Question

‘The Lost child’ is a story written by Mulk Raj Anand. In this story a child visits a village fair with his parents.

He is happy and excited. Fascinated by the toy shops on the way, he demands for them but receives a cold stare

of refusal by his father.

Then they pass through a mustard field there he is mesmerized by the nature. Finally they reach the fair. There

he is attracted to a sweet meat seller, a flower seller, a balloon seller and a snake charmer. He murmurs while

asking for everything but he knows that he will be refused. So without waiting for an answer he keeps moving

forward. Then he comes near a roundabout where he gathers courage and boldly requests for it. But alas! His

parents were not there, he is lost!! He frantically looks around everywhere but couldn’t find them.

He approaches near a crowded shrine, about to get trampled he shrieks in a loud voice and a man comes to help

him. The child is crying inconsolably asking for his parents. The man tries to soothe him by offering a ride in

the roundabout, to listen to music of the snake charmer, offers a rainbow coloured balloon, a garland to put

around his neck, and a gift of sweets too. BUT the child refuses everything; all that he wants is his ‘mother and

father’.




On the basis of the given passage answer the following questions:

1) The child visits a _________________ with his parents.


a) Friend b) School c) Shop d) Village fair




2) The father of the child ______________ his demand of toys.


a) Accepts b) Refuses c) Ignores d) None of the these




3) The child gets attracted to ________________ in the village fair.


a) A sweetmeat seller b) A balloon man c) A flower seller d) All of them




4) Finally he gathers courage and boldly requests for _______________.


a) Music of Snake charmer b) Ride in the roundabout c) Balloons d) Sweets




5) He feels ________________ after getting lost.


a) Delighted b) Angry c) Miserable d) Satisfied




6) The man offers the child _______________.


a) Ride in the roundabout b) A rainbow coloured Balloon c) Sweets d) All of the them




7) Which part of the speech does the word ‘inconsolably’ belong to?


a) Pronoun b) Verb c) Adverb d) Adjective




8) Why do you think the child is crying, after getting lost?


a) He is missing his parents. b) He wishes to be reunited with them.

c) He realizes the worth of his parents. d) All the options.


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Answer 1

Answer:

1)  d)Village Fair.

2)  b) refuses.

3) d) all of them.

4) b) ride in a roundabout.

5) c) Miserable.

6) d) all of them.

7) d) adjective.

8) d) all the options.........

Answer 2

Answer:

1. Village fair

2. refused

3. all

4. ride in a roundabout

5. miserable

6. all

7. adverb

8. all