CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Ivan decided to shatter her dreams and so he immediately looked at the winning number and read the series 9499 number 46.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Lottery Ticket is a book by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. This book is a story about a man whose wife believes she has won the lottery after her husband, Ivan Dmitritch, reads her the series, which is correct, but not the number, which is incorrect.

Detailed explanation-3: -“Masha, 9, 499 is there!” he said in a hollow voice. His wife looked at his astonished and panic-stricken face, and realized that he was not joking. “9, 499?” she asked, turning pale and dropping the folded tablecloth on the table. “Yes, yes… it really is there!”