MCQ Questions Chapter 2 Lost Spring Class 12 English

Please refer to MCQ Questions Chapter 2 Lost Spring Class 12 English with answers provided below. These multiple-choice questions have been developed based on the latest NCERT book for class 12 English issued for the current academic year. We have provided MCQ Questions for Class 12 English for all chapters on our website. Students should learn the objective based questions for Chapter 2 Lost Spring in Class 12 English provided below to get more marks in exams.

Chapter 2 Lost Spring MCQ Questions

Please refer to the following Chapter 2 Lost Spring MCQ Questions Class 12 English with solutions for all important topics in the chapter.

MCQ Questions Answers for Chapter 2 Lost Spring Class 12 English

Question. For whom are the bangle makers of Firozabad making bangles?
a) for the royal people
b) for the money lenders
c) for all women in the lands
d) only for the people of Firozabad

Question. What was the significance of garbage for the elders?
a) Means of entertainment
b) Means of joy
c) Means of sorrow
d) Means of survival

Question. “I will learn to drive a car,” he answers, looking straight into my eyes.
Who is referred to as ‘my’ in this extract?
a) Anees Jung
b) Anees Salim
c) Anis Ali
d) Anees Jilani

Question. What is the meaning of “Saheb-e-Alam”?
a) owner
b) rich man
c) poor man
d) lord of the universe

Question. Every other family in Firozabad is engaged in bangle making. This indicates that _____.
a) bangle making is the only industry that flourishes in Firozabad.
b) the entire population of Firozabad is involved in bangle making.
c) Majority of population in Firozabad is involved in bangle-making.
d) Bangle making is the most loved occupation in Firozabad

Question. The narrator asks Saheb to go to school. What is the intention of the narrator here?
a) Narrator wants Saheb to enjoy in the school
b) Narrator wants Saheb to go for rag picking and school as well.
c) Narrator wants Saheb to go to school instead of rag picking.
d) Narrator seriously encourages him to go to school.

Question. ‘They talk endlessly in a spiral that moves from poverty to apathy to greed and to injustice.’ The given lines shows that
a) All the actions taken for benefit of bangle makers are a waste
b) The people of Firozabad dare not support any action or person that goes against the middleman
c) The bangle making industry has become a maze where the poor bangle makers are caught
d) Bangle-making has become so intrinsic to the people that they cannot even try to learn a different work.

Question. ‘After months of knowing him, I ask him his name. “Saheb-e-Alam’’, he announces. He does not know what it means. If he knew its meaning – lord of the universe – Saheb would have a hard time believing it’, because _____
a) His parents were too poor to have a child with that name.
b) His dream was not suitable to bear such a big name.
c) His name was opposite to his life.
d) His life was quite suitable to his name.

Question. What is Udipi?
a) Name of a temple
b) A city in Karnataka.
c) Name of a God
d) Name of a priest

Question. ‘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 given line?
a) The husband of the elderly woman had earned enough to get a roof over his head
b) The writer presents a positive picture for Mukesh’s Family
c) By saying so, the writer indicates that Mukesh could become a motor mechanic
d) Mukesh’s father had earned enough to get a roof over his head

Question. Who had the dream to be a motor mechanic?
a) Saheb
b) Savita
c) Mukesh
d) none of the above

Question. What is the meaning of ‘mirage’ in the chapter “Lost Spring”?
a) Magic
b) Unrealistic
c) Optimistic
d) Picturesque

Question. Which game did Saheb enjoy watching?
a) Tennis
b) Badminton
c) Table Tennis
d) Hockey

Question. What does the author analyze in the story?
a) Rich people
b) Garbage
c) Poor children and their exploitation
d) Her works

Question. Why did Saheb believe in the writer’s promise of opening a school?
a) In his miserable world, being optimistic and believing in promises was natural
b) He had known the writer for a long time
c) He was not very intelligent
d) None of the above

Question. What bothers the author Anees Jung the most about the bangle makers?
a) The stigma of poverty and caste
b) The affluence of the landlords
c) The exploitation done by the factory owners
d) The labour laws

Question. How much did Saheb earn from the tea stall?
a) 500 rupees
b) 800 rupees
c) 1000 rupees
d) 600 rupees

Question. Choose the option that most appropriately fills in the blanks, for the following description of the given extract:
People migrate from villages to cities in search of a better life. They want to earn money so that they can lead a good life and
(i)_______their children in a better way. As cities have more
(ii)________for work, this makes them migrate from the villages to these big cities.
(iii)________all miseries and challenges of life at young age, Saheb even finds a job in a tea stall, shifting from rag picking to
(iv)_________his struggle for survival.
A) (i)give; (ii) scope; (iii) controlling; (iv) continue
B) (i) rear; (ii) opportunities; (iii) Accepting; (iv) prove
C) (i) provide; (ii) jobs; (iii) Denying; (iv) stop
D) (i) leave; (ii) chances; (iii) Chasing; (iv) deal

Question. The statement “But the promises like mine abound in every corner of his bleak world.” This suggests……
a) There is no dearth of promises which remain unfulfilled
b) There is a scarcity of people promising things for betterment
c) People make a lot of promises which are often fulfilled
d) Promises made live up to the expectation of people

Question. Which of the following quotes captures the essence of Saheb’s and Mukesh’s stories?
a) As long as poverty injustice and gross inequality exist in our world, none of us can truly rest. – Nelson Mondela
b) God does not create poverty; we do because we do not share. – Mother Teresa
c) Love captures all things except poverty and a toothache. – Mae west
d) Poverty is not just lack of money; it is not having the capability to realise one’s full potential as human being. –Amartya Sen

Question. What had the youth of Firozabad learnt from their parents?
a) To make bangles and accept their fate
b) To earn as much money as possible
c) To be rebellious and defiant
d) To question the people in authority

Question. What forced the children in ‘Lost Spring to live a life of exploitation?
a) Ignorance
b) Lack of facilities
c) Extreme poverty and irresponsible system
d) Illiteracy

Question. ‘It takes longer to build a school,’ says the narrator to Saheb. What does the narrator really mean here?
a) There is a possibility to build a school.
b) It takes a very long time to build a school.
c) There is a way to build a school.
d) There is no intention to build a school.

Question. “I like the game ‘’, he hums,- content to watch it standing behind the fence.’ The above sentence refers that Saheb ______.
a) is not satisfied with watching the game standing by the fence of club.
b) is satisfied with watching the game standing by the fence of the club.
c) wants to watch the game standing inside the fence of the club.
d) is not allowed to watch the game even while standing by the fence of the club.

Question. Which of the following characteristics does Saheb’s question- Is your school readyshow?
a) love
b) memory
c) anxiety
d) hope

Question. What does “Lost Spring” stand for?
a) The harsh reality of the world
b) Climate change and its impact
c) A missed financial opportunity
d) The lost childhood of under-privileged children

Question. Why did Saheb like rag-picking?
a) He was lazy
b) he liked to be with his friends
c) he was good at it
d) it had a sense of freedom and endless possibility for him

Question. What is more important for survival?
a) Identity
b) Food
c) Shoes
d) Gold

Question. What is the author’s attitude in the lesson?
a) sympathy
b) apathy
c) empathy
d) bewilderment

Question. Why did the steel canister seem heavier than the plastic bag he would carry so lightly over his shoulder?
a) Because steel is a metal
b) Because now Saheb is not free, he is a child labour, working in a tea stall.
c) Because there is milk in that canister
d) None of the above

Question. Where had Saheb’s family migrated from?
a) Seemapuri
b) Dhaka
c) Delhi
d) New Delhi

Question. “For the children it is wrapped in wonder, for the elders it is a means of survival”. Select the option that best describes the above statement.
a) Children and elders both are happy with their job as they are immigrants.
b) It gives hope for children whereas it is the only source of income for elders.
c) It is an additional income of children and elders.
d) Both feel marvellous as they are making money in their locality.

Question. Mukesh wants to become a motor mechanic by ____.
a) Finding a tutor
b) going to a garage to learn
c) reading books
d) joining a school

Question. “Why do you do this?” who said this to whom?
a) Saheb -e-Alam to the narrator
b) the narrator to Saheb-e- Alam
c) Mukesh to the narrator
d) Mukesh’s grandmother to Mukesh

Question. Choose the correct statement to analyse the mental condition of the rag pickers.
a) They seem to be dignified in their work as they are getting gold and silver.
b) They seem to be praying to God to oust them from this hellish life.
c) They seem to be cursing as they are doing a menial job.
d) They seem to be enjoying their freewill in their work.

Question. Choose the best that compels the workers in the bangle industry of Firozabad to poverty.
a) Caste and ancestral profession
b) Karam theory and society
c) Bureaucrats and politicians
d) All of the above

Question. When the narrator asked, ‘Why aren’t you wearing chappals?’ What was the answer of that boy?
a) His mother did not bring them down.
b) He did not like those chappals, which he had.
c) He did not have chappals.
d) None of the above.

Question. What does the title ‘Lost Spring’ symbolize?
a) The autumn season
b) lost childhood
c) lost time
d) lost opportunity

Question. What bothers the author Anees Jung the most about the bangle makers?
a) The stigma of poverty and caste
b) The affluence of the landlords
c) The exploitation done by the factory owners
d) The labour laws

True/False Questions:

Question. Saheb’s rag picking was merely a childish prank according to Anees Jung.

Question. The rag pickers did not wear shoes because they did not like shoes.

Question. The author of the Chapter ‘Lost spring’ was acquainted with the characters.

Question. “Hearing him, 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 Mukesh’s father.

Question. Saheb follows the writer’s advice to go to school.

Question. Saheb was happy while working in the tea stall because he was paid 800 rupees and all his meals.

Question. Rag-picking is means of survival for the people of Seemapuri.

Question. The ration cards, that the people at Seemapuri have, are a ploy by authorities that gives them food but no identity.

Question. Children are unaware that it is forbidden by law to work in the furnaces at such a tender age.

Question. Saheb and his friends loved to remain barefoot.

Question. Bangles are worn by Indian Women as part of tradition and custom.

Question. Mukesh wants to become a motor mechanic.

Question. Mukesh belongs to a rich family and plans to open a car showroom.

Question. Seemapuri slums have proper sewage, drainage and water supply facilities.

Question. Saheb’s mother told the author that they left Dhaka as they did not like the place.

Question. The author was serious about the education of Saheb.

Question. Tradition is an excuse to remain barefoot.

Question. Meaning of garbage is similar to adults and children.

Question. Through the years, rag picking has acquired the proportions of a fine art.

Question. Saheb’s dream is to play cricket.

Question. “Garbage to them is gold.’’ Because they find gold in the garbage.

Question. The rag pickers of Seemapuri live in mud houses.

Question. Most bangle makers lose their eye-sight before becoming adults.

Question. The simile that is used in the phrase,‘ dream looms like a mirage amidst the dust of streets’ indicates that the dream was illusory and indistinct.

Question. Seemapuri has all the necessary amenities required for human life.

Question. The job, Saheb takes up, gives him the chance to be his own master.

Assertion Reason Question

Question. Statement 1: The children‘s eyes are more adjusted to the dark than to the light outside.
Statement 2: The boys and girls end up losing their eye sight before they become adults.
a) If Statement 1 is the cause, Statement 2 is the effect.
b) If Statement 1 is the effect, Statement 2 is the cause.
c) Both the statements are the effects of a common cause.
d) Both the statements are the effects of independent causes.

Question. Assertion: Promises made to children are kept.
Reason: It is easy to tell children that they should be in school.
(A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
(B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(D) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Question. Assertion: Mukesh does not want to be a motor mechanic.
Reason: The conditions under which he exists look like a mirage amidst the dust.
(A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
(B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(D) Assertion is false, reason is true

Question. Assertion: The bangle makers replied, “Even if we get organised, we are the ones who will be hauled up by the police, beaten and dragged to jail for doing something illegal.”
Reason: The bangle makers don’t have the courage.
(A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(D) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Question. Assertion: Most of the rag pickers appear walking barefoot in cities and on village roads.
Reason: They were caught in the web of a vicious circle of middlemen.
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) A is false but R is true.

Question. Assertion: Every morning Saheb went out to look for gold in the garbage dump.
Reason: There was a gold shop near the garbage dump.
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.

Question. Assertion: Young men of Firozabad have fallen into them vicious circle of middlemen who have trapped their fathers and forefathers.
Reason: Young men are law breakers.
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

Question. Assertion: “It is his karam, his destiny”, says Mukesh’s grandmother, who has watched her own husband go blind.
Reason: People in Firozabad have stopped resisting injustice done to them.
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

Question. Assertion: Anees Jung in ‘Lost Spring’ describes two stories of stolen childhood.
Reason: Millions of children in India waste their time in rag-picking or working in hazardous industries.
a) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
b) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
c) Assertion is true, reason is false.
d) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Question. Assertion: Garbage to them is gold.
Reason: It is their daily bread, a roof over their heads.
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.

Question. Assertion: Mukesh’s family cannot stop working in glass factory.
Reason: They were under heavy debt.
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

Question. Assertion: The rag pickers of Bangladesh left their land of green fields and rivers.
Reason: They found jobs in Seemapuri.
a) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is a correct explanation of assertion.
b) Both assertion and reason and 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.

Question. Assertion: Saheb is no longer his own master.
Reason: He is working at a tea stall as a child labour.
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.

Question. Assertion: The bangle makers talk endlessly in a spiral that moves from poverty to apathy to greed and to injustice.
Reason: They are caught in the web of poverty, burdened by 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

Question. Assertion: Saheb is no longer his own master.
Reason: The tea canister which he carries is his own property.
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) A is false but R is true.

Question. Assertion: Children in Seemapuri do not wear slippers.
Reason: Their parents do not bring them down from the shelf.
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

Question. Statement 1: Saheb‘s family left Bangladesh and came to India.
Statement 2: Saheb is no longer his own master.
a) If Statement 1 is the cause, Statement 2 is the effect.
b) If Statement 1 is the effect, Statement 2 is the cause.
c) Both the statements are the effects of a common cause.
d) Both the statements are the effects of independent causes.

Question. Assertion: Wherever they find food, they pitch their tents that become transit homes.
Reason: They love to lead a nomadic life.
(A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(D) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Question. Assertion: All Mukesh’s father has managed to do is teach them what he knows – the art of making bangles.
Reason: He is not interested in other works.
(A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(D) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Question. Assertion: Savita is a symbol of innocence and efficiency.
Reason: Her hands move mechanically and efficiently like the tong of the machine.
(A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
(B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(D) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Question. Assertion: Every morning Saheb went out to look for gold in the garbage dump.
Reason: There was a gold shop near the garbage dump.
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.

Question. Statement 1: Mukesh insists on being his own master.
Statement 2: He has no fascination for continuing his family profession.
a) If Statement 1 is the cause, Statement 2 is the effect.
b) If Statement 1 is the effect, Statement 2 is the cause.
c) Both the statements are the effects of a common cause.
d) Both the statements are the effects of independent causes.

Question. 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.

Source-Based Questions

“Travelling across the country I have seen children walking barefoot, in cities, on village roads. It is not lack of money but a tradition to stay barefoot, is one explanation. I wonder if this only an excuse to explain away a perpetual state of poverty”

Question. Who is ‘I’ in the given extract?
a) Anees Jung
b) Mukesh
c) Saheb
d) Grandmother

Question. What has often been seen by the author?
a) Children working in the tea stall
b) Children selling newspapers
c) Children walking barefoot on streets
d) Children working in bangle industry

Question. What explanation do people give for staying barefoot?
a) Lack of money
b) Religious barriers
c) Traditional barriers
d) One’s habit

Question. What is the author’s viewpoint towards people walking barefoot?
a) Due to poverty
b) Due to tradition
c) Due to unemployment
d) Due to religious barriers

“Go to school,” I say glibly, realising immediately how hollow the advice must sound.
“There is no school in my neighbourhood. When they build one, I will go.”
“If I start a school, will you come?’’ I ask, half-joking.
“Yes,” he says, smiling broadly.

Question. Choose the most suitable meaning of ‘glibly’
a) Speaking persuasively but without sincerity.
b) Speaking confidently
c) Speaking with sincerity.
d) Inaudible

Question. Why did the advice seem hollow?
a) Because the writer had no powerful connection
b) Because the writer had no means to build a school
c) Because the writer wasn’t interested in the welfare of the poor children
d) Because the writer was poor

Question. “If I start a school, will you come?’’ – Why did the writer ask this ?
a) to check if Saheb was interested to go to the school
b) to show her superiority
c) to confirm his admission
d) to embarrass him

Question. Why did the boy smile broadly?
a) Couldn’t believe the writer’s offer
b) Happy at the prospect of attending a school
c) Knew that the writer was joking
d) None of the above

9. ‘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 ragpicking. 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.’

Question. The phrase ‘transit homes’ refers to the dwellings that are ____.
a) Unhygienic
b) Inadequate
c) Fragile
d) Temporary

Question. Identify the figure of speech that is used in the ‘garbage to them is gold’
a) Metaphor
b) Simile
c) Synecdoche
d) Personification

Question. Choose the term that best matches the statement, ‘Food is more important for survival than any identity.’
a) Immorality
b) necessity
c) Obligation
d) Ambition

Question. What does ‘acquired the proportions of a fine art’ mean?
a) Rag picking has regained to its lost status.
b) A segment of rag pickers are skilled in fine arts.
c) Rag picking has attained the position of a skill.
d) Only a few people are expert in rag picking.