5 Most important questions of Lost Spring Class 12 English

These are the 5 most important questions of “Lost Spring” from Flamingo Class 12 English of CBSE/NCERT syllabus.

Question 1) What was Saheb searching in the garbage?

Answer) Saheb was a rag picker and as stated by the author, he was searching for ‘gold’ in the garbage. Gold here can mean any yellow metal or anything valuable to him like old clothes, shoes, bits of metal, plastic scrap, stray coins and currency notes.

Question 2) For what is the city of Firozabad famous for?

Answer) Firozabad is in Uttar Pradesh and it is famous for bangle making. In India, bangles are a symbol of ‘suhaag’ in a marriage. In Firozabad, there are glass bowling industries and families have spent generations working around furnaces, welding glass, and making bangles.

Question 3)   What are the hazards of working in glass industries?

Answer) The glass industries of Firozabad lack proper infrastructure and basic amenities. The factories are not ventilated properly and have dingy hovels with high temperatures. The working conditions are quite unhygienic where children and adults have to work. The working hours are long and protection for eyes is not provided due to which people lose their eyesight at an early age.

Question 4) What is the irony in Saheb’s name?

Answer) Saheb’s full name is Saheb-e-Alam which means ‘lord of the universe’. But in reality, Saheb is a poor boy. He is a rag picker, roams barefoot, and scrounges the garbage dump for his livelihood.

Question 5) How is Mukesh different from others?

Answer) Mukesh is a rebel. Even though he is born into a poor family which makes bangles and has not received any education like other children but unlike others his spark has not been extinguished. He dreams of a different life and wishes to become a motor mechanic.

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