come and when?

Ans: i. The barefoot ragpickers of Seemapuri are the acquaintances of the narrator.
ii. The ragpickers live at Seemapuri in Delhi.
iii. The ragpickers came from Bangladesh in 1971.

4. They have lived here for more than thirty years without an identity, without permits but with
ration cards that get their names on voter's lists and enable them to buy grain. Food is more
important for survival than an identity.

1. Who is referred to as 'they'?


ii. For how long have they been living in India?
iii. Which document is required to buy grain?
iv. What is important for survival?

Ans: i. In this extract from "Lost Spring", the word 'they refers to the ragpickers who live at
Seemapuri in Delhi.
ii. They have been living here for more than thirty years. India for
iii. Ration cards are required to buy grain.
iv. Food is more important than identity for survival.

5. Garbage to them is gold. It is their daily bread, a roof over their heads, even if it is a leaking
roof. But for a child it is even more.

i. Who are referred to as 'them'?


ii. What does garbage mean to them?
ii. What does garbage mean to the child?

Ans: i. In this extract from "Lost Spring", the word 'them' refers to the ragpickers.
ii. Garbage means gold to the ragpickers.
iii. To a child, garbage is more than gold.

6. "Mukesh insists on being his own master. I will be a motor mechanic"., he announces.

i. Where does the line occur?


ii. Who is the speaker?
iii. About whom is the speaker speaking?
iv. What is the ambition of Mukesh?

Ans: i. This line occurs in the "Lost Spring".


ii. The speaker of the line is the writer Anees Jung.
iii. The speaker is speaking about Mukesh.
iv. The ambition of Mukesh is to be a motor mechanic.
7. His dream looms like a mirage amidst the dust of streets that fill his town Firozabad, famous
for its bangles. Every other family in Firozabad is engaged in making bangles. It is the centre of
India's glass-blowing industry where families have spent generations working around furnaces,
welding glass, making bangles for all the women in the land it seems,

i. Whose dreams are being spoken about?


ii. What is his dream?
iii. Why is Firozabad famous?

Ans: i. In this extract from "Lost Spring", the dreams of Mukesh are being spoken about.
ii. His dream is to be a motor mechanic.
iii. Firozabad is famous for its bangles and it is also the centre of India's glass-blowing industry.

8. A frail woman is cooking the evening meal for the whole family. Though eyes filled with smoke
she smiles.

i. Where does the line occur ?


ii. Who is referred to as 'a frail young woman'?
iii. What is she doing?

Ans: i. The lines occurs in the prose piece "Lost Spring".


ii. The 'frail young woman' is the wife of Mukesh's elder brother.
iii. The frail young woman is cooking their evening meal.

9. In this case the elder is an impoverished bangle maker. Despite long years of hard labour,
first as a tailor, then as a bangle maker, he has failed to renovate a house, send his two sons to
school.

i. Who is the impoverished bangle maker?


ii. What did he do before working as a bangle maker?
iii. What could he not do?
iv.How many sons did he have?

Ans: i. The elder is an impoverished bangle maker.


ii. He was a tailor before working as a bangle maker.
iii. He could not renovate a house and send his two sons to school.
iv. He had two sons.

10. "I wonder if she knows the sanctity of the bangles she helps make. It symbolises an Indian
woman's suhaag, auspiciousness in marriage. It will dawn on her suddenly one day. when her
head is draped with a red veil, her hands dyed red with henna, and red bangles rolled on to her
wrists. She will then become a bride."

i. Who is the speaker?


ii. Who is 'she' in the given line?
iii. What does 'it' mean?
iv. When will she realize the value of wearing bangles?

Ans: i. The speaker is Anees Jung, the writer of the prose piece "Lost Spring".
ii. She is the wife of Mukesh's elder brother.
iii. In this extract the word 'it' means bangles.
iv. She will realize the value of wearing bangles when she becomes a bride.

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