The Lost Child MCQs with Answers

Question-1. How did the generous man try to calm down the child?

1. showing him different toys
2. taking him to rides
3. talking to him and diverting his attention
4. All

Question-2. How were the people dressed for the festival?

1. Shabbily.
2. Daily.
3. Carelessly.
4. Scantily.

Question-3. The child wanted to have balloons yet he walked on. Why?

1. He knew his parents would never buy him the balloons.
2. He knew his parents would say he was too old to play with such toys.
3. Both A and B above.
4. Neither A nor B.

Question-4. What did the child do when he realized that he had lost his way?

1. cried and ran here and there
2. felt happy
3. reported to the office
4. none

Question-5. What did the child realize?

1. The fair was charming
2. the toys were attractive
3. that parents are the most valuable asset
4. None

Question-6. What did the child want to eat at the fair?

1. Burfi
2. pastry
3. ladoo
4. jalebi

Question-7. What did the child want to have at the flower shop?

1. A garland of roses.
2. A garland of violets.
3. A garland of gulmohur.
4. A garland of lilies.

Question-8. What did the child'say as they passed by sweetmeat-shop?

1. He said, ?I want that burfi.?
2. He said, ?I want that jalebi.?
3. He said, ?I want that rasagulla.?
4. He said, 'I want that gulab jamun'

Question-9. What did the child'start doing when a shower of young flowers fell on him?

1. He started collecting the flowers from the ground.
2. He started gathering the raining petals in his hands.
3. He started dancing with joy.
4. He started climbing up the flowering tree

Question-10. What did the father do when the child'said, 'I want that toy.'?

1. He at once bought the toy for the child.
2. He said, ?Look, child, what is before you.
3. He looked at the child red-eyed.
4. He began to beat the child.

Question-11. What did the parents do when they reached a shady grove?

1. They collected some flowers for the child.
2. They lay down to rest for some time.
3. They sat down on the edge of a well.
4. They listened to the cooing of doves.

Question-12. What did the parents say when the child lagged behind?

1. 'Come, child, come.'
2. 'Come, or you'll be lost.'
3. 'Come, have these toys.'
4. 'Come, we're getting late.'

Question-13. What does the child's refusal to all the attractive things show towards the end?

1. child lost his interest
2. child's obstinacy
3. bond of love between child and parents is above everything.
4. None

Question-14. What does the story show?

1. working of a fair
2. working of a village
3. village people are good
4. working of a child's mind

Question-15. What is the theme of the story?

1. Close bonding between parents and children
2. village people are good
3. we must go to village fairs
4. None

Question-16. What shop was there at the entrance of the fair?

1. A toy shop.
2. A balloon shop.
3. A- sweetmeat-shop.
4. A flower shop

Question-17. Who said to the child, 'Come, child, come, come on to the footpath.'?

1. The father.
2. The mother
3. Both the father and the mother.
4. Neither the father nor the mother.

Question-18. Who was the little boy going with?

1. With his father.
2. With his mother.
3. With his father and mother.
4. None of the above.

Question-19. Why did the child lag behind his parents?

1. because of the stops he took to look closely at his favourite things
2. because he was walking slow
3. because he was crying
4. all

Question-20. Why did the child'say 'No' to all the things he was earlier crying for?

1. lost interest
2. his interest was changed
3. because being with parents was more important
4. none

Question-21. Why were the parents holding the hand of their child?

1. to protect him from the crowd
2. because of their fears
3. to help him
4. None

Question-22. A flower seller was selling a garden of

1. Sunflower
2. Gulmohur
3. Tulip
4. Rose

Question-23. Inside the grove the child became excited to see

1. Dove
2. Sparrow
3. Peacock
4. Ostrich

Question-24. List the things that the generous man did after picking up the child?

1. asked his name
2. consoled & offered many attractive things
3. asked his parents? names
4. all

Question-25. Name the things that the child saw on his way to the fair?

1. toys
2. sweets and garlands
3. balloons
4. all

Question-26. The child was lagging behind as he was being attracted by

1. New dress
2. Games
3. Toys
4. Foods

Question-27. The colour of the little boy's turban was

1. Yellow
2. Pink
3. Red
4. Blue

Question-28. What did the child speak repeatedly after losing his parents?

1. I want my father I want my mother
2. I want ride
3. I want toys
4. I want swings

Question-29. What did the lost child say when a man asked him, 'Whose baby are you'?

1. The child said, ?I want my father, I want my mother.?correct
2. The child said, ?I want to go home.?
3. The child said, ?I live in a village.?
4. The child said, ?I am feeling hungry.

Question-30. What did the mother do when the child said, 'I want that toy.'?

1. She asked the father to buy that toy for the child.
2. She looked at the child red-eyed.
3. She said they had no money for the toy.
4. She said, ?Look, child, what is there before you !?

Question-31. What festival were the people going to celebrate?

1. The festival of Holi.
2. The festival of Spring.
3. The festival of Dussehra.
4. The festival of Diwali.

Question-32. What happened as the child entered the grove?

1. A shower of young flowers fell on him.
2. A dove flew above his head.
3. His father started shouting at him.
4. His mother collected some flowers for him.

Question-33. What was the child's, favourite sweet?

1. Gulab Jamun
2. Rasagulla
3. Burfi
4. Jalebi

Question-34. Who took the child to the fair?

1. parents
2. kind man
3. friends
4. none

Question-35. Why did the child keep moving without getting any answers?

1. because of distractions
2. because of too many attractions
3. because of his experience and assumed notions about his parents
4. none

Question-36. Why did the child lose his interest in all the things he was interested earlier?

1. because of separation from his parents and losing his way
2. because of no response from his parents
3. because his interest was changed
4. can?t say

Question-37. At what point in the fair did the child lose his parents?

1. At the sweetmeat-shop.
2. At the flower-shop.
3. At the balloon-sellers.
4. At the roundabout

Question-38. How did the flowering mustard-field look?

1. White like silver.
2. Red like a rose.
3. Pale like melting gold.
4. Lovely like a rainbow.