Class 12 English

Chapter 2 Solutions — Lost Spring

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Overview

Step-by-step NCERT solutions for Lost Spring (Chapter 2, CBSE Class 12 English) — every question and answer worked out in full, not just the final result. You can also read the Lost Spring textbook chapter.

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What these solutions cover

All 17 questions in Lost Spring are solved in the PDF. Here's what's inside, exercise by exercise:

Understanding the Text

What could be some of the reasons for the migration of people from villages to cities?
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?
What forces conspire to keep the workers in the bangle industry of Firozabad in poverty?

Talking about the Text

How, in your opinion, can Mukesh realise his dream?
Mention the hazards of working in the glass bangles industry.
Why should child labour be eliminated and how?

Thinking about Language

Identify the literary device in: 'Saheb-e-Alam which means the lord of the universe is directly in contrast to what Saheb is in reality.'
Identify the literary device in: 'Drowned in an air of desolation.'
Identify the literary device in: 'Seemapuri, a place on the periphery of Delhi yet miles away from it, metaphorically.'
Identify the literary device in: 'For the children it is wrapped in wonder; for the elders it is a means of survival.'
Identify the literary device in: 'As her hands move mechanically like the tongs of a machine, I wonder if she knows the sanctity of the bangles she helps make.'
Identify the literary device in: 'She still has bangles on her wrist, but not light in her eyes.'
Identify the literary device in: 'Few airplanes fly over Firozabad.'
Identify the literary device in: 'Web of poverty.'
Identify the literary device in: 'Scrounging for gold.'
Identify the literary device in: 'And survival in Seemapuri means rag-picking. Through the years, it has acquired the proportions of a fine art.'
Identify the literary device in: 'The steel canister seems heavier than the plastic bag he would carry so lightly over his shoulders.'

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