CBSE Class 12 English Flamingo Lost Spring Worksheet Set B

Extract Based Questions:

1. This morning, Saheb is on his way to the milk booth. In his hand is a steel canister. ―I now work in a tea stall down the road,‖ he says, pointing in the distance. ―I am paid 800 rupees and all my meals.Does
he like the job? I ask. His face, I see, has lost the carefree look. The steel canister seems heavier than the plastic bag he would carry so lightly over his shoulder. The bag was his. The canister belongs to the man
who owns the tea shop. Saheb is no longer his own master”

Question. Choose the correct statement to analyse the mental condition of Saheb-e-Alam.
a) He seems to be dignified working at the tea-stall.
b) He seems to be proud collecting milk from the milk booth.
c) He seems to be responsible carrying the steel canister.
d) He seems to be enjoying his freewheel at the tea-stall.

Answer: C

Question. Select the option/options that does NOT explain Saheb‘s nature of thinking in his new job at the tea stall.
(i) He thinks collecting milk is a part of his new job.
(ii) Canister is heavy, but he thinks he should carry it for survival.
(iii) He is earning 800 rupees and all meals, so he should justify the job.
(iv) He is a servant now, he can have a carefree life.
a) Only option (iii)
b) Both options (ii)&(iv)
c) Both options (i)&(iv)
d) Only option (iv)

Answer: D

Question. ―His face, I see, has lost the carefree look. This means as per the assumption of the author, in his looks, Saheb is ……..
a) not burdened with responsibility
b) burdened with responsibility
c) Burdened but without any responsibility
d) Not burdened but feels responsible

Answer: B

Question. Choose the appropriate statements for ― Saheb is no longer his own master!
(i) Saheb carries his bag for rag picking.
(ii) Saheb works in a tea stall.
(iii) Saheb is paid 800 rupees.
(iv) Saheb carries canister.
a) (i)(ii)&(iii)
b) (i)(ii)&(iv)
c) (i)(iii)&(iv)
d) (ii)(iii)&(iv)

Answer: D

Question. Choose the option that most appropriately fills in the blanks, for the following description of the given extract. People migrate from villages to cities in search of a better life. They want to earn money so that they can lead a good life and
(i)_______their children in a better way. As cities have more
(ii)________for work,
this makes them migrate from the villages to these big cities.
(iii)________all miseries and challenges of life at young age, Saheb even finds a job in a tea stall, shifting from rag picking to
(iv)_________his struggle for survival.
a) (i)give; (ii) scope; (iii) controlling; (iv) continue
b) (i) rare; (ii) opportunities; (iii) Accepting; (iv) prove
c) (i) provide; (ii) jobs; (iii) Denying; (iv) stop
d) (i) leave; (ii) chances; (iii) Chasing; (iv) deal

Answer: B

2. “I sometimes find a rupee, even a ten-rupee note,” Saheb says, his eyes lighting up. When you can find a silver coin in a heap of garbage, you don’t stop scrounging, for there is hope of finding more. It seems that for children, garbage has a meaning different from what it means to their parents. For the children it is wrapped in wonder, for the elders it is a means of survival.

Question. The conveyed in this extract is……
a) humorous
b) melancholy
c) mysterious
d) gloomy

Answer: B

Question. Choose a synonym of ‘Survival’
a) extinction
b) annihilation
c) demise
d) endurance

Answer: C

Question. What does the phrase ‘lighting up’ imply here?
a) bright with excitement
b) dark with sadness
c) glowing with pride
d) simmering with anger

Answer: C

Question. Choose the option that best summarises the relationship between what adults and children think of the garbage dump
a) rural and urban
b) theory and practice
c) reality and fantasy
d) tradition and modernity

Answer: D

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