Lost Spring

Previous Years' CBSE Board Questions

MCQ (1 mark)

1. The young men echo the lament of their elders.' Select the option which indicates Anees Jung's view on young men.
2. They are as poor as their elders.
3. They don't take any initiative.
4. They are as helpless as their elders.
5. They don't support their elders.

(Term I, 2021-22) (II

SAL (2 marks)

2 The description of Seemapuri creates a very dismal picture. Explain. (2023) An

1. What makes the city of Firozabad famous? (2020 C)
2. Why do bangle makers end up losing their eyesight? (2020 C) [II]
3. How bad were the living conditions in which Mukesh and his family survived? (2020) R
4. Mention any two difficulties faced by the bangle sellers of Firozabad. (2020) R
5. How is Mukesh different from the other bangle makers of Firozabad? (Delhi 2014)

What job did Saheb take up? Was he happy?

(Al 2014)

In what sense is garbage gold to the ragpickers?

(AI 2014C) U

Why did Saheb's parents leave Dhaka and migrate to

India? (Delhi 2014C)

11. What is Mukesh's dream? Do you think he will be

able to fulfil his dream? Why not? Why?

(Delhi 2014C)

Whom does Anees Jung blame for the sorry plight of

the bangle makers? (AI 2014C) R

SAII (3 marks)

What makes Mukesh different from the other boys

of his age? (2019 C)

"Listening to them, I see two distinct worlds ....." In

the context of Mukesh, the bangle maker's son,

which two worlds is Anees Jung referring to? (2018)

Describe the irony in Saheb's name. (Delhi 2016) [cr

What does the reference to chappals in 'Lost

Spring' tell us about the economic condition of the

ragpickers? (AI 2016)

1. How did Saheb's life change at the tea stall? (Foreign 2016)
2. What is Mukesh's attitude towards the family business of making bangles? (Foreign 2016)

What did garbage mean to the children of Seemapuri and to their parents? (AI 2015) U

1. What does Saheb look for in the garbage dumps? (AI 2015)
2. "It is his Karam, his destiny," What is Mukesh's family's attitude towards their situation? (Al 2015)

Describe Mukesh as an ambitious person. (Foreign 2015) 🕼

Select the option that lists the facts about Firozabad.

L Almost all the families are engaged in bangle

making. H.

What kind of gold did the people of Seemapuri look for in the garbage? (Foreign 2015)

LAI (5 marks)

1. Read the extract given below to attempt the questions that follow:

Mukesh insists on being his own master. "I will be a (c) i and iii (d) iii and iv

motor mechanic", he announces. 'Do you know anything about cars?' I ask.

"I will learn to drive a car," he answers, looking straight into my eyes. His dream looms like a mirage amidst the dust of streets that fill his town Firozabad, famous for its bangles. Every other family in Firozabad is engaged in making bangles. It is the centre of India's glass blowing industry where families have spent generations working around furnaces, welding glass, making bangles for all the women in the land it seems. Mukesh's family is among them. None of them know that it is illegal for children like him to work in the furnaces with high temperatures, ..... (Term I, 2021-22) (R) (U)

1. What does the author try to convey by the expression 'being his own master'?
2. Mukesh is disobedient to the elders.
3. Mukesh is adamant in his behavior.
4. Mukesh takes his own decisions.
5. Mukesh does not listen to others.
6. Through the expression "...... looking straight into my eyes" the narrator is trying to convey. (2023)
7. Mukesh displayed no fear in his eyes.
8. Mukesh was not feeling shy while speaking to the narrator.
9. Mukesh was conversing in a very friendly manner with the narrator.
10. Mukesh displayed his courage and determination in expressing his opinion.
11. Mukesh's dream is different from others.
12. "None of them know that it is illegal for children to work in glass furnaces." Select the inference in reference to the above statement.
13. The children are innocent and do not realise the hardships of life.
14. Their illiteracy and ignorance are exploited by the unscrupulous businessmen.
15. They have no one to support them legally to get out of the situation.
16. The children are ready to work in glass furnaces due to their poverty.
17. The children work in a hazardous situation.
18. Firozabad is the centre for car making.

1. i and ii (b) ii and iii

Most of us do not raise our voice against injustice

in our society and tend to remain mute spectators.

Anees Jung in her article, "Lost spring" vividly

highlights the miserable life of street children and

bangle makers of Firozabad. She wants us to act.

Which qualities does she want the children to

develop? (Delhi 2014C)

LAII (6 marks)

"I sometimes find a rupee, even a ten rupee note".

Saheb says, his eyes lighting up when you can find

a silver coin in a heap of garbage, you don't stop

scrounging, for there is hope of finding more. It

seems that for children garbage, has a meaning

different from what it means to their parents. For

the children it is wrapped in wonder, for the elders it

is a means of survival.

One winter morning I see Saheb standing by the

fenced gate of the neighborhood club, watching two

young men dressed in white, playing tennis. "I like

game" he hums, content to watch it standing behind

the fence. "I go inside when no one is around" he

admits. "The gate keeper lets me use the swing"

Saheb found a rupee

1. (c) in Firozabad (d) on the tennis court

Which emotion of Saheb is revealed in the phrase

'his eyes lighting up'?

1. anxiety (b) envy
2. happiness (d) greed

'His dream looms like a mirage.' This indicates

1. Mukesh has no clear vision of his dream.
2. His dream is distorted and misleading.
3. His dream is illusive and elusive.

For the elders garbage is _____ and for children

it is _____