9th-Eng. The Lost Child.. Class Test -25M (Moments) NCERT BASED

Class Test Ch-1 The Lost Child..Mulk Raj Anand 

MM- 25           Time Zero Period 

Class 9th     

Sub- English  Class Test (Moments)

   

Q1.Read the extract and answer the following questions

He hurried towards his parents, his feet obedient to their call, his eyes still lingering on the receding toys. As he came to where they had stopped to wait for him, he could not suppress the desire of his heart, even though he well knew the old, cold stare of refusal in their eyes.

(a) 'He' refers to…..

(b) The desire of his heart was to……

(c) He knew that his parents wouldn't buy him anything. (True/False)

(d) Find a word from the passage which means 'denial.

(i) Obedient (ii) Lingering (iii) Desire

(iv) Refusal

B.Come, child, come!" they called to the child, who had now gone running in wild capers round the banyan tree, and gathering him up they took the narrow, winding footpath which led to the fair through the mustard fields.

(a) 'They refers to………

(b) They took the footpath that………….

(c) The child was obedient.(true/ false)

(d) Choose the word from the passage which means 'grabbing.

(i) Running. (ii) Gathering (iii) Narrow

(iv) Winding

Q2. Answer any Three Of the following questions 3x3=9

A.What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?

B.In the fair he wants many things. What are they? Why does he move on without waiting for an answer?

C.When does he realise that he has lost his way? How have his anxiety and insecurity been described?

D.Why does the lost child lose interest in the things that he had wanted earlier?

E.What do you think happens in the end? Does the child find his parents?

F.Who helped the child when he was left alone? How did he make an attempt to pacify him?

Q3. Answer any One of the following questions A.Or B. 1x4=4

A.How was the child separated from his parents

Or

B.Comment on the parents-children relationship as depicted by Mulk Raj Anand in the story "The Lost Child

O4.Complete the sentences given below with the help of the options that follow: (1×4=4 marks)

A volcano is basically a mountain that (i) ………. downward to a pool of (ii)........rock below the surface of the earth. When pressure(iii)............ up, eruptions occur. Gases and rock shoot up (iv).............. the opening and fill the air (v) ………,.....lava fragments Eruptions (vi)........cause blasts, mudslides, lava flows, avalanches, falling ash and floods. Volcano eruptions (Vii) ……….to destroy entire forests. An (viii) ………..volcano can trigger tsunamis, flash floods, earthquakes, mudflows and rock falls 

(i) (a) open; (b) opens, (c) opening, (d) will open

(ii) (a) melting; (b) melted; (c) molten, (d) melt

(iii) (a) is building, (b) builds; (c) build; (d) has built

(iv) (a) in; (b) by; (c) through; (d) from

(v) (a) with; (b) by, (c) in, (d) up

(vi) (a) will; (b) can (c) could (d) would

(vii) (a) have known; (b) have been known; (c) has known; (d) have been knowing

(viii) (a) erupting; (b) eruption; (c) erupted; (d) erupt

Q5. Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences.

Eg: of mankind/the habit/reading is/one of/resources/of/the greatest/

Eg: The habit of reading is one of the greatest resources of mankind.

(i) are/we enjoy/that/belong to us/than if/much more/they/borrowed/reading books

(ii) book/formality/ a certain considerate/must be treated/with/a borrowed

 (iii) no book/that/afraid to/you should/mark up/own/you are/

(iv) should begin / everyone/ a private library/youth/collecting/in/

Q6.Answer any One Of the following questions 

A Trees play an important role in our life. Felling of trees disturbs the eco-system. We should preserve trees and plants with great care. Write a paragraph in about 100-150 words on Trees are our Best Friends.(8 marks)

OR 

B.Recently you have visited a school for the deaf and dumb. You are sympathetic for their situation, they are in. Make a Diary entry writing down your feelings about their situation

in about 100-150 words.

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Answer 

a.. the child

b. buy some toys

c. True

d. (iv) Refusal

B.a. the parents of the child

b. led to the fair through the mustard fields

c.. True

d. (ii) Gathering

Q4.(i) b (ii)c (iii)b (iv)c (v)a (vi)b (vii)b

(viii)a

Q5 (i)We enjoy reading books that belong to us much more than if they are borrowed.

(ii) A borrowed book must be treated with a certain considerate formality

(iii) You should own no book that you are afraid to mark up.

(iv) Everyone should begin collecting a private library in youth.