Lost Spring Class 12 English MCQs – Test Your Knowledge!

“I have nothing else to do,” he mutters, looking away. “Go to school,” I say glibly, realizing immediately how hollow the advice must sound.
“There is no school in my neighborhood. When they build one, I will go.”
“If I start a school, will you come?” I ask, half-joking. “Yes,” he says, smiling broadly.
A few days later I see him running up to me. “Is your school ready?”
“It takes longer to build a school,” I say, embarrassed at having made a promise that was not meant. But promises like mine abound in every corner of his bleak world.

Of the four meanings of ‘glibly’, select the option that matches in meaning with its usage in the extract.

Select the option that shows the correct relationship between (1) and (2) in 'Lost Spring'.

1. Bangle-makers are not able to escape the web of poverty.
2. Bangle makers lose their vision in their youth due to bad working conditions.

Saheb’s discarded and worn-out tennis shoes are _____.

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

Food is more important for survival than an identity. “If at the end of the day, we can feed our families and go to bed without an aching stomach, we would rather live here than in the fields that gave us no grain,” say a group of women in tattered saris when I ask them why they left their beautiful land of green fields and rivers. Wherever they find food, they pitch their tents that become transit homes. Children grow up in them, becoming partners in survival. And survival in Seemapuri means rag-picking. Through the years, it has acquired the proportions of a fine art. Garbage to them is gold. It is their daily bread, a roof over their heads, even if it is a leaking roof. But for a child, it is even more.

The phrase ‘transit homes’ refer to dwellings that are

“I have nothing else to do,” he mutters, looking away. “Go to school,” I say glibly, realizing immediately how hollow the advice must sound.
“There is no school in my neighborhood. When they build one, I will go.”
“If I start a school, will you come?” I ask, half-joking. “Yes,” he says, smiling broadly.
A few days later I see him running up to me. “Is your school ready?”
“It takes longer to build a school,” I say, embarrassed at having made a promise that was not meant. But promises like mine abound in every corner of his bleak world.

Saheb’s muttering and ‘looking away’ suggests his

‘I will learn to drive a car,’ he answers, looking straight into my eyes. This sentence highlights Mukesh was

1. determined
2. fearless
3. hopeful
4. valiant
5. ambitious
6. stern

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

The simile ‘dream looms like a mirage amidst the dust of streets’ indicates that his dream was

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

Select the suitable option for the given statements, based on your reading of Lost Spring.

1. The writer notices that Saheb has lost his carefree look.
2. Saheb has had to surrender his freedom for ₹800 per month.

What is the reason for Saheb’s eyes ‘lighting up’?

Every other family in Firozabad is engaged in making bangles indicating that

Describing garbage as ‘gold’ metaphorically elevates its value to the children, helping the reader understand the _____ conditions under which these children live, where even garbage can represent crucial economic resources.

What is implied by the description of rag-picking as having ‘acquired the proportions of a fine art’ in the excerpt?