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This section includes 45 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Lost Spring knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
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» B. No money | |
| 2. |
The city of Firozabad is famous for what? |
| A. | For casteism |
| B. | For ragpickers |
| C. | For poverty |
| D. | For bangles |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
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» B. Being a fighter | |
| 4. |
What is the metaphorical symbol of Seemapuri in the lesson? |
| A. | Poverty |
| B. | Exploitation |
| C. | Enjoyment |
| D. | A little hell |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Is your school ready? Who asked this question? |
| A. | Saheb s mother |
| B. | Saheb s friends |
| C. | the author |
| D. | Saheb |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
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» C. no matching pairs | |
| 7. |
The rag pickers have no identity, but they have |
| A. | permits |
| B. | passports |
| C. | ration cards |
| D. | licenses |
| Answer» B. passports | |
| 8. |
Mukesh belonged to a family of |
| A. | farmers |
| B. | rag-pickers |
| C. | bangle makers |
| D. | motor mechanics |
| Answer» D. motor mechanics | |
| 9. |
The colony of ragpickers is situated in |
| A. | the south of Delhi |
| B. | Mongolpuri |
| C. | Jehangirpuri |
| D. | Seemapuri |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
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» C. a few friends | |
| 11. |
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» C. hundred children | |
| 12. |
Bangle industry flourishes in the town of |
| A. | Ferozepur |
| B. | Firozabad |
| C. | Ferozgarh |
| D. | Farukhabad |
| Answer» C. Ferozgarh | |
| 13. |
According to the author, rag picking has become, over the years, a |
| A. | profession |
| B. | fine art |
| C. | tradition |
| D. | culture |
| Answer» C. tradition | |
| 14. |
One day, Saheb was seen by the author, watching some young men playing |
| A. | cricket |
| B. | tennis |
| C. | hockey |
| D. | soccer |
| Answer» C. hockey | |
| 15. |
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» E. | |
| 16. |
Who is Mukesh? |
| A. | Student |
| B. | Worker |
| C. | Bangle maker |
| D. | Ragpicker |
| Answer» D. Ragpicker | |
| 17. |
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» E. | |
| 18. |
Firozabad is the centre of which industry? |
| A. | Cotton industry |
| B. | Furniture industry |
| C. | Textile industry |
| D. | Glassblowing industry |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
What is the means of survival in Seemapuri? |
| A. | Work |
| B. | Merchandising |
| C. | Education |
| D. | Ragpicking |
| Answer» E. | |
| 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» D. Saheb s mother | |
| 21. |
Saheb s home, before Delhi, was in |
| A. | Bengal |
| B. | Orissa |
| C. | Dhaka |
| D. | Bihar |
| Answer» D. Bihar | |
| 22. |
What were Saheb and his family looking for in Delhi? |
| A. | dollars |
| B. | rupees |
| C. | pounds |
| D. | gold |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
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» E. | |
| 24. |
What was Saheb looking for? |
| A. | Eggs |
| B. | Gold |
| C. | Coins |
| D. | Toys |
| Answer» C. Coins | |
| 25. |
What was the profession of Mukesh s father before he became a bangle-maker? |
| A. | tailor |
| B. | carpenter |
| C. | plumber |
| D. | Mason |
| Answer» B. carpenter | |
| 26. |
The frail woman in Mukesh s house is his |
| A. | mother |
| B. | elder brother s wife |
| C. | wife |
| D. | niece |
| Answer» C. wife | |
| 27. |
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» D. henna-dyed hands | |
| 28. |
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» D. bindis | |
| 29. |
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» B. Mukesh s father | |
| 30. |
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» B. the affluence of the landlords | |
| 31. |
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» C. by reading books | |
| 32. |
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» C. Wanted to go for movie | |
| 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» 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 |
| Answer» B. At a saree shop | |
| 35. |
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» E. | |
| 36. |
What does the title Lost Spring symbolise? |
| A. | Lost blooming childhood |
| B. | Autumn season |
| C. | Lost money |
| D. | Lost age |
| Answer» B. Autumn season | |
| 37. |
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» C. Because of friends | |
| 38. |
What forced Saheb to be a ragpicker? |
| A. | Hard work |
| B. | Destiny |
| C. | People around him |
| D. | Acute poverty |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
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» E. | |
| 40. |
Who employs the local families of Firozabad? |
| A. | Bureaucrats |
| B. | Merchants |
| C. | Politicians |
| D. | The glass blowing industry |
| Answer» E. | |
| 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» E. | |
| 42. |
Who is the author of Lost Spring? |
| A. | James Bond |
| B. | Arundhati Roy |
| C. | Sudha Murthy |
| D. | Anees Jung |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
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» E. | |
| 44. |
What does the author analyze in the story? |
| A. | Rich people |
| B. | Garbage |
| C. | Poor children and their exploitation |
| D. | Her works |
| Answer» D. Her works | |
| 45. |
What forces the children to live a life of exploitation? |
| A. | Greed |
| B. | Extreme Poverty |
| C. | Peers |
| D. | Parents |
| Answer» C. Peers | |