CBSE Class 12 English Lost Spring VBQs Set 03

Question. What is Mukesh’s dream?
(a) To be a doctor
(b) To be a pilot
(c) To be a rogue
(d) To be a motor- mechanic
Answer: (d) To be a motor- mechanic

Question. Mukesh wants to learn to become a motor mechanic by:
(a) finding a tutor
(b) going to a garage to learn
(c) by reading books
(d) by joining a school
Answer: (b) going to a garage to learn

Question. What efforts can help Mukesh materialise his dream of becoming a car driver?
(a) Hard work
(b) Going to garage
(c) Guidance of his owner
(d) All of the options
Answer: (d) All of the options

Question. How is Mukesh’s attitude different from that of his family?
(a) Being daring, firm and clear
(b) Being a fighter
(c) Being a coward
(d) Not clear
Answer: (a) Being daring, firm and clear

Question. Who employs the local families of Firozabad?
(a) Bureaucrats
(b) Merchants
(c) Politicians
(d) The glass blowing industry
Answer: (d) The glass blowing industry

Question. What is the function of glass blowing industry?
(a) To make windows
(b) To make doors
(c) To mould glass
(d) To mould glass and make colourful bangles
Answer: (d) To mould glass and make colourful bangles

Question. What makes the working conditions of the children worst in the glass industry?
(a) Dark dingy cells without light and air
(b) Dazzling and sparking of welding light
(c) High temperature
(d) All of the options
Answer: (d) All of the options

Question. What compels the workers in bangle industry of Firozabad to poverty?
(a) Caste and ancestral profession
(b) Karam theory and society
(c) Bureaucrats and politicians
(d) All of the options
Answer: (d) All of the options

Question. Who are responsible for the poor condition of bangle makers in Firozabad?
(a) Parents
(b) Society
(c) Bureaucrats
(d) All of the options
Answer: (d) All of the options

Question. “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 the condition of:
(a) the elderly woman’s old husband
(b) Mukesh’s father
(c) the bangle factory owner
(d) Mukesh’s elder brother
Answer: (b) Mukesh’s father

Question. What bothers the author most about the bangle makers?
(a) the stigma of poverty and caste
(b) the affluence of the landlords
(c) the behaviour of the factory owners
(d) the labour laws
Answer: (a) the stigma of poverty and caste

Question. According to the author, rag picking has become ______, over the years.
(a) profession
(b) fine art
(c) tradition
(d) culture
Answer: (b) fine art

Question. One day, Saheb was seen by the author, watching some young men playing _______.
(a) cricket
(b) tennis
(c) hockey
(d) soccer
Answer: (b) tennis

Question. Mukesh was a _______.
(a) Student
(b) Worker
(c) Bangle maker
(d) Ragpicker
Answer: (c) Bangle maker

Question. Mukesh’s father was _______ before he became a bangle-maker.
(a) tailor
(b) carpenter
(c) rag-picker
(d) Mason
Answer: (a) tailor

Question. The frail woman in Mukesh’s house is his __________.
(a) mother
(b) elder brother’s wife
(c) wife
(d) niece
Answer: (b) elder brother’s wife

Question. Find the correct statement in the following:
(a) There were many storms — that swept away their fields and homes.
(b) I have seen men and women — walking barefoot, in cities, on village roads.
(c) Young boys like the son of the Principal — now wore shoes.
(d) Food is more important for survival — than the house.
Answer: (a) There were many storms — that swept away their fields and homes.

Question. Find the correct statement in the following:
(a) It is lack of money — but a tradition to stay barefoot.
(b) I remember a story a man — from Trichur once told me.
(c) They have lived here for more than thirty years — without an identity.
(d) Every other family in — Faridabad is engaged in making bangles.
Answer: (b) I remember a story a man — from Trichur once told me.

Question. Rearrange the sentences in the correct sequence and choose the correct option:
(i) On the ground, in large aluminium platters, are more chopped vegetables.
(ii) He would stop briefly at the temple and pray for a pair of shoes.
(iii) The young men echo the lament of their elders.
(iv) Over the months, I have come to recognize each of them.
(a) (ii)-(iv)-(i)-(iii)
(b) (iii)-(i)-(ii)-(iv)
(c) (iv)-(ii)-(i)-(iii)
(d) (ii)-(i)-(iv)-(iii)
Answer: (a) (ii)-(iv)-(i)-(iii)

Question. Rearrange the sentences in the correct sequence and choose the correct option:
(i) She still has bangles on her wrist, but no light in her eyes.
(ii) As custom demands, daughters-in-law must veil their faces before male elders.
(iii) And daring is not part of his growing up.
(iv) Set amongst the green fields of Dhaka, his home is not even a distant memory.
(a) (ii)-(iv)-(i)-(iii)
(b) (iii)-(i)-(ii)-(iv)
(c) (iv)-(ii)-(i)-(iii)
(d) (ii)-(i)-(iv)-(iii)
Answer: (d) (ii)-(i)-(iv)-(iii)

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.
Answer: (c) Assertion is true and reason is false.

Question. Assertion: Saheb couldn’t go to school.
Reason: His parents didn’t want him to go to school.
(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.
Answer: (c) Assertion is true and reason is false.

Question. Assertion: The narrator had seen children walking barefoot in cities and on village roads.
Reason: It is a tradition and not just lack of money.
(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.
Answer: (a) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

Question. Assertion: The rag pickers of Bangladesh left their land of green fields and rivers.
Reason: They found jobs in the Seemapuri.
(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.
Answer: (c) Assertion is true and reason is false.

Question. Assertion: Mukesh wanted to be a motor mechanic.
Reason: His family was engaged in making glass bangles in Firozabad.
(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.
Answer: (b) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.