Question

*Mukesh and his brother were not sent to school because:*

1) their father was very poor
2) they wanted to learn bangle making
3) they had no interest in attending school
4) poor children were not allowed to study​

Answer 1

Mukesh and his brothers were not sent to school because their father was very poor.

Explanation:

• Mukesh is one protagonist of the story "Lost spring," written by Anees Jung.

• The story is all about the brutality of child labor faced by children in India.

• His family lives in Firozabad, which is famous for making traditional glass-bangles.

• His father and grandfather became blind because of the dust formed while polishing the glass bangles.

• His father strived in poverty, for which he cannot send his sons to school and also failed to renovate his house.

Answer 2

Mukesh and his brother were not sent to school because: Their father was very poor.

Answer: Their father was very poor.

• 'Lost Spring' was written by Anees Jung.

• The srory of the text is all about the brutality of child labour and their pathetic lifestyle.

• Mukesh lives in Firozabad, famous for its bangles.

• His grandfather became blind due to the dust of polishing bangles. So the writer writes, "That is why they often end up losing their eyesight before they become adults."

• Here Anees jung paints a harsh reality where Mukesh's father could not send them to school due to poverty but he taught them the art of making bangles as it was their 'Karam'.