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WorksheetsTHE LOST CHILD
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 10mins
What festival were the people going to celebrate?
The festival of Holi
The festival of Spring
The festival of Dussehra
The festival of Diwali
How was the little boy feeling while going to the fair?
Nervous
Frightened
Sad and unhappy
Full of life and laughter.
What did the father do when the child said,"I want that toy."?
He at once bought the toy for the child.
He said,"Look,child,what is before you."
He looked at the child red-eyed.
He began to beat the child.
How did the flowering mustard-field look?
White like silver.
Red like rose.
Pale like melting gold.
Lovely like a rainbow.
What shop was there at the entrance of the fair?
A toy shop
A balloon shop
A sweet meat shop
A flower shop
The child asked for burfi but then he moved on without waiting for an answer.Why?
He knew his plea would not be heeded.
He knew his parents were poor.
He knew his parents had no money.
He knew it was bad to be greedy.
What did the child do when he didn't find his parents with him?
He cried "Father, Mother".
He ran here and there in all directions
Both A and B are correct
Neither A or B is correct
What did the child wanted at the flowershop?
A garland of Roses
A garland of Voilets
A garland of Gulmohar
A garland of Lillis
What was it that attracted the child at the footpath?
The Butterflies
The Dragonflies
The Doves
The little insects and worms
Who said to the child,"Come, Child, come, come on the footpath."?
Father
Mother
Both Father and Mother
Neither father nor mother
At what point in the fair did the child lose his parents?
At the sweet-meat shop.
At the flower shop.
At the balloon-seller's place.
At the roundabout.
What was the child's favourite sweet?
Gulab Jamun
Rasgulla
Barfi
Jalebi
How were the people going to the festival
Going on foot
Riding on horses
Carried on Bamboos and Bullock carts
All of the above
1. The Lost Child is written by
Mulk Raj Anand
RK Narayan
Arunduthi Roy
Ruskin Bond
1. The child met the kind hearted person
Near the eatable stall in the fair
In the crowd of the fair
Near the shrine in the fair
Near the temple in the fair
1. The child was forbidden to hear the flute music of the snake charmer because
His parents thought that the snake would harm him
His parents considered the flute music coarse and cheap
The music was scary and inauspicious
The parents did not like the looks of the snake charmer
1. I want a burfi’, the child does not wait to be treated with a burfi because
His father would scold him
He did not have money to buy
He was sure to be refused by his parents
The quality of the burfi was not up to the mark.
1. The child desired for almost everything in the fair but got only what his parents wanted to give. The child ______________ his feelings
Overlooked
Suppressed
Considered
Fulfilled
1. The rescuer of the lost child took him to several stalls to
Buy things for him
reunite the child to his parents
make him forget his parents
make him stop crying first
1. The child felt ___________ when he got lost
Scared
Afraid and insecure
Confused and upset
all the three
What is the figure of speech used in the line, "It was a flowering mustard-field, pale like melting gold."?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Apostrophe
What was the child attracted by as he entered the grove?
worms and insects
a shower of young flowers
dragon-flies
cooing of doves
Why did the child know that his that his plea of burfi would not be heeded?
because his parents would say he was greedy.
because his parents would say it was a cheap sweet.
because his parents would say he was too old to demand such things.
All of these
"He was filled with an overwhelming desire to possess them all." In this line 'all' refers to __________ .
sweets
toys
balloons
flowers
When did the child finally make a bold request?
when he saw a garland of gulmohur
when he saw burfi
when he heard the music of the snake-charmer
when he saw a roundabout in full swing
How was the child saved from being trampled underfoot?
He shrieked at the highest pitch of his voice and a man heard his cry and lifted him up.
He prayed to the God who rescued him.
His parents arrived right at that time and saved him.
He quickly moved away showing the presence of mind.
Which one of these means the same as 'emerged'?
dispersed
came out
disappeared
jumped
Which word means the same as 'go or move back or further away from a previous position'?
linger
recede
suppress
plead
Which word means the same as, 'very unhappy and unable to be comforted'?
disconsolate
strain
wintry
irresistible
Which of the following is a dragon-fly?
