AHSEC| CLASS 12| ENGLISH| CHAPTER - 2| LOST SPRING| SOLVED QUESTIONS FOR 1 MARK EACH| H.S. 2ND YEAR
LOST SPRING
Solved questions for 1 mark each:
(A) VERY
SHORT ANSWER
1. Who is the
author of 'Lost Spring'?
Ans: Anees
Jung is the author of 'Lost Spring'.
2. What is
'Lost Spring' about?
Ans:
'Lost Spring' is about the plight of poverty-stricken children in India.
3. Which is
the original text from which the passage is an excerpt?
Ans: This
is an excerpt from the prose work 'Lost Spring Stories of Childhood Stolen' by
Anees Jung.
4. Who is
Saheb?
Ans:
Saheb was a barefoot rag picker.
5. Whom does
the author meet on the road every day?
Ans: The
author encountered Saheb every morning on the road.
6. What does
that person do every day?
Ans: That
person was Saheb who used to search the garbage heap every day for sleeping.
7. Where is the
original home of this person (Saheb)?
Ans: The
original home of this person was in Bangladesh.
8. Why have
Saheb and his family migrated to Seemapuri? Exam paper - 2018
Ans:
Saheb and his family have migrated to Seemapuri as their house and farm were
washed away in several storms.
9. What do
you see in the garbage heap sir?
Ans:
Saheb discovered gold in the garbage dump.
10. What is
the full name of Saheb?
Ans:
Saheb's full name is Saheb-e-Alam.
11. What is
the meaning of Saheb's full name?
Ans: The
full name of Saheb is "Saheb-o-Alam" which means 'Lord of the
Universe'.
12. Who do
you see while standing at the gate of the neighborhood club?
Ans: One
morning, standing at the fenced gate of the neighborhood club, Saheb was
watching two young men dressed in white playing tennis.
13. What is
Saheb wearing?
Ans:
Saheb was wearing old tennis shoes, one of which had a hole in it.
14. Where is
Seemapuri?
Ans: Seemapuri
is a place on the outskirts of Delhi.
15. Who is
Mukesh?
Ans:
Mukesh is a young worker in the bangle making industry of Firozabad.
16. Where does Mukesh stay? Exam paper - 2017
Ans: Mukesh
lives with his family in a half-built shanty in a bangle-making slum in
Firozabad.
17. What is
his dream?
Ans:
Mukesh's dream is to become a motor mechanic one day.
18. Who is
Savita?
Ans:
Savita is the sister-in-law of Mukesh, the wife of his elder brother.
19. Why does
Mukesh take pride in taking the author to his home?
Ans:
Mukesh was proud to take the author to his house as it had been renovated.
20. Who is in
charge of Mukesh's house?
Ans:
Savita, the daughter-in-law of the house, though not much in age, is in charge
of Mukesh's family.
22. Where is
Dhaka? why is it important?
Ans:
'Dhaka' is in Bangladesh. It is significant because it is the capital of
Bangladesh.
23. Give
another expression for 'glibly'. Make sentences with 'glibly'.
Ans: Another
expression for "glibly" is casually. She answered all the questions
brilliantly and felt it in the end.
24. 'But the
abundance of promises like mine made a splash in every corner'.
(i) Why is
there a lot of promises in Saheb's world?
Ans: Sahib
is a poor rag picker. People make promises to them but rarely have the means to
keep them. His promises to a poor person like Saheb are not sincere. So, in
every corner of Saheb's bleak world, promises abound like a writer.
(ii) Why is
his world dark?
Ans:
His world is dark because being poor he could not afford the education. So, he
is bound to work as a rag picker to earn for his family.
25. Who is
called the 'bird of the morning'? Why?
Ans:
Saheb and other barefoot scavengers are described as "morning birds"
because they appear like birds in the morning and disappear in the afternoon.
26. Who lived
in Seemapuri?
Ans: Saheb
and his family lived in Seemapuri along with about ten thousand rag pickers.
27. What does
'garbage' mean to the children of Seemapuri?
Ans: For
the children of "Seemapuri" the garbage meant a wonderful discovery
where they would sometimes find a coin or a ten rupee note.
28. What does 'garbage' mean to the elders of Seemapuri? Exam paper - 2017
Ans: For
the elders of Seemapuri, 'garbage' means the means of living. It is their
livelihood, a roof over their heads.
29. What is
another word for 'scrounging'?
Ans: Scrounging:
Hunting about/looking for.
30. Why isn't
Saheb worried about the shoes he gets to wear once?
Ans: At
one time the shoes Saheb got to wear were the thrown away shoes of some rich
boy who refused to wear one of them because of a hole in it, but Saheb did not
care. This is because he walks barefoot and shoes with holes are a dream come
true for him.
31. What is
beyond the reach of Saheb?
Ans:
Saheb was fond of playing tennis. But playing this game was beyond Saheb's
reach.
32. What is
Mukesh's father's 'Karam' according to his grandmother?
Ans:
According to Mukesh's grandmother, bangle making is the 'Karam' of Mukesh's
father as he was born in the caste of bangle makers.
33. English
equivalents of 'de' and 'Karam'.
Ans:
Karam: Fate
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