CBSE Class 9 English The Lost Child MCQs

Question. Who took the child to the fair?
(a) parents
(b) kind man
(c) friends
(d) none

Answer : A

Question. The child was lagging behind as he was being attracted by
(a) New dress
(b) Games
(c) Toys
(d) Foods

Answer : C

Question. Name the characters in the lesson .
(a) parents
(b) generous man
(c) The Lost Child
(d) All

Answer : D

Question. What did the child do when he realized that he had lost his way?
(a) cried and ran here and there
(b) felt happy
(c) reported to the office
(d) none

Answer : A

Question. How did the generous man try to calm down the child?
(a) showing him different toys
(b) taking him to rides
(c) talking to him and diverting his attention
(d) All of Above

Answer : D

Question. Why did the child lose his interest in all the things he was interested earlier?
(a) because of separation from his parents and losing his way
(b) because of no response from his parents
(c) because his interest was changed
(d) can’t say

Answer : A

Question. The child wanted to have balloons yet he walked on. Why?
(a) He knew his parents would never buy him the balloons.
(b) He knew his parents would say he was too old to play with such toys.
(c) Both A and B above.
(d) Neither A nor B.

Answer : C

Question. Why were the parents holding the hand of their child?
(a) to protect him from the crowdcorrect
(b) because of their fears
(c) to help him
(d) None

Answer : A

Question. Inside the grove the child became excited to see
(a) Dove
(b) Sparrow
(c) Peacock
(d) Ostrich

Answer : A

Question. How were the people dressed for the festival?
(a) Shabbily.
(b) Daily.
(c) Carelessly.
(d) Scantily.

Answer : B

Question. Why did the child keep moving without getting any answers?
(a) because of distractions
(b) because of too many attractions
(c) because of his experience and assumed notions about his parents
(d) none

Answer : C

Question. What did the lost child say when a man asked him, “Whose baby are you ?”
(a) The child said, “I want my father, I want my mother.”correct
(b) The child said, “I want to go home.”
(c) The child said, “I live in a village.”
(d) The child said, “I am feeling hungry.

Answer : A

Question. Name the things that the child saw on his way to the fair?
(a) toys
(b) sweets and garlands
(c) balloons
(d) all

Answer : D

Question. A flower seller was selling a garden of
(a) Sunflower
(b) Gulmohur
(c) Tulip
(d) Rose

Answer : B

Question. Who said to the child, “Come, child, come, come on to the footpath.”?
(a) The father.
(b) The mother
(c) Both the father and the mother.
(d) Neither the father nor the mother.

Answer : B

Question. What was the child's, favourite sweet?
(a) Gulab Jamun
(b) Rasagulla
(c) Burfi
(d) Jalebi

Answer : C

Question. What did the parents say when the child lagged behind?
(a) 'Come, child, come.'
(b) 'Come, or you'll be lost.'
(c) 'Come, have these toys.'
(d) 'Come, we're getting late.'

Answer : A

Question. What festival were the people going to celebrate?
(a) The festival of Holi.
(b) The festival of Spring.
(c) The festival of Dussehra.
(d) The festival of Diwali.

Answer : B

Question. What did the child want to eat at the fair?
(a) Burfi
(b) pastry
(c) ladoo
(d) jalebi

Answer : C

Question. What did the child speak repeatedly after losing his parents?
(a) I want my father I want my mother
(b) I want ride
(c) I want toys
(d) I want swings

Answer : A

Question. Who was the little boy going with?
(a) With his father.
(b) With his mother.
(c) With his father and mother.
(d) None of the above.

Answer : C

Question. What did the mother do when the child said, “I want that toy.”?
(a) She asked the father to buy that toy for the child.
(b) She looked at the child red-eyed.
(c) She said they had no money for the toy.
(d) She said, “Look, child, what is there before you !”

Answer : D

Question. What does the child’s refusal to all the attractive things show towards the end?
(a) child lost his interest
(b) child’s obstinacy
(c) bond of love between child and parents is above everything
(d) None

Answer : C

Question. List the things that the generous man did after picking up the child?
(a) asked his name
(b) consoled & offered many attractive things
(c) asked his parents’ names
(d) all

Answer : C

Question. What did the parents do when they reached a shady grove?
(a) They collected some flowers for the child.
(b) They lay down to rest for some time.
(c)They sat down on the edge of a well.
(d) They listened to the cooing of doves.

Answer : C

Question. What is the theme of the story?
(a) Close bonding between parents and children
(b) village people are good
(c) we must go to village fairs
(d) None

Answer : A

Question. What shop was there at the entrance of the fair?
(a) A toy shop.
(b) A balloon shop.
(c) A- sweetmeat-shop.
(d) A flower shop

Answer : C

Question. What happened as the child entered the grove?
(a) A shower of young flowers fell on him.
(b) A dove flew above his head.
(c) His father started shouting at him.
(d) His mother collected some flowers for him.

Answer : A

Question. At what point in the fair did the child lose his parents?
(a) At the sweetmeat-shop.
(b) At the flower-shop.
(c) At the balloon-sellers.
(d) At the roundabout

Answer : D

Question. The colour of the little boy’s turban was
(a) Yellow
(b) Pink
(c) Red
(d) Blue

Answer : A