Q1. Describe the kinds of bangles made in Firozabad.
Ans. Firozabad is famous for its bangles. The town produces all the bangles for the men of India, Bangles of all sizes and colours are made here. One may have sunny gold or paddy green. There is a choice between royal blue, pink or purple. Every colour out of the seven colours of the rainbow is available here.
Q2. Little has moved with time in Firozabad', says Anees Jung. Why does she say so ?
Ans. The narrator is making a statement of facts. Actually, little has moved with the time in Firozabad'. The old bangle-making industry.goes on as usual. So goes on the exploitation of bangle-makers with it. More than 20,000 young children work illegally in glass furnaces with high temperature. The exploitation of the money-lenders, the middlemen and the policemen continues unabated.
Q3. Why does the author say that the bangle-makers are caught in a vicious web ?
Ans. The bangle-makers of Firozabad have lost all initiatives and the ability to dream as they are caught in the web of poverty. They are also caught in a vicious cirele of money- lenders, the middlemen, the keepers of law, the bureaucrats and the politicians. They can't stand on their feet and organise themselves into a cooperative. They fear to be dragged to jail if they fight for their rights.
Q4. Which forces conspire to keep the workers in the bangle industry at Firozabad in poverty ?
Ans. The workers in the bangle industry in Firozabad have fallen into the vicious circle of middlemen. They don't allow them to organise themselves into à cooperative. The police always side with the middlemen to haul up the workers. They are beaten and dragged to jail. Poverty, apathy, greed and injustice conspire to make them miserable.
Q5. What are the problems faced by the bangle makers ?
Ans. The bangle makers working in the glass industry of Firozabad face many problems. First of all, they have to work in sub-human conditions. They work in dingy cells or in the glass furnaces with high temperature. They become blind quite often. They have fallen in the web of poverty and exploitation. Moneylenders, middlemen and even the policemen exploit them. (CBSE 2010) (A.I. CBSE 2008) ICBSE 2009 (F)]
Q6. Why could the bangle-makers not organise themselves into a cooperative? (CBSE 2012)
Ans. The bangle-makers of Firozabad can't ever attain economic independence. The vicious circle of moneylenders, middlemen, politicians and the police frustrate their attempts. They fear to be hauled up by the police, beaten and dragged to jail for doing something illegal. So they have lost all initiative to organise themselves into a cooperative.
Q7. How is Mukesh different from the others of his family ? Why is the author cheered when she sees him ?
Ans. Mukesh belongs to a poor family of bangle-makers. But he can dare challenge n Tate. He is determined. He has not let his hopes and dreams die He wants to be a motor mechanic. He doesn't dream of flying a machine but a car on the roads of Firozabau. Anee Jung is quite hopeful of his success. (Imp.)
Ans. Firozabad is famous for its bangles. The town produces all the bangles for the men of India, Bangles of all sizes and colours are made here. One may have sunny gold or paddy green. There is a choice between royal blue, pink or purple. Every colour out of the seven colours of the rainbow is available here.
Q2. Little has moved with time in Firozabad', says Anees Jung. Why does she say so ?
Ans. The narrator is making a statement of facts. Actually, little has moved with the time in Firozabad'. The old bangle-making industry.goes on as usual. So goes on the exploitation of bangle-makers with it. More than 20,000 young children work illegally in glass furnaces with high temperature. The exploitation of the money-lenders, the middlemen and the policemen continues unabated.
Q3. Why does the author say that the bangle-makers are caught in a vicious web ?
Ans. The bangle-makers of Firozabad have lost all initiatives and the ability to dream as they are caught in the web of poverty. They are also caught in a vicious cirele of money- lenders, the middlemen, the keepers of law, the bureaucrats and the politicians. They can't stand on their feet and organise themselves into a cooperative. They fear to be dragged to jail if they fight for their rights.
Q4. Which forces conspire to keep the workers in the bangle industry at Firozabad in poverty ?
Ans. The workers in the bangle industry in Firozabad have fallen into the vicious circle of middlemen. They don't allow them to organise themselves into à cooperative. The police always side with the middlemen to haul up the workers. They are beaten and dragged to jail. Poverty, apathy, greed and injustice conspire to make them miserable.
Q5. What are the problems faced by the bangle makers ?
Ans. The bangle makers working in the glass industry of Firozabad face many problems. First of all, they have to work in sub-human conditions. They work in dingy cells or in the glass furnaces with high temperature. They become blind quite often. They have fallen in the web of poverty and exploitation. Moneylenders, middlemen and even the policemen exploit them. (CBSE 2010) (A.I. CBSE 2008) ICBSE 2009 (F)]
Q6. Why could the bangle-makers not organise themselves into a cooperative? (CBSE 2012)
Ans. The bangle-makers of Firozabad can't ever attain economic independence. The vicious circle of moneylenders, middlemen, politicians and the police frustrate their attempts. They fear to be hauled up by the police, beaten and dragged to jail for doing something illegal. So they have lost all initiative to organise themselves into a cooperative.
Q7. How is Mukesh different from the others of his family ? Why is the author cheered when she sees him ?
Ans. Mukesh belongs to a poor family of bangle-makers. But he can dare challenge n Tate. He is determined. He has not let his hopes and dreams die He wants to be a motor mechanic. He doesn't dream of flying a machine but a car on the roads of Firozabau. Anee Jung is quite hopeful of his success. (Imp.)
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