Thursday, 19 May 2016

Questions on 'Lost Spring' by Anees Jung

Short Answer-Type Question (30-40 words each)
Q1. Who was Saheb? What was his full name? What was the irony about his name?
Q2. What is Saheb looking for in the garbage dump one morning? Where is his home now? Where has he basically come from?
                                                             Or
Why is Saheb looking for in the garbage dumps? Where is his home now and where has he come from?

Q3. What promise had the writer made with Saheb one day? Why did she feel small in front of him?
Q4. What explanation does the author give for the children not wearing shoes or footwear?
Q5. How does the author describe the area of Seemapuri in Delhi?
Q6. Where have the people living in Seemapuri come from? Why don’t they go back now?
Q7. What does the garbage mean for the children and the elders of the rag pickers of Seemapuri? (Important)
Q8. Why does the author call garbage as gold to the rag pickers of Seemapuri?
Q9. What was Saheb wearing one morning? Where did he get it one morning?
Q10. What did Saheb feel working at a tea stall? What did he get there?                                    Or
Why did the the steel canister seem burdensome than the load of rags to Sahib, when he worked at a tea stall? (2009)                                                              Or
Do you think Saheb was happy to work at a tea stall? Give reason to justify your answer. (Important)
                                                             Or
Q9.What does the writer mean when she says: ‘Saheb is no longer his own master’? (2009)
Q1. Who was Mukesh? What was his dream?
Q2. What makes the city of Firozabad famous?
Q3. What is the condition of the children working in the glass bangles factories of Firozabad?                                                Or
What are the hazards of working in the glass bangles industries of Firozabad? (Important)
Q4. Describe the locality where Mukesh lives?
Q5. What does the author say about the girls and boys working in dark hutments?
Q6. Who is Savita? What is she doing? What does the writer wonder about her?
Q7. What forces are conspire to keep the workers of bangle industry of Firozabad in poverty? How they are caught in a vicious circle? (Important)
Q8. How, in your opinion, can Mukesh realize his dream? How is his attitude different from his parents?                                                          Or
Is it possible for Mukesh to realize his dream? Justify your answer. (Important) (2009)
    Q10. What could be some of the reasons for the migration of people from  villages to cities?
Q11. What does the title ‘Lost Spring’ signify? (2009)
Q12. Would you agree that promises made to the poor children are rarely kept? Why do you think this happens in the incidents narrated in the text?
Q13. Why should child labour be eliminated and how?
Long Answer-type
Q1. How does the author describe Seemapuri, a place at the peripheri of Delhi?
                                                   Or
Give a brief account of the life and the activities of the people like Saheb-e Alam living in Seemapuri of Delhi. (Important=2011)
Q2. The life of the bangle sellers at Firozabad was full of obstacles which forced them to lead a life of poverty and deprivation. Discuss with reference to ‘Lost Spring’ (Important)
Q3. The bangle makers of Firozabad make beautiful bangles and make every  one happy, but they themselves live and die in squalor (dirt). Justify your answer. (2010)
Q4. “Lost Spring’ explains the grinding poverty and traditions that condemn thousands of people to live a life of abject poverty. Do you agree? Why/ Why not? (2011)



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