CLASS 9
THE LOST CHILD
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Ruskin Bond
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R.K.Laxman
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Mulk Raj Anand
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Oscar Wilde
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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: -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-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Lost child is a short story published in 1934. The story is set in a village fair. It revolves around a child who gets lost in pursuit of finding different things. Anand shows the struggle the child goes through in the village fair.