ENGLISH SOLUTION CLASS 9

English Solution Class 9

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CHAPTER 1 THE LOST CHILD

BY MULK RAJ ANAND

THE LOST CHILD

In the tale 'The Lost Child', the author attempts to explore the thoughts of a child. This tale also highlights a child's love for his parents.

The child goes to a fair with his father and mother. He is very excited and wants chocolates and toys displayed there. His mother and father don't purchase these items for him. But very quickly he gets separated from his parents as he's left behind looking at various toys and different things. When he realises that his father and mother are nowhere close to him, he starts crying inconsolably. He refuses everything which is offered by way of others. He only wants his father and mother and continues crying.

MULK RAJ ANAND

English Solution Class 9

CHARACTERS:

The Lost Child - He is the central character who gets fascinated with the items at the village fair and loses contact with his parents. He becomes heart-broken, loses interest in everything and cries for his parents.

The Parents - The parents keep on asking the child to remain with them but are careless enough to lose him at the fair.

The Person who Found him - The person who found him is a very helpful person who tries to distract the child by offering him many things but fails.

THE LOST CHILD

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SUMMARY:

It is the festival of spring and everyone, in a happy mood, is going to the fair. The child is going to the fair with his parents. he is very happy and excited. On the way to the fair, the child enjoys every moment and gets fascinated towards natural beauty. The child wants to play, climb trees, catch the dragonflies and butterflies; but his parents won't let him do any of this. 

In the fair, the youngster is attracted to sweets and toys showed in the shops. He feels pulled in towards the garlands of Gulmohar and the delicious Gulab Jamuns, however, his parents do not buy anything for him. The child sees snake-charmer. he enjoys music played by the charmer and wants to remain there for some time but his parents do not approve. As the child moves on, he sees a roundabout. He requests his parents to go on the roundabout.

After requesting his parents boldly for a roundabout, the child turns back. but, to his surprise, no sign of parents is there. he searches for his parents here and there. the child realises that he is now separated from his parents and he is lost. he starts crying bitterly.

There is a big crowd and the little child tries to make his way between the feet of people. After hearing the cry of the child, a gentleman lends a helping hand to him. this gentleman offers goodies and joy rides in order to console the lost child but the child will have none of them. Instead, he longs to meet his parents.

A VILLAGE FAIR

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WORD MEANING:

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lingering on - looking at

receding - moving away

red-eyed - with eyes red with anger

tyrant's way - strict and harsh manner

melted - affected

free spirit - happy mood

melting gold - the colour of gold

dragon-flies - long-bodied insects

gaudy - bright

intercepting - interfering with

still its wings - stop flying

cautionary call - called with safety in mind

teeming out - coming out in large numbers

shower - sprinkling

wild capers - uncontrolled running

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throngs - a large number of people

converging - coming together

whirlpool - a centre of attraction

half knew - thought that he knew

hawked - tried to sell by calling out

overwhelming - strong

stole into - passed into

gentle rippling - soft rushing sound

roundabout - merry-go-round with animals and seats to ride on

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flushed - reddened

convulsed - overtaken

hither and thither - this way and that

rage of running - running due to panic

filmy eyes - film of tears on the eyes

lingering - repeating

flashing, murderous - full of anger

to and fro - backward and forward, here and there

trampled underfoot - walked over

stooping - bending

steered clear - moved away

soothe - pacify/calm down

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swaying - moving sideways

doubled-pitched strain - two cries

distract....attention - shift....the attention

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humour - laughter, gaiety

English solution Class 9
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS 

1. What festival were the people going to celebrate?
Answer: People were going to celebrate the festival of spring.

2. How were the people going to the festival?
Answer: People were going to the festival on foot.  Some were riding on horses and some were carried in bamboo and Bullock carts.

3. What did the father do when the child said, “I want that toy.”?
Answer: The father looked at the child red-eyed when he pleaded for that toy.

4. What happened as the child entered the grove?
Answer: A shower of young flowers fell on the child as he entered the grove.

5. What did the child do when he heard the cooing of doves in the grove?
Answer: The child ran towards his parents shouting, ‘The dove! The dove !’

6. What did the child do when he didn’t find his parents with him?
Answer: The child cried, ‘Father, Mother.’ He ran here and there in all directions.

7. Describe the village scene when people were heading towards the fair.

Answer: It was springtime. A crowd of men, women, and children was going to the fair. They were wearing colourful clothes. Some of them were on foot some rode on horses, while others went in bullock carts. There were many shops on the way. People were in a joyful mood.

8. What did the man do to make the child happy?

Answer: The man saw the child crying. He lifted him up in his arms and tried to soothe him. He took the child to the snake-charmer. Then he offered to buy balloons and flowers for him. Then he took him to the sweets' shop. But the child did not want to buy anything. He wanted only to be united with his parents.

9. Where did the child go with his parents? What did he want there?

Answer: The child went to the village fair with his parents, which had been organized to celebrate the festival of spring. He wanted them to buy him sweets, garlands, and balloons at the fair. He also wanted to see the snake charmer’s show and ride on a roundabout.

10. How did the mother distract the child’s mind from the toy seller?

Answer: The child’s mother drew his attention to the flowering mustard field to divert his mind from the toy seller. Here he saw colourful dragon-flies with gaudy purple wings, black bee and butterflies. He gazed at them as they flew in the air.

11. Why didn’t the child ask his parents to show him the snake-charmer’s act even though he wanted to?

Answer: The child knew that in the opinion of his parents, the snake charmer’s music was coarse. So, he did not see any point in requesting something which he knew would be denied.

12. How did the child enjoy the beauty of nature on his way to the fair?

Answer: On his way to the fair the child enjoyed the beauty of nature. He saw a blooming mustard field. He halted there to watch the little insects and worms that were coming out from their hiding places. He then tried to gather the petals of falling flowers and ran gaily in circles around a banyan tree.

THE LOST CHILD

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TEXTUAL QUESTIONS:

13. What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?
Answer: While his parents are going ahead with the intention of reaching the fair, the child enjoys every beauty of nature's creation. the child enjoys the sight of a dragonfly fluttering. The next moment, he is engrossed in collecting beautiful flower petals. The very next moment he is appreciating the gait pf the swan. The child is enjoying the beauty of nature, that is why he keeps lagging behind his parents on the way. 

14. In the fair child wants many things. What are they? Why does he move on without waiting for an answer?
Answer: The child wants to buy toys and balloons, sweets, a garland of Gulmohar and a ride in the roundabout. He wants everything from the fair but he knows that his father won't be buying anything for him and would give some excuse for not doing so. This shows that the child has matured as well. he knows how to control his urges.
He may not understand the right reason for his father refusing to get most of the things for him. Like all good parents, his father may be wishing not to spoil his child.

15. When does the child realise that he has lost his way? how have his anxiety and insecurity been described?
Answer: When the child wants to get a ride on the roundabout and calls for his parents, he gets no reply. the child looks to his front and back as well as left and right. Then the child tries to find his father among people wearing yellow shirts but all he glimpses is yellow blobs in the crowd. At last, he goes to the shrine, in the hope of finding his parents there but, he does not find them. Then the child realises that he is lost and separated from his parents. His anxiety has been described by explaining how the child reacts and tries to find his parents. he even cries out for them a number of times, refusing to take anything offered by the man who has found him, all of which he had longed for earlier. Even his turban becomes untied and muddy. this is a very natural explanation which makes the narrative simple to read and enjoy.

16. Why does the lost child lose interest in the things that he had wanted earlier?
Answer: The lost child loses interest in the things that he had wanted earlier because he is panic-stricken on being separated from his parents. All he wants is to be united with them. All the things that attracted him in the fair no longer appeal to him and now the only thing that matters is finding his parents.

17. What do you think happens in the end? Does the child find his parents?
Answer: Although this is not mentioned in the story, in the end, the parents, who continuously kept checking to see that the child was with them, may have suddenly realised that he was missing and came looking for him. The kind and understanding man who tried to console the little boy by offering him various things at the fair may have also asked him for some description of his parents and helped him to be reunited with them.

THE LOST CHILD

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18. What was the child watching when he got lost/

Answer: He was watching a roundabout in the fair. Men, women, and children were carried away in a whirling motion. They shrieked and cried with dizzy laughter. 

19. 'A child longs for toys, sweets and other things but not at the cost of his parents.' Comment.

Answer: When the child realised that he had been separated from his parents, he started crying. Tears rolled down his cheeks. His face was full of fear. He was panicked and ran here and there. His yellow turban got untied. His clothes became muddy. he ran towards the shrine in search of his parents. There was a thick crowd. before he could be trampled under their feet, a kind-hearted person picked him up in his arms. he asked him how he got there and where his parents were. The child wept more bitterly and cried for his parents.

20. Why did the child not stay for long near the snake charmer?
 Answer: In the fair, the child noticed a snake charmer. he was playing the flute in front of the snake. the music of flute greatly influenced the child. but he did not stay for long near the snake charmer because he knew that his parents would not allow him to hear the music as it was coarse music for his parents.

21. Why did the child go towards the temple? What happened there?
Answer: he went towards the temple in search of his parents. on reaching the temple door, the lost child got caught between the legs of the crowd that was jostling with each other to get into the shrine. The child got knocked down and would have got trampled if the 'kind man' had not rescued him after hearing his loud cry.

22. Who rescued the lost child? What did he offer to buy him?
Answer: An unknown man rescued the lost child. In the crowd, he was the only one who came forward to help the lost child. first, he lifted up the lost child in his arms. He asked the child about him and his parents and got to know that he had lost his parents. he tried each and everything to console the lost and sobbing child. he offered every exciting thing in the fair to the child which earlier he wanted to buy. he lifted him up in his arms and tried to soothe him. he took the child to the snake-charmer. Then he offered to buy balloons for him. he offered to buy him flowers. Then he took him to the sweets shop. but the child did not want to buy anything. he wanted only to be united with his parents.

23. Write the character sketch of the stranger.
Answer: The stranger was certainly a kind-hearted man. he saved the child from being trampled under the feet. He lifted the lost child in his lap and offered him all those things which the child desired to have earlier. he also offered the child to go on the roundabout. Obviously, such persons are rare. The stranger showed the love of parents in his behaviour towards the lost child. he tried to assure the child that he should not be afraid of anything in the fair. he would find the parents and hand over the lost child to him. the stranger also knew that the lost child could not be happy without his parents because he was weeping bitterly. Still, he tried to make the lost child happy.

24. How does the behaviour of the child before and after his separation from his parents show his great love for his parents? What would you have done if you were in the child's place?
Answer: before losing his parents, the child is in a happy, cheerful and playful mood. He gets attracted to many things on the way but follows his parents' call whenever they ask him to. He is amazed by the beauty of nature and enjoys it in his innocent way. He feels secure in the presence of his parents and so he does not even wait for their response when he demands things from them. However, on getting separated, he is filled with fear and panic. he cries inconsolably and gets lost in a large crowd of people all around. he refuses to accept even those things that he had wanted a little while ago. Everything else loses values in his eyes in the absence of his parents. his laughter and happiness are replaced by insecurity and fear.

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Writing is an ability for communication for passing on thoughts or ideas and feelings from one individual to another. This can be done by writing reports, notices, messages, paragraphs and letters. A report is a short writing aptitude describing some event or occurrence.

Points to be remembered.

(1) A report is a piece of first-hand information about an incident, occurrence or event.

(2) It must be brief, to the point and systematic.

(3) It must be written in past tense

(4) It must be given a suitable heading or title, the name of the person writing it, date and the place from where it was written.

(5) The report should be simple. Exaggerations and superfluous matter should be avoided.

SOME SAMPLES AND EXAMPLES OF REPORT WRITING ARE:

1. A seminar on Beti Bachao—Beti Padhao’ was held in your school write a report in about 40 words giving details of the seminar.

BHARAT NIRMAN VIDYAPEETH

KALAIN 

BETI BACHAO — BETI PADHAO

Report by

SNIGDHA

Kalain, December 4, 2019: A seminar on ‘Bed Bachao—Beti Padhao’ was held in our school. The Education Minister of Assam was the chief guest. Principals and teachers of different schools and the parents took part in the seminar. The speakers stressed the need of the hour to save the girl child and to teach the girl child. Everybody present pledged for the same.

2. A ‘Swachh Vidyalaya — Swachh Bharat’ campaign was organized in your school. Write a report in about 40 words highlighting the main features of the campaign.

BHARAT NIRMAN VIDYAPEETH

KALAIN 

SWACHH VIDYALAYA - SWACHH BHARAT

Report by

SNIGDHA

Kalain, December 4, 2019: A Swachh Vidyalaya – Swachh Bharat Campaign was organized on the 6th of April in our school. All the teachers and the students of our school took part in the campaign with great enthusiasms. A special drive for the cleanliness of the classrooms, science lab, computer lab, library, office, sports room as well as the school campus was launched. The school Principal praised the efforts of the teachers and the students for organizing this campaign.

3. You are Abhinav, studying in class IX. You attended an N.C.C. camp recently. Mentioning the date, the number of participants and other important details, write a report in about 40 words for your school magazine.

N.C.C. CAMP ATTENDED

Report by

Abhinav Singh

Kalain, December 4, 2019: The N.C.C. troop of our school attended an N.C.C. camp at Kalain from 20th November to 28th November. 40 cadets of our school troop took part in this camp with our N.C.C. officer Sh. R.C. Bansal. Our troop cadet Ranjit Singh was selected as the best cadet.

4. You are a press reporter. You visited the site of a car accident in Silchar. Mentioning the title, the date, the area of the explosion, the damage caused, etc., write a brief report in about 40 words for our newspaper.

ALTO 800-CRUSHED

Report by

Arnav

Silchar, December 5, 2019: Yesterday an Alto 800 car bumped into a loaded truck on the Sonai Road. Three of the five passengers in the car died on the spot. The driver and two other passengers were seriously injured and rushed to the Silchar Medical College and Hospital. The deceased belonged to Rampur village of outer Silchar. 

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GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR ARTICLE WRITING

1. Always study the given input, information or notes carefully.

2. Arrange them in a systematic order.

3. Develop each point in a simple, grammatically correct language.

4. Your article must present your ideas not in a sketchy but in a coherent and logical manner. Develop your writing into paragraphs.

5. Confine yourself to the given subject. superfluous and unnecessary details must be avoided at all cost.

How to Write an Article Step by Step-

Eye-catching Title – This is the most important part of your article. Give your article a title that catches the attention of the reader. If you choose a  burning topic It should be relevant to them. 

Beginning – Begin your article with a quotation or popular poetic line that supports your topic most relevantly. Let the readers be satisfied that you are going to write something new and relevant.

Content- A vast ground for your creativity comprising reasons, effects, the present state of affairs, etc.

Conclusion- Conclude with your strongest point. Use short and humourous sentences, leave at least one question to provide a required effect on the reader’s mind.

1. You are Nidhi/Hrittik. Write an article on the topic ‘India – A Tourist’s Paradise’ in 100-120 words. You may use ideas from the clues give below:
Suggested Value Points :
• A vast country
• Diversity of culture
• Variety of races
• Climate – hills, rivers, plains, deserts
• Places of pilgrimage
• Huge coastline, friendly beaches
• Modern cities

                       India-A Tourist’s Paradise

by Nidhi

India is a vast country with diverse cultures and races. It is a land with ancient social legacy and rich history. India is the only country which has a wide range of seasons. It has beauty in all its places whether they are hills, deserts, plains or rivers. All these and the modern cities like Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore as well as the places of pilgrimage make it one of the most sought-after tourist destinations in the world.

India is blessed with places that have natural beauty like Kashmir, Goa, Puri, Kerala Ooty, etc. All such wonderful spots are regularly visited by individuals who try to combine spirituality with pleasure. India has a variety of lovely areas to visit which make it a tourist’s paradise.

2.  Due to growing materialism, there is a shift in the values of youngsters. They continue pestering their parents for items like mobile phone, digital camera, bike, etc. for personal use even though there is no genuine need for these gadgets. Taking help from the MCB unit ‘Children’, write an article in about 120 words expressing your views on the same. You are .......

                          The Deteriorating Values

                                         by Nidhi                

The developing materialism in society is leaving a significant effect on the younger generation. They are experiencing childhood in a situation which makes a desire to procure all that is in their ability. It has changed children's point of view towards life. For them, materialism is joy. They hassle their parents to satisfy their demands despite the fact that there is no genuine requirement for it. Children need these so as to intrigue their companions. 


Materialism makes us greedy. We attempt to flaunt what we have and are embarrassed if we don't have something that others have. The world has become a spot for the challenge where everybody intends to be ahead of other Youths need to comprehend that money doesn't bring bliss. It is more essential to be content. We have to have values, companions, relations and, above all our family's affection and support to lead a happy life.

3. Write an article for your school magazine on 'Live And Let Live.' You are Rohit.

Live And Let Live

by Rohit

In our life there can be a few occa­sions when we may have contrasts with others. vari­egated conclusions are always more delightful and enchanting. They add taste to dull and devastate human life. They are the essence of democratic thinking. 

There have been incredible brutalities and abuses on the planet for the sake of religion, country, race and caste. We should all understand that this world is the only place where we all need to live. The best course for us is to adapt the strategy of "Live and Let Live." This is the thing that extraordinary men like Buddha and Guru Nanak have instructed us. 


We should not forget that God is the one maker of this universe. He has made a wide range of animals in this world. They are altogether expected to live in harmony and peace. May there be one World Govern­ment, one world citizenship. The policy of "Live and Let Live" is the dire need of the time.

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