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Lost Spring Unsolved Questions
Lost Spring Unsolved Questions
Lost Spring Unsolved Questions
Extract 1
ii. The phrase “dream looms like a mirage amidst the dust of
streets” indicates that Mukesh’s dream was........
b) He will not be allowed to go as per his wish and work else were.
Extract 2
Their fathers are as tired as they are. They talk endlessly in a spiral
that moves from poverty to apathy to greed and to injustice.
Listening to them, I see two distinct worlds— one of the family,
caught in a web of poverty, burdened by the stigma of caste in
which they are born; the other a vicious circle of the sahukars, the
middlemen, the policemen, the keepers of law, the bureaucrats
and the politicians. Together they have imposed the baggage on
the child that he cannot put down. Before he is aware, he accepts it
as naturally as his father. To do anything else would mean to dare.
And daring is not part of his growing up.
a) Metaphor
b) Simile
c) Alliteration
d) Repetition
a) Both A & C b) A, B, C
c) A, B, D d) Both A & B
iii. Why doesn’t any bangle makers dare to speak against the
bureaucrats?
She still has bangles on her wrist, but no light in her eyes. “Ek waqt
ser bhar khana bhi nahin khaya,” she says, in a voice drained of joy.
She has not enjoyed even one full meal in her entire lifetime —
that’s what she has reaped! Her husband, an old man with a
flowing beard, says, “I know nothing except bangles. All I have
done is made a house for the family to live in.” Hearing him, one
wonders if he has achieved what many have failed in their lifetime.
He has a roof over his head! The cry of not having money to do
anything except carry on the business of making bangles, not even
enough to eat, rings in every home. The young men echo the
lament of their elders.
i. “She has not enjoyed even one full meal in her entire lifetime”
Which of the following describes narrator’s emotions accurately?
ii. “She still has bangles on her wrist, but no light in her eyes.” This
implies that
b) She is a married woman who has lost her grace and beauty
a) Acceptance
b) Reflections
c) Reiteration
d) Doubtfulness
a) Sympathy
b) Apathy
c) Empathy
d) Bewilderment
B) Extreme Poverty
C) peers
D) parents
A) Means of entertainment
B) Means of joy
C) Means of sorrow
D) Means of survival
A) Means of entertainment
C) Means of playing
D) a wonder
A) Yes
C) No earning
A) Owner
B) Rich man
C) Poor man
A) Morning crows
B) Evening crows
C) Morning birds
D) Evening Birds
A) Poor health
B) impaired vision
C) Miserable life
D) All of these
B) being a fighter
C) being a coward
D) not clear
Reason: His home and fields had been destroyed by the storm, he
had to migrate.