Lost Spring MCQ Chapter 2 Class 12 English Flamingo

MCQ’s For All Chapters – Flamingo Class 12th

1. Mukesh wants to learn to become a motor mechanic by

(a) finding a tutor

(b) going to a garage to learn

(c) by reading books

(d) by joining a school

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Question 1 of 30

2. What bothers the author most about the bangle makers?

(a) the stigma of poverty and caste

(b) the affluence of the landlords

(c) the behaviour of the factory owners

(d) the labour laws

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Question 2 of 30

3. “One wonders if he has achieved what many have failed to achieve in their lifetime. He has a roof over his head”; these lines were said in reference to the condition of

(a) the elderly woman’s old husband

(b) Mukesh’s father

(c) the bangle factory owner

(d) Mukesh’s elder brother

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Question 3 of 30

4. Which of the objects below best serves as a symbol of an Indian woman’s `suhag’?

(a) bindi

(b) sindoor

(c) bangles

(d) henna-dyed hands

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Question 4 of 30

5. Sunny-gold, paddy green, royal blue, pink, purple, every colour born out of the seven colours of the rainbow. What is this a reference to?

(a) clothes

(b) birds

(c) bangles

(d) bindis

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Question 5 of 30

6. What was the profession of Mukesh’s father before he became a bangle-maker?

(a) tailor

(b) carpenter

(c) plumber

(d) Mason

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Question 6 of 30

7. The frail woman in Mukesh’s house is his

(a) mother

(b) elder brother’s wife

(c) wife

(d) niece

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Question 7 of 30

8. If laws were to be enforced, it would bring about change and relief in the lives of about

(a) ten thousand children

(b) twenty thousand children

(c) hundred children

(d) a thousand children

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Question 8 of 30

9. Bangle industry flourishes in the town of

(a) Ferozepur

(b) Firozabad

(c) Ferozgarh

(d) Farukhabad

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Question 9 of 30

10. Mukesh belonged to a family of

(a) farmers

(b) rag-pickers

(c) bangle makers

(d) motor mechanics

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Question 10 of 30

11. One day, Saheb was seen by the author, watching some young men playing

(a) cricket

(b) tennis

(c) hockey

(d) soccer

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Question 11 of 30

12. According to the author, rag picking has become, over the years, a

(a) profession

(b) fine art

(c) tradition

(d) culture

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Question 12 of 30

13. The rag pickers have no identity, but they have

(a) permits

(b) passports

(c) ration cards

(d) licenses

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Question 13 of 30

14. The colony of ragpickers is situated in

(a) the south of Delhi

(b) Mongolpuri

(c) Jehangirpuri

(d) Seemapuri

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Question 14 of 30

15. What did the man from Udipi pray for, when he was young?

(a) a pair of trousers

(b) a pair of shoes

(c) a few friends

(d) an opportunity to study in a school

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Question 15 of 30

16. One explanation which the author gets about children choosing to remain barefoot is

(a) they have no money

(b) tradition

(c) no matching pairs

(d) like to wear only chappals

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Question 16 of 30

17. ‘Is your school ready? Who asked this question?

(a) Saheb’s mother

(b) Saheb’s friends

(c) the author

(d) Saheb

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Question 17 of 30

18. What were Saheb and his family looking for in Delhi?

(a) dollars

(b) rupees

(c) pounds

(d) gold

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Question 18 of 30

19. Saheb’s home, before Delhi, was in

(a) Bengal

(b) Orissa

(c) Dhaka

(d) Bihar

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Question 19 of 30

20. ’Why do you do this?’ This question was asked by the author to

(a) the bangle sellers

(b) Mahesh

(c) Saheb

(d) Saheb’s mothe

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Question 20 of 30

21. 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

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Question 21 of 30

22. What is the means of survival in Seemapuri?

(a) Work

(b) Merchandising

(c) Education

(d) Ragpicking

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Question 22 of 30

23. Firozabad is the centre of which industry?

(a) Cotton industry

(b) Furniture industry

(c) Textile industry

(d) Glassblowing industry

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Question 23 of 30

24. 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

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Question 24 of 30

25. Who is Mukesh?

(a) Student

(b) Worker

(c) Bangle maker

(d) Ragpicker

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Question 25 of 30

26. 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

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Question 26 of 30

27. Who employs the local families of Firozabad?

(a) Bureaucrats

(b) Merchants

(c) Politicians

(d) The glass blowing industry

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Question 27 of 30

28. 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

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Question 28 of 30

29. 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

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Question 29 of 30

30. What forced Saheb to be a ragpicker?

(a) Hard work

(b) Destiny

(c) People around him

(d) Acute poverty

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Question 30 of 30