NEW LEARNET EDUCATION
Chapter 1 -: The Lost Child (HANDWRITTEN SOLUTION)
PART - 1
Question 1.
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.”
(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
Answer: (a) Tfie child said, “I want my father, I want my mother.”
Question 2.
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
Answer: (d) At the roundabout
Question 3.
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
Answer: (c) Both A and B above.
Question 4.
What did the child want to have at the flower shop?
(a) A garland of roses.
(b) A garland of violets.
(c) A garland of gulmohur.
(d) A garland of lilies.
Answer
Answer: (c) A garland of gulmohur.
Question 5.
What did the child say as they passed by sweetmeat-shop?
(a) He said, ‘I want that burfi.’
(b) He said, ‘I want that jalebi.’
(c) He said, ‘I want that rasagulla.’
(d) He said, ‘I want that gulab jamun
Answer
Answer: (a) He said, ‘I want that burfi.’
Question 6.
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
Answer: (c) A- sweetmeat-shop.
Question 7.
What did the child start doing when a shower of young flowers fell on him?
(a) He started collecting the flowers from the ground.
(b)He started gathering the raining petals in his hands.
(c) He started dancing with joy.
(d) He started climbing up the flowering tree
Answer
Answer: (b) He started gathering the raining petals in his hands.
Question 8.
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
Answer: (c) They sat down on the edge of a well.
Question 9.
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
Answer: (b) The mother
Question 10.
How did the flowering mustard-field look?
(a) White like silver.
(b) Red like a rose.
(c) Pale like melting gold.
(d) Lovely like a rainbow.
Answer
Answer: (c) Pale like melting gold.
Question 11.
What did the father do when the child said, “I want that toy.”?
(a) He at once bought the toy for the child.
(b) He said, “Look, child, what is before you.
(c) He looked at the child red-eyed.
(d) He began to beat the child.
Answer
Answer: (c) He looked at the child red-eyed.
Question 12.
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
Answer: (a) ‘Come, child, come.’
Question 13.
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
Answer: (c) With his father and mother.
Question 14.
How were the people dressed for the festival?
(a) Shabbily.
(b) Daily.
(c) Carelessly.
(d) Scantily.
Answer
Answer: (b) Daily.
Question 15.
Why did the child say “No” to all the things he was earlier crying for?
(a) lost interest
(b) his interest was changed
(c) because being with parents was more important
(d) none
Answer
Answer: (c) because being with parents was more important
Question 16.
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
Answer: (c) bond of love between child and parents is above everything.
Question 17.
Why were the parents holding the hand of their child?
(a) to protect him from the crowd
(b) because of their fears
(c) to help him
(d) None
Answer
Answer: (a) to protect him from the crowd
Question 18.
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
Answer: (a) Close bonding between parents and children
Question 19.
What does the story show?
(a) working of a fair
(b) working of a village
(c) village people are good
(d) working of a child’s mind
Answer
Answer: (d) working of a child’s mind
Question 20.
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
Answer
Answer: (d) All
Question 21.
What did the child realize?
(a) The fair was charming
(b) the toys were attractive
(c) that parents are the most valuable asset
(d) None
Answer
Answer: (c) that parents are the most valuable asset
Question 22.
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
Answer: (a) cried and ran here and there
Question 23.
What did the child want to eat at the fair?
(a) Burfi
(b) pastry
(c) ladoo
(d) jalebi
Answer
Answer: (a) Burfi
Question 24.
Why did the child lag behind his parents?
(a) because of the stops he took to look closely at his favourite things
(b) because he was walking slow
(c) because he was crying
(d) all
Answer
Answer: (a) because of the stops he took to look closely at his favourite things
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PART - 2
Q1- Name the things that the child saw on his way to the fair?
A) toys
B) sweets and garlands
C) balloons
D) all
Q2- Why did the child lag behind his parents?
A) because of the stops he took to look closely at his favourite things
B) because he was walking slow
C) because he was crying
D) all
Q3- 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
Q4- What did the child want to eat at the fair?
A) Burfi
B) pastry
C) ladoo
D) jalebi
Q5- When did the child realize that he had lost his way?
A) while running
B) while eating icecream
C) when he turned to take permission from his parents to take a ride on a roundabout
D) none
Q6- 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
Q7- 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
Q8- What did the child realize?
A) The fair was charming
B) the toys were attractive
C) that parents are the most valuable asset
D) None
Q9- 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
Q10- 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
Q11- Who is the author of the lesson "The Lost child"?
A) Sudha Murthy
B) Mulkh Raj Anand
C) Amrita Pritam
D) All
Q12- What does the story show?
A) working of a fair
B) working of a village
C) village people are good
D) working of a child's mind
Q13- Where did the child go with his parents?
A) village fair
B) cinema hall
C) circus
D) All
Q14- 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
Q15- Who took the child to the fair?
A) parents
B) kind man
C) friends
D) none
Q16- Why were the parents holding the hand of their child?
A) to protect him from the crowd
B) because of their fears
C) to help him
D) None
Q17- 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
Q18- 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 evrything.
D) None
Q19- Name the characters in the lesson .
A) parents
B) generous man
C) The Lost Child
D) All
Q20- Why did the child say "No" to all the things he was earlier crying for?
A) lost interst
B) his interst was changed
C) because being with parents was more important
D) none
Answer key
Q. No. | Answer | Q. No. | Answer |
1 | D | 11 | B |
2 | A | 12 | D |
3 | C | 13 | A |
4 | A | 14 | A |
5 | C | 15 | A |
6 | A | 16 | A |
7 | A | 17 | D |
8 | C | 18 | C |
9 | A | 19 | D |
10 | D | 20 | C |
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