MCQs For NCERT Class 12 English Chapter 2 Lost Spring

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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 behavior of the factory owners
D) The labour laws

Question. What efforts can help Mukesh materialize his dream of becoming a car driver?                     
A) Hard work
B) Going to garage
C) Guidance of his owner
D) All of these

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question. The houses in Seemapuri are made of_                     
A)Bricks and concrete
B)Asbestos sheets
C)Mud,tin and tarpaulin
D)Plywood

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question. Whydid Saheb go through garbage dumps?                     
A)To find silver coin
B)A rupee
C)A ten rupee note
D)All of these

Question. “Sometimes I find a Rupee in the garbage” Who said these words?   
A) Saheb
B)Saheb’s friend
C)Author
D)None

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

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

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

Question. “Is your school ready”? Who asked this question?                     
A) Saheb’s mother
B) Saheb’s friends
C) The author
D) Saheb

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question. What do the bangles symbolise in Indian culture? 
A) Suhag
B)Corruption
C)Chastity
D)Farming

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

Question. What was the profession of Mukesh’s father before he became a bangle maker?     
A)Tailor
B)Carpenter
C)Plumber
D)Mason

Question. The frail women in Mukesh’s house is his     
A) mother
B)elder brother’s wife
C)aunt
D)niece

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

Question. How many children work at the bangle making factories in Firozabad?
A) 20000
B) 50000
C) 10000
D) 30000

Question. What does the rag pickers appeare like to Annes Jung ?
A) morning crows
B) morning birds
C) evening birds
D) free birds

Question. ‘It takes longer to build a school,’ says the narrator to Saheb. What does the narrator really mean here?
A) There is a possibility to build a school.
B) It takes a very long time to build a school.
C) There is a way to build a school.
D) There is no intention to build a school.

Question. ‘Garbage’ means something ___________ for children.
A) wrapped in wonder
B) wrapped in woes
C) wrapped in blunder
D) wrapped in danger

Question. Who had the dream to be a motor mechanic?
A) Saheb
B) Savita
C) Mukesh
D) none of the above

Question. What is Udipi?
A) Name of a temple
B) A city in Karnataka.
C) Name of a God
D) Name of a priest

Question. ‘Few airplanes fly over Firozabad.’ The figure of speech that is not used in the given sentence is _____.
A) alliteration
B) metaphor
C) sarcasm
D) transferred epithet

Question. “I like the game ‘’, he hums,- content to watch it standing behind the fence.’ The above sentence refers that Saheb ______.
A) is not satisfied with watching the game standing by the fence of club.
B) is satisfied with watching the game standing by the fence of the club.
C) wants to watch the game standing inside the fence of the club.
D) is not allowed to watch the game even while standing by the fence of the club.

Question. What is the central theme of the story “Lost Spring”?
A) Pitiable condition of the poor children and their lost childhood
B) Garbage
C) Saheb and Mukesh
D) Spring season

Question. Saheb was __________ with his new job.
A) elated
B) not happy
C) set aside
D) happy

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

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

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

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

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

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

True False Questions

Question. Young bangle makers, like their fathers and forefathers, have fallen into the vicious circle of middlemen and got trapped.

Question. The bangle makers in Firozabad are burdened by stigma of caste in which they are born. That is also a big reason for their poverty.

Question. The sub theme of the story is not the callousness of society and the political class to the sufferings of the poor.

Question. From this Chapter, it is evident that the author has an attitude of apathy towards the poor section of the society.

Question. Mukesh wanted to drive a car for participating in car race.

Question. The lesson ‘Lost Spring’ and the poem ‘An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum’ have similar sub themes.

Question. Saheb was happy while working in the tea stall because he was paid 800 rupees and all his meals.

Question. Saheb is no longer his own master. The work in the tea shop has taken away his carefree look.

Question. Not wearing Footwear explains their perpetual poverty.

Question. About 10,000 rag pickers were living in the structures of mud, with roofs of tin and tarpaulin, devoid of sewage, drainage or running water.

Question. Through the years, rag picking has acquired the proportions of a fine art.

Question. “Lost Spring” deals with the issue of climate change.

Question. Rag-picking is means of survival for the people of Seemapuri.

Question. Saheb’s dream is to play cricket.

Question. The residents of Seemapuri live in primeval state without any facility.

Question. Survival in Seemapuri is synonymous to rag picking.

Question. The narrator sees a spark in Mukesh’s eyes as the latter wants to become a motor mechanic and not a bangle maker.

Question. The lesson ‘Lost Spring’ and the poem ‘An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum’ have similar sub themes.

Question. Saheb has been employed in a tea stall. He is paid rupees 800 and his meals.

Question. Meaning of garbage is similar to adults and children.

Question. “Lost Spring” deals with the issue of climate change.

Question. The name ‘Saheb-E-Alam’, which means the lord of the universe is justified to the life of Saheb as he was leading a very comfortable life with affluence.

Question. If law is enforced properly, almost 20,000 children will be able to get out of the hot furnaces where they slog their daylight hours, often losing their brightness of their eyes.

Question. The adults enjoyed rag picking more than the children.

Assertion Reason Question

Question. Assertion: Saheb could not go to school.
Reason: His parents did not want him to go to school.
A) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
B) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true and reason is false.
D) Assertion is false and reason is true.

Question. Assertion: The children of Seemapuri are living a life of exploitation.
Reason: Extreme poverty forces them to lead such a life.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.

Question. Assertion: Garbage to them is gold.
Reason: It is their daily bread, a roof over their heads.
A. a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
B. Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
C. A is true but R is false
D. Both A and R are false.

Question. Assertion: Children in Firozabad often lose the brightness of their eyes.
Reason: They are made to work in the glass furnaces with high temperatures in dingy cell without light.
(A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
(B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(D) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Question. Assertion: Survival in Seemapuri means rag picking.
Reason: Wherever they find food they pitch their tents that become their transit homes.
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
B. Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
C. A is true but R is false
D. Both A and R are false

Question. Assertion: Can a god given lineage be broken?
Reason: Mukesh’s grandmother is superstitious.
a) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
b) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
c) Assertion is true, reason is false.
d) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Question. Assertion: Years of mind- numbing toil have killed all their initiative and ability to dream.
Reason: There is no leader among them.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false
d) Both A and R are false

Question. Assertion: The children of Seemapuri are living a life of exploitation.
Reason: Extreme poverty forces them to lead such a life.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.

Question. Assertion: Promises made to children are kept.
Reason: It is easy to tell children that they should be in school.
a) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
b) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
c) Assertion is true, reason is false.
d) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Question. Assertion: The bangle makers replied, “Even if we get organised, we are the ones who will be hauled up by the police, beaten and dragged to jail for doing something illegal.”
Reason: The bangle makers don’t have the courage.
a) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
b) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
c) Assertion is true, reason is false.
d) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Question. Assertion: All Mukesh’s father has managed to do is teach them what he knows – the art of making bangles.
Reason: He is not interested in other works.
a) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
b) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
c) Assertion is true, reason is false.
d) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Question. Assertion: Mukesh wanted to be a motor mechanic, instead of becoming a bangle maker.
Reason: His family was trapped in making glass bangles in Firozabad for generations.
a) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
b) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
c) Assertion is true and reason is false.
d) Assertion is false and reason is true.

Question. Assertion: Saheb’s family left Bangladesh and came to India.
Reason: Saheb is no longer his own master.
a) a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false
d) Both A and R are false.

Question. Assertion: Saheb was not allowed to play tennis in the neighbourhood club.
Reason: He had proper shoes but no racquet to play tennis.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
e) Both A and R are false.

Question. Assertion: I remembered the prayer another boy had made to the goddess when he had finally got a pair of shoes, ‘‘Let me never lose them.’’
Reason: The boy from Udipi did not have shoes earlier.
(A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(D) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Question. Assertion: The rag pickers of Bangladesh left their land of green fields and rivers.
Reason: They found jobs in Seemapuri.
A) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is a correct explanation of assertion.
B) Both assertion and reason and correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true and reason is false.
D) Assertion is false and reason is true.

Question. Assertion: Mukesh’s family cannot stop working in glass factory.
Reason: They were under heavy debt.
A) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
B) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true and reason is false.
D) Assertion is false and reason is true

Source-Based Questions

“I will learn to drive a car,’’ he answers, looking straight into my eyes. 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. Mukesh’s family is among them. None of them know that it is illegal for children like him to work in the glass furnaces with high temperatures, in dingy cells without air and light.

Question. The phrase ‘dream looms like a mirage amidst the dust of streets…’ indicates that his dream wasa)
a) reality yet seemed distant.
b) Lost in sea of dust.
c) Illusory and indistinct.
d) Hanging in the dusty air

Question. “I will learn to drive a car,” he answers, looking straight into my eyes. This sentence highlights that Mukesh wasa)
a) Determined and ambitious
b) Fearless
c) Hopeful
d) stern

Question. ‘None of them know that It is illegal for children like him.’ Here ‘it’ indicatesa)
a) To make bangles
b) To make pots
c) To work in hazardous conditions
d) To dream big

Question. Where is the centre of India’s glass blowing industry?
a) Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Firozabad
d) Amritsar

Question. Choose the literary device used in this line:
‘His dream looms like a mirage amidst the dust of streets that fill his town Firozabad, famous for its bangles.’
a) alliteration
b) simile
c) metaphor
d) personification

Question. What does Mukesh insist?
a) to be the boss of a factory
b) to be the owner of a car
c) to be independent
d ) none of the above

Question. Which of the following statements is not true?
a) People of Firozabad are working in the industry of bangle making for generations.
b) Majority of the population in Firozabad is involved in bangle making.
c) Children love to spend their time around the furnaces.
d) Firozabad is the major producer of bangles in the country.

Question. ‘….making bangles for all the women in the land it seems.’ This shows that:
a) It is the only industry in Firozabad.
b) A large number of bangles are made in Firozabad.
c) Bangles are made only in Firozabad.
d) none of the above