Mukesh wants to learn to become a motor mechanic by
  • (a) finding a tutor
  • (b) going to a garage to learn
  • (c) by reading books
  • (d) by joining a school
What bothers the author most about the bangle makers?
  • (a) the stigma of poverty and caste
  • (b) the affluence of the landlords
  • (c) the behaviour of the factory owners
  • (d) the labour laws
“One wonders if he has achieved what many have failed to achieve in their lifetime. He has a roof over his head”; these lines were said in reference to the condition of
  • (a) the elderly woman’s old husband
  • (b) Mukesh’s father
  • (c) the bangle factory owner
  • (d) Mukesh’s elder brother
Which of the objects below best serves as a symbol of an Indian woman’s `suhag’?
  • (a) bindi
  • (b) sindoor
  • (c) bangles
  • (d) henna-dyed hands
Sunny-gold, paddy green, royal blue, pink, purple, every colour born out of the seven colours of the rainbow. What is this a reference to?
  • (a) clothes
  • (b) birds
  • (c) bangles
  • (d) bindis
What was the profession of Mukesh’s father before he became a bangle-maker?
  • (a) tailor
  • (b) carpenter
  • (c) plumber
  • (d) Mason
The frail woman in Mukesh’s house is his
  • (a) mother
  • (b) elder brother’s wife
  • (c) wife
  • (d) niece
If laws were to be enforced, it would bring about change and relief in the lives of about
  • (a) ten thousand children
  • (b) twenty thousand children
  • (c) hundred children
  • (d) a thousand children
Bangle industry flourishes in the town of
  • (a) Ferozepur
  • (b) Firozabad
  • (c) Ferozgarh
  • (d) Farukhabad
Mukesh belonged to a family of
  • (a) farmers
  • (b) rag-pickers
  • (c) bangle makers
  • (d) motor mechanics
One day, Saheb was seen by the author, watching some young men playing
  • (a) cricket
  • (b) tennis
  • (c) hockey
  • (d) soccer
According to the author, rag picking has become, over the years, a
  • (a) profession
  • (b) fine art
  • (c) tradition
  • (d) culture
The rag pickers have no identity, but they have
  • (a) permits
  • (b) passports
  • (c) ration cards
  • (d) licenses
The colony of ragpickers is situated in
  • (a) the south of Delhi
  • (b) Mongolpuri
  • (c) Jehangirpuri
  • (d) Seemapuri
What did the man from Udipi pray for, when he was young?
  • (a) a pair of trousers
  • (b) a pair of shoes
  • (c) a few friends
  • (d) an opportunity to study in a school
One explanation which the author gets about children choosing to remain barefoot is
  • (a) they have no money
  • (b) tradition
  • (c) no matching pairs
  • (d) like to wear only chappals
‘Is your school ready? Who asked this question?
  • (a) Saheb’s mother
  • (b) Saheb’s friends
  • (c) the author
  • (d) Saheb
What were Saheb and his family looking for in Delhi?
  • (a) dollars
  • (b) rupees
  • (c) pounds
  • (d) gold
Saheb’s home, before Delhi, was in
  • (a) Bengal
  • (b) Orissa
  • (c) Dhaka
  • (d) Bihar
’Why do you do this?’ This question was asked by the author to
  • (a) the bangle sellers
  • (b) Mahesh
  • (c) Saheb
  • (d) Saheb’s mothe
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