Tuesday, May 5, 2020

#68 Class 12 Lost spring (05/05/2020)

Read the part of Mukesh given at page No. 17 and 18. Answer the questions those follow---

Q.1 What does Mukesh want to become? How is he different from Saheb?

       (Clues-- A motor mechanic, insists on being his own master, Saheb has inclination towards his traditional work of rag-picking but Mukesh wants to break the God-given lineage, courageous enough to break so.)

Q.2 What do the people of Firozabad do to earn their livelihood?

Q.3 What kind of conditions do the children of Firozabad work in?

Q.3 What kind of condition does Mukesh's family live in?

      (Clues-- stinking lanes choked with garbage, old style huts, weak walls, wobbly doors, no windows, crowded with families of humans and animals living together, his home a wobbly iron door, food being cooked on firewood stove, veil system)

Q.4 'Through eyes filled with smoke, she smiles.'

        (i) Who is 'she' here?
        (ii) Why are her eyes filled with smoke? Can you think of any other explanation?

Q.5 How does the wife of Mukesh's brother react when his  father enters into the house? Why?

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