The Lost Child Extra Questions and Answers English Supplementary Chapter 1

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The Lost Child Extra Questions and Answers English Supplementary Chapter 1

The Lost Child Extra Questions and Answers Very Short Type

Question 1.

In which season the story is set?

Answer:

The story is set in the spring season.

Question 2.

What were the people doing?

Answer:

After coming out of their houses, some were walking, some were being carried in bamboo or bullock Carts.

Question 3.

Why did the child lag behind?

Answer:

The child got attracted by the toys of the different stall, and he lagged behind from his parents.

Question 4.

What did the child asked from his father?

Answer:

The child asked a toy from his father.

Question 5.

What is the third reason of the child for lagging behind?

Answer:

The child again lagged behind because he stopped to see the little insects and worms along the footpath, who were teeming out from their hiding place to enjoy the sunshine.

Question 6.

What did the child start gathering after entering into the grove?

Answer:

After entering into the grove the child started gathering the falling petals in his hands.

Question 7.

Write the meaning of capers?

Answer:

It means running in a playful manner.

Question 8.

How could they reach the village fair?

Answer: 

They could reach the village fair by walking through the narrow, winding footpath of the mustard field.

Question 9.

Write the meaning of Throngs?

Answer:

It means huge crowds.

Question 10.

Write the names of the sweets mentioned in the story?

Answer:

Here we found sweets like Gulab jamun, rasagulla, burfi, Jalebi.

Question 11.

What was the answer the child tought to get from his parents, if he asked for a balloon?

Answer:

The thought that his parents would deny to give him balloon by saying that he was too old to play with such toys.

Question 12.

Why did the child not go near to the snake charmer?

Answer:

The child did not go near to the snake charmer as his parents had warned him not to hear such coarse music.

Question 13.

Finally what did the child requested to do, to his parents?

Answer:

Finally the child requested to go on the round – about.

Question 14.

What was the ultimate words uttered by the child after being lost?

Answer:

After being lost he was continuously uttering “I want my mother, I want my father.”

The Lost Child Extra Questions and Answers MCQ Type

Question 1.

His eyes still lingering on the receding toys. Whose eyes?

(A) The child’s

(B) The toy seller’s

(C) The parent’s

(D) Other people

Answer: (A) The child’s

Question 2.

Who become melted by the free spirit of the day?

(A) Mother

(B) Brother

(C) Father

(D) Sister

Answer: (A) Mother

Question 3.

The child’s parents were calling the child from the shade of a –

(A) Grove

(B) Coconut tree

(C) Bush

(D) Banyan tree

Answer:  (A) Grove

Question 4.

The child heard the sound of __________ inside the grove.

(A) Doves

(B) Parrots

(C) Crows

(D) Cocks

Answer: (A) Doves

Question 5.

The child was capering around the –

(A) Banyan tree

(B) Mango tree

(C) Coconut tree

(D) Jamun tree

Answer: (A) Banyan tree

Question 6.

The child’s favourite sweets was –

(A) Gulab Jamun

(B) Rasagulla

(C) Burfi

(D) Jalebi

Answer: (C) Burfi

Question 7.

The flower seller was selling the garland of –

(A) Rose

(B) Gulmohur

(C) Jasmine

(D) Lily

Answer: (B) Gulmohur

The Lost Child Extra Questions and Answers Short Type (02/ 03 Marks)

Question 1.

What did the child find in the vast field?

Answer:

The child saw a vast mustard field, looking like – flowing streams of gold. There he saw a group of dragonflies, black bees and butterflies buzzing around and sucking the sweet nectar of the flowers.

Question 2.

What was the reaction of the child after being lost?

Answer:

When the child found himself lost he started crying deeply. His throat had become dry and felt a sudden jerk in his body. He was shouting and calling his mother and father. He was actually in a real fear and tears were rolling down from his eyes. His yellow turban came untied, his clothes become muddy and his flushed face was convulsed with fear as he was too much panic stricken and running here and there. After some time he gave up and the cries turned into mild sobs.

Question 3.

Who found the lost child and from where? What did he do to divert his mind?

Answer:

A strange man found the lost child from the temple door.

To divert the mind of the lost child the strange man took him to all that places, which once attracted the child. He took him to the snake charmer first, then one by one to the balloon seller, flower seller, sweet seller but his all attempts got failed. The child only wanted his mother father back.

Question 4.)

What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair?

Ans- On his way to the fair the child sees people taking horse ride, bull cart ride; he sees toyshops, flowering mustard fields, butterflies, bees, dragon flies, dove, small insects, worms, banyan tree.

Question 5.)

In the fair he wants many things.) What are they?

Ans- He wants burfi, garland of Gulmohur, balloons, toys. He wants to ride swing, watch the snake-charmer show.

Question 6.)

What did the child see at the sweetmeat shop?

Ans- At sweetmeat shop the child sees many coloured sweets like gulab-jaman, rasagulla, burfi, jalebi,decorated with leaves of silver and gold

Question 7.)

When does the child realise that he has lost his way?

Ans- When the child was watching the roundabout swing intently, he begged boldly to his parents to get a ride. He got no reply from them. He looked back but his parents were not behind him. Then the child discovered that he is lost.

Question 8.)

Who rescued the lost child? What did he offer to buy him?

Ans- A man into the crowd near temple rescued the child and he offered him balloon, horse-ride, garland, swing-ride, sweets and the show of snake charmer.

Question 9.)

What was the first reaction of the child when he realized that he had lost his parents?

Ans- When the child realized that he had lost his parents then he started crying in panic. Running towards almost every direction and shouting “Father! Mother!”. His face became reddish, tears rolling down, throat became dry in fear. His dress became muddy, yellow turban came untied.

Question 10.)

How did balloons fascinate the child?

Ans- A balloon seller was holding a pole of multicoloured balloons which seemed to be a rainbow glory to the child.

Question 11.)

What plea did the child finally make to his parents?

Ans- He wanted to ride the roundabout full swing.

The Lost Child Extra Questions and Answers Long Type

1.) Who rescued the lost child? What did he offer to buy him?

Ans- The man in the shrine rescued the lost child. He lifted him up in his arms and tried to soothe him.

He took him to the nearest roundabout swing and offered to buy him flowers, balloons and sweets. But the child refused all of them.

2.) How did the child react in front of the Juggler?

Ans- The Juggler was playing the flute to a snake. The child was attracted by the music and went towards him. He knew that his parents would not like he’s standing there. So he moved on.

3.) Why did the child not stay for long near the snake charmer?

Ans- The child saw a snake-charmer. He was playing the flute before the snake. The music charmed the boy greatly. But he did not stay there and moved away. He knew that his parents had forbidden him to hear such music. They thought that it was coarse music.

4.) Where did the lost child meet a kind-hearted person in the fair?

Ans- He met the kind-hearted person near the shrine. The man saw the child in the crowd.

5.) Why Where did the child’s parents stop and why?

Ans- He met the kind-hearted person near the shrine. The man saw the child in the crowd.

6.) Where did the lost child go towards the temple? What happened there?

Ans- On reaching the temple door, the lost child got caught between the legs of the crowd that was jostling with each other to get into the shrine. The child got knocked down and would have got trampled if the ‘kind man’ had not rescued him after hearing his loud cry.

Updated: April 7, 2023 — 4:49 pm

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