CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

THE LOST CHILD

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name the author of the story ‘The Lost Child’?
A
Ruskin Bond
B
R.K.Laxman
C
Mulk Raj Anand
D
Oscar Wilde
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mulk Raj Anand was one of the first Indian writers who wrote in English and gained popularity at an international scale. He produced a remarkable body of work that contains several short stories, novels and essays.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Lost Child and Other Stories A collection of 13 short stories by Mulk Raj Anand, the recently deceased doyen of Indian literature.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Lost Child by Mulk Raj Anand is a story about a little child who becomes a victim of an unfortunate event.

Detailed explanation-4: -There is a poor kid and his family, and they have gone to a fair. The child wants everything in the fair, and his parents won’t let him. He gets lost in his own thoughts and ultimately, in the fair. A simple, common plot that depicts the child’s affection for his parents over toys.

Detailed explanation-5: -Amrik Singh, the author of this volume got to know Mulk Raj Anand in 1938 and remained in touch with him all his life. During his long career, he has been a teacher, an educational administrator, an author of several books on educational policy, a playwright in Punjabi and also a human rights activist.

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