Class 12 English - Flamingo - Chapter Lost Spring NCERT Solutions | What explanations does the author offer

Is Saheb happy working at the tea-stall? Explain.

Would you agree that promises made to poor children are rarely kept? Why do you think this happens in the incidents narrated in the text?

How is Mukesh’s attitude to his situation different from that of his family?

Mention the hazards of working in the glass bangles industry.

What is Saheb looking for in the garbage dumps? Where is he and where has he come from?

What forces conspire to keep the workers in the bangle industry of Firozabad in poverty?

What could be some of the reasons for the migration of people from villages to cities?

How, in your opinion, can Mukesh realise his dream?

What makes the city of Firozabad famous?

Why should child labour be eliminated and how?

What was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day?

What is the “misadventure” that William Douglas speaks about?

From where did the peddler get the idea of the world being a rattrap?

Strike out what is not true in the following.

a. Rajkumar Shukla was
    (i) a sharecropper.
    (ii) a politician.
    (iii) delegate.
    (iv) a landlord.

b. Rajkumar Shukla was
    (i) poor.
    (ii) physically strong.
    (iii) illiterate.

What does the writer mean by ‘the fiery misery’ of those subjected to make-up’?

What are some of the positive views on interviews?

Where was it most likely that the two girls would find work after school?

What did Franz notice that was unusual about the school that day?

What were the series of emotions and fears that Douglas experienced when he was thrown into the pool? What plans did he make to come to the surface?

Why was he amused by this idea?

What does the writer mean by ‘the fiery misery’ of those subjected to make-up’?

How do we know that ordinary people too contributed to the freedom movement?

Franz thinks, “Will they make them sing in German, even the pigeons?” What could this mean?
(There could be more than one answer.)

How does the author describe the incongruity of an English poet addressing the audience at Gemini Studios?

How does Douglas make clear to the reader the sense of panic that gripped him as he almost drowned? Describe the details that have made the description vivid.

How did this experience affect him?

Why did Sophie wriggle when Geoff told her father that she had met Danny Casey?

How did the episode change the plight of the peasants?

What was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day?

Which was the only occasion when she got to see Danny Casey in person?