CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

THE ADVENTURES OF TOTO

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What did the ticket-collector guessed Toto as?
A
A Tortoise
B
A Dog
C
A Rat
D
A Squirrel
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The ticket collector insists on calling Toto a dog because he only charged for dogs on the train and Toto was probably almost the same size as a dog.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Ticket collector classified Toto as a dog because there was no mention of fare in his rulebook for a monkey to travel in the railways.

Detailed explanation-3: -The ticket collector was following his rulebooks. As there seems to be no rule for fixing a monkey’s fare so he equated Toto with dog.

Detailed explanation-4: -Toto was classified a dog by the ticket-collector; and three rupees was the sum handed over as his fare.

Detailed explanation-5: -Q22. How did the ticket collector learn about the presence of Toto? Toto’s presence in the bag remained hidden until the journey to Saharanpur. But when Grandfather was getting his ticket checked at the railway turnstile, Toto peeped out of the bag and grinned at the ticket collector.

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