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Lost Spring Important Questions

1. The document contains 53 questions about the short story "Lost Spring" related to characters like Saheb, Mukesh, and the bangle makers of Firozabad as well as the rag-pickers of Seemapuri. 2. The questions probe various aspects of the lives of the characters such as their occupations, dreams, attitudes, living conditions, and the difficulties they face. 3. Key characters and places mentioned include Saheb who works at a tea stall in Seemapuri, Mukesh who dreams of becoming a teacher, and the bangle makers trapped in poverty in Firozabad.

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Lost Spring Important Questions

1. The document contains 53 questions about the short story "Lost Spring" related to characters like Saheb, Mukesh, and the bangle makers of Firozabad as well as the rag-pickers of Seemapuri. 2. The questions probe various aspects of the lives of the characters such as their occupations, dreams, attitudes, living conditions, and the difficulties they face. 3. Key characters and places mentioned include Saheb who works at a tea stall in Seemapuri, Mukesh who dreams of becoming a teacher, and the bangle makers trapped in poverty in Firozabad.

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VELAMMAL BODHI CAMPUS , ANUPPANADI, MADURAI

LOST SPRING
Important Questions
1) What does the writer mean when she says, ‘Saheb is no longer his own master’? (Delhi
2000)
2) Is it possible for Mukesh to realize his dream? Justify your answer? (All India 2000)
3) Do you think Saheb was happy to work at the tea stall? Answer giving reasons. (All India
2000)
4) What does the title, ‘Lost Spring’ convey? (All India 2000)
5) Why does the author say that the bangle makers are caught in a vicious web?(All India 2010)
6) What does the writer mean when she says, ‘Saheb is no longer his own master’? (Comptt.
All India 2011)
7) Who is Mukesh? What is his dream? (Delhi 2012)
8) Is Saheb happy working at the tea stall? Why/ Why not? (Delhi 2012)
9) Why could the bangle-makers not organise themselves into a co-operative? (All India 2012)
10) Mention any two problems faced by the bangle sellers.(Comptt. All India 2012)
11) Garbage has two different meanings—one for the children and another for the adults.
Comment.
12) Why didn’t the bangle makers of Ferozabad organise themselves into a cooperative?
(Comptt. All India
13) How is Mukesh’s attitude towards life different from that of his family? (Comptt. Delhi 2013)
14) Why can’t the bangle makers of Ferozabad organize themselves into a cooperative?
(Comptt. Delhi
15) Why is Saheb unhappy working at the tea i stall? (Comptt. Delhi 2013)
16) Answer:
17) Saheb was unhappy while working at the tea- stall because he was no longer the master of
his own life. He lost his freedom and carefree look. He had to live and work under the
instructions of the owner of the tea-stall. He was not at liberty to go out and spend time
with his friends.

18) Survival in Seemapuri means rag-picking. , Comment. (Comptt. All India 2013)
19) It is ‘a tradition to stay barefoot ‘ What is the attitude of the rag-pickers of Seemapuri
towards wearing shoes?
20) A young man in Ferozabad is burdened under the baggage of two worlds. What are they?
(Comptt. All
21) How is Mukesh different from the other bangle makers of Firozabad? (Delhi 2014)
22) What job did Saheb take up? Was he happy? (Delhi 2014)
23) Why did Saheb’s parents leave Dhaka and migrate to India? (Comptt. Delhi 2014)
24) What is Mukesh’s dream? Do you think he will be able to fulfil his dream? Why? Why not?
(Comptt.
25) In what sense is garbage gold to the ragpickers? (Comptt. All India 2014)
26) Whom does Anees Jung blame for the sorry plight of the bangle makers’?(Comptt. All India
2014)
27) To which country did Saheb’s parents originally belong? Why did they come to India?
(Comptt. All India
28) What does Saheb look for in the garbage 1 dumps? (All India 2015)
29) What did garbage mean to the children of Seemapuri and to their parents? (All India 2015)
30) “It is his karam, his destiny.” What is Mukesh’s family’s attitude towards their situation? (All
31) Describe the irony in Saheb’s name. (Delhi 2016)
32) What does the reference to chappals in ‘Lost Spring7 tell us about the economic condition
of the rag pickers? (All India 2016)
33) How was Mukesh different from other bangle makers? (Comptt. Delhi 2016)
34) Why was Saheb unhappy while working at the tea-stall? (Comptt. Delhi 2016)
35) Which industry was a boon and also bane for the people of Firozabad? How? (Comptt. Delhi
36) How are Saheb and Mukesh different from each other? (Comptt. All India 2017)
37) The bangle-makers of Ferozabad make bea-utiful bangles and make everyone happy but
they live and die in squalor. Elaborate. (Delhi 2010)
38) Why did Saheb become a ragpicker? What did j he look for in the garbage dumps? (Comptt.
39) What change did Anees Jung see in Saheb when she saw him standing by the gate of the
neighbourhood club? (Comptt. Delhi 2010)
40) Describe the life of squatters at Seemapuri. (Comptt. All India 2010)
41) What does Anees Jung tell us about life at Mukesh’s home in Ferozabad? (Comptt. AT 2010)
42) Give a brief account of the life and activities of the people like Saheb-e-Alam settled in
Seemapuri. (Delhi
43) ‘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? (All India 2011)
44) What circumstances forced Mukesh not to pursue his family business of bangle making?
Instead, what did he decide to do?
45) In 1971 Bangladeshi migrants came to Delhi ‘looking for gold in the big city’. What kind of
life are they living in Seemapuri now?
46) Describe the difficulties the bangle makers of Firozabad have to face in their lives. (Delhi
2015
47) Describe the circumstances which keep the workers in the bangle industry in poverty. (Delhi
48) How is Mukesh’s attitude towards his situation different from that of Saheb? Why? (Delhi
2015)
49) “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?
50) What kind of life did Saheb lead at Seemapuri? (Comptt. All India 2016 )
51) Describe the living conditions prevailing in Firozabad. Mention why the bangle making
business does not give bangle makers a comfortable life. (Comptt. All India 2016)
52) ‘Garbage to them is gold’. How do ragpickers of Seemapuri survive? (Delhi 2017)
53) “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? (Comptt. All India 2017)

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