MCQ Questions for Class 12 English Flamingo 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
Question 10.
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
Question 13.
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
(a) Bengal
(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
(d) All these
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
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
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
Question 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
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
Question 44.
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