Multiple Choice Questions from (LOST SPRING)--2
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
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
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
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
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
6. What was the profession of Mukesh’s father before he
became a bangle-maker?
(a) Tailor (b) carpenter (c) plumber (d) Mason
7. The frail woman in Mukesh’s house is his…..
(a) Mother (b) elder brother’s wife (c) wife (d) niece
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
9. Bangle industry flourishes in the town of….
(a) Ferozepur (b)
Firozabad (c)
Ferozgarh (d) Farukhabad
10. Mukesh belonged to a family of….
(a) Farmers (b)
rag-pickers (c) bangle
makers (d) motor mechanics
11. One day, Saheb was seen by the author, watching
some young men playing…..
(a) Cricket (b) Tennis (c) Hockey (d) Soccer
12. According to the author, rag picking has become,
over the years, a…..
(a) Profession (b)
fine art (c) tradition (d) culture
13. the rag pickers have no identity, but they have……………………………………………
(a) Permits (b) passports (c) ration cards (d) licenses
14. The colony of ragpickers is situated in………………………………………………………
(a) the south of Delhi (b) Mongolpuri (c) Jehangirpuri (d)
Seemapuri
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
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
17. ‘Is your school ready? Who asked this question?
(a) Saheb’s mother (b) Saheb’s friends (c) the author (d) Saheb
18. What were Saheb and his family looking for in
Delhi?
(a) Dollars (b) rupees (c) pounds (d)
gold
19. Saheb’s home, before Delhi, was in……
(a) Bengal (b) Orissa (c) Dhaka (d) Bihar
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
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
22. What is the means of survival in Seemapuri?
(a) Work (b) Merchandising (c) Education (d) Rag
picking
23. Firozabad is the centre of which industry?
(a) Cotton industry (b) Furniture
industry (c) Textile industry (d)
Glassblowing industry
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
25. Who is Mukesh?
(a) Student (b) Worker (c) Bangle maker (d) Rag picker
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
27. Who employs the local families of Firozabad?
(a) Bureaucrats (b) Merchants (c) Politicians (d) the glass blowing industry
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 (d) All these
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
30. What forced Saheb to be a ragpicker?
(a) Hard work (b) Destiny (c) People around him (d) Acute poverty
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
32. What does the title ‘Lost Spring’ symbolise?
(a) Lost blooming childhood (b) Autumn season (c) Lost money (d) Lost age
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
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
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
36. What was Saheb looking for?
(a) Eggs (b)
Gold (c)
Coins (d) Toys
37. According to the author what was garbage for the children?
(a) Means of entertainment (b)
Means of time pass (c) Means of playing (d) A wonder
38. What forces the children to live a life of
exploitation?
(a) Greed (b)
Extreme Poverty (c)
Peers (d) Parents
39. What does the author analyze in the story?
(a)Rich people
(b) Garbage
(c) Poor
children and their exploitation
(d) Her works
40. Who is the author of Lost Spring?
(a) James Bond (b) Arundhati Roy (c) Sudha Murthy (d) Anees Jung
41. 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
42. What is the metaphorical symbol of Seemapuri in the
lesson?
(a) Poverty (b) Exploitation (c) Enjoyment (d) A little hell
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
44. The city of Firozabad is famous for what?
(a) For casteism (b) For rag pickers (c) For poverty (d) For bangles
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
46. Who questions Saheb, why
do you do this?
(a) Saheb (b) Friends of Saheb (c)
The author (d) None
47. “I have nothing else to
do,who says…………………………………
(a) Mukesh
(b) Anees Jung (c)
Saheb (d) None
48. Who is Saheb –E –Alam?
(a) A roamer (b) A
rag-picker (c) A sweeper (d) A student
49. “If I start a school,
will you come?
(a) The narrator (b) The poet (c) Saheb (d) Friends of Saheb
50. Who said, “There is no
school in my neighbourhood?
(a) The author (b) The novelist (c)
Saheb (d) None
51. What does the name Saheb
–E- Alam signify?
(a) Lord of the land (b)
Lord of the universe
(c) Lord of the earth (d) Lord of the Gods
52. How do Saheb and his friends roam to the
streets?
(a)Bare foot (b) By foot (c) With cycle (d) With friends
53. Does Saheb know what does
his name represent?
(a) Yes (b) Something (c)
No (d) None
54. How do these rag picking
children appear in the morning?
(a) Like morning star (b)
Like morning birds
(c) Like dew of morning
(d) Like the sun
55. “My mother didn’t bring
them down from the shelf……….…
(a) Shoes (b)
Books (c) Cloths (d) Slippers
56. Where does the author see
children walking barefoot while travelling across the country?
(a) On the streets (b) On the roof
(c) in cities, on village
roads (d) On the
pavement
57. Staying barefoot isn’t
mean they have lack of money but only a…
(a) Tradition (b) Poverty (c) Show off (d) Business
58. Staying barefoot is only
an excuse to explain away a perpetual state of ………
(a) Business (b) Love
(c) Affection (d)
Poverty
59. What is Udipi?
(a) A pilgrim (b) A temple (c) A
place (d) A book
60. Why did the son of the
priest use to pray stopping briefly at the temple?
(a) For a pair of shoes (b) For a pair of
slippers
(c) For some cloths
(d) None
61. Where do Saheb and his
family live now?
(a) In Delhi (b)
In Dhaka (c) In Bangladesh (d) In
Seemapuri
62. From where did these rag
pickers come to Seemapuri and when?
(a) Bengal, in 1972 (b)
Dhaka, 1971 (c)
Bangladesh 1971 (d) Seemapuri, 1962
63. How many rag pickers do
live in Seemapuri now?
(a) 3000 (b) 14000 (d) 11000 (d) None
64. For how many years have
these rag pickers been living in Seemapuri?
(a) More than 30 yrs (b) More than 31
yrs
(c) More than 20 yrs
(d) More than 10 yrs
65. These rag pickers have
been living here in Seemapuri without………
(a) Identity &
permits (b) Voter id
& Ration card
(c) Permits and voter id
(d) None
66. “Food is more important
for survival than……………………
(a) An Id card (b) A ration card (c) An Identity card (d)
A Voter id card
67. These rag pickers have
been here in Seemapuri without an identity & permits but they have…………….
(a) Voter id card (b)
Ration card (c)
Identity card (d) Adhar card
68. What is mean of garbage
to these rag pickers?
(a) Gold (b) Money
(c) Home (d) Daily bread & a roof
over their heads
69. What did the author see
Saheb doing by the fence gate in one winter morning?
(a) Playing chess (b) Playing
tennis (c) Playing badminton (d) Playing cricket
70. Which shoes did Saheb
wear while watching tennis game?
(a) Tennis shoes (b) Nike
shoes (c) Spark shoes (d) Sports shoes
71. Saheb had worn a pair of
tennis shoes which one of them had a …
(a) Colorless (b) small in size (c) Hole (d) Beautiful
72. The shoes which were worn
by Saheb, had been discarded by a……
(a) Small boy (b) Rich boy (c) Poor boy (d) Hooligan boy
73. Where does Saheb work
now?
(a) In a biscuit factory
(b) In a hotel (c) In
a sweet stall (d) In a tea stall
74. How much is Saheb paid in
the tea stall along with his meal?
(a) 2000 & meal
(b) 400 & lodging (c) 800
& all his meals (d) 700 & education
75. Mukesh wants to be a…………………………………………………………it
is his dream.
(a) Cycle mechanic
(b) Doctor (c)
Engineer (d)
Motor mechanic
76. Where does Mukesh live
now?
(a) In Ahmadabad (b)
In Allahabad (c)
Firozabad (d)
Ghaziabad
77. Why is the city of
Firozabad famous?
(a) For Gold (b) For bangles (c)
For diamond
(d) None
78. How many children do
illegally work in the bangles industries of Firozabad?
(a) 20000 (b)
30000 (c)
50000 (d) 21000
79. For how many years have
the people of Firozabad been working in these bangles industry?
(a) Last 30 yrs
(b) Last 50 yrs (c) Last 20 yrs (d) None
80. These under age children
of Firozabad have to work at high temperature in dingy cell without………….
(a) Food & wate (b) Air & light (c) Shelter & comfort (d) Love & affection
81. What is being cooked in
large vessel on a firewood stove?
(a) Rice (b) Chicken (c)
Spinach (d) Eggs
82. Who is cooking evening meal for Mukesh and
his family?
(a) Sister in law (b) Mother (c) Grandmother (d) Maid servant
83. It is his Karma
(destiny), who says, who has seen her own husband go blind?
(a) Mother (b) Aunty (c)
Grandmother (d) None
84. When older man enters,
she gently brings her veil closer to her face, she says, it is a ……………………….
(a) Celebration (b)
Custom (c)
Destiny (d)
None
85. Bangles are considered as
Indian women’s …………………
(a) Suhaag (b) Love (c) Prosperity (d) Luck
86. What do the bangles
makers do by sitting around the flickering oil lamps?
(a) Enjoying (b) Playing (c) Making bangles (d) Soldering
87. Who is savita?
(a) A woman (b) A teacher (c) A
young girl (d) A
monk
88. What is harmful effect of
working in the glass bangles industry?
(a) Getting blind (b)
Getting deaf (c)
Getting dumb (d) None
89. “Ek waqt ser bhar khana bhi nahin khaya” Who says?
(a) A woman (b) Savita (c) Chinki (d) Grandmother of
Mukesh
90. Who do stop these bangles
maker to get ahead and progress?
(a) Middle men & police
(b) Politicians & Shaukars
(c) Bureaucrats (d)
All of these
91. “All I have done is make
a house for the family to live in”, who says?
(a) Mukesh (b) Grandmother (c)
Savita (d) Mukesh’s father
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