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English Core · 2025 · 5 marks
CBSE 2025 · Region 4 · Set 1 · Q12
Analyse the lesson 'Lost Spring' and the poem 'A Roadside Stand' with reference to social inequality and the indifferent attitude of society.
Analyse the lesson 'Lost Spring' and the poem 'A Roadside Stand' with reference to social inequality and the indifferent attitude of society.
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Social inequality
people living in Seemapuri and Firozabad are suppressed, neglected and exploited / caught in the web of poverty
Children are pushed into child labour/ deprived of formal education /live without basic amenities/ caught in a vicious circle
Roadside stand people- underprivileged/ unable to improve their standard of living / no support from the urban rich/ wide divide between the urban and rural people / unsophisticated/pathetic condition/exploited, manipulated by greedy good doers and beneficial beasts of prey / promises made but not kept
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CBSE Class 12 English Core past-paper question from the 2025board exam, with the answer as CBSE’s own marking scheme gives it. Where our answers come from.