Class 12 English - Flamingo - Chapter Lost Spring NCERT Solutions | Would you agree that promises made to po

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

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 explanations does the author offer for the children not wearing footwear?

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?

Why was Douglas determined to get over his fear of water?

How did Douglas make sure that he conquered the old terror?

Why does Douglas as an adult recount a childhood experience of terror and his conquering of it? What larger meaning does he draw from this experience?

How did the instructor “build a swimmer” out of Douglas?

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.

Why did he show the thirty kroner to the peddler?

What had been put up on the bulletin-board?

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

What does The God that Failed refer to?

What did the peasants pay the British landlords as rent? What did the British now want instead and why? What would be the impact of synthetic indigo on the prices of natural indigo?