A letter to god question answer, Class 10 English by kjv Expert Teachers
A LETTER TO GOD
Class 10 English Chapter 1 A Letter to God
Oral comprehension check – 2
a)Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?
Ans: Lencho had faith in God. After his crops were ruined, he wrote a letter to God asking for help.
b)Who read the letter?
Ans: The postmaster read the letter.
c)What did the postmaster do then?
Ans: The PostMaster did not want to break Lencho’s faith. So, he collected money from his employees and gave a part of his salary and sent it to Lencho with a signature God.
Oral Comprehension Check
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Question 1. What did Lencho hope for?
Answer: Lencho hoped for rain because it was needed for a good harvest.
Question 2. Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like ‘new coins’?
Answer: Lencho said the raindrops were like ‘new coins’ because they would help his crops grow well and bring him money.
Question 3 . How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho’s fields?
Answer: The rain started as small drops, but soon turned into a heavy hailstorm. The hail destroyed Lencho’s fields, ruining his crops.
A letter to God Question Answer
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Question 5. Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?
Answer: Lencho had strong faith in God. He believed that God helps people in their time of need, so he wrote a letter asking for one hundred pesos to replant his crops.
Question 6. Who read the letter?
Answer: Postmaster, read the letter.
Q7: What was Lenchos’ reaction after the hail stopped?
Answer: Lencho felt very sad after the hail stopped because the storm had ruined everything. His crops were gone, and he had nothing left to feed his family. He felt hopeless and worried about the future.
Question 7. What did the postmaster do after reading a letter?
Answer: The postmaster laughed at first, but then felt touched by Lencho’s faith. He collected money and sent it to Lencho, pretending it was from God.
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Question 8. Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?
Answer: Lencho was not surprised to find a letter with money from God, as he believed that God will help him.
Question 9. What made Lencho angry?
Answer: There were only seventy pesos in the envelope, whereas Lencho had demanded a hundred pesos. The difference in the amount made him angry.
Thinking about the Text (Page 7,8)
Question 1. Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in the story tell you this?
Answer: Lencho has complete faith in God. The sentences that show this are:
“In the hearts of all who lived in that solitary house in the middle of the valley, there was a single hope: help from God.”
“Lencho was an ox of a man, strong and untiring, and he had complete faith in God.”
Question 2. Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter God?
Answer: The postmaster sends money to Lencho in order to keep Lencho’s faith in God alive. When the postmaster reads the letter of Lencho to God, he becomes serious and does not want to shake his faith, and decides to answer the letter. He gathers money with the help of his post office employees and friends on behalf of God and signs the letter ‘God’ so that Lencho’s faith does not get shaken.
Question 3. Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why or why not?
Answer: Lencho did not try to find out who had sent the money to him because he never suspected the presence of God and had complete faith in God. He could not believe that it could be – anybody else other than God who would send him the money. His faith in God was so strong that he believed that God had sent money to him for his help in his problem.
Question 4.Who does Lencho think has taken the rest of the money? What is the irony in the situation? (Remember that the irony of a situation is an unexpected aspect of it. An ironic situation is strange or amusing because it is the opposite of what is expected).
Answer: Lencho thinks that the post office employees have taken the rest of the money as he had demanded a hundred pesos from God and in the letter there was only seventy pesos and God cannot make such a mistake according to Lencho. So, he assumes that postoffice employes have stolen the money.
The irony in this situation is that Lencho suspects those people who helped him in his problem and tried to keep his faith alive in God.
Question 5.Are there people like Lencho in the real world? What kind of a person would you say he is? You may select appropriate words from the box to answer the question.
Greedy
Naive
Stupid
Ungrateful
Selfish
Comical
Unquestioning
Answer:It is almost impossible to find a person like Lencho as he is an unquestioning and naive kind of person. He is not stupid if he doesn’t know who has sent him money or a letter will reach God without any address. It is Lencho’s faith in God. In real world, people are selfish and greedy and Lencho is totally lovable and different.
Question 6.There are two kinds of conflict in the story between humans and nature and between humans themselves. How are these conflicts illustrated?
Answer: Conflict between Humans and Nature: The conflict between humans and nature is illustrated by the destruction of Lencho’s crop by the hailstorm as Lencho was expecting a good rain to have a good harvest as that was the only hope he had for his earning. He worked so hard to feed his family, but nature turned violent and destroyed everything.
Conflict between Humans and Humans: The story also illustrated another conflict, between humans themselves as the postmaster alongwith his friends and staff sent Lencho money that Lencho demanded from God, although they didn’t know Lencho. Lencho blamed them for taking away some amount of money. He called them “a bunch of crook”. This shows that man does not have faith in other man, thereby giving rise to this conflict.
Class 10 English Chapter 1 A Letter to God
Some important questions:
Question 1:Why was Lencho angry when he received the letter?
Answer: When Lencho received the letter, he opened the envelope. He at once became angry about counting the amount in it. There were only seventy pesos in the envelope, whereas he had asked for one hundred.
Question 2:Where was Lencho’s house located? Why did he sit seeing the sky?
Answer: Lencho’s house was situated on the crest of a low hill in the valley. The whole day he sat seeing the sky because he knew that his fields needed downpour or at least a shower and he was waiting to see the signs of rain.
Question 3:What were Lencho’s feelings when he found the letter with money in it? What did he do after opening the letter?
Answer: In the beginning, Lencho was very happy and satisfied to receive the letter. But when he counted the money and found it less, he became very angry. He wrote another letter to God, demanding thirty more pesos.
Question 4:What did Lencho write in his second letter?
Answer: In his second letter to God, Lencho asked for the remaining money and requested not to send it by mail, as he believed the post office employees were a bunch of crooks.
Question 5:How did Lencho’s hope change to despair?
Answer: Lencho was waiting for some rain because his field needed it. But his hope for good rain was lost when the wind turned into a hailstorm. It ruined all his crops. So, Lencho lost hope and was worried that his family would have nothing to eat.
Question 6:What did the postmaster need to answer the letter? How did he collect it? How did Lencho react to the help?
Answer: The postmaster needed money to answer Lencho’s letter to God. He collected it by giving part of his own salary and asking other post office workers to donate. Lencho received the money but was not happy. He thought the post office workers had stolen part of it and called them a bunch of crooks.
Question 8:How did the hailstorm shatter Lencho’s hope and dreams?
Answer: The hailstorm destroyed all of Lencho’s crops, which were his only source of food and income. This shattered his hopes for a good harvest and his dream of feeding his family, leaving him worried about facing hunger.
Question 9:The Post Master represents the people who still believe in helping others. Mention those values of the Post Master which you would like to emulate. Write it in about 80-100 words.
Answer: The postmaster represents the people who still believe in helping others. To keep Lencho’s faith in God alive, the postmaster co-operated with his employees and collected the amount. He had love and empathy towards Lencho knowing his situation. He was compassionate and even did not let Lencho know that they were helping
him. He sent the amount to Lencho in the name of God. In a nutshell, the postmaster possesed values like helping others, loving nature and compassionate.
Question 10:How did Lencho and his family react to the calamity?
Answer: They were filled with sorrow but they had faith in God.
Question 11:What was the only ‘One hope’ Lencho had?
Answer: His only hope was help from God.
Question 12: Why did Lencho become angry when he counted the money?
Answer: Lencho became angry when he counted the money because the money was not a hundred pesos, which he had demanded. It was only 70 pesos. Lencho had firm faith in God. Moreover, he knew that God could not make a mistake or deny his request.
Question 13:How did the postmaster help Lencho?
Answer: The postmaster collected money from the post-office employees and sent the money-order to Lencho in God’s name to keep his faith.
Question 14: Lencho addresses the post office employees as a ‘bunch of crooks’, why? Give reasons in support of your answer.
Answer: The hailstones ruined Lencho’s crop and left Lencho helpless. So he thought of writing a letter to God to help him with his destructed crop. Lencho requested God to send a hundred pesos. The postmaster sent him 70 pesos. Lencho became angry when he counted the money. He thought that 30 pesos were taken by the post office employees. He warned God to send thirty pesos more and beware of those employees who were a bunch of Crooks.
Question 15: How did the postmaster react seeing Lencho’s letter?
Answer: When the postmaster saw Lencho’s letter to God, he was surprised and touched by his strong faith. He wanted to help, so he decided to collect money and send it to Lencho.
Thinking about Language (Page 8,9,10,11)
Question 1. A violent tropical storm in which strong winds move in a circle c__.
Answer:cyclone
Question 2. An extremely strong wind _ a _.
Answer:gale
Question 3. A violent tropical storm with very strong wind _ p _.
Answer:typhoon
Question 4. A violent storm whose centre is a cloud in the shape of a funneln.
Answer:tornado
Question 5.A violent storm with very strong winds, especially in the Western Atlantic Ocean _ r_.
Answer:Hurricane
Question 6. A very strong wind that moves very fast in a spinning movement and causes a lot of damage l.
Answer:whirlwind
New pattern MCQ, most Important and Common Class 10 English
1)What lesson does the story “A Letter to God” convey?
A. The importance of human intervention in times of need
B. The need to trust in God and have faith
C. The importance of farming techniques
D. The effectiveness of government aid
Answer: B. The need to trust in God and have faith
2) Statement 1: Lencho was a prosperous farmer with a large harvest.
Statement 2: Lencho’s crops were destroyed by a hailstorm.
A. Both statements are true
B. Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false
C. Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true
D. Both statements are false
Answer: C. Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true
3) Statement 1: Lencho wrote a letter to God asking for a new plow.
Statement 2: Lencho asked for 100 pesos in his letter to God.
A. Both statements are true
B. Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false
C. Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true
D. Both statements are false
Answer: C. Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true
4) Statement 1: The postmaster, along with his employees, collected money to help Lencho.
Statement 2: The postmaster was not interested in helping Lencho and ignored the letter.
A. Both statements are true
B. Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false
C. Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true
D. Both statements are false
Answer: B. Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false
5) Statement 1: Lencho was happy to receive the money from the post office.
Statement 2: Lencho believed that the money was sent by God, despite receiving less than he asked for.
A. Both statements are true
B. Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false
C. Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true
D. Both statements are false
Answer: C. Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true
6) Statement 1: Lencho thought that the post office employees had stolen part of the money.
Statement 2: Lencho wrote a thank-you letter to the post office after receiving the money.
A. Both statements are true
B. Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false
C. Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true
D. Both statements are false
Answer: B. Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false
7. Statement I: Lencho’s crops were completely destroyed.
Statement II: He had faith that God would send help.
a) Both I and II are true, and II explains I
b) Both I and II are true, but II does not explain I
c) Only I is true
d) Only II is true
Answer: a) Both I and II are true, and II explains I
8. Statement I: The postmaster collected money for Lencho.
Statement II: He wanted to keep Lencho’s faith alive.
a) Both I and II are true, and II explains I
b) Both I and II are true, but II does not explain I
c) I is true, II is false
d) Both are false
Answer: a) Both I and II are true, and II explains I
9. Statement I: Lencho received less money than he requested.
Statement II: He thought the post office employees had stolen it.
a) Both I and II are true, and II explains I
b) I is true, II is false
c) II is true, I is false
d) Both are false
Answer: a) Both I and II are true, and II explains I
10. Statement I: Lencho lived on the crest of a low hill.
Statement II: It allowed him to see the sky and rainfall coming.
a) Both I and II are true, and II explains I
b) Both I and II are true, but II does not explain I
c) I is true, II is false
d) Both are false
Answer: a) Both I and II are true, and II explains I
11. Statement I: Lencho was a poor farmer.
Statement II: He was educated and clever.
a) Both are true
b) I is true, II is false
c) I is false, II is true
d) Both are false
Answer: b) I is true, II is false
Chapter 1 (A Letter To God)
Chapter 2 (Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)
Chapter 5 (Coorg)
Chapter 7 (Tea from Assam)
Chapter 9 (Madam Rides the Bus)
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- (Chapter 3)The Ball Poem
- (Chapter 4)Amanda
- (Chapter 6)Animals
- (Chapter 9)The Tale of Custared the Dragon
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