Lost Spring Objective Questions – Class 12 English Flamingo Chapter 2

In this post we have given the Objective Questions of Class 12 English Flamingo Chapter 2 Lost Spring (by Anees Jung). These are useful for students preparing for their Class 12 board exams.

इस पोस्ट में कक्षा 12 अंग्रेज़ी (Flamingo) के पाठ 2 Lost Spring के वस्तुनिष्ठ प्रश्न (MCQ) दिए गए हैं। यह उन सभी विद्यार्थियों के लिए उपयोगी है जो इस वर्ष कक्षा 12 की बोर्ड परीक्षा देने वाले हैं।

Objective Questions

1. Who wrote the chapter ‘Lost Spring’?
   1. Kamala Das
   2. Anees Jung
   3. William Douglas
   4. Umberto Eco
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (B) Anees Jung

2. Before moving to Delhi, where did Saheb’s family live?
   1. Near Lahore, Pakistan
   2. Near Kathmandu, Nepal
   3. Near the Chittagong hills
   4. Near Dhaka, Bangladesh
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (D) Near Dhaka, Bangladesh

3. In which year did the squatters of Seemapuri arrive from Bangladesh?
   1. 1971
   2. 1965
   3. 1984
   4. 1991
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (A) 1971

4. What work does Saheb take up towards the end of the first sketch?
   1. Selling newspapers
   2. Helping at a garage
   3. Working at a tea stall
   4. Working at the tennis club
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (C) Working at a tea stall

5. Firozabad is known as the centre of India’s ______.
   1. leather industry
   2. cotton textile industry
   3. steel industry
   4. glass-blowing (bangle) industry
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (D) glass-blowing (bangle) industry

6. According to the chapter, roughly how many children work in the glass furnaces of Firozabad?
   1. 2,000
   2. 20,000
   3. 10,000
   4. 50,000
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (B) 20,000

7. Assertion (A): Saheb is happier after he begins working at the tea stall. Reason (R): He now gets a fixed wage of 800 rupees and all his meals. Choose the correct option.
   1. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
   2. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
   3. A is true but R is false
   4. A is false but R is true
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (D) A is false but R is true

8. Assertion (A): Mukesh wants to be a motor mechanic and learn to drive a car. Reason (R): His family has been making bangles in Firozabad for generations. Choose the correct option.
   1. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
   2. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
   3. A is true but R is false
   4. A is false but R is true
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (B) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A

9. Match the characters with their descriptions: 1. Saheb 2. Mukesh 3. Savita 4. Mukesh’s grandmother — (i) wants to be a motor mechanic (ii) solders pieces of glass beside an elderly woman (iii) calls it “his karam, his destiny” (iv) works at a tea stall and loses his freedom.
   1. 1-i, 2-iv, 3-iii, 4-ii
   2. 1-ii, 2-iii, 3-i, 4-iv
   3. 1-iv, 2-i, 3-ii, 4-iii
   4. 1-iii, 2-ii, 3-iv, 4-i
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (C) 1-iv, 2-i, 3-ii, 4-iii

10. Match the devices with their examples: 1. Hyperbole 2. Metaphor 3. Simile 4. Irony — (i) hands moving “mechanically like the tongs of a machine” (ii) “Garbage to them is gold” (iii) “web of poverty” (iv) the name Saheb-e-Alam, “lord of the universe”.
    1. 1-i, 2-ii, 3-iii, 4-iv
    2. 1-iii, 2-iv, 3-i, 4-ii
    3. 1-iv, 2-i, 3-ii, 4-iii
    4. 1-ii, 2-iii, 3-i, 4-iv
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (D) 1-ii, 2-iii, 3-i, 4-iv

11. Statement I: Saheb’s family left Dhaka because storms destroyed their fields and homes. Statement II: Saheb’s family came to Delhi to find better schools for their children. Choose the correct option.
    1. Statement I is true, Statement II is false
    2. Both statements are true
    3. Both statements are false
    4. Statement I is false, Statement II is true
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (A) Statement I is true, Statement II is false

12. Statement I: The young men of Firozabad have a strong leader who guides them to organise against the middlemen. Statement II: Only the middlemen form the vicious circle; the police, bureaucrats and politicians play no part. Choose the correct option.
    1. Statement I is true, Statement II is false
    2. Statement I is false, Statement II is true
    3. Both statements are false
    4. Both statements are true
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (C) Both statements are false

13. Put these events of Part II in the order in which they occur: (1) the author sees Savita soldering bangles (2) Mukesh says he wants to be a motor mechanic (3) the author asks the young men why they do not form a cooperative (4) Mukesh takes the author to his home.
    1. 1, 2, 3, 4
    2. 4, 3, 2, 1
    3. 3, 1, 4, 2
    4. 2, 4, 1, 3
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (D) 2, 4, 1, 3

14. Saheb’s full name, ______, means “lord of the universe”.
    1. Mukesh Kumar
    2. Saheb-e-Alam
    3. Ali Baba
    4. Anees Jung
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (B) Saheb-e-Alam

15. For an Indian woman, bangles symbolise ______, the auspiciousness of marriage.
    1. karam
    2. swaraj
    3. sampatti
    4. suhaag
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (D) suhaag

16. Pick the odd one out.
    1. Mukesh’s father
    2. The gatekeeper of the tennis club
    3. Mukesh’s grandmother
    4. Savita
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (B) The gatekeeper of the tennis club

17. In the passage where a boy’s eyes light up as he talks about finding money in the garbage, who is speaking and what has he found?
    1. Saheb; a rupee, even a ten-rupee note
    2. Mukesh; a broken bangle
    3. Saheb; a pair of shoes
    4. The author; a lost coin
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (A) Saheb; a rupee, even a ten-rupee note

18. What happened to the husband of Mukesh’s grandmother?
    1. He became a successful trader
    2. He left the family
    3. He went blind from the dust of polishing bangle glass
    4. He taught himself to read
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (C) He went blind from the dust of polishing bangle glass

19. Mark each statement True (T) or False (F): (a) Saheb’s family came from near Dhaka. (b) Ration cards put Seemapuri residents’ names on the voters’ lists. (c) Seemapuri has running water and proper drainage. (d) Saheb is happier after starting work at the tea stall.
    1. (a) T (b) F (c) T (d) F
    2. (a) F (b) T (c) F (d) T
    3. (a) F (b) F (c) T (d) T
    4. (a) T (b) T (c) F (d) F
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (D) (a) T (b) T (c) F (d) F