02 Extract Based Questions M

Lost Spring
-Anees Jung
(ii) Which of the following would NOT be true?
(a) The hutments were shining and inviting.
as bleak as their
Q.9. One prose extract out of two to assess (b) The children's lives were
comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference surrounding.
and evaluation. (c) There were no electricity connections.
1. And in dark hutments, next to lines of flames of (d) The boys and girls had got used to the dark.
flickering oil lamps, sit boys and girls with their (ii) The bangle workers lose their eyesight before
fathers and mothers, welding pieces of coloured glass they became adults because:
into circles of bangles. Their eyes are more adjusted (a) they already have poor eyesight.
to the dark than to the light outside. That is why they (b) they work in dim light.
often end up losing their eyesight before they become (c) they are married in childhood.
adults.
(d) they are malnourished.
Questions:
(i) Complete the sentence with reference to the
(iv) Which of the following most nearly means
extract:
'adjusted' in the context of the extract?
than to (a) Conditioned
Their eyes are more adjusted to the dark (b) Favoured
(c) Accepted (d) Reconciled
the light outside because
 (v) 'Flickering oillamps' suggests () Short Answer Type Questions M
(vi) What is the antonym from the extract of the word Q.10. Short answer type questions
to he ang weredl
'rarely? should elicit inferential
Answers: in40-50 words each. Questions
thinking.
() they regularly work in dark hutments in flickering dim responses through critical
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lhght (i) What does the title 'Lost Spring' povety
(11) (a) The hutments were shining and inviting. Ans. The title 'LotSpring' conveys the grinding
children to n lifo of
(G) (b)they work in dim light. and traditionswhich condemn theselittle
(iv) (a) Conditioned exploitation.
very
(v) the dim light (ii) The description of Seemapuri creates a
(vi) Often
dismalpicture. Explain. it seems
Ans. Seemapuriis on the periphery of Delhi yet
2. "Why dovou dothis?"l ask Saheb whom I encounter
every morning scrounging for gold in the garbage been infamous for its
dumps of my neighbourhood. Saheb left his home miles away from it. Seemapuri has of bnsic
long ago. Set anmidst the green fields of Dhaka, his filthy living conditions, poor sanitation and lack
homeis not evena distant memory. There were many
amenities. It is denscly populated with migranta who come
storms that swept away their fields and homes, his from variousparts in search of work. Thu8, the deHcription of
Seemapuri creates a very dismal picture.
mother tells him. That's why they left, looking for
gold in the big city where he now lives. (iii) What forces conspire to keep the workerN in
the bangle industry of Firozabad in poverty? (2024|
"Ihave nothing else to do, "he mutters, looking away.
"Go to school," Isay glibly, realising immediately Ans. Being born in the caste of bangle makors is both a
howhollow the advice must sound. destiny and a curse. By virtue of their birth, extreme poverty,
"There is no school in my neighbourhood. When they lack of education and opportunity, they are bound to take up
build one, I will go. the profession of bangle making at an early age. Their destiny
(i) Choose the correct option. becomes a curse for them as once in this profe8sion, they are
The expression 'scrounging for gold' refers to: in tight grip of a vicious circle. All doors close on them and
(a) searching for gold items. within a short span of time they end up losing their spirit and
(b) looking for something that can fetch money. eyesight.
(c) rummaging the garbage. (iv) What was the full name of Saheb? Did he know
(d)digging to find food to eat.
what it meant? What did it represent? [2016, 23]
(ii) The influence of nature in Saheb's life was that it
Ans. The full name of Saheb was 'Saheb-e-Alam'. Hedid
(a) brought prosperity (b) yielded food for them not know its meaning. It represented-Lord of the universe.
(c) gave them home (d) brought disaster (v) How is Mukesh's attitude to his situation
(iii) Complete the sentence with an appropriate different from that of his family? (2017]
word. Ans. Mukesh wants to be a motor mechanic while his
Saheb's conversation with the narrator draws family follows the inherited trade of bangle-making. His
of readers towards Saheb. initiative makes his attitude different from that of his family.
(iv) Explain one inference that can be drawn from (vi) Is Saheb happy working at the tea stall?
the line « ...realising how hollow the advice
Explain. (2022]
must sound."
Ans. No, Saheb is not happy to work at the tea stall.
(v) The expression 'when they build one, Iwill go' Though he got ? 800/- and all his meals, he lost his freedom.
indicates Saheb's ..... to go to school.
Now, he was the servant of the tea-stall owner, whereas
(vi) State whether the following statement is True or
False. before this he was the master of himself. He was free while
....his home is not even a distant dream' states doing the work of ragpicking.
that Saheb sees his home often in his dream. (vii) Why can the bangle-makers not organise
Answers: themselves into acooperative?
Ans. Generations of family subservience to
(i) (b) looking for something that can fetch money. combined with lack of education, awareness middlemen,
and
poverty has broken the spirit of the younger generationacute
(ii) (d) brought disaster
(ii) attention/sympathy They are deadly scared of organising themselves into also.
(iv) The inference that can be drawn from the given line is &
that the advice was very unrealistic and impractical cooperative. They think by doing so, they will have to bear the
because the narrator suggested Saheb tb go to school wrath of the police. They lack proper leadership also. So, they
despite his circumstances. are aware that the vicious nexus of snhukar.
middlemen.
(v) desire politicians and police would never allow them to form
(vi) False cooperative.