Lost spring: Stories of Stolen Childhood MCQs with Answers NCERT Class 12 English Lesson 2

The Lost Spring Class 12 MCQs – Lost Spring: Stories of Stolen Childhood MCQ Questions

Lost Spring: Stories of Stolen Childhood MCQs of Class 12 English Chapter 2, by Anees Jung have been compiled for students to practice. Students of Class 12 can prepare the MCQs of Chapter 2 Lost Spring: Stories of Stolen Childhood from NCERT Flamingo book. Each question has four options followed by the correct answer. Students can also take a free test of the Lost Spring: Stories of Stolen Childhood MCQ Question Answers Quiz. These MCQ Questions have been selected based on the latest exam pattern as announced by CBSE.

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Class 12 English Flamingo Lost Spring: Stories of Stolen Childhood Chapter 2 Multiple Choice Questions

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) are a type of objective assessment in which a person is asked to choose one or more correct answers from a list of available options. An MCQ presents a question along with several possible answers.

1. Who is the author of Lost Spring?

A) James Bond

B) Arundhati Roy

C) Sudha Murthy

D) Anees Jung

 

2. This story is an excerpt from which book of the author?

A) Lost Spring – Stories of Stolen Childhood

B) Unveiling India

C) Breaking the Silence

D) The Song of India

 

3. What does the author analyze in the story?

A) Rich people

B) Garbage

C) Poor children and their exploitation

D) Her works

 

4. What is the central theme of the story Lost Spring?

A) Pitiable Poor children and their lost childhood

B) Garbage

C) Saheb and Mukesh

D) Spring Season

 

5. What forces the children to live a life of exploitation?

A) Greed

B) Extreme Poverty

C) Peers

D) Parents

 

6. According to the author what was garbage for the parents?

A) Means of entertainment

B) Means of joy

C) Means of sorrow

D) Means of survival

 

7. According to the author what was garbage for the children?

A) Means of entertainment

B) Means of time-pass

C) Means of playing

D) A wonder

 

8. Who was Saheb?

A) A shopkeeper

B) A servant

C) A ragpicker

D) All

 

9. Is Saheb happy working at the tea stall?

A) Yes

B) Yes, he earns money

C) No earning

D) No, earning but no freedom

 

10. 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

 

11. What is the meaning of Saheb -e- Alam?

A) Owner

B) Rich man

C) Poor man

D) Lord of the Universe

 

12. 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

 

13. Why is the author calling garbage as ‘gold’ in the story?

A) Because of jewels in it

B) Because of gems in it

C) Because of gold in it

D) Because of its encashment value

 

14. What do the boys appear like to the author in the story?

A) Morning crows

B) Evening crows

C) Morning birds

D) Evening Birds

 

15.  Name the birthplace of the author.

A) U.S.A

B) California

C) Koch

D) Rourkela

 

16. What does the title ‘Lost Spring’ symbolise?

A) Lost blooming childhood

B) Autumn season

C) Lost money

D) Lost age

 

17. Saheb hailed from which place?

A) Delhi

B) Seemapuri

C) Greenfields of Dhaka

D) None

 

18. 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

 

19. Why did Saheb leave his house?

A) Because the storm swept away his house and field

B) To enjoy a life of leisure

C) To find friends

D) To go to college

 

20. What forced Saheb to be a ragpicker?

A) Hard work

B) Destiny

C) People around him

D) Acute poverty

 

21. Where is Seemapuri?

A) In Noida

B) South Delhi

C) North Delhi

D) East Delhi

 

22. Why did Saheb leave Dhaka?

A) Because of crime

B) Because of lack of food

C) Because of friends

D) Because of parents

 

23. Who are responsible for the poor condition of bangle makers in Firozabad?

A) Parents

B) Society

C) Bureaucrats

D) All of these

 

24. 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

 

25. What are the hazards of working in the glass bangles industry?

A) Poor health

B) Impaired vision

C) Miserable life

D) All of these

 

26. Who employs the local families of Firozabad?

A) Bureaucrats

B) Merchants

C) Politicians

D) The glass-blowing industry

 

27. What is the function of glass-blowing industry?

A) To make windows

B) To make doors

C) To mould glass

D) To mould glass and make colorful bangles

 

28. 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

 

29. What excuse do the rag pickers give for not wearing chappals?

A) Mothers don’t give

B) No interest

C) A tradition

D) All these

 

30. Who is Mukesh?

A) Student

B) Worker

C) Bangle maker

D) Ragpicker

 

31. 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

 

32. 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

 

33. The city of Firozabad is famous for what?

A) For casteism

B) For ragpickers

C) For poverty

D) For bangles

 

34. Firozabad is the centre of which industry?

A) Cotton industry

B) Furniture industry

C) Textile industry

D) Glassblowing industry

 

35. 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

 

36. What is the means of survival in Seemapuri?

A) Work

B) Merchandising

C) Education

D) Ragpicking

 

37. What is the metaphorical symbol of Seemapuri in the lesson?

A) Poverty

B) Exploitation

C) Enjoyment

D) A little hell

 

38. 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

 

39. What false promise did the author make to Saheb-e-Alam?

A) Foster home

B) Job

C) free food

D) opening a school

 

40. From this chapter, it is evident that the author has an attitude of

A) sympathy

B) apathy

C) empathy

D) bewilderment

 

41. ‘That’s why they left, looking for gold in the big city.’ Here ‘gold’ indicates

A) misfortune of circumstances.

B) ample wealth.

C) means of survival.

D) a sign of luxury.

 

42.‘But promises like mine abound in every corner of his bleak world’. This suggests that

A) there is no shortage of promises which remain unfulfilled.

B) there is a deficiency of people promising things for betterment.

C) people make a lot of promises which are often fulfilled.

D) promises made, live up to the expectations of people.

 

43. What is true about Udipi?

A) It is situated in Kerala

B) Its top tourist attraction is Krishna Temple

C)There are no beaches in Udipi

D) Udipi is a small village

 

44. Firozabad is the centre of which industry?

A) cotton industry

B) furniture industry

C) textile industry

D) glass-blowing industry

 

45. What is the metaphorical symbol of Seemapuri in the lesson?

A) poverty

B) exploitation

C) enjoyment

D) a little hell

 

46. Why had the bangle-makers accepted their fate?

A) They felt it was due to their karma (deeds)

B) They were exploited by the police and other authorities

C) They had no money to do any other business

D) All of the above

 

47. Which of the following is NOT associated with bangle-making?

A) Furnaces

B) Designing

C) Dingy cells

D) High temperatures

 

48. The squatters in Seemapuri arrived as refugees from Bangladesh in

A) 1965

B) 1971

C) 1980

D) 1986

 

49. ‘Hearing him, one wonders if he has achieved what many have failed in their lifetime. He has a roof over his head!’ Which of the following is true, in the context of the given line?

A) The husband of the elderly woman had earned sufficient to get a roof over his head

B) The writer gives a positive picture for Mukesh’s family

C) By saying so, the writer suggests that Mukesh could become a motor mechanic

D) Mukesh’s father had earned enough to get a roof over his head

 

50. Assertion: The bangle makers of Firozabad are reluctant to organize themselves into a cooperative.

Reason: They are trapped in the vicious cycle of debt and afraid of the police.

A) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

B) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

C) Assertion is true and reason is false.

D) Assertion is false and reason is true.

 

51. “Can a god-given lineage ever be broken?” These words were spoken by _____

A) Mukesh

B) Mukesh’s father

C) Mukesh’s grandmother

D) The author

 

52. Assertion: Mukesh has potential to materialize his dream of becoming a motor mechanic.

Reason: He is an ambitious boy.

A) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

B) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

C) Assertion is true and reason is false.

D) Assertion is false and reason is true.

 

53. What was Saheb’s real name?

A) Saheb-e-Alam

B) Saheb -e- Bahadur

C) Saheb -e- Kamal

D) Saheb-e-Malik

 

54. Assertion (A): The bangle makers are caught endlessly in a spiral that moves from poverty to apathy to greed and to injustice.

Reason (R): They are caught in the web of poverty, burdened by the stigma of caste.

A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

B) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.

C) A is true but R is false

D) Both A and R are false

 

55. What do the bangles symbolise in Indian culture?

A) Auspiciousness for a married Indian woman

B) Corruption

C) Chastity

D) Farming

 

56. What figure of speech is used in – “His dream looms like a mirage”

A) Metaphor

B) Simile

C) Alliteration

D) Personification

 

57. “Is your school ready”? Who asked this question?

A) Saheb’s mother

B) Saheb’s friends

C) The author

D) Saheb

 

58. What is Saheb watching from the fenced gate of a club?

A) Two young men playing tennis

B) Two women ballet dancing

C) Two quarrelling dogs

D) A gardener planting flowers

 

59. Saheb’s discarded and worn out tennis shoes are for him

A) an indication to procure different ones.

B) a dream come true.

C) a sign of his poverty.

D) an insult to the sport itself.

 

60. Select the suitable option for the given statements, based on your reading of Lost Spring. (SQP 2021-22)

(1) The writer notices that Saheb has lost his carefree look.

(2) Saheb has had to surrender his freedom for ₹800 per month.

A) (1) is false but (2) is true.

B) Both (1) and (2) are true.

C) (2) is a fact but unrelated to (1).

D) (1) is the cause for (2).

 

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ANSWER KEY

1 D 31 A
2 A 32 D
3 C 33 D
4 A 34 D
5 B 35 A
6 D 36 D
7 D 37 D
8 C 38 D
9 D 39 D
10 B 40 A
11 D 41 C
12 A 42 A
13 D 43 B
14 C 44 D
15 D 45 D
16 A 46 D
17 C 47 B
18 D 48 B
19 A 49 A
20 D 50 A
21 D 51 C
22 B 52 A
23 D 53 A
24 D 54 A
25 D 55 A
26 D 56 B
27 D 57 D
28 D 58 A
29 D 59 B
30 C 60 B

 

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