Quiz about LOST-SPRING IN GENERAL AWARENESS

Question 1

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

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Question 2

Although this text speaks of factual events and situations of misery it transforms these situations with an almost poetical prose into a literary experience. How does it do so? Here are some literary devices Hyperbole is a way of speaking or writing that makes something sound better or more exciting than it really is. For example Garbage to them is gold. A Metaphor as you may know compares two things or ideas that are not very similar. A metaphor describes a thing in terms of a single quality or feature of some other thing we can say that a metaphor transfers a quality of one thing to another. For example The road was a ribbon of light. Simile is a word or phrase that compares one thing with another using the words like or as. For example As white as snow. Carefully read the following phrases and sentences taken from the text. Can you identify the literary device in each example? 3. Seemapuri a place on the periphery of Delhi yet miles away from it metaphorically.

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Question 3

Although this text speaks of factual events and situations of misery it transforms these situations with an almost poetical prose into a literary experience. How does it do so? Here are some literary devices Hyperbole is a way of speaking or writing that makes something sound better or more exciting than it really is. For example Garbage to them is gold. A Metaphor as you may know compares two things or ideas that are not very similar. A metaphor describes a thing in terms of a single quality or feature of some other thing we can say that a metaphor transfers a quality of one thing to another. For example The road was a ribbon of light. Simile is a word or phrase that compares one thing with another using the words like or as. For example As white as snow. Carefully read the following phrases and sentences taken from the text. Can you identify the literary device in each example? 4. For the children it is wrapped in wonder for the elders it is a means of survival.

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Question 4

Although this text speaks of factual events and situations of misery it transforms these situations with an almost poetical prose into a literary experience. How does it do so? Here are some literary devices Hyperbole is a way of speaking or writing that makes something sound better or more exciting than it really is. For example Garbage to them is gold. A Metaphor as you may know compares two things or ideas that are not very similar. A metaphor describes a thing in terms of a single quality or feature of some other thing we can say that a metaphor transfers a quality of one thing to another. For example The road was a ribbon of light. Simile is a word or phrase that compares one thing with another using the words like or as. For example As white as snow. Carefully read the following phrases and sentences taken from the text. Can you identify the literary device in each example? 5. As her hands move mechanically like the tongs of a machine I wonder if she knows the sanctity of the bangles she helps make.

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Question 5

Although this text speaks of factual events and situations of misery it transforms these situations with an almost poetical prose into a literary experience. How does it do so? Here are some literary devices Hyperbole is a way of speaking or writing that makes something sound better or more exciting than it really is. For example Garbage to them is gold. A Metaphor as you may know compares two things or ideas that are not very similar. A metaphor describes a thing in terms of a single quality or feature of some other thing we can say that a metaphor transfers a quality of one thing to another. For example The road was a ribbon of light. Simile is a word or phrase that compares one thing with another using the words like or as. For example As white as snow. Carefully read the following phrases and sentences taken from the text. Can you identify the literary device in each example? 7. Few airplanes fly over Firozabad.

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Question 6

Although this text speaks of factual events and situations of misery it transforms these situations with an almost poetical prose into a literary experience. How does it do so? Here are some literary devices Hyperbole is a way of speaking or writing that makes something sound better or more exciting than it really is. For example Garbage to them is gold. A Metaphor as you may know compares two things or ideas that are not very similar. A metaphor describes a thing in terms of a single quality or feature of some other thing we can say that a metaphor transfers a quality of one thing to another. For example The road was a ribbon of light. Simile is a word or phrase that compares one thing with another using the words like or as. For example As white as snow. Carefully read the following phrases and sentences taken from the text. Can you identify the literary device in each example? 6. She still has bangles on her wrist but not light in her eyes.

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Question 7

Although this text speaks of factual events and situations of misery it transforms these situations with an almost poetical prose into a literary experience. How does it do so? Here are some literary devices Hyperbole is a way of speaking or writing that makes something sound better or more exciting than it really is. For example Garbage to them is gold. A Metaphor as you may know compares two things or ideas that are not very similar. A metaphor describes a thing in terms of a single quality or feature of some other thing we can say that a metaphor transfers a quality of one thing to another. For example The road was a ribbon of light. Simile is a word or phrase that compares one thing with another using the words like or as. For example As white as snow. Carefully read the following phrases and sentences taken from the text. Can you identify the literary device in each example? 10. And survival in Seemapuri means rag-picking. Through the years it has acquired the proportions of a fine art.

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Question 8

Although this text speaks of factual events and situations of misery it transforms these situations with an almost poetical prose into a literary experience. How does it do so? Here are some literary devices Hyperbole is a way of speaking or writing that makes something sound better or more exciting than it really is. For example Garbage to them is gold. A Metaphor as you may know compares two things or ideas that are not very similar. A metaphor describes a thing in terms of a single quality or feature of some other thing we can say that a metaphor transfers a quality of one thing to another. For example The road was a ribbon of light. Simile is a word or phrase that compares one thing with another using the words like or as. For example As white as snow. Carefully read the following phrases and sentences taken from the text. Can you identify the literary device in each example? 9. Scrounging for gold.

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Question 9

The beauty of the glass bangles of Firozabad contrasts with the misery of people who produce them. This paradox is also found in some other situations for example those who work in gold and diamond mines or carpet weaving factories and the products of their labour the lives of construction workers and the buildings they build. Look around and find examples of such paradoxes. Write a paragraph of about 200 to 250 words on any one of them. You can start by making notes. Here is an example of how one such paragraph may begin You never see the poor in this town. By day they toil working cranes and earthmovers squirreling deep into the hot sand to lay the foundations of chrome. By night they are banished to bleak labour camps at the outskirts of the city...

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Question 10

Although this text speaks of factual events and situations of misery it transforms these situations with an almost poetical prose into a literary experience. How does it do so? Here are some literary devices Hyperbole is a way of speaking or writing that makes something sound better or more exciting than it really is. For example Garbage to them is gold. A Metaphor as you may know compares two things or ideas that are not very similar. A metaphor describes a thing in terms of a single quality or feature of some other thing we can say that a metaphor transfers a quality of one thing to another. For example The road was a ribbon of light. Simile is a word or phrase that compares one thing with another using the words like or as. For example As white as snow. Carefully read the following phrases and sentences taken from the text. Can you identify the literary device in each example? 1. Saheb-e-Alam which means the lord of the universe is directly in contrast to what Saheb is in reality.

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Question 11

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

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1.	What is Saheb looking for in the garbage dumps? Where is he and where has he come from?
Answer» Saheb is looking for coins, rupee notes and any other useful objects in the garbage dumps. Saheb and his family have migrated to Seemapuri, a slum area on the outskirts of Delhi, looking for a source of living after they were uprooted from their native village in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

2.	Although this text speaks of factual events and situations of misery it transforms these situations with an almost poetical prose into a literary experience. How does it do so? Here are some literary devices: Hyperbole is a way of speaking or writing that makes something sound better or more exciting than it really is. For example: Garbage to them is gold. A Metaphor, as you may know, compares two things or ideas that are not very similar. A metaphor describes a thing in terms of a single quality or feature of some other thing, we can say that a metaphor "transfers" a quality of one thing to another. For example: The road was a ribbon of light. Simile is a word or phrase that compares one thing with another using the words "like" or "as". For example: As white as snow. Carefully read the following phrases and sentences taken from the text. Can you identify the literary device in each example? 3. Seemapuri, a place on the periphery of Delhi yet miles away from it, metaphorically.
Answer» Correct Answer - Antithesis

4.	Although this text speaks of factual events and situations of misery it transforms these situations with an almost poetical prose into a literary experience. How does it do so? Here are some literary devices: Hyperbole is a way of speaking or writing that makes something sound better or more exciting than it really is. For example: Garbage to them is gold. A Metaphor, as you may know, compares two things or ideas that are not very similar. A metaphor describes a thing in terms of a single quality or feature of some other thing, we can say that a metaphor "transfers" a quality of one thing to another. For example: The road was a ribbon of light. Simile is a word or phrase that compares one thing with another using the words "like" or "as". For example: As white as snow. Carefully read the following phrases and sentences taken from the text. Can you identify the literary device in each example? 5. As her hands move mechanically like the tongs of a machine, I wonder if she knows the sanctity of the bangles she helps make.
Answer» Correct Answer - Simile

5.	Although this text speaks of factual events and situations of misery it transforms these situations with an almost poetical prose into a literary experience. How does it do so? Here are some literary devices: Hyperbole is a way of speaking or writing that makes something sound better or more exciting than it really is. For example: Garbage to them is gold. A Metaphor, as you may know, compares two things or ideas that are not very similar. A metaphor describes a thing in terms of a single quality or feature of some other thing, we can say that a metaphor "transfers" a quality of one thing to another. For example: The road was a ribbon of light. Simile is a word or phrase that compares one thing with another using the words "like" or "as". For example: As white as snow. Carefully read the following phrases and sentences taken from the text. Can you identify the literary device in each example? 7. Few airplanes fly over Firozabad.
Answer» Correct Answer - Pun

7.	Although this text speaks of factual events and situations of misery it transforms these situations with an almost poetical prose into a literary experience. How does it do so? Here are some literary devices: Hyperbole is a way of speaking or writing that makes something sound better or more exciting than it really is. For example: Garbage to them is gold. A Metaphor, as you may know, compares two things or ideas that are not very similar. A metaphor describes a thing in terms of a single quality or feature of some other thing, we can say that a metaphor "transfers" a quality of one thing to another. For example: The road was a ribbon of light. Simile is a word or phrase that compares one thing with another using the words "like" or "as". For example: As white as snow. Carefully read the following phrases and sentences taken from the text. Can you identify the literary device in each example? 10. And survival in Seemapuri means rag-picking. Through the years, it has acquired the proportions of a fine art.
Answer» Correct Answer - Hyberbole

8.	Although this text speaks of factual events and situations of misery it transforms these situations with an almost poetical prose into a literary experience. How does it do so? Here are some literary devices: Hyperbole is a way of speaking or writing that makes something sound better or more exciting than it really is. For example: Garbage to them is gold. A Metaphor, as you may know, compares two things or ideas that are not very similar. A metaphor describes a thing in terms of a single quality or feature of some other thing, we can say that a metaphor "transfers" a quality of one thing to another. For example: The road was a ribbon of light. Simile is a word or phrase that compares one thing with another using the words "like" or "as". For example: As white as snow. Carefully read the following phrases and sentences taken from the text. Can you identify the literary device in each example? 9. Scrounging for gold.
Answer» Correct Answer - Metaphor

9.	The beauty of the glass bangles of Firozabad contrasts with the misery of people who produce them. This paradox is also found in some other situations, for example, those who work in gold and diamond mines, or carpet weaving factories, and the products of their labour, the lives of construction workers, and the buildings they build. Look around and find examples of such paradoxes. Write a paragraph of about 200 to 250 words on any one of them. You can start by making notes. Here is an example of how one such paragraph may begin: You never see the poor in this town. By day they toil, working cranes and earthmovers, squirreling deep into the hot sand to lay the foundations of chrome. By night they are banished to bleak labour camps at the outskirts of the city...
Answer» You never see the poor in this town. By day they toil, working cranes and earthmovers, squirreling deep into the hot sand to lay the foundations of chrome. By night they are banished to bleak labour camps at the outskirts of the city. Such is the life of the poor construction workers in this city, Delhi. It is the capital of India, with beautifully constructed buildings everywhere around the city. How often do we reflect on the poor labourers who toil so hard working day in and day out constructing these structures? These labourers who construct these buildings, ironically, often lead a nomadic life living in temporary settlements in slums or construction areas. They are denied the very fruit of their hard work. It is absurd that bricklayers are forced to live in tents of plastic and rubber sheets. They live in penury, the job is underpaid to such an extent that they fail to manage a proper house of their own. The paradox is even more deplorable when one finds such labourers working in construction sites for schools and hospitals. These people are illiterate and often do not send their children to schools for the lack of resources. Again, these people often work and live in hazardous and unhealthy conditions without any health benefits. Why are such things overlooked by the society and the government? It is high time the government and the rich work together for providing these construction site workers with the basic necessities along with education for their children.

10.	Although this text speaks of factual events and situations of misery it transforms these situations with an almost poetical prose into a literary experience. How does it do so? Here are some literary devices: Hyperbole is a way of speaking or writing that makes something sound better or more exciting than it really is. For example: Garbage to them is gold. A Metaphor, as you may know, compares two things or ideas that are not very similar. A metaphor describes a thing in terms of a single quality or feature of some other thing, we can say that a metaphor "transfers" a quality of one thing to another. For example: The road was a ribbon of light. Simile is a word or phrase that compares one thing with another using the words "like" or "as". For example: As white as snow. Carefully read the following phrases and sentences taken from the text. Can you identify the literary device in each example? 1. Saheb-e-Alam which means the lord of the universe is directly in contrast to what Saheb is in reality.
Answer» Correct Answer - Irony

11.	What forces conspire to keep the workers in the bangle industry of Firozabad in poverty?
Answer» The unfavourable social and legal systems, the deceptive middlemen, and their own sad destinies keep the workers in the bangle industry of Firozabad in perpetual poverty.

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