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MCQs For Class 9 Moments Supplementary Reader
Chapter 1 : The Lost Child
MCQs For Class 9 Moments Supplementary Reader Chapter 1 The Lost Child
Q1. Who is the author of the story "The Lost Child"?
A. R.K. Narayan
B. Mulk Raj Anand
C. Ruskin Bond
D. Vikram Seth
Correct Answer: B
Q2. To which place were the people going?
A. To a village fair
B. To a cinema hall
C. To a school
D. To a marriage party
Correct Answer: A
Q3. In which season was the fair held?
A. Summer
B. Winter
C. Spring
D. Autumn
Correct Answer: C
Q4. How were the people going to the fair?
A. On foot
B. On horses
C. In bamboo and bullock carts
D. All of the above
Correct Answer: D
Q5. What did the child's father do when he asked for a toy?
A. He bought the toy
B. He looked at him red-eyed in his familiar tyrant way
C. He started laughing
D. He ignored the child
Correct Answer: B
Q6. What did the child's mother do when he asked for a toy?
A. She beat him
B. She was tender and gave him her finger to hold
C. She bought him a sweet
D. She scolded him
Correct Answer: B
Q7. What was the color of the mustard field?
A. Pink
B. Pale like melting gold
C. Green
D. White
Correct Answer: B
Q8. What were the dragonflies doing in the mustard field?
A. Sleeping
B. Fighting
C. Bustling about on their gaudy purple wings
D. Eating seeds
Correct Answer: C
Q9. What did the child try to catch in the field?
A. A butterfly
B. A bird
C. A dragonfly
D. A snake
Correct Answer: C
Q10. Where were the parents sitting when they called the child to the "cautionary call"?
A. In a shop
B. On the edge of a well in a grove
C. On a bench
D. Under a tree in the market
Correct Answer: B
Q11. What fell on the child as he entered the grove?
A. Rain
B. A shower of young flowers
C. Dust
D. Leaves
Correct Answer: B
Q12. What did the child stop to collect in the grove?
A. Stones
B. Raining petals
C. Sticks
D. Insects
Correct Answer: B
Q13. Hearing the cooing of which bird did the child run towards his parents?
A. Peacock
B. Sparrow
C. Dove
D. Parrot
Correct Answer: C
Q14. What was the first thing the sweetmeat seller was selling?
A. Jalebi
B. Gulab-jamun, rasagulla, burfi, jalebi
C. Pastries
D. Chocolate
Correct Answer: B
Q15. Which was the child's favourite sweet?
A. Gulab-jamun
B. Jalebi
C. Burfi
D. Rasagulla
Correct Answer: C
Q16. Why did the child not wait for an answer after asking for Burfi?
A. He knew his parents would say he was greedy
B. He was not hungry
C. He found something else
D. He lost his money
Correct Answer: A
Q17. What was the flower seller selling?
A. Roses
B. Marigolds
C. A garland of gulmohur
D. Lilies
Correct Answer: C
Q18. What did the child want from the flower seller?
A. A rose
B. A garland of gulmohur
C. A sunflower
D. A leaf
Correct Answer: B
Q19. What did the balloon man have?
A. Only red balloons
B. A pole with yellow, red, green and purple balloons
C. Blue balloons
D. White balloons
Correct Answer: B
Q20. Why did the child not ask his parents for the balloons?
A. He knew they would say he was too old to play with them
B. He was afraid of balloons
C. He didn't like the colors
D. He had no space to keep them
Correct Answer: A
Q21. What was the snake charmer doing?
A. Killing a snake
B. Playing a flute to a snake
C. Selling snakes
D. Running away
Correct Answer: B
Q22. Why did the child not stay to hear the snake charmer's music?
A. He was afraid
B. His parents had forbidden him to hear such coarse music
C. He was in a hurry
D. The snake was scary
Correct Answer: B
Q23. What did the child see in full swing at the fair?
A. A circus
B. A roundabout
C. A dance show
D. A magic show
Correct Answer: B
Q24. What did the child do at the roundabout?
A. He watched silently
B. He made a bold request to go on it
C. He ran away
D. He started crying
Correct Answer: B
Q25. What happened when the child turned to get an answer from his parents at the roundabout?
A. They said yes
B. They said no
C. They were not there
D. They were buying tickets
Correct Answer: C
Q26. What was the first reaction of the child when he realized he was lost?
A. He was happy
B. A full, deep cry rose within his dry throat
C. He started playing
D. He went back home
Correct Answer: B
Q27. How does the author describe the child's eyes after he got lost?
A. Shining with joy
B. Full of sleep
C. Wild with fear, moist with tears
D. Angry
Correct Answer: C
Q28. What happened to the child's turban when he was running?
A. It turned red
B. It came untied
C. He threw it away
D. It was stolen
Correct Answer: B
Q29. What happened to the child's clothes when he was running in fear?
A. They became wet
B. They became muddy
C. They were torn
D. They became yellow
Correct Answer: B
Q30. Where did the child run to find his parents?
A. Towards the entrance
B. Towards a shrine (temple) where there was a big crowd
C. Towards the sweet shop
D. Out of the fair
Correct Answer: B
Q31. Why was it difficult for the child to walk through the crowd at the temple?
A. People were very tall
B. People jostled each other
C. The floor was slippery
D. There was no light
Correct Answer: B
Q32. Who lifted the child in his arms?
A. His father
B. A kind man in the crowd
C. The snake charmer
D. The policeman
Correct Answer: B
Q33. Where did the man take the child first to distract him?
A. To the temple
B. To the roundabout
C. To the exit
D. To his home
Correct Answer: B
Q34. What did the child say to every offer made by the man?
A. "I want that toy"
B. "I want my mother, I want my father"
C. "I am hungry"
D. "Take me home"
Correct Answer: B
Q35. What did the man offer to buy for the child at the gate?
A. Sweets
B. Balloons
C. A garland
D. A toy
Correct Answer: B
Q36. Did the child look at the bright balloons when offered?
A. Yes, with joy
B. No, he turned his eyes away
C. He took all of them
D. He started laughing
Correct Answer: B
Q37. Why did the man take the child to the flower seller?
A. To make him smell the nice flowers and quieten him
B. To buy him a gift
C. To find his parents
D. To sell flowers
Correct Answer: A
Q38. What was the child's reaction to the sweets offered by the man?
A. He ate them all
B. He turned his face from the sweet shop and only sobbed
C. He asked for more
D. He threw them away
Correct Answer: B
Q39. What does the story "The Lost Child" demonstrate?
A. Children love toys
B. The bond of love between parents and children is more important than anything else
C. Fairs are dangerous
D. We should not buy sweets
Correct Answer: B
Q40. What was the child's condition before getting lost?
A. He was bored
B. He was excited and distracted by everything
C. He was crying
D. He was sleeping
Correct Answer: B
Q41. How did the child feel when he was with his parents?
A. Scared
B. Secure and happy
C. Angry
D. Lonely
Correct Answer: B
Q42. The word "Tyrant" in the story refers to:
A. The kind man
B. The child
C. The father
D. The mother
Correct Answer: C
Q43. What does "Gaudy" mean in the phrase "gaudy purple wings"?
A. Dull
B. Very bright and showy
C. Soft
D. Small
Correct Answer: B
Q44. What did the child see as he neared the village with his parents?
A. Many other footpaths full of throngs
B. A big river
C. A forest
D. A desert
Correct Answer: A
Q45. Why did the child lag behind his parents?
A. He was tired
B. He was fascinated by the toys in the shops
C. He was playing hide and seek
D. He was sick
Correct Answer: B
Q46. What was the child's "bold request"?
A. To buy a toy
B. To go on the roundabout
C. To eat Burfi
D. To go home
Correct Answer: B
Q47. How did the man try to soothe the child?
A. By giving him money
B. By taking him to all the places the child previously wanted to go
C. By scolding him
D. By calling the police
Correct Answer: B
Q48. In the end, what did the child want?
A. The roundabout
B. The Burfi
C. Only his parents
D. The balloons
Correct Answer: C
Q49. The story is set in:
A. A modern city
B. A rural Indian village setting
C. A foreign country
D. A shopping mall
Correct Answer: B
Q50. What is the tone of the story after the child gets lost?
A. Humorous
B. Emotional and Distressing
C. Sarcastic
D. Happy
Correct Answer: B