Explore topic-wise MCQs in Lost Spring.

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