The Lost Child MCQs with Answers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question-5. What did the child realize?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question-14. What does the story show?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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