MCQ Questions for Class 9 English Moments The Lost Child with Solutions
Chapter Name | Multiple Choice Questions for The Lost Child |
Author Name | Mulkh Raj Anand |
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Book Name | NCERT Moments Textbook for Class 9 |
MCQ Questions for The Lost Child Class 9 English
1. What was it that attracted the child on the footpath?
(i) The butterflies.
(ii) The dragon-flies.
(iii) The Doves.
(iv) The little insects and worms
Answer
(iv) The little insects and worms
2. What did the parents do when they reached a shady grove?
(i) They collected some flowers for the child.
(ii) They lay down to rest for some time.
(iii)They sat down on the edge of a well.
(iv) They listened to the cooing of doves.
Answer
(iii) They sat down on the edge of a well.
3. What happened as the child entered the grove?
(i) A shower of young flowers fell on him.
(ii) A dove flew above his head.
(iii) His father started shouting at him.
(iv) His mother collected some flowers for him.
Answer
(i) A shower of young flowers fell on him.
4. What did the child start doing when a shower of young flowers fell on him?
(i) He started collecting the flowers from the ground.
(ii)He started gathering the raining petals in his hands.
(iii) He started dancing with joy.
(iv) He started climbing up the flowering tree
Answer
(ii) He started gathering the raining petals in his hands.
5. What did the child do when he heard the cooing of doves in the grove?
(i) He started cooing like the doves.
(ii) He tried to catch the doves.
(iii) He ran towards his parents shouting, ‘The dove! The dove!’
(iv) He told his parents that he wanted to have the dove
Answer
(iii) He ran towards his parents shouting, ‘The dove! The dove!'
6. What shop was there at the entrance of the fair?
(i) A toy shop.
(ii) A balloon shop.
(iii) A- sweetmeat-shop.
(iv) A flower shop
Answer
(iii) A- sweetmeat-shop.
7. What was the child’s, favourite sweet?
(i) Gulab Jamun.
(ii) Rasagulla.
(iii)Burfi
(iv) Jalebi.
Answer
(iii) Burfi
8. What did the child want to have at the flower shop?
(i) A garland of roses.
(ii) A garland of violets.
(iii) A garland of gulmohur.
(iv) A garland of lilies.
Answer
(iii) A garland of gulmohur.
9. The child asked for a garland of flowers but then he moved on without waiting for an answer. Why?
(i) He knew his parents would refuse to buy him those flowers.
(ii) He knew his parents would say they were cheap flowers.
(iii) Both a and b above.
(iv) Neither a nor b.
Answer
(ii) He knew his parents would say they were cheap flowers
10. At what point in the fair did the child lose his parents?
(i) At the sweetmeat-shop.
(ii) At the flower-shop.
(iii) At the balloon-sellers.
(iv) At the roundabout
Answer
(iv) At the roundabout
11. The child was attracted by the music of the snake-charmer, yet he moved on. Why.?
(i) His parents had forbidden him to hear such coarse music.
(ii) His parents were saying, “Come, child, come.”
(iii) The child was afraid of the cobra.
(iv) The child did not want to be left behind.
Answer
(i) His parents had forbidden him to hear such coarse music.
12. What did the lost child say when a man asked him, “Whose baby are you?”
(i) The child said, “I want my father, I want my mother.”
(ii) The child said, “I want to go home.”
(iii) The child said, “I live in a village.”
(iv) The child said, “I am feeling hungry.
Answer
(i) The child said, “I want my father, I want my mother.
13. Why did the child keep moving without getting any answers?
(i) because of distractions
(ii) because of too many attractions
(iii) because of his experience and assumed notions about his parents
(iv) none
Answer
(iii) because of his experience and assumed notions about his parents
14. What did the child want to eat at the fair?
(i) Burfi
(ii) pastry
(iii) ladoo
(iv) jalebi
Answer
(i) Burfi
15. Why did the child lose his interest in all the things he was interested earlier?
(i) because of separation from his parents and losing his way
(ii) because of no response from his parents
(iii) because his interest was changed
(iv) can’t say
Answer
(i) because of separation from his parents and losing his way
16. What did the child realize?
(i) The fair was charming
(ii) the toys were attractive
(iii) that parents are the most valuable asset
(iv) None
Answer
(iii) that parents are the most valuable asset
17. What did the child speak repeatedly after losing his parents?
(i) I want my father I want my mother
(ii) I want ride
(iii) I want toys
(iv) I want swings
Answer
(i) I want my father I want my mother
18. How did the generous man try to calm down the child?
(i) showing him different toys
(ii) taking him to rides
(iii) talking to him and diverting his attention
(iv) All of Above
Answer
(iv) All of Above
19. Who is the author of the lesson “The Lost child”?
(i) Sudha Murthy
(ii) Mulkh Raj Anand
(iii) Amrita Pritam
(iv) All
Answer
(ii) Mulkh Raj Anand
20. What does the story show?
(i) working of a fair
(ii) working of a village
(iii) village people are good
(iv) working of a child’s mind
Answer
(iv) working of a child’s mind
21. Where did the child go with his parents?
(i) village fair
(ii) cinema hall
(iii) circus
(iv) All
Answer
(i) village fair
22. Why were the parents holding the hand of their child?
(i) to protect him from the crowd
(ii) because of their fears
(iii) to help him
(iv) None
Answer
(i) to protect him from the crowd
23. Who took the child to the fair?
(i) parents
(ii) kind man
(iii) friends
(iv) none
Answer
(i) parents
24. How was the little boy feeling while going to the fair?
(i) Nervous.
(ii) Frightened.
(iii) Sad and unhappy.
(iv) Full of life and laughter.
Answer
(iv) Full of life and laughter
25. How were the people dressed for the festival?
(i) Shabbily.
(ii) Daily.
(iii) Carelessly.
(iv) Scantily.
Answer
(ii) Daily
26. Name the things that the child saw on his way to the fair?
(i) toys
(ii) sweets and garlands
(iii) balloons
(iv) all
Answer
(iv) all
27. Why did the child lag behind his parents?
(i) because of the stops he took to look closely at his favourite things
(ii) because he was walking slow
(iii) because he was crying
(iv) all
Answer
(i) because of the stops he took to look closely at his favourite things
28. When did the child realize that he had lost his way?
(i) while running
(ii) while eating icecream
(iii) when he turned to take permission from his parents to take a ride on a roundabout
(iv) none
Answer
(iii) when he turned to take permission from his parents to take a ride on a roundabout
29. What did the child do when he realized that he had lost his way?
(i) cried and ran here and there
(ii) felt happy
(iii) reported to the office
(iv) none
Answer
(i) cried and ran here and there
30. What is the theme of the story?
(i) Close bonding between parents and children
(ii) village people are good
(iii) we must go to village fairs
(iv) None
Answer
(i) Close bonding between parents and children
31. List the things that the generous man did after picking up the child?
(i) asked his name
(ii) consoled & offered many attractive things
(iii) asked his parents’ names
(iv) all
Answer
(iv) all
32. What does the child’s refusal to all the attractive things show towards the end?
(i) child lost his interest
(ii) child’s obstinacy
(iii) bond of love between child and parents is above everything.
(iv) None
Answer
(iii) bond of love between child and parents is above everything.
33. Name the characters in the lesson.
(i) parents
(ii) generous man
(iii) The Lost Child
(iv) All
Answer
(iv) All
34. Why did the child say “No” to all the things he was earlier crying for?
(i) lost interest
(ii) his interest was changed
(iii) because being with parents was more important
(iv) none
Answer
(iii) because being with parents was more important