Lost Spring MCQ
Q1. Which of the objects below best serves as a symbol of an Indian woman’s `suhag’?
(i) bindi
(ii) sindoor
(iii) bangles
(iv) henna-dyed hands
Correct Answer
(iii) bangles
Q2. What is the central theme of the story Lost Spring?
(i) Pitiable Poor children and their lost childhood
(ii) garbage
(iii) Saheb and Mukesh
(iv) Spring Season
(i) Pitiable Poor children and their lost childhood
Correct Answer
(i) Pitiable Poor children and their lost childhood
Q3. Firozabad is the center of which industry?
(i) cotton industry
(ii) furniture industry
(iii) textile industry
(iv) glassblowing industry
Correct Answer
(iv) glassblowing industry
Q4. What bothers the author most about the bangle makers?
(i) the stigma of poverty and caste
(ii) the affluence of the landlords
(iii) the behaviour of the factory owners
(iv) the labour laws
Correct Answer
(i) the stigma of poverty and caste
Q5. What does the author analyze in the story?
(i)Rich people
(ii) garbage
(iii) Poor children and their exploitation
(iv) her works
Correct Answer
(iii) Poor children and their exploitation
Q6. Mukesh wants to learn to become a motor mechanic by
(i) finding a tutor
(ii) going to a garage to learn
(iii) by reading books
(iv) by joining a school
Correct Answer
(ii) going to a garage to learn
Q7. What was the profession of Mukesh’s father before he became a bangle-maker?
(i) tailor
(ii) carpenter
(iii) plumber
(iv) Mason
Correct Answer
(i) tailor
Q8. What forces the children to live a life of exploitation?
(i) greed
(ii) Extreme Poverty
(iii) peers
(iv) parents
Correct Answer
(ii) Extreme Poverty
Q9. What bothers the author most about the bangle makers?
(i) the stigma of poverty and caste
(ii) the affluence of the landlords
(iii) the behaviour of the factory owners
(iv) the labour laws
Correct Answer
(i) the stigma of poverty and caste
Q10. he frail woman in Mukesh’s house is his
(i) mother
(ii) elder brother’s wife
(iii) wife
(iv) niece
Correct Answer
(ii) elder brother’s wife
Q11. If laws were to be enforced, it would bring about change and relief in the lives of about
(i) ten thousand children
(ii) twenty thousand children
(iii) hundred children
(iv) a thousand children
Correct Answer
(ii) twenty thousand children
Q12. Bangle industry flourishes in the town of
(i) Ferozepur
(ii) Firozabad
(iii) Ferozgarh
(iv) Farukhabad
Correct Answer
(ii) Firozabad
Q13. According to the author what was garbage for the parents?
(i) Means of entertainment
(ii) means of joy
(iii) Means of sorrow
(iv) Means of survival
Correct Answer
(iv) Means of survival
Q14. Mukesh belonged to a family of
(i) farmers
(ii) rag-pickers
(iii) bangle makers
(iv) motor mechanics
Correct Answer
(iii) bangle makers
Q15. According to the author what was garbage for the children ?
(i) Means of entertainment
(ii) Means of timepass
(iii) Means of playing
(iv) a wonder
Correct Answer
(iv) a wonder
Q16. One day, Saheb was seen by the author, watching some young men playing
(i) cricket
(ii) tennis
(iii) hockey
(iv) soccer
Correct Answer
(ii) tennis
Q17. According to the author, rag picking has become, over the years, a
(i) profession
(ii) fine art
(iii) tradition
(iv) culture
Correct Answer
(ii) fine art
Q18. Who was Saheb?
(i) a shopkeeper
(ii) a servant
(iii) a ragpicker
(iv) all
Correct Answer
(iii) a ragpicker
Q19. The rag pickers have no identity, but they have
(i) permits
(ii) passports
(iii) ration cards
(iv) licenses
Correct Answer
(i) permits
Q20. The colony of ragpickers is situated in
(i) the south of Delhi
(ii) Mongolpuri
(iii) Jehangirpuri
(iv) Seemapuri
Correct Answer
(iv) Seemapuri
Q21. What was Saheb looking for?
(i) eggs
(ii) gold
(iii) coins
(iv) toys
Correct Answer
(ii) gold
Q22. What is the metaphorical symbol of Seemapuri in the lesson?
(i) poverty
(ii) exploitation
(iii) enjoyment
(iv) a little hell
Correct Answer
(iv) a little hell
Q23. Is your school ready? Who asked this question?
(i) Saheb’s mother
(ii) Saheb’s friends
(iii) the author
(iv) Saheb
Correct Answer
(iv) Saheb
Q24. How is Mukesh’s attitude different from that of his family?
(i) Being daring, firm and clear
(ii) Being a fighter
(iii) Being a coward
(iv) Not clear
Correct Answer
(i) Being daring, firm and clear
Q25. What forces the children to live a life of exploitation?
(i) Greed
(ii) Extreme Poverty
(iii) Peers
(iv) Parents
Correct Answer
(ii) Extreme Poverty
Q26. Why did Saheb -e- Alam not go to school?
(i) Not interested
(ii) Had no money to pay fees
(iii) Wanted to go for movie
(iv) Wanted to earn money
Correct Answer
(ii) Had no money to pay fees
Q27. What does the title ‘Lost Spring’ symbolise?
(i) lost blooming childhood
(ii) autumn season
(iii) lost money
(iv) lost age
Correct Answer
(i) lost blooming childhood
Q28. What are the reasons for the migration of people from villages to city in the lesson?
(i) Sweeping of houses and fields by storms
(ii) poverty
(iii) education and unemployment
(iv) safety
Correct Answer
(i) Sweeping of houses and fields by storms