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The Lost Child MCQ

                                                 By- Mulk Raj Anand

Choose the correct answer.

1. 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 Dipawali.

2. How were the people dressed for the festival?

 (A) Shabbily.

(B) Daily.

 (C) Carelessly.

 (D) Scantily.

3.  How were the people going to the festival?

 (A) Going on foot.

(B) Riding on horses.

 (C) Carried in bamboo and bullock carts.

 (D) All the above

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4. 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.

5. How was the little boy feeling while going to the fair?

 (A) Nervous.

(B) Frightened.

(C) Sad and unhappy.

(D) Full of life and laughter.

6. 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.’

7. What did the child do when his parents said, ‘Come, child, come’?

(A) He refused to move.

(B)He hurried towards them.

(C) He looked at them angrily.

 (D) He began to cry.

8. 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.

9. 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 !”

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.

11. The balloon colors have been compared with _________ in the story ‘The Lost Child’.

(A)Silk clothes

(B)Rainbow

(C)Melting gold

(D)Diverse color of flower petals

12. “The child was simply carried away by the rainbow glory of their silken colour…” Here ‘silken color’ indicates the color of-

(A)Balloons

(B)Sweets

(C)Flowers

(D)Petals

13. What would the child’s parents say if he had requested to buy him balloons in the story ‘The Lost Child’?

(A)Balloons were expensive

(B)He is a greedy child

(C)He was too old to play with balloons

(D)He should be focused on studies

14. Who was playing the flute at the village fair in the story ‘The Lost Child’?

(A)A snake-charmer

(B)A flute seller

(C)A group of musicians

(D)Fair authority in order to attract more crowd

15. “……its head raised in a graceful bend like the neck of a swan,….”- Whose head?

(A)Dove

(B)Duck

(C)Snake

(D)Goose

16. Mention the kind of laughter of people enjoying the roundabout in the story ‘The Lost Child’?

(A)Delightful

(B)Loud

(C)Cautious

(D)Dizzy

17. Who all were carried away in the whirling motion of the roundabout swing in the story ‘The Lost Child’?

(A)Men

(B)Women

(C)Children

(D)All of the above

18. What bold request the child made to his parents at the fair?

(A)To buy him balloons

(B)To buy him sweets

(C)To let him go to the roundabout

(D)To let him go to the mustard fields

19. Why did a deep cry rise within the dry throat of the child in the story ‘The Lost Child’?

(A)He was unable to find his parents

(B)He lost the petals from his hands

(C)His parents told him greedy

(D)His parents denied buying him balloons

20. “Tears rolled down from his eyes, hot and fierce;”- Whose eyes?

(A)The Lost Child

(B)The snake charmer

(C)The flower seller

(D)Child’s mother

21. What did the child do as they passed by the mustard-field?

(A) He collected some flowers.

(B) He ran after butterflies and caught some of them.

(C) He would try to catch dragon-flies as one of them settled down to rest there.

 (D) He lay down to rest there

22. 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.

23. What was it that attracted the child on the footpath?

(A) The butterflies.

 (B) The dragon-flies.

 (C) The Doves.

 (D )The little insects and worms

24. 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.

25. 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. 

26. 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

27. What did the child do when he heard the cooing of doves in the grove?

(A) He started cooing like the doves.

(B) He tried to catch the doves.

(C) He ran towards his parents shouting, ‘The dove! The dove !’

(D) He told his parents that he wanted to have the dove

28. 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

29. What was the child’s, favourite sweet?

(A) Gulab Jamun.

(B) Rasagulla.

(c)Burfi

 (D) Jalebi.

30. What did the child say as they passed by the 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

31. Hearing the cooing of __________, the child ran towards his parents and dropped down the petals in his hands.

(A)Kangaroo

(B)Dove

(C)Ducklings

(D)Squirrels

32. After dropping the petals from his hands, where did the child go in the story ‘The Lost Child’?

(A)Grove

(B)Round the banyan tree

(C)The mustard fields

(D)The fair

33. In the story, ‘The Lost Child’, how was the footpath that led to fair through the mustard fields?

(A)Narrow

(B)Winding

(C)Crowded

(D)Both (a) and (b)

34. What did the child see as they neared the village in the story ‘The Lost Child’?

(A)Mustard fields

(B)Footpaths full of thongs

(C)Dragonflies

(D)Dove

35. What was been sold at the corner of the entrance of the fair in the story ‘The Lost Child’?

(A)Toys

(B)Balloons

(C)Utensils

(D)Sweets

36. What was the child’s favorite sweet in the story ‘The Lost Child’?

(A)Burfi

(B)Gulab jamun

(C)Jalebi

(D)Rasagulla

37. What did the child stare open-eyed with his watering mouth in the story ‘The Lost Child’?

(A)Burfi

(B)Gulab jamun

(C)Jalebi

(D)Rasagulla

38. What did the flower seller sell at the village fair in the story ‘The Lost Child’?

(A)Jasmine

(B)Sunflower

(C)Daffodils

(D)Gulmohur

39. To what the child was irresistibly drawn at the fair in the story ‘The Lost Child’?

(A)The flowers

(B)The sweets

(C)Mustard fields

(D)The toys

40. What excuse did the child think his parents would give if he had requested them to buy him flowers?

(A)The flowers were too expensive

(B)Their child is too greedy

(C)The flowers are cheap

(D)The flowers won’t bring any luck to them

41. What was the color of the turban the child had in the story ‘The Lost Child’?

(A)Green

(B)Grey

(C)Yellow

(D)Red

42. What was the condition of the child’s clothes while he was trying to find out his parents in all directions?

(A)His clothes were torn

(B)His clothes became muddy

(C)His clothes were drenched in sweat

(D)Both (a) and (c)

43. The child was running to and fro in __________ while trying to find out his parents in the story ‘The Lost Child’.

(A)Sweat

(B)Rage

(C)Despair

(D)Hope

44. “He tried to look intently among the patches of bright yellow clothes..” What was he actually trying to look?

(A)His mother

(B)His father

(C)The men and women at the fair

(D)Both (a) and (b)

45. Who were laughing and talking at the fair just for the sake of it in the story “The Lost Child’?

(A)Child’s mother

(B)Child’s father

(C)Men and women

(D)Both (a) and (b)

46. Where did the lost child run quickly after he failed to find his parents among several men and women at the fair?

(A)To the mustard fields

(B)To the narrow lane

(C)To the grove

(D)To the shrine

47. “Every little inch of space here was congested with men,..”- In this phrase, ‘here’ indicates

(A)Toy shop

(B)Narrow lane

(C)Footpath

(D)Shrine

48. What were the men doing at the entrance of the temple in the story ‘The Lost Child’?

(A)Jostling each other

(B)Standing in a queue

(C)Shouting miserably

(D)Trying to find out the child’s parents

49. Who lifted up the lost child in his arms?

(A)His father

(B)The snake charmer

(C)A stranger near the temple

(D)The sweet seller

50. What did the stranger do to soothe the lost child at the first place?

(A)He bought him balloons

(B)He took him to the roundabout

(C)He bought him toys

(D)He gave him flowers

51. Why did the lost child shut his ears with his fingers?

(A)He was not interested in listening to the flute of a snake charmer

(B)He was hungry

(C)He was sobbing for balloons

(D)He feared snakes

52. Why did the strange man take the lost child near to the balloons?

(A)The child’s favorite was a purple balloon

(B)He thought the bright colors of the balloon might distract the child

(C)The child persuaded him to buy him balloons

(D)The child was fascinated with the rainbow-colored balloons

53. “Would you like a garland to put around your neck?”- Who said this?

(A)The man at the fair

(B)The lost child’s mother

(C)The lost child’s father

(D)The flower seller

54. Who is the author of the story ‘The Lost Child’?

(A)R.K Narayan

(B)Mulk Raj Anand

(C)Vikram Seth

(D)Arundhati Roy

55. How was the mustard field described in the story ‘The Lost Child’?

(A)Melting gold

(B)Yellow vastness

(C)Gorgeous masterpiece

(D)As yellow as the sun

56. “….he was filled with an overwhelming desire to possess them all..” Here ‘all’ indicates-

(A)Flowers

(B)Sweets

(C)Balloons

(D)Toys

57. In the story ‘The Lost Child’, the graceful bend of the snake has been compared to

(A)The neck of a swan

(B)The neck of a dove

(C)The neck of a duck

(D)None of the above

58. According to the child’s parents, the flute music by the snake charmer was

(A)Soothing

(B)Beautiful

(C)Coarse

(D)Eternal

59. “There was no reply.”- No reply from?

(A)Child’s parents

(B)The stranger at the fair

(C)The snake charmer

(D)The flower seller

60. In the story‘The Lost Child’, the eyes of the men near the temple were

(A)Flashing

(B)Murderous

(C)Wide

(D)Both (a) and (b)

61. What is the festival mentioned in the story ‘The Lost Child’?

(A)Christmas

(B)Festival of Spring

(C)Festival of lights

(D)Festival of Autumn

62. Who looked at the child red-eyed after he requested for a toy in the story ‘The Lost Child’?

(A)His father

(B)His mother

(C)His teacher

(D)None of the above

63. What did the child’s mother point out after he had requested for a toy?

(A)The merry go round

(B)The colorful balloons

(C)Ice creams

(D)Flowering mustard field

64. What were bustling about on their gaudy purple wings in the story ‘The Lost Child’?

(A)Butterflies

(B)Dragonflies

(C)Grasshoppers

(D)Wild wasps

65. “Look, child, what is before you!”- Who said this?

(A)Child’s mother

(B)Child’ father

(C)The shopkeeper at the festival of spring

(D)Child’s teacher

66. Who gave a cautionary call to the child to come on to the footpath in the story ‘The Lost Child’?

(A)Mother

(B)Father

(C)The traffic police

(D)A man at the fair

67. The child walked ahead of his parents for a while, but was soon left behind because-

(A)He was watching the toys along the footbath

(B)He was trying to reach up to the balloons

(C)He was attracted by the little insects and worms along the footpath

(D)He wasn’t ready to leave the festival so early

68. The parents in the story ‘The Lost Child’ called their child from the shade of a grove where they had seated themselves on

(A)The bamboo chairs

(B)The rocks

(C)The wooden fences

(D)The edge of a well

69. What did fall upon the child as he went to the grove where his parents were seating?

(A)A bunch of dried leaves

(B)Hail drops

(C)A large mango

(D)Young flowers

70. In the story, ‘The Lost Child’, what did the child begin to gather as he entered the grove?

(A)Sprouting leaves

(B)Buds

(C)Small leaves

(D)Petals

Answers:-

1.(B) The festival of Spring.
2.(B) Daily.
3.(D) All the above
4.(D) None of the above.
5.(D) Full of life and laughter.
6.(A) ‘Come, child, come.’
7.(B)He hurried towards them.
8.(C) He looked at the child red-eyed.
9.(D) She said, “Look, child, what is there before you !”
10.(C) Pale like melting gold.
11.(B)Rainbow
12. (A)Balloons
13. (C)He was too old to play with balloons
14. (A)A snake-charmer
15. (C)Snake
16. (D)Dizzy
17. (D)All of the above
18. (C)To let him go to the roundabout
19. (A)He was unable to find his parents
20. (A)The Lost Child
21.(C) He would try to catch dragon-flies as one of them settled down to rest there.
22.(B)The mother
23. (D )The little insects and worms
24.(C)They sat down on the edge of a well.
25. (A)A shower of young flowers fell on him.
26.(B)He started gathering the raining petals in his hands.
27.(C) He ran towards his parents shouting, ‘The dove! The dove !’
28.(C)A- sweetmeat-shop.
29.(c)Burfi
30.(A)He said, ‘I want that burfi.’
31.(B)Dove
32. (B)Round the banyan tree
33. (D)Both (a) and (b)
34. (B)Footpaths full of thongs
35. (D)Sweets
36. (A)Burfi
37. (A)Burfi
38. (D)Gulmohur
39. (A)The flowers
40. (C)The flowers are cheap
41.(C)Yellow
42. (B)His clothes became muddy
43. (B)Rage
44. (D)Both (a) and (b)
45. (C)Men and women
46. (D)To the shrine
47. (D)Shrine
48. (A)Jostling each other
49. (C)A stranger near the temple
50. (B)He took him to the roundabout
51.(A)He was not interested in listening to the flute of snake charmer
52. (B)He thought the bright colors of the balloon might distract the child
53. (A)The man at the fair
54. (B)Mulk Raj Anand
55. (A)Melting gold
56. (C)Balloons
57. (A)The neck of a swan
58. (C)Coarse
59. (A)Child’s parents
60. (D)Both (a) and (b)
61.(B)Festival of Spring
62. (A)His father
63. (D)Flowering mustard field
64. (B)Dragonflies
65. (A)Child’s mother
66. (A)Mother
67. (C)He was attracted by the little insects and worms along the footpath
68. (D)The edge of a well
69. (D)Young flowers
70. (D)Petals

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