L-1 The Lost Child, 9th-Eng

 

*1.  The Lost Child (Mulk Raj Anand)*

 

Very Short Type Question-Answer 

 

*1. Who is the writer of the story ‘The Lost Child’?*

Ans. Mulk Raj Anand

 

*2. Where does a child go with his parents?*

Ans. To a fair

 

*3. What was the child first fascinated by?*

Ans. By the toys

 

*4. What did the mother ask the boy to look?*

Ans. To look at the mustard field

 

*5. What was the child’s favourite sweet?*

Ans. Burfi

 

*6. How did his father react when the boy insisted on having a toy?*

Ans. He looked at him red-eyed

 

*7. What things did the child come across on the way to the fair?*

Ans. Sweets, flowers and balloons

 

*8. Where did the child reach at last in search of his parents?*

Ans. A shrine

 

*9. What did the man ask the child?*

Ans. How did you get there? Whose baby are you?

 

*10. What reply did the child make?*

Ans. I want my mother. I want my father

 

 Short Type Q-Ans 

*1. What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?*

Ans. On his way to the fair the child sees toys, balloons of different colours, garland of gulmohur, a swing and a snake-charmer playing a flute. He gets attracted towards all these things. So, he lags behind.

 

*2. Where was the little boy going to with his parents? What did he want there ?*

Ans. The child went to a fair with his parents. He wanted garlands, balloons and sweets over there. He also wanted to see the snake and take a ride on the swing.

 

*3. Why does the lost child lose interest in the things that he had wanted earlier?*

Ans. The child loses interest in the things he wanted earlier. Because he got lost in the fair. Now he first wants his parents. He is afraid and feels unsafe.

 

*4. Who rescued the lost child ? What did he offer to buy him?*

Ans. The man in the shrine rescued the lost child. He lifted him up in his arms and tried to soothe him. He took him to the nearest roundabout swing and offered to buy him flowers, balloons and sweets. 

Long Answer 

Q.1 In the fair he wants many things. What are they? Why does he move on without waiting for?

Ans. On his way to the fair the child sees many things as toys, balloons, garland of gulmohur,  swing and snake-charmer. He gets attracted towards all these things. So, he lags behind. He wants toys, sweets especially burfi, balloons.  He has a keen desire to enjoy the roundabout. He moves on without waiting for an answer because whenever he stops to see things, his parents gave him a cautionary call, “come, child, come!” He knows that his parents will not purchase all these things for him.