CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

THE LOST CHILD

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
From where did grandfather buy the monkey?
A
from the market
B
from a shop
C
from the jungle
D
from a tonga driver
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -GRANDFATHER bought Toto from a tonga-driver for the sum of five rupees. The tonga-driver used to keep the little red monkey tied to a feeding-trough, and the monkey looked so out of place there that Grandfather decided he would add the little fellow to his private zoo.

Detailed explanation-2: -Toto was owned by a tonga-driver who used to keep him tied to a feeding-trough. Grandfather felt that the monkey was out of place there. So, he decided to add the little monkey to his private zoo. He bought Toto from the tonga-driver for five rupees.

Detailed explanation-3: -Describe Toto the monkey that Grandfather bought from the tonga-driver. Answer: Toto was a pretty monkey with bright eyes that sparkled with mischief under deep-set eyebrows. He had pearly white teeth which he bared in a smile that frightened old Anglo-Indian ladies.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: He was bought by Grandfather from the tonga-driver who owned him and kept him tied to the water trough. Grandfather took pity on him and decided to add him to his private zoo. Question 22.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer: Grandfather was fond of pets and he had seen the tonga-driver’s red monkey kept tied to a feeding trough. He felt the monkey looked completely out of place and bought him for five rupees to add him to his private zoo of birds and beasts.

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