

MCQOPTIONS
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 | |