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CBSE Question Bank

CLASS: XII SUBJECT: ENGLISH (301)
FLAMINGO (PROSE)
2. LOST SPRING
1. Why could the bangle makers not organize themselves into a cooperative? (2012, 2
2013)
2. Who is Mukesh? What is his dream? (2012) 2
3. Is Saheb happy working at the tea stall? Why/ Why not? (2012) 2
4. Garbage has two different meanings—one for the children and another for the 2
adults. Comment. (2012)
5. Mention any two problems faced by the bangle sellers. (2012) 2
6. How is Mukesh’s attitude towards life different from that of his family? (2013) 2
7. Why is Saheb unhappy working at the tea stall? (2013) 2
8. Survival in Seemapuri means rag-picking. Comment. (2013) 2
9. ‘It is ‘a tradition to stay barefoot.’ What is the attitude of the rag-pickers of 2
Seemapuri towards wearing shoes? (2013)
10. What job did Saheb take up? Was he happy? (2014) 2
11. A young man in Ferozabad is burdened under the baggage of two worlds. What 2
are they? (2014)
12. How is Mukesh different from the other bangle makers of Firozabad? (2014) 2
13. Why did Saheb’s parents leave Dhaka and migrate to India? (2014) 2
14. What job did Saheb take up? Was he happy? (2014) 2
15. In what sense is garbage gold to the ragpickers? (2014) 2
16. What is Mukesh’s dream? Do you think he will be able to fulfil his dream? Why? 2
Why not? (2014)
17. Whom does Anees Jung blame for the sorry plight of the bangle makers? (2014) 2
18. To which country did Saheb’s parents originally belong? Why did they come to 2
India? (2014)
19. What does Saheb look for in the garbage dumps? (2015) 2
20. What did garbage mean to the children of Seemapuri and to their parents? (2015) 2
21. “It is his karam, his destiny.” What is Mukesh’s family’s attitude towards their 2
situation? (2015)
22. What does the reference to chappals in ‘Lost Spring’ tell us about the economic 2
condition of the rag pickers? (2016)
23. Describe the irony in Saheb’s name. (2016) 2
24. How was Mukesh different from other bangle makers? (2016) 2
25. Why was Saheb unhappy while working at the tea-stall? (2016) 2
26. Which industry was a boon and also bane for the people of Firozabad? How? 2
(2017)
27. How are Saheb and Mukesh different from each other? (2017) 2
28. ‘Listening to them, I see two distinct worlds.’ In the context of Mukesh, the bangle 2
maker’s son, which two worlds is Anees Jung referring to? (2018)
29. What change occurs in Saheb’s life? Is it a change for the better or worse? (2020) 2
30. 'Lost Spring' explains the grinding poverty and traditions that condemn thousands 5
of people to a life of abject poverty. Do you agree? Why / Why not? (2011)
31. Give a brief account of the life and activities of the people like Saheb-e-Alam 5
settled in Seemapuri. (2011 )
32. What circumstances forced Mukesh not to pursue his family business of bangle 5
making? Instead, what did he decide to do? (2012)
33. In 1971 Bangladeshi migrants came to Delhi ‘looking for gold in the big city’. What 5
kind of life are they living in Seemapuri now? (2012)
34. Describe the difficulties the bangle1 makers of Firozabad have to face in their lives.
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(2015, 2012)
35. Describe the circumstances which keep the workers in the bangle industry in 5
poverty. (2015, 2016)
36. How is Mukesh’s attitude towards his situation different from that of Saheb? Why? 5
(2015)
37. “It is his karam, his destiny” that made Mukesh’s grandfather go blind. How did 5