MCQs on Lost Spring by Anees Jung
Directions:
In each question, four options will be given Out of these only one option will be the correct answer to the question asked. You need to tick (
Q1.
What was the full name of Saheb?
Options:
(i)
Saheb-e-Sultan
(ii)
Saheb-e-Multan
(iii)
Saheb-e-Alamgir
(iv)
Saheb-e-Alam
Q2.
Who is the writer of ‘Lost Spring’?
(i)
Alphonse Daudet
(ii)
William Douglas
(iii)
Anees Jung
(iv)
Selma Lagerlof
Q3.Who
uttered the sentence “I want shoes,” out of the group of the rag-picker boys to
the writer?
Options:
(i)
The first boy
(ii)
The second boy
(iii)
The third boy
(iv)
The fourth boy
Q4.Fill
in the blanks the correct word from the given options in the sentence: ‘I remember a story a man from ………….once told
me.’:
Options:
(i)
Udipi
(ii)
Usipi
(iii)
Unipi
(iv)
Uzipi
Q5.Name
the place where all these (as described in Lost Spring) ragpickers live.
Options:
(i)
Seetapuri
(ii)
Seemapuri
(iii)
Somapuri
(iv)
Sonupuri
Q6.Saheb’s
family had come from Bangladesh in the year…………….[Fill in the blank by picking
up the correct option from the given below:]
Options:
(i)
1971
(ii)
1970
(iii)
1972
(iv)
1973
Q7. In
structures of mud, with roofs of tin and tarpaulin, devoid (lacking in) of
sewage, drainage or running water, live …………….rag-pickers. Fill in the blanks.
Options:
(i)
11000
(ii)
10000
(iii)
20000
(iv)
21000
Q8.
What is more important for the rag pickers than their identity?
Options:
(i)
homes
(ii)
ration cards
(iii)
Voter cards
(iv)
Food
Q9.
Where do the rag pickers pitch their tents?
Options:
(i)
…,wherever they find food
(ii)
…wherever they find a home
(iii)
…wherever they find a forest
(iv)
…wherever they find a village
Q10. What is garbage to them?
(i)
Silver
(ii)
Gold
(iii)
Bronze
(iv)
Diamond
Q11. Fill in the blank given in the
following line taken from the text of the lesson ‘Lost Spring’ by choosing one
from the given four options.
‘To
get food for the empty ……………of their families is the only priority.’
(i)
kitchen
(ii)
utensils
(iii)
stomachs
(iv)
bowls
Q12. Saheb loves to play …………….? Write
in the blank the correct word by selecting one from the given options.
Options:
(i)
football
(ii)
Table Tennis
(iii)
Volley-ball
(iv)
Cricket
Q13. Saheb’s love for tennis is proved
by the fact that he is wearing……………...
Options:
(i)
A white shirt
(ii)
tennis-shoes
(iii)
a red hat
(iv)
a blue sweater
Q14.
Saheb is not happy working in a tea stall
because……………………….
Fill in the blank given in the above statement.
Options:
(i)He
is not the boss of his work.
(ii)
He is not getting a good salary.
(iii)
The owner of the shop scolds him every
time.
(iv)
The owner of the shop does not allow
him to go home.
Q15.
The steel canister which he was carrying seemed heavier than ………………..
Fill
in the blank with a correct word or a phrase given below:
Options:
(i) The clothes he is wearing
(ii)
His friend’s bag
(iii)
A heap of garbage
(iv)
his plastic bag.
Q16.
Saheb earns a salary of Rs…………/- per month from the tea stall owner.
Fill
in the blank with a correct word or a phrase given below:
Options:
(i)Rs
700/-
(ii)
Rs. 900/-
(iii)
Rs. 800/-
(iv)
Rs. 600/-
Q17. “I want to drive a…………….”, Mukesh tells the
author. What does he want to drive?
Options:
(i)A
car
(ii)
A scooter
(iii)
A moor-bike
(iv)
A bicycle
Q18.
What does Mukesh want to become?
Pick
up one option from the given four below:
Options:
(i)An
engineer
(ii)
A doctor
(iii)
A teacher
(iv)
A motor mechanic
Q19. His
dream looms like a ……………….. amidst the dust of streets that fill his town
Firozabad, famous for its bangles.
Ans.
Options
(i)Kite
(ii)
Mirage
(iii)
Bird
(iv)
Horrible dream
Q20.
Firozabad is famous for making………………….
Fill
in the blank with a correct word or a phrase given below:
(i)Steel
canisters
(ii)
Plastic bags
(iii)
Utensils
(iv)
bangles
Q21.
The shoes which Saheb wore were discarded by a rich father’s son because…………….
Fill
in the blank with a correct word or a phrase given below:
(i)
Those were not fitting in his feet.
(ii)
Those were of red colour.
(iii)
Those were looking cheap to him.
(iv)
One of them had a hole in it.
Q22.
One day, when Saheb was on his way to the milk booth, he was carrying …………………in his hand.
Fill
in the blank with a correct word or a phrase given below:
(i)
A steel bottle
(ii)
A lunch box
(iii)
A steel canister
(iv)
A bag
Q23. “I now work in a tea stall down the road,”
Who
said the above words put in the inverted commas?
Select
the correct option out of the given four:
(i)
Anees Jung
(ii)
Saheb
(iii)
Mukesh
(iv)
Saheb’s friend
Q24.
Approximately ……………………children work in dingy (small) cells without air and
light.
Fill
in the blank with a correct word or a phrase given below:
(i)
20,000
(ii)
19,000
(iii)
10,000
(iv)
15000
Q25. He stops at the door of one such house,
bangs a wobbly iron door with
his foot, and pushes it open.
Read
the above line carefully and find the meaning of the underlined word from the
following options:
(i)
Big
(ii)
Strong
(iii)
Shaky
(iv)
Wooden
Q26. A frail
young woman is cooking the evening meal for the whole family.
Read
the above line carefully and find the meaning of the underlined word from the
following options:
(i)
Weak
(ii)
Young
(iii)
Old
(iv)
none of the above
Q27.
………., a
young girl in a drab pink dress, sits alongside an
elderly woman, soldering pieces of glass.
Name the girl by choosing one option from the
given below:
(i)
Savita
(ii)
Rita
(iii)
Somita
(iv)
Ravita
Q28.
Who believes in destiny?
Select
the correct option for answering the above question.
(i)
Anees Jung
(ii)
Mukesh
(iii)
Shaeb
(iv)
Mukesh’s grandmother
Q29.What
was the colour of the girl, who was sitting near her grandmother?
Select
the correct option for answering the above question.
(i)
Green
(ii)
Pink
(iii)
Yellow
(iv)
Blue
Q30.
What was the young girl sitting near her grandmother doing?
Select
the correct option for answering the above question.
(i)
Soldering pieces of glass
(ii)
Stitching clothes
(iii)
Sitting idle
(iv)
Making a sweater
