This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Common Subjects > English Flamingo > Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 2 Lost Spring – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 2 Lost Spring Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why did Saheb and his family move to Delhi? A) Because storms had swept away their fields and homes. B) Their village was flooded. C) There were landslides. D) There was a deadly epidemic in the village. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because storms had swept away their fields and homes. 2. Before falling into making of bangles, Mukesh's father was a A) Tailor. B) Brick maker. C) Mason. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tailor. 3. The sahukars, the middlemen, the policemen, the keepers of the law, the bureaucrats and the politicians. Together these people A) Imposed the baggage on the child that he cannot put down. B) Worked for the upliftment of women. C) Worked for the benefit or bangle makers. D) Abolished child labour. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imposed the baggage on the child that he cannot put down. 4. In the prose Lost Spring, why did the narrator say that Seemapuri was in the periphery of Delhi yet metaphorically, was miles away from it? A) Seemapuri at Delhi's outskirts didn't resemble the appearance of the urban capital. B) Because Seemapuri was situated at a great distance from Delhi. C) Because Seemapuri and Delhi were located in two different states. D) Because Seemapuri was an island located at a distance from Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seemapuri at Delhi's outskirts didn't resemble the appearance of the urban capital. 5. What forced Saheb to be a ragpicker? A) People around him. B) Hard work. C) Acute poverty. D) Destiny. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acute poverty. 6. What forces the children to live a life of exploitation? A) Greed. B) Parents. C) Peers. D) Extreme Poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extreme Poverty. 7. For children, garbage is ..... ? A) Dirt. B) Ugly. C) Untouchable. D) Wrapped in wonder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wrapped in wonder. 8. Which proof of official identity people living in Seemapuri generally possess? A) Ration Card. B) Aadhar Card. C) Jandhan Yojana Card. D) Bank Passbook. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ration Card. 9. Mukesh's house is covered with A) Stones. B) Bricks. C) Thatch. D) Mud. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thatch. 10. The families of the bangle-makers live in A) Comfortable environment. B) Big houses. C) Very small houses. D) Factories. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Very small houses. 11. What does "a heap of garbage" stand for the children? A) A.wrapped in wonder. B) B. a means of survival. C) C. means of livelihood. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A.wrapped in wonder. 12. What did Saheb and the other children like him do the whole day long? A) They search for school to get admission in. B) They move about in search of work. C) They scrounge through garbage in the streets. D) They engage in petty shoplifting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They scrounge through garbage in the streets. 13. Where has Saheb started working? A) At a restaurant. B) Milk dairy. C) Tea stall. D) Shoe factory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tea stall. 14. What makes the working condition 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 temprature. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 15. Where was Saheb employed? A) In a shoe shop. B) In a departmental store. C) In a milk booth. D) In a tea shop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In a tea shop. 16. Saheb's profession was that of a A) Driver. B) Rag-picker. C) Cook. D) Bangle seller. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rag-picker. 17. According to the narrator of Lost Spring, what did Saheb's full name represent? A) Lord of the world. B) King of the Universe. C) Lord of the kingdom. D) Lord of the universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lord of the universe. 18. Who are responsible for the poor condition of bangle makers in Firozabad? A) Sahukaars. B) Policemen. C) Bureaucrats/politicians. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All. 19. What is the name of the girl siting beside the elderly woman? A) Sagarika. B) Sunita. C) Sarita. D) Savita. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Savita. 20. Saheb was happy to work in the tea-shop A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. Name the birth place of the author. A) U.S.A. B) Callifornia. C) Kochi. D) Rourkela. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rourkela. 22. Meaning of "Saheb-e-Alam" A) Moon. B) Good Human Being. C) Lord of Universe. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord of Universe. 23. Where is Seemapuri situated? A) Outside Delhi. B) On the periphery of Delhi. C) In the center of Delhi. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the periphery of Delhi. 24. Choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below:Assertion:Children working as bangle-makers often lose their ability to hear Reason:They are exposed to high temperature & dust of glass polish A) Both A & R are correct. R is the correct explanation of A. B) Both A & R are correct. R is not the correct explanation of A. C) A is correct, R is wrong. D) R is correct, A is wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) R is correct, A is wrong. 25. What does the writer try to depict in the lesson 'Lost Spring" ? A) Lost freedom. B) Lost spring season. C) Lost adolescence. D) Lost childhood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lost childhood. 26. Sanya is searching for treasure in an old abandoned mine. She comes across a phrase that says, "Scrounging for gold" . What poetic device is being used in this phrase? A) Transferred epithet. B) Contrast. C) Irony. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 27. 'Lost Spring', is a sad commentary on ..... ? A) Life of abject poverty. B) Political system. C) Human trafficking. D) Global Warming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life of abject poverty. 28. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because of lack of enough food. 29. What does the author mean when she says, "It seems that for children, garbage has a meaning different from what it means totheir parents." ? A) Children enjoy playing in garbage. B) Ragpicking is a kind of a recreational activity for these children. C) It is a source of wonder for these kids. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is a source of wonder for these kids. 30. The hazards that the bangle makers face in Firozabad is A) Thdy work in very hot temperatures. B) They work in cells with no ventilation. C) They lose their eyesight at very early age. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 31. What does 'it' refer to in the line, "When I sense a flash of it in Mukesh I amcheered." ? A) Daring. B) Optimism. C) Challenging. D) Nonchalant attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Daring. 32. Synonym of 'lack of concern' is A) Apathy. B) Shanty. C) Squatters. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apathy. 33. Why could the bangle makers in Firozabad NOT organise themselves in cooperative and lead a better life? A) The police, middlemen and politicians were in nexus. B) It was against their religion. C) Their families do not support in doing so. D) They do not have desire to get organised. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The police, middlemen and politicians were in nexus. 34. Why do the Bangladeshi immigrants continue to live in Seemapuri even though they have no identity? A) Because they enjoy their life here. B) Because they get their ration free of cost from the government. C) Because the were expelled from Bangladesh and hence can't return. D) Because Seemapuri provides food (work)to them which is more importantfor survival than an identity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because Seemapuri provides food (work)to them which is more importantfor survival than an identity. 35. Sahib came to Delhi in the year A) 1972. B) 1992. C) 1982. D) 1971. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1971. 36. Which of the following sports is Sahib interested in? A) Cricket. B) Football. C) Tennis. D) Volleyball. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tennis. 37. Where did saheb live earlier? A) (a)karanchi. B) (b) Dhaka. C) ((c)Kabul. D) (d)kathmandu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (b) Dhaka. 38. The bangle makers of Firozabad can't organize themselves into a union due to the atrocities of A) Middlemen and sahukars. B) Politicians and beaurocrates. C) Police and the keepers of law. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 39. Mira is curious about the meaning of "Saheb-e-Alam" . What does it mean? A) The Lord of the Rings. B) The Lord of Prosperity. C) The Lord of the Universe. D) The Lord of Fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Lord of the Universe. 40. Bangle makers are caught in the web of ..... A) People with humanitarian concern. B) Political leaders, government and traditions. C) Money lenders, middlemen, police and traditions. D) Business developers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Money lenders, middlemen, police and traditions. 41. Name the birthplace of the author. A) Hyderabad. B) USA. C) California. D) Udippi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyderabad. 42. Where did Saheb belong from in the prose titled Lost Spring? A) Hyderabad. B) Kolkata. C) Dhaka. D) Rourkela. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dhaka. 43. Find out the poetic device in the sentence, " For Dhruv it is wrapped in wonder; for Akhil it is a means of survival." A) Paradox. B) Irony. C) Contrast. D) Transferred epithet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contrast. 44. Choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below:Assertion:Saheb is happy to get an old, discarded pair of shoes. Reason:It is his first pair of shoes. A) Both A & R are correct. R is the correct explanation of A. B) Both A & R are correct. R is not the correct explanation of A. C) A is correct, R is wrong. D) R is correct, A is wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both A & R are correct. R is the correct explanation of A. 45. Garbage to the rag pickers is A) Money. B) Daily bread, a roof over their heads. C) Silver. D) Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Daily bread, a roof over their heads. 46. The author visited the town and temple of Udipi after A) Fifteen years. B) Thirty years. C) Ten years. D) Five years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thirty years. 47. How many rag pickers live in Seemapuri? A) 15000. B) 14000. C) 12000. D) 10000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10000. 48. Which disease occurs due to years of working in the bangle factories? A) Loss of vision at an early age. B) Superficial abrasions. C) Hypertension and Diabetes. D) Skin Cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loss of vision at an early age. 49. Choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below:Assertion:The author goes to Mukesh's house. Reason:She wants to scold his father for sending Mukesh to work A) Both A & R are correct. R is the correct explanation of A. B) Both A & R are correct. R is not the correct explanation of A. C) A is correct, R is wrong. D) R is correct, A is wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A is correct, R is wrong. 50. What was the salary of Saheb in the tea shop? A) A. 500 rupees. B) B. 700 rupees. C) C.800 rupees. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C.800 rupees. 51. Which word means the same as, "one that settles on property without right or title or payment of rent" ? A) Ragpicker. B) Migrant. C) Slogger. D) Squatter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Squatter. 52. What does Mukesh want to become? A) Ragpicker. B) PIlot. C) Bangle Maker. D) Motor Mechanic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motor Mechanic. 53. Find out the poetic device in the sentence, "Ishaan, who is known for his brilliance, is directly in contrast to what he actually struggles with in his studies." A) Paradox. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 54. Seemapuri is an area which is on the ..... of Delhi. A) Periphary. B) Outside. C) In the centre. D) Coast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periphary. 55. What two distinct worlds does Avni see in the lives of the bangle makers? A) Poor people-influential people. B) Sahukars-policemen. C) Middlemen-poor people. D) Policemen-bureaucrats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poor people-influential people. 56. What is the central theme of the story Lost Spring? A) Ria and Mukesh. B) Spring Season. C) Pitiable Poor children and their lost childhood. D) Garbage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pitiable Poor children and their lost childhood. 57. What does the statement made by the group of women convey about the hardships of the various migrants across countries and states in the prose Lost Spring? A) Their sacrifice of identity. B) Their sacrifice of power and authority. C) Their forced migration. D) Their exile from their own lands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Their sacrifice of identity. 58. Who employs the local families of Firozabad? A) Merchants. B) Bureaucrats. C) The glass blowing industry. D) Politicians. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The glass blowing industry. 59. Anees Jung began her career as a A) Socialist. B) Writer. C) Politician. D) Poet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Writer. 60. Where have Saheb's parents come from? A) Bangladesh. B) Bhutan. C) Nepal. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bangladesh. Next →Related QuizzesCommon Subjects QuizzesClass 12 QuizzesClass 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 2 Lost Spring Quiz 2Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 2 Lost Spring Quiz 3Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 2 Lost Spring Quiz 4Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 1 The Last Lesson QuizClass 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 3 Deep Water QuizClass 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 4 The Rattrap QuizClass 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 5 Indigo QuizClass 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 6 Poets And Pancakes Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books