CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

THE LOST CHILD

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The first thing the child saw in the village fair was ____
A
balloon seller
B
sweetmeat seller
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: At the sweetmeat shop on the entrance of the fair, the child saw an architecture of many coloured sweets that made his eyes open wide and left his mouth filled with water. He longed to have his favourite burfi but instinctively knew that his parents would not buy him any.

Detailed explanation-2: -At the entrance of the fair, in a corner, a sweetmeat seller had set up a shop. He was selling various sweets like gulab jamun, rasgulla, burfi, and jalebi. The sweets were exhibited at different heights and were covered with foils of gold and silver.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer : At the fair, the boy wants many things. He wants to buy the toys from the shops that lined the way, sweets from the sweetmeat seller, a garland of gulmohar flowers and balloon from the man selling balloons. He wants to watch the snake charmer playing flute to a snake and go for a round in the roundabout.

Detailed explanation-4: -On his way to the fair the child sees toys, balloons of different colours, garland of gulmohur, a swing and a snake-charmer playing a flute. He gets attracted towards all these things. So, he lags behind.

Detailed explanation-5: -Solution : On his way to the fair the child sees toys, balloons of different colours, a garland of gulmohur, a swing, and a snake-charmer playing the flute.

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