SKV VIDHYAASHRAM SENIOR SECONDARY
SCHOOL
TIRUCHENGODE, AFFILIATION NO :
1930454
LOST SPRING
BY: ANEES JUNG
Important Questions Short Answer Type Questions
Question [Link] does the writer mean when she says, ‘Saheb is no longer his own
master’?
Question [Link] it possible for Mukesh to realize his dream? Justify your answer?
Question [Link] you think Saheb was happy to work at the tea stall?
Question [Link] does the title, ‘Lost Spring’ convey?
Question [Link] does the author say that the bangle makers are caught in a vicious
web?
Question 6.
What does the writer mean when she says, ‘Saheb is no longer his own master’?
Question 7.
Who is Mukesh? What is his dream? (Delhi 2012)
Question 8.
Is Saheb happy working at the tea stall? Why/ Why not? (Delhi 2012)
Question 9.
Why could the bangle-makers not organise themselves into a co-operative?
Question 10.
Mention any two problems faced by the bangle sellers
Question 11.
Garbage has two different meanings—one for the children and another for the adults.
Comment.
Question 12.
Why didn’t the bangle makers of Ferozabad organise themselves into a cooperative?
Question 13.
How is Mukesh’s attitude towards life different from that of his family?
Question 14.
Why can’t the bangle makers of Ferozabad organize themselves into a cooperative?
Question 15.
Why is Saheb unhappy working at the tea i stall? (Comptt. Delhi 2013)
Question 16.
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Survival in Seemapuri means rag-picking. , Comment. (Comptt. All India 2013)
Question 17.
It is ‘a tradition to stay barefoot ‘ What is the attitude of the rag-pickers of Seemapuri
towards wearing shoes? (Comptt. All India 2013)
Question 18.
A young man in Ferozabad is burdened under the baggage of two worlds. What are
they?
Question 19.
How is Mukesh different from the other bangle makers of Firozabad? (Delhi 2014)
Question 20.
What job did Saheb take up? Was he happy? (Delhi 2014)
Question 21.
Why did Saheb’s parents leave Dhaka and migrate to India? (Comptt. Delhi 2014)
Question 22.
What is Mukesh’s dream? Do you think he will be able to fulfil his dream? Why?
Why not? (Comptt. Delhi 2014)
Question 23.
In what sense is garbage gold to the ragpickers? (Comptt. All India 2014)
Question 24.
Whom does Anees Jung blame for the sorry plight of the bangle makers’?(Comptt. All
India 2014)
Question 25.
To which country did Saheb’s parents originally belong? Why did they come to India?
Question 26.
Most of us do not raise our voice against injustice in our society and tend to remain
mute spectators. Anees Jung in her article, l “Lost Childhood” 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?
Question 27.
What does Saheb look for in the garbage 1 dumps? (All India 2015)
Question 28.
What did garbage mean to the children of Seemapuri and to their parents?
Question 29.
“It is his karam, his destiny.” What is Mukesh’s family’s attitude towards their
situation? (All India 2015)
Question 30.
Describe the irony in Saheb’s name. (Delhi 2016)
Question 31.
What does the reference to chappals in ‘Lost Spring7 tell us about the economic
condition of the rag pickers? (All India 2016)
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Question 32.
How was Mukesh different from other bangle makers? (Comptt. Delhi 2016)
Question 33.
Why was Saheb unhappy while working at the tea-stall? (Comptt. Delhi 2016)
Question 34.
Which industry was a boon and also bane for the people of Firozabad? How?
Question 35.
How are Saheb and Mukesh different from each other? (Comptt. All India 2017)
Lost Spring Important Questions Long Answer Type Questions (5-6 marks)
Question [Link] bangle-makers of Ferozabad make bea-utiful bangles and make
everyone happy but they live and die in squalor. Elaborate. (Delhi 2010)
Question [Link] did Saheb become a ragpicker? What did j he look for in the
garbage dumps?
Question [Link] change did Anees Jung see in Saheb when she saw him standing by
the gate of the neighbourhood club? (Comptt. Delhi 2010)
Question [Link] the life of squatters at Seemapuri. (Comptt. All India 2010)
Question [Link] does Anees Jung tell us about life at Mukesh’s home in Ferozabad?
Question [Link] a brief account of the life and activities of the people like Saheb-e-
Alam settled in Seemapuri.
Question 42.‘Lost Spring’ explains the grinding poverty and traditions that condemn
thousands of people to a life of abject poverty. Do you agree? Why/Why not?
Question [Link] circumstances forced Mukesh not to pursue his family business of
bangle making? Instead, what did he decide to do?
Question [Link] 1971 Bangladeshi migrants came to Delhi ‘looking for gold in the big
city’. What kind of life are they living in Seemapuri now?
Question [Link] the difficulties the bangle makers of Firozabad have to face in
their lives.
Question [Link] the circumstances which keep the workers in the bangle
industry in poverty.
Question [Link] is Mukesh’s attitude towards his situation different from that of
Saheb? Why?
Question 48.“It is his karam, his destiny” that made Mukesh’s grandfather go blind.
How did Mukesh disprove this belief by choosing a new vocation and making his own
destiny?
Question [Link] kind of life did Saheb lead at Seemapuri? (Comptt. All India 2016 )
Question [Link] the living conditions prevailing in Firozabad. Mention why the
bangle making business does not give bangle makers a comfortable life.
Question 51.‘Garbage to them is gold’. How do ragpickers of Seemapuri survive?
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Question 52.“For the children it is wrapped in wonder, for the elders it is a means of
survival.” What kind of life do the rag-pickers of Seemapuri lead?