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Question 1.
The house- the only one in the entire valley- sat on the crest of a low hill. From this height one could see the river and the field of ripe corn dotted with the flowers that always promised a good harvest. The only thing the Earth needed was a downpour or at least a shower. Throughout the morning Lencho who knew his fields intimately had done nothing else but see the sky towards the North-East. “Now we’re really going to get some water, woman.
” The woman who was preparing supper, replied, “Yes, God willing”.
(a) Where was Lencho’s house located?
(b) What was Lencho’s wife preparing?
(c) Find the word from the passage which means ‘very closely’.
(d) What does ‘Crest’ means?
Answer:
Lencho’s house was located on the crest of a low hill.
(b) Lencho’s wife was preparing supper.
(c) The word is ‘Intimately’.
(d) Crest means the top part of a hill.
Question 2.
It was during the meal that, just as Lencho had predicted, big drops of rain began to fall. In the North-East huge mountains of clouds could be seen approaching. The air was fresh and sweet. The man went out for no other reason than to have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body.          [CBSE 2012]
(a) What could be seen approaching in the North-East?
(b) Why did Lencho go out?
(c) Give an antonym of the word Big.
(d) Which word in the passage is a synonym of ‘forecast’.
Answer:
(a) Huge mountains of clouds could be seen approaching in the North-East.
(b) Lencho went out to have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body.
(c) The word is ‘small’.
(d) The word ‘predict’ is a synonym of forecast.
Question 3.
With a satisfied expression he regarded the field of ripe corn with its flowers, draped in a. curtain of rain. But suddenly a strong wind began to blow and alongwith the rain very large hailstones began to fall. These truly did resemble new silver coins. The boys, exposing themselves to the rain, ran out to collect the frozen pearls.
(a) What happened to the rain suddenly?
(b) ‘The frozen pearls’ refers to which thing in the paragraph.
(c) Find the similar meaning-of ‘contented’ in the paragraph.
(d) Find from the passage a word which means ‘to take after’.
Answer:
(a) The rain suddenly changed into hailstones.
(b) ‘The frozen pearls’ refers to hailstones.
(c) The word is ‘Satisfied’.
(d) The word is ‘Resemble’.
Question 4.
Not a leaf remained on the trees. The corn was totally destroyed. The flowers were gone from the plants. Lencho’s soul was filled with sadness. When the storm had passed, he stood in the middle of the field and said to his sons. “A plague of locusts would have left more than this. The hail has left nothing.
(a) Describe Lencho’s feeling as shown in the passage.
(b) What happened to the crop when the storm had passed?
(c) Find the word that means the opposite of ‘restored’ as used in the passage.
(d) What do you mean by ‘hail’ in the last line?
Answer:
(a) Lencho was filled with sadness when the storm had passed.
(b) The crop was completely destroyed when the storm had passed.
(c) The word is ‘destroyed’.
(d) ‘Hail’ is balls of ice that falls from the sky in the form of rain.
Question 5.
“That’s what they say: no one dies of hunger.” All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope: the help of God, whose eyes, as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience. Lencho was an ox of a man, working like an animal in the fields, but still he knew how to write.       [CBSE 2014]
(a) What was Lencho’s only hope?
(b) How did Lencho work in the field?
(c) Find the exact word of similar meaning ‘moral sense’ given in the passage.
(d) Explain ‘an or of a man’.
Answer:
(a) Lencho’s only hope was the help of God.
(b) Lencho worked as an ‘ox’ in the field.
(c) The word is ‘conscience’.
(d) It means a man working hard like an ox or animal.
Question 6.
The postmaster- a fat, amiable fellow- also broke out laughing, but almost immediately he turned serious and tapping the letter on his desk, commented. “What faith! I wish I had the faith of the man who wrote this letter. Starting.up a correspondence with God!”
So, in order ndt to shake the writer’s faith in God, the postmaster came up with an idea: answer the letter. But when he opened it, it was evident that to answer it he needed something more than goodwill, ink and paper. But he stuck to his resolution: he asked for money from his employees, he himself gave part of his salary and several friends of his vreie obliged io give something ‘for an act of charity’.
(a) What kind of a person the postmaster was?
(b) How did the postmaster help Lencho?
(c) Find the exact word in similar meaning ‘without delay’ given in the passage.
(d) Determination is synonymous with …………….
Answer:
(a) The postmaster was a fat, amiable and helpful fellow.
(b) The postmaster helped Lencho by collecting money from his employees and friends.
(c) The word is ‘Immediately’.
(d) Determination is synonym with Resolution.
Question 7.
The following Sunday, Lencho came a bit earlier than usual to ask if there was a letter for him. It was the postman himself who handed the letter to him while the postmaster, experiencing the contentment of a man who has performed a good deed, looked on from his office.
Lencho showed not the slightest surprise on seeing the money; such was his confidence, but he became angry when he counted the money. God could not have made a mistake, nor could he have denied Lencho what he had requested.
(a) Why did Lencho come earlier to the post office?
(b) Why wasLencho angry when he counted money?
(c) Find the word which means the opposite of permitted from the passage.
(d) Which word in the passage gives the meaning ‘that one will be successful one day’.
Answer:
(a) Lencho came earlier to the post office to know if there was a letter for him.
(b) Lencho was angry when he counted money as it was not the full amount that he had demanded from God.
(c) The word is ‘denied’.
(d) The word is ‘confidence’.
Question 8.
When he finished, he went to the window to buy a stamp which he licked and then affixed to the envelope with a blow of his fist. The moment the letter fell into the mailbox the postmaster went to open it. It said: “God: Of the money that I asked for, only seventy pesos reached me. Send me the rest, since I need it very much. But don’t send it to me through the mail because the post office employees are a ‘bunch of crooks’. Lencho.”                      [CBSE 2016]
(a) What did Lencho do wijh the stamp?
(b) What did the postmaster do when the letter fell into the mailbox and why?
(c) Find out the word which has the similar meaning as ‘attached’ used in the passage.
(d) Which word in the passage denotes a dishonest person?
Answer:
(a) Lencho licked and affixed the stamp to the envelope with a blow of his fist.
(b) The postmaster immediately opened the letter to know Lencho’s feeling for the money he had received.
(c) The word is ‘affixed’.
(d) The word is ‘crook’.
A Letter To God - Class 10 NCERT English Short Answer Type Questions [2 Marks Questions]☟☟☟☟☟☟☟☟☟☟
Question 1.
Who was Lencho? What were his main problems?
Answer:
Lencho was a hardworking farmer, who lived on the crest of a low hill. Due to the hailstorm his crops were destroyed, so he needed money to sow his field again and support his family. These were the main problems of Lencho.
Question 2.
Give a brief description of the view from Lencho’s house?
Answer:
Lencho’s house was situated on the crest of a low hill and it was the only one in the valley. One could easily see the river and the field of ripe corn from here.
Question 3.
What did Lencho compare the raindrops to and why?
Answer:
Lencho compared the raindrops to new coins because the crop needed the rain badly and it was the sign of good harvest. Good harvest meant prosperity for Lencho as he needed the money to fulfil his basic needs.
Question 4.
Why did Lencho write a letter to God?
Answer:
When.Lencho’s crops were completely destroyed by the hailstorm, he wrote a letter to God because he was the only hope in his despair. Lencho asked him to send hundred pesos to sow his field again and support his family.
Question 5.
Why and how did the postmaster help Lencho?
Answer:
The postmaster was determined to help Lencho. He did not want Lencho’s faith in God to be shaken so he asked his employees and friends to help Lencho. He also contributed a part of his salary for this act of charity.
Question 6.
How much money did Lencho need? How . much did he get?
Answer:
Lencho got seventy pesos. He was angry at the difference as he needed hundred pesos to sow the crops again and to support his family till the next harvest.
Question 7.
Why did Lencho not want the money to be sent through mail? CBSE 2016
Answer:
Lencho wrote in his second letter that he received only seventy pesos but he needed a hundred pesos.
He requested God not to send rest of the money by post since the post office employees were a bunch of crooks and would steal the money.
Question 8.
Do you think that Lencho was right to call the post office employees a bunch of crooks? Why or why not?
Answer:
Lencho called the post office employees a bunch of crooks as he did not get full money that he had demanded. He could not believe that God had sent him any less money so he doubted these people. But he was not right to call them a bunch of crooks.
A Letter To God - Class 10 Long Answer (Value Based) Type Questions [8 Marks Questions]☟☟☟☟☟☟☟☟☟☟
Question 1.
Who was Lencho and what circumstances forced him to write a letter to God?
Answer:
Lencho was a hardworking farmer who lived with his family on a crest of a low hill. He was very caring and God loving man. Though, he was a farmer he could read and write. Lencho eagerly waited for the rainfall in order to get good harvest and he became happy when it came. But the pleasing rain changed into hailstorm and destroyed his crop.
He became sad and was worried about his family as they might remain hungry that year. His last hope was the help from God as he had complete faith in him. Hence, he wrote a letter to God asking him to send hundred pesos to survive and to reharvest.
Question 2.
Give a character-sketch of Lencho.
Answer:
Lencho was a simple man and a hardworking farmer. He worked as an ox in his field.
Lencho’s entire crops were badly destroyed by the hailstorm. So, he became very sad as he was worried about his family. He was an optimistic person. Although his only source of living was taken away, he didn’t lose hope. He had his last hope in God. He was confident that God would help him in his distress. Lencho was an innocent atheist who didn’t know that there was no such living person as God who could send him money. He had blind faith in God and sought solution of his problem’Trom God only.
Question 3.
Sketch the character of the postmaster in the story ‘A Letter to God”.
(or)
How do you like ,the character of the postmaster in the story ‘A Letter to God?” Give reason for your answer.
Answer:
The postmaster was a fat and friendly fellow. He was a sensible human being. He first laughed looking at the letter which had a strange address. But soon he became serious. He was surprised at the faith that Lencho had in God. He wanted his faith not to be shaken.
The postmaster himself gave a part of his salary and also requested his employees and a few friends to contribute for charity. He felt happy and satisfied when Lencho received the money. This shows that he was a kind and empathetic person as well. He loved to help others.
Question 4.
How did the postmaster and post office employees help Lencho? How did he react to their help?
Answer:
The Postmaster and post office employees were very generous as they contributed for the act of charity. First they laughed when they saw Lencho’s letter to God, but soon they were impressed by his faith in God. They decided to send some money to Lencho so that his faith in God does not get shaken. They collected seventy pesos and sent it to Lencho.
When Lencho got the envelope and opened it to count money, he became angry. He again wrote a letter to God demanding the remaining thirty pesos. He thought that post office employees had taken away the remaining money and called them a bunch of crooks, which was not justified at all as they were the people who had helped him. But it shows his innocence and firm faith in God.
Question 5.
How did the hailstones affect Lencho’s field? What was Lencho’s only hope?
Answer:
Lencho, a hardworking farmer, worked like an ox for a good harvest, depended completely on his fields to  take care of his family. He expected a good harvest that year. He needed a downpour for the crops to ripe, but the rain followed by hailstorm completely destroyed the crops.
It made him sad. He was worried for his family as he loved them so much. But Lencho had firm faith in God and believed that nobody died of hunger. So, he decided to seek help from God. He wrote a letter to God and asked him for a hundred pesos to survive and to sow new crop.
Question 6.
“Humanity still exists”, this is what we get to know after reading A letter to God’ in which firm faith in God of a poor farmer and helpfulness of the post office employees are aptly depicted thought. Write a paragraph on the values in it, in about 80-100 words. Give the paragraph a suitable title. 
Answer:
Existence of Humanity
After reading ‘A letter to God’, our faith in humanity stirs for strong. We learn from the story that there still are people who help others without any self interest. The postmaster and the post office employees lay an example for everyone of us to be kind. Though they all laughed at his letter, they were really moved by the grip of faith Lencho had in God. The way they all decided to help the stranger in his hard times restores our faith in the existence of humanity and motivates us to be a noble and kind person.
Question 7.
Describe Lencho’s qualities in light of his faith in God. Do you have faith in God like Lencho? Was Lencho’s reaction towards post office employees right? 
Answer:
Lencho was a poor farmer who totally depended on the harvest to survive and fulfil basic needs of his family. Once his crops were destroyed due to heavy rainfall and hailstones and he was afraid to think how his family would survive. He believed that God would help him in this plight. He had firm faith in God, he believed that God would not let him be hungry.
Now-a-days faith in God like Lencho is almost impossible and unseen. People are very much aware that nobody is willing to help others without any self interest. Lencho’s reaction towards post office employees was not right or justified but it was just because of his innocence as he could not believe that God had done such a mistake. It were only the post office employees who had stolen money according to him.


A Letter To God - Class 10 NCERT English Short Questions & Answers.☟☟☟☟☟☟☟☟☟☟

Question 1: What did Lencho hope for?

Answer: Lencho hoped for rains; because the crop in his field needed rains.

Question 2: Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like ‘new coins’?

Answer: As raindrops would have helped in getting a better harvest, resulting in more prosperity, so Lencho compared them with new coins.

Question 3: How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho’s fields?

Answer: The rain changed to hailstorm. All the crop in the field was destroyed.

Question 4: What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stopped?

Answer: After the destruction caused by hail, Lencho was shattered. He could see a bleak future for him and his family. He was worried about lack of food for the coming year.

Question 5: Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?

Answer: Lencho had faith in God. He believed that God could see everything and would help him out. Lencho wrote a letter to the God, explained his situation and asked for some money from God.

Question 6: Who read the letter?

Answer: The postmaster read the letter.

Question 7: What did the postmaster do then?

Answer: Postmaster was deeply touched by Lencho’s faith in the God. The postmaster asked his colleagues to contribute some money so that they could send that to Lencho.

Question 8: Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in the story tell you this?

Answer: The following sentences explain Lencho’s faith in the God, “But 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. “Don’t be so upset, even though this seems like a total loss. Remember, no one dies of hunger.”

Question 9: Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter ‘God’?

Answer: Postmaster was moved by Lencho’s complete faith in the God. So, he decided to send money to Lencho. Moreover, the postmaster did not want to shake Lencho’s faith in God. So, he signed the letter ‘God’. It was a good ploy to convey a message that God had himself written the letter.

Question 10: Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why/Why not?

Answer: As Lencho had complete faith in God, so he did not try to find out the actual sender of money.

Question 11: Who does Lencho think has taken the rest of the money? What is the irony in the situation?

Answer: Lencho had all his doubts on people working in the post office. The irony of the situation is the finger pointing on those who had tried to help out Lencho. In real life also we come across such situations. Many a time you would have tried helping someone and he may get a wrong message.

Question 12: Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?

Answer: Lencho was not surprised to get the money.

Question 13: What made him angry?

Answer: The fact that he received half the amount he had requested for, made him angry.

Question 14: 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 following list to answer the question.

Greedy, naïve, stupid, ungrateful, selfish, comical, unquestioning

Answer: In the real world it is almost impossible to find people, like Lencho. Lencho seems to be naïve and unquestioning. Naïve in the sense that he doesn’t even bother to think about who sent the money or if God would actually send the money. Probably his naiveté comes from his unquestioning belief in the God.

Question 15: There are two kinds of conflict in the story: between humans and nature, and between humans themselves. How are these conflicts illustrated?

Answer: In the initial part of the story the episode of rainfall turning into a hailstorm shows the conflict between man and nature. When it is a rainfall the man is very happy dreaming about happy days ahead. But once the rain turns into hail the man is ruing the happening of hailstorm. The way Lencho is feeling sad and gloomy after the storm appropriately projects the conflict of the nature and the man. In the later part of the story when Lencho blames post office people for stealing part of the money then it is showing the conflict between humans. Although nothing is written what happened after that, but anybody can imagine the mental situation when postmaster read the letter.

A Letter To God - Class 10 NCERT English Important Questions & Answers

Q1. What did Lencho hope for?

A. Lencho hoped for a rain shower for his crop field.
 
Q2.  Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like 'new coins'?
A. After the rain shower, everything was going as per Lencho's plan and he had immense confidence that his harvest would yield substantial profits. Thus, he referred to the droplets as "new coins, the larger ones being equivalent to ten pesos and smaller ones, five pesos.

Q3. How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho's fields?
A. Soon after the rainfall had begun, the wind became strong leading to a hailstorm. As a result of which, Lencho's crop fields got withered, the trees had shed their leaves and the flowers had fallen.

Q4. What were Lencho's feelings when the hail stopped?

A. Lencho was extremely disheartened and his soul was filled with immense sadness.

Q5. Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?
A. Lencho had unwavering faith in God. Thus, he decided to write a letter to God conveying his grievances and asking for 100 pesos for survival and rejuvenation of crops.

Q6. Who read the letter?
A. A postman who was also an employee of the post office read the letter.

Q7. What did the postmaster do then?
A. The postmaster was amazed at Lencho's unshakeable faith in the deity and thus, to retain it, he decided to collect money for him from his friends and colleagues.  

Q8. Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?
A. Lencho was not at all surprised on seeing the letter because this is what he was expecting. Instead, he was angry when he found that the amount was less than what he had asked for.

Q9. What made him angry?
A. Lencho was displeased when he found that the money was less than what he had asked for.

Q10. Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in the story tell you this?
A. Lencho has immense faith in God. These lines are evident to this fact: "Lencho showed not the slightest surprise on seeing the money; such was his confidence - but he became angry when he counted the money. God could not have made a mistake, nor could he have denied Lencho what he had requested.

Q11. Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter 'God'?
A. The postmaster did not want to shake the writer's faith in the almighty, and thus, out of virtuous intentions, decided to collect money for "an act of charity". He also signed the letter in the name of God to conceal his identity as he wanted Lencho to think it was actually a reply from God.

Q12. Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why/Why not?
A. No, Lencho did not try to find out the sender because he was very optimistic about the existence of almighty and that, his letter is actually received and replied to, by God. It was his unshakeable faith that made him not question the identity of the sender.

Q13. 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.)
A. Lencho thought that it is the postmaster or the employees of the post-office who had stolen his remaining amount, as is evident from his second letter to God where he requests the deity not to send money by mail next time. The irony here is that, it was actually the postmaster and the employees who had collected the money out of their clean intent to keep Lencho's faith intact, but are the ones who ended up getting blamed for stealing the missing amount.

Q 14. 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
A. No, it is hard to find people like Lencho in reality. Lencho is naive and unquestioning because of his lack of judgement about the actual physical existence of God. He did not question receiving an actual reply from the almighty. Also, he is ungrateful in some manner because on seeing 70 pesos, he is not happy but instead, complained about the missing 30 pesos.

Q15. There are two kinds of conflict in the story: between humans and nature, and between humans themselves. How are these conflicts illustrated?
A. The story "A Letter to God" depicts two types of conflicts; one between man and nature and the other among men themselves. In the beginning of the story, the farmer hopes for a rain shower for the benefit of his corn field. On actually receiving rain, he becomes overjoyed and starts thinking about all the profit that would come in. Not much later, his joy is turned into sorrow when the wind becomes strong leading to a hailstorm. This depicts the disagreement between man and nature wherein humans want the nature to act according to their aspirations. The second divergence arises when Lencho starts doubting the honesty of the post-office employees who actually helped him with the money anonymously. This is the conflict among men themselves, wherein, we are ready to trust in the idea of God's existence but we are not ready to trust each other.

A Letter To God - Class 10 NCERT English : Fill In The Blanks (Solutions)
There are different names in different parts of the world for storms, depending on their nature. Can you match the names in the box with their descriptions below, and fill in the blanks?

gale, whirlwind, cyclone, hurricane, tornado, typhoon

  • A violent tropical storm in which strong winds move in a circle: __ __ c __ __ __ __

    Answer: Cyclone
  • An extremely strong wind : __ a __ __

    Answer: Gale
  • A violent tropical storm with very strong winds : __ __ p __ __ __ __

    Answer: Typhoon
  • A violent storm whose centre is a cloud in the shape of a funnel: __ __ __ n __ __ __

    Answer: Tornado
  • A violent storm with very strong winds, especially in the western Atlantic Ocean: __ __ r __ __ __ __ __ __

    Answer: Hurricane
  • A very strong wind that moves very fast in a spinning movement and causes a lot of damage: __ __ __ __ l __ __ __ __

    Answer: Whirlwind



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    A Letter to God - Extra Questions and Answers

    Question 1: What did Lencho hope for?

    Answer: Lencho hoped for rains; because the crop in his field needed rains.

    Question 2: Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like ‘new coins’?

    Answer: As raindrops would have helped in getting a better harvest, resulting in more prosperity, so Lencho compared them with new coins.

    Question 3: How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho’s fields?

    Answer: The rain changed to hailstorm. All the crop in the field was destroyed.

    Question 4: What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stopped?

    Answer: After the destruction caused by hail, Lencho was shattered. He could see a bleak future for him and his family. He was worried about lack of food for the coming year.

    Question 5: Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?

    Answer: Lencho had faith in God. He believed that God could see everything and would help him out. Lencho wrote a letter to the God, explained his situation and asked for some money from God.

    Question 6: Who read the letter?

    Answer: The postmaster read the letter.

    Question 7: What did the postmaster do then?

    Answer: Postmaster was deeply touched by Lencho’s faith in the God. The postmaster asked his colleagues to contribute some money so that they could send that to Lencho.

    Question 8: Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in the story tell you this?

    Answer: The following sentences explain Lencho’s faith in the God, “But 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. “Don’t be so upset, even though this seems like a total loss. Remember, no one dies of hunger.”

    Question 9: Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter ‘God’?

    Answer: Postmaster was moved by Lencho’s complete faith in the God. So, he decided to send money to Lencho. Moreover, the postmaster did not want to shake Lencho’s faith in God. So, he signed the letter ‘God’. It was a good ploy to convey a message that God had himself written the letter.

    Question 10: Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why/Why not?

    Answer: As Lencho had complete faith in God, so he did not try to find out the actual sender of money.

    Question 11: Who does Lencho think has taken the rest of the money? What is the irony in the situation?

    Answer: Lencho had all his doubts on people working in the post office. The irony of the situation is the finger pointing on those who had tried to help out Lencho. In real life also we come across such situations. Many a time you would have tried helping someone and he may get a wrong message.

    Question 12: Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?

    Answer: Lencho was not surprised to get the money.

    Question 13: What made him angry?

    Answer: The fact that he received half the amount he had requested for, made him angry.

    Question 14: 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 following list to answer the question.

    Greedy, naïve, stupid, ungrateful, selfish, comical, unquestioning

    Answer: In the real world it is almost impossible to find people, like Lencho. Lencho seems to be naïve and unquestioning. Naïve in the sense that he doesn’t even bother to think about who sent the money or if God would actually send the money. Probably his naiveté comes from his unquestioning belief in the God.

    Question 15: There are two kinds of conflict in the story: between humans and nature, and between humans themselves. How are these conflicts illustrated?

    Answer: In the initial part of the story the episode of rainfall turning into a hailstorm shows the conflict between man and nature. When it is a rainfall the man is very happy dreaming about happy days ahead. But once the rain turns into hail the man is ruing the happening of hailstorm. The way Lencho is feeling sad and gloomy after the storm appropriately projects the conflict of the nature and the man. In the later part of the story when Lencho blames post office people for stealing part of the money then it is showing the conflict between humans. Although nothing is written what happened after that, but anybody can imagine the mental situation when postmaster read the letter.
    A Letter To God (Extra Questions) – [Short Questions]
    1. What did Lencho hope for?Ans – Lencho hoped for Rains of shower, the only thing that his field needed.
    2. Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like “new coins”?
    Ans – Lencho’s crops were ready for harvest. As raindrops would help him in getting a better harvest, resulting in more prosperity, So Lencho compare them with new coins.
    3. How did the rain change. what happened to Lencho’s field?
    Ans – The rain is about to pouring down. But suddenly a strong wind began to blow and very large hailstones begin to fall along with the rain. Therefore, all the crops of Lencho’s field got destroyed.
    4. What was Lencho’s feeling with the hail stopped?
    Ans – After hails stopped Lencho’s soul was filled with sadness. He was worried about lack of food for the coming year and due to this incidence, He is worried because he and his family will go hungry for a year.
    5. Who were Lencho. What was his problem?
    Ans – Lencho was a farmer who used to cultivate corns. One day, In a heavy rainfall with snowfalls too, Lencho have lost all of his corns which he have cultivated in his cornfields.
    6. What / Who was his only one hope ?Ans – Lencho have only one hope and that Is God only. Yes, Lencho believe that only God can help him for this.



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    Question 1.
    The house- the only one in the entire valley- sat on the crest of a low hill. From this height one could see the river and the field of ripe corn dotted with the flowers that always promised a good harvest. The only thing the Earth needed was a downpour or at least a shower. Throughout the morning Lencho who knew his fields intimately had done nothing else but see the sky towards the North-East. “Now we’re really going to get some water, woman.
    ” The woman who was preparing supper, replied, “Yes, God willing”.
    (a) Where was Lencho’s house located?
    (b) What was Lencho’s wife preparing?
    (c) Find the word from the passage which means ‘very closely’.
    (d) What does ‘Crest’ means?
    Answer:
    Lencho’s house was located on the crest of a low hill.
    (b) Lencho’s wife was preparing supper.
    (c) The word is ‘Intimately’.
    (d) Crest means the top part of a hill.

    Question 2.
    It was during the meal that, just as Lencho had predicted, big drops of rain began to fall. In the North-East huge mountains of clouds could be seen approaching. The air was fresh and sweet. The man went out for no other reason than to have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body.          [CBSE 2012]
    (a) What could be seen approaching in the North-East?
    (b) Why did Lencho go out?
    (c) Give an antonym of the word Big.
    (d) Which word in the passage is a synonym of ‘forecast’.
    Answer:
    (a) Huge mountains of clouds could be seen approaching in the North-East.
    (b) Lencho went out to have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body.
    (c) The word is ‘small’.
    (d) The word ‘predict’ is a synonym of forecast.
    Question 3.
    With a satisfied expression he regarded the field of ripe corn with its flowers, draped in a. curtain of rain. But suddenly a strong wind began to blow and alongwith the rain very large hailstones began to fall. These truly did resemble new silver coins. The boys, exposing themselves to the rain, ran out to collect the frozen pearls.
    (a) What happened to the rain suddenly?
    (b) ‘The frozen pearls’ refers to which thing in the paragraph.
    (c) Find the similar meaning-of ‘contented’ in the paragraph.
    (d) Find from the passage a word which means ‘to take after’.
    Answer:
    (a) The rain suddenly changed into hailstones.
    (b) ‘The frozen pearls’ refers to hailstones.
    (c) The word is ‘Satisfied’.
    (d) The word is ‘Resemble’.
    Question 4.
    Not a leaf remained on the trees. The corn was totally destroyed. The flowers were gone from the plants. Lencho’s soul was filled with sadness. When the storm had passed, he stood in the middle of the field and said to his sons. “A plague of locusts would have left more than this. The hail has left nothing.
    (a) Describe Lencho’s feeling as shown in the passage.
    (b) What happened to the crop when the storm had passed?
    (c) Find the word that means the opposite of ‘restored’ as used in the passage.
    (d) What do you mean by ‘hail’ in the last line?
    Answer:
    (a) Lencho was filled with sadness when the storm had passed.
    (b) The crop was completely destroyed when the storm had passed.
    (c) The word is ‘destroyed’.
    (d) ‘Hail’ is balls of ice that falls from the sky in the form of rain.
    Question 5.
    “That’s what they say: no one dies of hunger.” All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope: the help of God, whose eyes, as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience. Lencho was an ox of a man, working like an animal in the fields, but still he knew how to write.       [CBSE 2014]
    (a) What was Lencho’s only hope?
    (b) How did Lencho work in the field?
    (c) Find the exact word of similar meaning ‘moral sense’ given in the passage.
    (d) Explain ‘an or of a man’.
    Answer:
    (a) Lencho’s only hope was the help of God.
    (b) Lencho worked as an ‘ox’ in the field.
    (c) The word is ‘conscience’.
    (d) It means a man working hard like an ox or animal.
    Question 6.
    The postmaster- a fat, amiable fellow- also broke out laughing, but almost immediately he turned serious and tapping the letter on his desk, commented. “What faith! I wish I had the faith of the man who wrote this letter. Starting.up a correspondence with God!”
    So, in order ndt to shake the writer’s faith in God, the postmaster came up with an idea: answer the letter. But when he opened it, it was evident that to answer it he needed something more than goodwill, ink and paper. But he stuck to his resolution: he asked for money from his employees, he himself gave part of his salary and several friends of his vreie obliged io give something ‘for an act of charity’.
    (a) What kind of a person the postmaster was?
    (b) How did the postmaster help Lencho?
    (c) Find the exact word in similar meaning ‘without delay’ given in the passage.
    (d) Determination is synonymous with …………….
    Answer:
    (a) The postmaster was a fat, amiable and helpful fellow.
    (b) The postmaster helped Lencho by collecting money from his employees and friends.
    (c) The word is ‘Immediately’.
    (d) Determination is synonym with Resolution.
    Question 7.
    The following Sunday, Lencho came a bit earlier than usual to ask if there was a letter for him. It was the postman himself who handed the letter to him while the postmaster, experiencing the contentment of a man who has performed a good deed, looked on from his office.
    Lencho showed not the slightest surprise on seeing the money; such was his confidence, but he became angry when he counted the money. God could not have made a mistake, nor could he have denied Lencho what he had requested.
    (a) Why did Lencho come earlier to the post office?
    (b) Why wasLencho angry when he counted money?
    (c) Find the word which means the opposite of permitted from the passage.
    (d) Which word in the passage gives the meaning ‘that one will be successful one day’.
    Answer:
    (a) Lencho came earlier to the post office to know if there was a letter for him.
    (b) Lencho was angry when he counted money as it was not the full amount that he had demanded from God.
    (c) The word is ‘denied’.
    (d) The word is ‘confidence’.
    Question 8.
    When he finished, he went to the window to buy a stamp which he licked and then affixed to the envelope with a blow of his fist. The moment the letter fell into the mailbox the postmaster went to open it. It said: “God: Of the money that I asked for, only seventy pesos reached me. Send me the rest, since I need it very much. But don’t send it to me through the mail because the post office employees are a ‘bunch of crooks’. Lencho.”                      [CBSE 2016]
    (a) What did Lencho do wijh the stamp?
    (b) What did the postmaster do when the letter fell into the mailbox and why?
    (c) Find out the word which has the similar meaning as ‘attached’ used in the passage.
    (d) Which word in the passage denotes a dishonest person?
    Answer:
    (a) Lencho licked and affixed the stamp to the envelope with a blow of his fist.
    (b) The postmaster immediately opened the letter to know Lencho’s feeling for the money he had received.
    (c) The word is ‘affixed’.
    (d) The word is ‘crook’.
    Short Answer Type Questions [2 Marks each]
    Question 1.
    Who was Lencho? What were his main problems?       [CBSE 2015]
    Answer:
    Lencho was a hardworking farmer, who lived on the crest of a low hill. Due to the hailstorm his crops were destroyed, so he needed money to sow his field again and support his family. These were the main problems of Lencho.
    Question 2.
    Give a brief description of the view from Lencho’s house?
    Answer:
    Lencho’s house was situated on the crest of a low hill and it was the only one in the valley. One could easily see the river and the field of ripe corn from here.
    Question 3.
    What did Lencho compare the raindrops to and why?          [ CBSE 2011]
    Answer:
    Lencho compared the raindrops to new coins because the crop needed the rain badly and it was the sign of good harvest. Good harvest meant prosperity for Lencho as he needed the money to fulfil his basic needs.
    Question 4.
    Why did Lencho write a letter to God?
    Answer:
    When.Lencho’s crops were completely destroyed by the hailstorm, he wrote a letter to God because he was the only hope in his despair. Lencho asked him to send hundred pesos to sow his field again and support his family.
    Question 5.
    Why and how did the postmaster help Lencho?
    Answer:
    The postmaster was determined to help Lencho. He did not want Lencho’s faith in God to be shaken so he asked his employees and friends to help Lencho. He also contributed a part of his salary for this act of charity.
    Question 6.
    How much money did Lencho need? How . much did he get?
    Answer:
    Lencho got seventy pesos. He was angry at the difference as he needed hundred pesos to sow the crops again and to support his family till the next harvest.
    Question 7.
    Why did Lencho not want the money to be sent through mail? CBSE 2016
    Answer:
    Lencho wrote in his second letter that he received only seventy pesos but he needed a hundred pesos.
    He requested God not to send rest of the money by post since the post office employees were a bunch of crooks and would steal the money.
    Question 8.
    Do you think that Lencho was right to call the post office employees a bunch of crooks? Why or why not?
    Answer:
    Lencho called the post office employees a bunch of crooks as he did not get full money that he had demanded. He could not believe that God had sent him any less money so he doubted these people. But he was not right to call them a bunch of crooks.
    Long Answer (Value Based) Type Questions [8 Marks each]
    Question 1.
    Who was Lencho and what circumstances forced him to write a letter to God?
    Answer:
    Lencho was a hardworking farmer who lived with his family on a crest of a low hill. He was very caring and God loving man. Though, he was a farmer he could read and write. Lencho eagerly waited for the rainfall in order to get good harvest and he became happy when it came. But the pleasing rain changed into hailstorm and destroyed his crop.
    He became sad and was worried about his family as they might remain hungry that year. His last hope was the help from God as he had complete faith in him. Hence, he wrote a letter to God asking him to send hundred pesos to survive and to reharvest.
    Question 2.
    Give a character-sketch of Lencho.
    Answer:
    Lencho was a simple man and a hardworking farmer. He worked as an ox in his field.
    Lencho’s entire crops were badly destroyed by the hailstorm. So, he became very sad as he was worried about his family. He was an optimistic person. Although his only source of living was taken away, he didn’t lose hope. He had his last hope in God. He was confident that God would help him in his distress. Lencho was an innocent atheist who didn’t know that there was no such living person as God who could send him money. He had blind faith in God and sought solution of his problem’Trom God only.
    Question 3.
    Sketch the character of the postmaster in the story ‘A Letter to God”.
    (or)
    How do you like ,the character of the postmaster in the story ‘A Letter to God?” Give reason for your answer.
    Answer:
    The postmaster was a fat and friendly fellow. He was a sensible human being. He first laughed looking at the letter which had a strange address. But soon he became serious. He was surprised at the faith that Lencho had in God. He wanted his faith not to be shaken.
    The postmaster himself gave a part of his salary and also requested his employees and a few friends to contribute for charity. He felt happy and satisfied when Lencho received the money. This shows that he was a kind and empathetic person as well. He loved to help others.
    Question 4.
    How did the postmaster and post office employees help Lencho? How did he react to their help?
    Answer:
    The Postmaster and post office employees were very generous as they contributed for the act of charity. First they laughed when they saw Lencho’s letter to God, but soon they were impressed by his faith in God. They decided to send some money to Lencho so that his faith in God does not get shaken. They collected seventy pesos and sent it to Lencho.
    When Lencho got the envelope and opened it to count money, he became angry. He again wrote a letter to God demanding the remaining thirty pesos. He thought that post office employees had taken away the remaining money and called them a bunch of crooks, which was not justified at all as they were the people who had helped him. But it shows his innocence and firm faith in God.
    Question 5.
    How did the hailstones affect Lencho’s field? What was Lencho’s only hope?
    Answer:
    Lencho, a hardworking farmer, worked like an ox for a good harvest, depended completely on his fields to  take care of his family. He expected a good harvest that year. He needed a downpour for the crops to ripe, but the rain followed by hailstorm completely destroyed the crops.
    It made him sad. He was worried for his family as he loved them so much. But Lencho had firm faith in God and believed that nobody died of hunger. So, he decided to seek help from God. He wrote a letter to God and asked him for a hundred pesos to survive and to sow new crop.
    Question 6.
    “Humanity still exists”, this is what we get to know after reading A letter to God’ in which firm faith in God of a poor farmer and helpfulness of the post office employees are aptly depicted thought. Write a paragraph on the values in it, in about 80-100 words. Give the paragraph a suitable title. [CBSE 2012]
    Answer:
    Existence of Humanity
    After reading ‘A letter to God’, our faith in humanity stirs for strong. We learn from the story that there still are people who help others without any self interest. The postmaster and the post office employees lay an example for everyone of us to be kind. Though they all laughed at his letter, they were really moved by the grip of faith Lencho had in God. The way they all decided to help the stranger in his hard times restores our faith in the existence of humanity and motivates us to be a noble and kind person.
    Question 7.
    Describe Lencho’s qualities in light of his faith in God. Do you have faith in God like Lencho? Was Lencho’s reaction towards post office employees right?              [CBSE 2015]
    Answer:
    Lencho was a poor farmer who totally depended on the harvest to survive and fulfil basic needs of his family. Once his crops were destroyed due to heavy rainfall and hailstones and he was afraid to think how his family would survive. He believed that God would help him in this plight. He had firm faith in God, he believed that God would not let him be hungry.
    Now-a-days faith in God like Lencho is almost impossible and unseen. People are very much aware that nobody is willing to help others without any self interest. Lencho’s reaction towards post office employees was not right or justified but it was just because of his innocence as he could not believe that God had done such a mistake. It were only the post office employees who had stolen money according to him.

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    Lencho was a dedicated agriculturist. He was expecting a decent harvest yet sadly; a hail storm came and destroyed his harvest totally. Lencho was very sad he had a strong belief in God. He was sure that God would definitely help him. He was an extremely straightforward man. He composed a letter to God. In the letter, he asks God to send him one hundred pesos. At that point, he went to the post office and put the letter into the post box,
    The postman removed the letter from the letter-box. He read the address on it and laughed badly when he rushed to the postmaster and demonstrated to him that strange letter. The postmaster also chuckled in the same way when he saw the address of God. When he read the letter, he got very serious. He lauded this man who had extraordinary confidence in God.  He decided to help him. He asked the employees of the post office to give money. He gave a part of-of his salary. But they were able to collect only a little more than half the money requested for by Lencho. The postmaster put the money in an envelope and addressed it to Lechno. Nen Sunday, Lencho came again to the post-office. He asked if there was any letter for him. The postmaster took out the letter and gave it to Lencho. Lencho was not surprised at seeing the money. But when he counted the money, he became angry. He thought that God could not have made a mistake. He took paper and ink and wrote another letter to God. Then he put the letter into the letter-box.
    After Lencho had gone, the postmaster and the employees read the letter. Lencho had complained to God that he had received only seventy pesos. This time he requested God to send him the rest of the money also. But he asked God not to send the money through the mail. He wrote that the post-office employees were a bunch of crooks.
    SUMMARY - A LETTER TO GOD
    Lencho was a dedicated agriculturist. He was expecting a decent harvest yet sadly; a hail storm came and destroyed his harvest totally. Lencho was very sad he had a strong belief in God. He was sure that God would definitely help him. He was an extremely straightforward man. He composed a letter to God. In the letter, he asks God to send him one hundred pesos. At that point, he went to the post office and put the letter into the post box,
    The postman removed the letter from the letter-box. He read the address on it and laughed badly when he rushed to the postmaster and demonstrated to him that strange letter. The postmaster also chuckled in the same way when he saw the address of God. When he read the letter, he got very serious. He lauded this man who had extraordinary confidence in God.  He decided to help him. He asked the employees of the post office to give money. He gave a part of-of his salary. But they were able to collect only a little more than half the money requested for by Lencho. The postmaster put the money in an envelope and addressed it to Lechno. Nen Sunday, Lencho came again to the post-office. He asked if there was any letter for him. The postmaster took out the letter and gave it to Lencho. Lencho was not surprised at seeing the money. But when he counted the money, he became angry. He thought that God could not have made a mistake. He took paper and ink and wrote another letter to God. Then he put the letter into the letter-box.
    After Lencho had gone, the postmaster and the employees read the letter. Lencho had complained to God that he had received only seventy pesos. This time he requested God to send him the rest of the money also. But he asked God not to send the money through the mail. He wrote that the post-office employees were a bunch of crooks.

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    1. What did Lencho hope for?
    Ans: Lencho hoped for rains as the only thing that his field of ripe corn needed was a shower.

    2. Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like ‘new coins’?
    Ans: Lencho’s crops were ready for harvest. As raindrops would have helped in getting a better harvest, resulting in more prosperity, so Lencho compared them with new coins.

    3. How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho’s fields?
    Ans: The rain was pouring down. But suddenly, a strong wind began to blow and very large hailstones began to fall along with the rain.
    All the crop in Lencho’s fields destroyed.

    4. What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stopped?
    Ans: After hail stopped, Lencho’s soul was filled with sadness.He could see a bleak future for him and his family. Hew was worried aboutlack of foodfor the coming year.

    Page No: 6 Oral Comprehension Check
    1. Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?
    Ans: Lencho had faith in God.He believed that God’s eyes see everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience. He wrote a letter to God saying that he needed a hundred pesos to sow his field again.

    2. Who read the letter?
    Ans: Postmaster read the letter.

    3. What did the postmaster do then?
    Ans: The Postmaster first laughed. But then he became serious. He was deeply moved by the writer’s faith in God. He did not want to shake this faith. So he decided to collect the money and send it to Lencho.

    Page No: 7 Oral Comprehension Check
    1.Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?
    Ans: No. Lencho was not at all surprised to see the letter from God with money inside it. His confidence and faith in God was such that he had expected that reply from God.

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    2. What made him angry?
    Ans: When he finished counting moneyhe found only seventy pesos. But he demanded hundred pesos. He was confident that God could neither make a mistake nor deny him what he had requested. Therefore, he concluded that the post office employees must have taken the remaining thirty pesos.

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    Thinking about the Text
    1. Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in the story tell you this?
    Ans: Lencho had complete faith in God. The sentences in the story that show this are as follows:
    (i) But 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.
    (ii) All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope: the help of God, whose eyes, as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience.
    (iii) “God,” he wrote, “if you don’t help me, my family and I will go hungry this year.”
    (iv) He wrote ‘To God’ on the envelope, put the letter inside and, still troubled, went to town.
    (v) God could not have made a mistake, nor could he have denied Lencho what he had requested.
    .(vi) It said: “God: of the money that I asked for, only seventy pesos reached me. Send me the rest, since I need it very much.”

    2. Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter ‘God’?
    Ans: Postmaster was moved by Lencho’s complete faith in the God. So, he decided tosend money toLencho. Moreover, the postmaster did not want to shake Lencho’s faith in God. So, he signed the letter ‘God’. It was a good ploy to convey a message that God had himself written the letter.

    3. Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why/Why not?
    Ans: No, Lencho does not try to find out who had sent the money to him. This is because he had great confidence in God and never suspected that it could be someone else other than God who would send him the money. His faith in God was so strong that he believed that God had sent him the money.

    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.]
    Ans: Lencho thinks that the post office people have taken the money. It is the post office people who send the money to Lencho. But, on the other hand, Lencho thinks they have stolen his money. He calls them crooks. Thus there is an element of irony in this situation.

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    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.
    GreedyNaïvestupidungrateful
    selfishcomicalunquestioning
    Ans: I don’t think there can be any such people in the real world. Lencho is literate and yet he dosen’t know how his letter will reach God without any address.
    He probably would be naïve and unquestioning.

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    6. There are two kinds of conflict in the story: between humans and nature, and between humans themselves. How are these conflicts illustrated?
    Ans: The conflict between humans and nature is shown by the destruction of Lencho’s crops by the hailstorm. As the crops failed by hail, Lencho started feeling sad and gloomy after the storm appropriately projects the conflict of the nature and the man. The Story also shown another conflict, between humans themselves. The postmaster, along with the help of the other post office employees, sent Lencho the money that they could manage to collect. They were not related to Lencho in any manner. It was an act of kindness and selflessness on their part. Even though they did a good deed, Lencho blamed them for taking away some amount of money. This shows that man does not have faith in his fellow humans, thereby giving rise to this conflict.

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    Thinking about the Language
    1. There are different names in different parts of the world for storms, depending on their nature. Can you match the names in the box with their descriptions below, and fill in the blanks? You may use a dictionary to help you.
    gale,whirlwind,cyclone,
    hurricane,tornado,typhoon
    1. A violent tropical storm in which strong winds move in a circle:
    __ __ c __ __ __ __
    2. An extremely strong wind: __ a __ __
    3. A violent tropical storm with very strong winds: __ __ p __ __ __ __
    4. A violent storm whose centre is a cloud in the shape of a funnel:
    __ __ __ n __ __ __
    5. A violent storm with very strong winds, especially in the western Atlantic ocean: __ __ r __ __ __ __ __ __
    6. A very strong wind that moves very fast in a spinning movement and causes a lot of damage: __ __ __ __ l __ __ __ __
    Ans: 1. Cyclone
    2. Gale
    3. Typhoon
    4. Tornado
    5. Hurricane
    6. Whirlwind

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    2. Match the sentences in Column A with the meanings of ‘hope’ in Column B.
    AB
    1.Will you get the subjects you want to study in college?
    Ihopeso.
    a feeling that something good will probably happen
    2.Ihopeyou don’t mind my saying this, but I don’t like the way you are arguing.thinking that this would happen (It may or may not have happened).
    3.This discovery will give newhopeto HIV/AIDS sufferers.stopped believing that this good thing would happen
    4.We werehoping against hopethat the judges would not notice our mistakes.wanting something to happen (and thinking it quite possible)
    5.I called earlyin the hopeof speaking to her before she went to school.showing concern that what you say should not offend or disturb the other person: a way of being polite
    6.Just when everybody hadgiven up hope, the fishermen came back, seven days after the cyclone.wishing for something to happen, although this is very unlikely
    Answer
    AB
    1.Will you get the subjects you want to study in college? Ihopeso.wanting something to happen (and thinking it quite possible)
    2.Ihopeyou don’t mind my saying this, but I don’t like the way you are arguing.showing concern that what you say should not offend or disturb the other person: a way of being polite
    3.This discovery will give newhopeto HIV/AIDS sufferers.a feeling that something good will probably happen
    4.We werehoping against hopethat the judges would not notice our mistakes.wishing for something to happen, although this is very unlikely
    5.I called earlyin the hope ofspeaking to her before she went to school.thinking that this would happen (It may or may not have happened.)
    6.Just when everybody hadgiven up hope, the fisherman came back, seven days after the cyclone.stopped believing that this good thing would happen


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    3. Join the sentences given below usingwho,whom,whose,whichas suggested.
    1. I often go to Mumbai. Mumbai is the commercial capital of India. (which)
    2. My mother is going to host a TV show on cooking. She cooks very well. (who)
    3. These sportspersons are going to meet the President. Their performance has been excellent. (whose)
    4. Lencho prayed to God. His eyes see into our minds. (whose)
    5. This man cheated me. I trusted him. (whom)
    Ans: 1. I often go to Mumbai, which is the commercial capital of India.
    2. My mother, who cooks very well, is going to host a TV show on cooking.
    3. These sportspersons, whose performance has been excellent, are going to meet the President.
    4. Lencho prayed to God, whose eyes see into our minds.
    5. This man, whom I trusted, cheated me.

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    4. Find sentences in the story with negative words, which express the following ideas emphatically.
    1. The trees lost all their leaves.
    Ans: The trees lost all their leaves.
    Not a leaf remained on the trees.
    2. The letter was addressed to God himself.
    Ans: The letter was addressed to God himself.
    It was nothing less than a letter to God.
    3. The postman saw this address for the first time in his career.
    Ans: The postman saw this address for the first time in his career.
    Never in his career as a postman had he known that address.

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    5.Inpairs, find metaphors from the story to complete the table below. Try to say what qualities are being compared. One has been done for you.
    ObjectMetaphorQualityor Feature Compared
    CloudHuge mountains of cloudsThe mass or ‘hugeness’ of mountains.
    Raindrops
    Hailstones
    Locusts
    An epidemic (a disease) that spreads very rapidly and leaves many people dead.
    An ox of a man.
    Ans:
    ObjectMetaphorQuality or Feature Compared
    CloudHuge mountains of cloudsThe mass or ‘hugeness’ of mountains
    RaindropsA curtain of rainThe draping or covering of an area by a curtain
    HailstonesThe frozen pearlsThe resemblance in colour and hardness of a pearl
    LocustsA plague of locustsThe consequences (destruction) of plague
    LocustsA plague of locustsAn epidemic (a disease) that spreads very rapidly and leaves many people dead
    ManAn ox of a manThe working of an ox in the fields (hard work)


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    A Letter to God - Extra Questions and Answers

    Question 1: What did Lencho hope for?

    Answer: Lencho hoped for rains; because the crop in his field needed rains.

    Question 2: Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like ‘new coins’?

    Answer: As raindrops would have helped in getting a better harvest, resulting in more prosperity, so Lencho compared them with new coins.

    Question 3: How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho’s fields?

    Answer: The rain changed to hailstorm. All the crop in the field was destroyed.

    Question 4: What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stopped?

    Answer: After the destruction caused by hail, Lencho was shattered. He could see a bleak future for him and his family. He was worried about lack of food for the coming year.

    Question 5: Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?

    Answer: Lencho had faith in God. He believed that God could see everything and would help him out. Lencho wrote a letter to the God, explained his situation and asked for some money from God.

    Question 6: Who read the letter?

    Answer: The postmaster read the letter.

    Question 7: What did the postmaster do then?

    Answer: Postmaster was deeply touched by Lencho’s faith in the God. The postmaster asked his colleagues to contribute some money so that they could send that to Lencho.

    Question 8: Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in the story tell you this?

    Answer: The following sentences explain Lencho’s faith in the God, “But 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. “Don’t be so upset, even though this seems like a total loss. Remember, no one dies of hunger.”

    Question 9: Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter ‘God’?

    Answer: Postmaster was moved by Lencho’s complete faith in the God. So, he decided to send money to Lencho. Moreover, the postmaster did not want to shake Lencho’s faith in God. So, he signed the letter ‘God’. It was a good ploy to convey a message that God had himself written the letter.

    Question 10: Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why/Why not?

    Answer: As Lencho had complete faith in God, so he did not try to find out the actual sender of money.

    Question 11: Who does Lencho think has taken the rest of the money? What is the irony in the situation?

    Answer: Lencho had all his doubts on people working in the post office. The irony of the situation is the finger pointing on those who had tried to help out Lencho. In real life also we come across such situations. Many a time you would have tried helping someone and he may get a wrong message.

    Question 12: Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?

    Answer: Lencho was not surprised to get the money.

    Question 13: What made him angry?

    Answer: The fact that he received half the amount he had requested for, made him angry.

    Question 14: 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 following list to answer the question.

    Greedy, naïve, stupid, ungrateful, selfish, comical, unquestioning

    Answer: In the real world it is almost impossible to find people, like Lencho. Lencho seems to be naïve and unquestioning. Naïve in the sense that he doesn’t even bother to think about who sent the money or if God would actually send the money. Probably his naiveté comes from his unquestioning belief in the God.

    Question 15: There are two kinds of conflict in the story: between humans and nature, and between humans themselves. How are these conflicts illustrated?

    Answer: In the initial part of the story the episode of rainfall turning into a hailstorm shows the conflict between man and nature. When it is a rainfall the man is very happy dreaming about happy days ahead. But once the rain turns into hail the man is ruing the happening of hailstorm. The way Lencho is feeling sad and gloomy after the storm appropriately projects the conflict of the nature and the man. In the later part of the story when Lencho blames post office people for stealing part of the money then it is showing the conflict between humans. Although nothing is written what happened after that, but anybody can imagine the mental situation when postmaster read the letter.
    A Letter To God (Extra Questions) – [Short Questions]
    1. What did Lencho hope for?Ans – Lencho hoped for Rains of shower, the only thing that his field needed.
    2. Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like “new coins”?
    Ans – Lencho’s crops were ready for harvest. As raindrops would help him in getting a better harvest, resulting in more prosperity, So Lencho compare them with new coins.
    3. How did the rain change. what happened to Lencho’s field?
    Ans – The rain is about to pouring down. But suddenly a strong wind began to blow and very large hailstones begin to fall along with the rain. Therefore, all the crops of Lencho’s field got destroyed.
    4. What was Lencho’s feeling with the hail stopped?
    Ans – After hails stopped Lencho’s soul was filled with sadness. He was worried about lack of food for the coming year and due to this incidence, He is worried because he and his family will go hungry for a year.
    5. Who were Lencho. What was his problem?
    Ans – Lencho was a farmer who used to cultivate corns. One day, In a heavy rainfall with snowfalls too, Lencho have lost all of his corns which he have cultivated in his cornfields.
    6. What / Who was his only one hope ?Ans – Lencho have only one hope and that Is God only. Yes, Lencho believe that only God can help him for this.


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    Question 1.
    The house- the only one in the entire valley- sat on the crest of a low hill. From this height one could see the river and the field of ripe corn dotted with the flowers that always promised a good harvest. The only thing the Earth needed was a downpour or at least a shower. Throughout the morning Lencho who knew his fields intimately had done nothing else but see the sky towards the North-East. “Now we’re really going to get some water, woman.
    ” The woman who was preparing supper, replied, “Yes, God willing”.
    (a) Where was Lencho’s house located?
    (b) What was Lencho’s wife preparing?
    (c) Find the word from the passage which means ‘very closely’.
    (d) What does ‘Crest’ means?
    Answer:
    Lencho’s house was located on the crest of a low hill.
    (b) Lencho’s wife was preparing supper.
    (c) The word is ‘Intimately’.
    (d) Crest means the top part of a hill.
    Question 2.
    It was during the meal that, just as Lencho had predicted, big drops of rain began to fall. In the North-East huge mountains of clouds could be seen approaching. The air was fresh and sweet. The man went out for no other reason than to have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body.          [CBSE 2012]
    (a) What could be seen approaching in the North-East?
    (b) Why did Lencho go out?
    (c) Give an antonym of the word Big.
    (d) Which word in the passage is a synonym of ‘forecast’.
    Answer:
    (a) Huge mountains of clouds could be seen approaching in the North-East.
    (b) Lencho went out to have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body.
    (c) The word is ‘small’.
    (d) The word ‘predict’ is a synonym of forecast.
    Question 3.
    With a satisfied expression he regarded the field of ripe corn with its flowers, draped in a. curtain of rain. But suddenly a strong wind began to blow and alongwith the rain very large hailstones began to fall. These truly did resemble new silver coins. The boys, exposing themselves to the rain, ran out to collect the frozen pearls.
    (a) What happened to the rain suddenly?
    (b) ‘The frozen pearls’ refers to which thing in the paragraph.
    (c) Find the similar meaning-of ‘contented’ in the paragraph.
    (d) Find from the passage a word which means ‘to take after’.
    Answer:
    (a) The rain suddenly changed into hailstones.
    (b) ‘The frozen pearls’ refers to hailstones.
    (c) The word is ‘Satisfied’.
    (d) The word is ‘Resemble’.
    Question 4.
    Not a leaf remained on the trees. The corn was totally destroyed. The flowers were gone from the plants. Lencho’s soul was filled with sadness. When the storm had passed, he stood in the middle of the field and said to his sons. “A plague of locusts would have left more than this. The hail has left nothing.
    (a) Describe Lencho’s feeling as shown in the passage.
    (b) What happened to the crop when the storm had passed?
    (c) Find the word that means the opposite of ‘restored’ as used in the passage.
    (d) What do you mean by ‘hail’ in the last line?
    Answer:
    (a) Lencho was filled with sadness when the storm had passed.
    (b) The crop was completely destroyed when the storm had passed.
    (c) The word is ‘destroyed’.
    (d) ‘Hail’ is balls of ice that falls from the sky in the form of rain.
    Question 5.
    “That’s what they say: no one dies of hunger.” All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope: the help of God, whose eyes, as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience. Lencho was an ox of a man, working like an animal in the fields, but still he knew how to write.       [CBSE 2014]
    (a) What was Lencho’s only hope?
    (b) How did Lencho work in the field?
    (c) Find the exact word of similar meaning ‘moral sense’ given in the passage.
    (d) Explain ‘an or of a man’.
    Answer:
    (a) Lencho’s only hope was the help of God.
    (b) Lencho worked as an ‘ox’ in the field.
    (c) The word is ‘conscience’.
    (d) It means a man working hard like an ox or animal.
    Question 6.
    The postmaster- a fat, amiable fellow- also broke out laughing, but almost immediately he turned serious and tapping the letter on his desk, commented. “What faith! I wish I had the faith of the man who wrote this letter. Starting.up a correspondence with God!”
    So, in order ndt to shake the writer’s faith in God, the postmaster came up with an idea: answer the letter. But when he opened it, it was evident that to answer it he needed something more than goodwill, ink and paper. But he stuck to his resolution: he asked for money from his employees, he himself gave part of his salary and several friends of his vreie obliged io give something ‘for an act of charity’.
    (a) What kind of a person the postmaster was?
    (b) How did the postmaster help Lencho?
    (c) Find the exact word in similar meaning ‘without delay’ given in the passage.
    (d) Determination is synonymous with …………….
    Answer:
    (a) The postmaster was a fat, amiable and helpful fellow.
    (b) The postmaster helped Lencho by collecting money from his employees and friends.
    (c) The word is ‘Immediately’.
    (d) Determination is synonym with Resolution.
    Question 7.
    The following Sunday, Lencho came a bit earlier than usual to ask if there was a letter for him. It was the postman himself who handed the letter to him while the postmaster, experiencing the contentment of a man who has performed a good deed, looked on from his office.
    Lencho showed not the slightest surprise on seeing the money; such was his confidence, but he became angry when he counted the money. God could not have made a mistake, nor could he have denied Lencho what he had requested.
    (a) Why did Lencho come earlier to the post office?
    (b) Why wasLencho angry when he counted money?
    (c) Find the word which means the opposite of permitted from the passage.
    (d) Which word in the passage gives the meaning ‘that one will be successful one day’.
    Answer:
    (a) Lencho came earlier to the post office to know if there was a letter for him.
    (b) Lencho was angry when he counted money as it was not the full amount that he had demanded from God.
    (c) The word is ‘denied’.
    (d) The word is ‘confidence’.
    Question 8.
    When he finished, he went to the window to buy a stamp which he licked and then affixed to the envelope with a blow of his fist. The moment the letter fell into the mailbox the postmaster went to open it. It said: “God: Of the money that I asked for, only seventy pesos reached me. Send me the rest, since I need it very much. But don’t send it to me through the mail because the post office employees are a ‘bunch of crooks’. Lencho.”                      [CBSE 2016]
    (a) What did Lencho do wijh the stamp?
    (b) What did the postmaster do when the letter fell into the mailbox and why?
    (c) Find out the word which has the similar meaning as ‘attached’ used in the passage.
    (d) Which word in the passage denotes a dishonest person?
    Answer:
    (a) Lencho licked and affixed the stamp to the envelope with a blow of his fist.
    (b) The postmaster immediately opened the letter to know Lencho’s feeling for the money he had received.
    (c) The word is ‘affixed’.
    (d) The word is ‘crook’.
    Short Answer Type Questions [2 Marks each]
    Question 1.
    Who was Lencho? What were his main problems?       [CBSE 2015]
    Answer:
    Lencho was a hardworking farmer, who lived on the crest of a low hill. Due to the hailstorm his crops were destroyed, so he needed money to sow his field again and support his family. These were the main problems of Lencho.
    Question 2.
    Give a brief description of the view from Lencho’s house?
    Answer:
    Lencho’s house was situated on the crest of a low hill and it was the only one in the valley. One could easily see the river and the field of ripe corn from here.
    Question 3.
    What did Lencho compare the raindrops to and why?          [ CBSE 2011]
    Answer:
    Lencho compared the raindrops to new coins because the crop needed the rain badly and it was the sign of good harvest. Good harvest meant prosperity for Lencho as he needed the money to fulfil his basic needs.
    Question 4.
    Why did Lencho write a letter to God?
    Answer:
    When.Lencho’s crops were completely destroyed by the hailstorm, he wrote a letter to God because he was the only hope in his despair. Lencho asked him to send hundred pesos to sow his field again and support his family.
    Question 5.
    Why and how did the postmaster help Lencho?
    Answer:
    The postmaster was determined to help Lencho. He did not want Lencho’s faith in God to be shaken so he asked his employees and friends to help Lencho. He also contributed a part of his salary for this act of charity.
    Question 6.
    How much money did Lencho need? How . much did he get?
    Answer:
    Lencho got seventy pesos. He was angry at the difference as he needed hundred pesos to sow the crops again and to support his family till the next harvest.
    Question 7.
    Why did Lencho not want the money to be sent through mail? CBSE 2016
    Answer:
    Lencho wrote in his second letter that he received only seventy pesos but he needed a hundred pesos.
    He requested God not to send rest of the money by post since the post office employees were a bunch of crooks and would steal the money.
    Question 8.
    Do you think that Lencho was right to call the post office employees a bunch of crooks? Why or why not?
    Answer:
    Lencho called the post office employees a bunch of crooks as he did not get full money that he had demanded. He could not believe that God had sent him any less money so he doubted these people. But he was not right to call them a bunch of crooks.
    Long Answer (Value Based) Type Questions [8 Marks each]
    Question 1.
    Who was Lencho and what circumstances forced him to write a letter to God?
    Answer:
    Lencho was a hardworking farmer who lived with his family on a crest of a low hill. He was very caring and God loving man. Though, he was a farmer he could read and write. Lencho eagerly waited for the rainfall in order to get good harvest and he became happy when it came. But the pleasing rain changed into hailstorm and destroyed his crop.
    He became sad and was worried about his family as they might remain hungry that year. His last hope was the help from God as he had complete faith in him. Hence, he wrote a letter to God asking him to send hundred pesos to survive and to reharvest.
    Question 2.
    Give a character-sketch of Lencho.
    Answer:
    Lencho was a simple man and a hardworking farmer. He worked as an ox in his field.
    Lencho’s entire crops were badly destroyed by the hailstorm. So, he became very sad as he was worried about his family. He was an optimistic person. Although his only source of living was taken away, he didn’t lose hope. He had his last hope in God. He was confident that God would help him in his distress. Lencho was an innocent atheist who didn’t know that there was no such living person as God who could send him money. He had blind faith in God and sought solution of his problem’Trom God only.
    Question 3.
    Sketch the character of the postmaster in the story ‘A Letter to God”.
    (or)
    How do you like ,the character of the postmaster in the story ‘A Letter to God?” Give reason for your answer.
    Answer:
    The postmaster was a fat and friendly fellow. He was a sensible human being. He first laughed looking at the letter which had a strange address. But soon he became serious. He was surprised at the faith that Lencho had in God. He wanted his faith not to be shaken.
    The postmaster himself gave a part of his salary and also requested his employees and a few friends to contribute for charity. He felt happy and satisfied when Lencho received the money. This shows that he was a kind and empathetic person as well. He loved to help others.
    Question 4.
    How did the postmaster and post office employees help Lencho? How did he react to their help?
    Answer:
    The Postmaster and post office employees were very generous as they contributed for the act of charity. First they laughed when they saw Lencho’s letter to God, but soon they were impressed by his faith in God. They decided to send some money to Lencho so that his faith in God does not get shaken. They collected seventy pesos and sent it to Lencho.
    When Lencho got the envelope and opened it to count money, he became angry. He again wrote a letter to God demanding the remaining thirty pesos. He thought that post office employees had taken away the remaining money and called them a bunch of crooks, which was not justified at all as they were the people who had helped him. But it shows his innocence and firm faith in God.
    Question 5.
    How did the hailstones affect Lencho’s field? What was Lencho’s only hope?
    Answer:
    Lencho, a hardworking farmer, worked like an ox for a good harvest, depended completely on his fields to  take care of his family. He expected a good harvest that year. He needed a downpour for the crops to ripe, but the rain followed by hailstorm completely destroyed the crops.
    It made him sad. He was worried for his family as he loved them so much. But Lencho had firm faith in God and believed that nobody died of hunger. So, he decided to seek help from God. He wrote a letter to God and asked him for a hundred pesos to survive and to sow new crop.
    Question 6.
    “Humanity still exists”, this is what we get to know after reading A letter to God’ in which firm faith in God of a poor farmer and helpfulness of the post office employees are aptly depicted thought. Write a paragraph on the values in it, in about 80-100 words. Give the paragraph a suitable title. [CBSE 2012]
    Answer:
    Existence of Humanity
    After reading ‘A letter to God’, our faith in humanity stirs for strong. We learn from the story that there still are people who help others without any self interest. The postmaster and the post office employees lay an example for everyone of us to be kind. Though they all laughed at his letter, they were really moved by the grip of faith Lencho had in God. The way they all decided to help the stranger in his hard times restores our faith in the existence of humanity and motivates us to be a noble and kind person.
    Question 7.
    Describe Lencho’s qualities in light of his faith in God. Do you have faith in God like Lencho? Was Lencho’s reaction towards post office employees right?              [CBSE 2015]
    Answer:
    Lencho was a poor farmer who totally depended on the harvest to survive and fulfil basic needs of his family. Once his crops were destroyed due to heavy rainfall and hailstones and he was afraid to think how his family would survive. He believed that God would help him in this plight. He had firm faith in God, he believed that God would not let him be hungry.
    Now-a-days faith in God like Lencho is almost impossible and unseen. People are very much aware that nobody is willing to help others without any self interest. Lencho’s reaction towards post office employees was not right or justified but it was just because of his innocence as he could not believe that God had done such a mistake. It were only the post office employees who had stolen money according to him.

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    a Letter To God (Summary) English - Class 10 | By G.L

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    Lencho was a dedicated agriculturist. He was expecting a decent harvest yet sadly; a hail storm came and destroyed his harvest totally. Lencho was very sad he had a strong belief in God. He was sure that God would definitely help him. He was an extremely straightforward man. He composed a letter to God. In the letter, he asks God to send him one hundred pesos. At that point, he went to the post office and put the letter into the post box,
    The postman removed the letter from the letter-box. He read the address on it and laughed badly when he rushed to the postmaster and demonstrated to him that strange letter. The postmaster also chuckled in the same way when he saw the address of God. When he read the letter, he got very serious. He lauded this man who had extraordinary confidence in God.  He decided to help him. He asked the employees of the post office to give money. He gave a part of-of his salary. But they were able to collect only a little more than half the money requested for by Lencho. The postmaster put the money in an envelope and addressed it to Lechno. Nen Sunday, Lencho came again to the post-office. He asked if there was any letter for him. The postmaster took out the letter and gave it to Lencho. Lencho was not surprised at seeing the money. But when he counted the money, he became angry. He thought that God could not have made a mistake. He took paper and ink and wrote another letter to God. Then he put the letter into the letter-box.
    After Lencho had gone, the postmaster and the employees read the letter. Lencho had complained to God that he had received only seventy pesos. This time he requested God to send him the rest of the money also. But he asked God not to send the money through the mail. He wrote that the post-office employees were a bunch of crooks.
    SUMMARY - A LETTER TO GOD
    Lencho was a dedicated agriculturist. He was expecting a decent harvest yet sadly; a hail storm came and destroyed his harvest totally. Lencho was very sad he had a strong belief in God. He was sure that God would definitely help him. He was an extremely straightforward man. He composed a letter to God. In the letter, he asks God to send him one hundred pesos. At that point, he went to the post office and put the letter into the post box,
    The postman removed the letter from the letter-box. He read the address on it and laughed badly when he rushed to the postmaster and demonstrated to him that strange letter. The postmaster also chuckled in the same way when he saw the address of God. When he read the letter, he got very serious. He lauded this man who had extraordinary confidence in God.  He decided to help him. He asked the employees of the post office to give money. He gave a part of-of his salary. But they were able to collect only a little more than half the money requested for by Lencho. The postmaster put the money in an envelope and addressed it to Lechno. Nen Sunday, Lencho came again to the post-office. He asked if there was any letter for him. The postmaster took out the letter and gave it to Lencho. Lencho was not surprised at seeing the money. But when he counted the money, he became angry. He thought that God could not have made a mistake. He took paper and ink and wrote another letter to God. Then he put the letter into the letter-box.
    After Lencho had gone, the postmaster and the employees read the letter. Lencho had complained to God that he had received only seventy pesos. This time he requested God to send him the rest of the money also. But he asked God not to send the money through the mail. He wrote that the post-office employees were a bunch of crooks.

    NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English A Letter to God

    1. What did Lencho hope for?
    Ans: Lencho hoped for rains as the only thing that his field of ripe corn needed was a shower.

    2. Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like ‘new coins’?
    Ans: Lencho’s crops were ready for harvest. As raindrops would have helped in getting a better harvest, resulting in more prosperity, so Lencho compared them with new coins.

    3. How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho’s fields?
    Ans: The rain was pouring down. But suddenly, a strong wind began to blow and very large hailstones began to fall along with the rain.
    All the crop in Lencho’s fields destroyed.

    4. What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stopped?
    Ans: After hail stopped, Lencho’s soul was filled with sadness.He could see a bleak future for him and his family. Hew was worried aboutlack of foodfor the coming year.

    Page No: 6 Oral Comprehension Check
    1. Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?
    Ans: Lencho had faith in God.He believed that God’s eyes see everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience. He wrote a letter to God saying that he needed a hundred pesos to sow his field again.

    2. Who read the letter?
    Ans: Postmaster read the letter.

    3. What did the postmaster do then?
    Ans: The Postmaster first laughed. But then he became serious. He was deeply moved by the writer’s faith in God. He did not want to shake this faith. So he decided to collect the money and send it to Lencho.

    Page No: 7 Oral Comprehension Check
    1.Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?
    Ans: No. Lencho was not at all surprised to see the letter from God with money inside it. His confidence and faith in God was such that he had expected that reply from God.

    NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English A Letter to God
    2. What made him angry?
    Ans: When he finished counting moneyhe found only seventy pesos. But he demanded hundred pesos. He was confident that God could neither make a mistake nor deny him what he had requested. Therefore, he concluded that the post office employees must have taken the remaining thirty pesos.

    NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English A Letter to God
    Thinking about the Text
    1. Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in the story tell you this?
    Ans: Lencho had complete faith in God. The sentences in the story that show this are as follows:
    (i) But 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.
    (ii) All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope: the help of God, whose eyes, as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience.
    (iii) “God,” he wrote, “if you don’t help me, my family and I will go hungry this year.”
    (iv) He wrote ‘To God’ on the envelope, put the letter inside and, still troubled, went to town.
    (v) God could not have made a mistake, nor could he have denied Lencho what he had requested.
    .(vi) It said: “God: of the money that I asked for, only seventy pesos reached me. Send me the rest, since I need it very much.”

    2. Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter ‘God’?
    Ans: Postmaster was moved by Lencho’s complete faith in the God. So, he decided tosend money toLencho. Moreover, the postmaster did not want to shake Lencho’s faith in God. So, he signed the letter ‘God’. It was a good ploy to convey a message that God had himself written the letter.

    3. Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why/Why not?
    Ans: No, Lencho does not try to find out who had sent the money to him. This is because he had great confidence in God and never suspected that it could be someone else other than God who would send him the money. His faith in God was so strong that he believed that God had sent him the money.

    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.]
    Ans: Lencho thinks that the post office people have taken the money. It is the post office people who send the money to Lencho. But, on the other hand, Lencho thinks they have stolen his money. He calls them crooks. Thus there is an element of irony in this situation.

    NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English A Letter to God
    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.
    GreedyNaïvestupidungrateful
    selfishcomicalunquestioning
    Ans: I don’t think there can be any such people in the real world. Lencho is literate and yet he dosen’t know how his letter will reach God without any address.
    He probably would be naïve and unquestioning.

    NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English A Letter to God
    6. There are two kinds of conflict in the story: between humans and nature, and between humans themselves. How are these conflicts illustrated?
    Ans: The conflict between humans and nature is shown by the destruction of Lencho’s crops by the hailstorm. As the crops failed by hail, Lencho started feeling sad and gloomy after the storm appropriately projects the conflict of the nature and the man. The Story also shown another conflict, between humans themselves. The postmaster, along with the help of the other post office employees, sent Lencho the money that they could manage to collect. They were not related to Lencho in any manner. It was an act of kindness and selflessness on their part. Even though they did a good deed, Lencho blamed them for taking away some amount of money. This shows that man does not have faith in his fellow humans, thereby giving rise to this conflict.

    NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English A Letter to God
    Thinking about the Language
    1. There are different names in different parts of the world for storms, depending on their nature. Can you match the names in the box with their descriptions below, and fill in the blanks? You may use a dictionary to help you.
    gale,whirlwind,cyclone,
    hurricane,tornado,typhoon
    1. A violent tropical storm in which strong winds move in a circle:
    __ __ c __ __ __ __
    2. An extremely strong wind: __ a __ __
    3. A violent tropical storm with very strong winds: __ __ p __ __ __ __
    4. A violent storm whose centre is a cloud in the shape of a funnel:
    __ __ __ n __ __ __
    5. A violent storm with very strong winds, especially in the western Atlantic ocean: __ __ r __ __ __ __ __ __
    6. A very strong wind that moves very fast in a spinning movement and causes a lot of damage: __ __ __ __ l __ __ __ __
    Ans: 1. Cyclone
    2. Gale
    3. Typhoon
    4. Tornado
    5. Hurricane
    6. Whirlwind

    NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English A Letter to God
    2. Match the sentences in Column A with the meanings of ‘hope’ in Column B.
    AB
    1.Will you get the subjects you want to study in college?
    Ihopeso.
    a feeling that something good will probably happen
    2.Ihopeyou don’t mind my saying this, but I don’t like the way you are arguing.thinking that this would happen (It may or may not have happened).
    3.This discovery will give newhopeto HIV/AIDS sufferers.stopped believing that this good thing would happen
    4.We werehoping against hopethat the judges would not notice our mistakes.wanting something to happen (and thinking it quite possible)
    5.I called earlyin the hopeof speaking to her before she went to school.showing concern that what you say should not offend or disturb the other person: a way of being polite
    6.Just when everybody hadgiven up hope, the fishermen came back, seven days after the cyclone.wishing for something to happen, although this is very unlikely
    Answer
    AB
    1.Will you get the subjects you want to study in college? Ihopeso.wanting something to happen (and thinking it quite possible)
    2.Ihopeyou don’t mind my saying this, but I don’t like the way you are arguing.showing concern that what you say should not offend or disturb the other person: a way of being polite
    3.This discovery will give newhopeto HIV/AIDS sufferers.a feeling that something good will probably happen
    4.We werehoping against hopethat the judges would not notice our mistakes.wishing for something to happen, although this is very unlikely
    5.I called earlyin the hope ofspeaking to her before she went to school.thinking that this would happen (It may or may not have happened.)
    6.Just when everybody hadgiven up hope, the fisherman came back, seven days after the cyclone.stopped believing that this good thing would happen


    NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English A Letter to God
    3. Join the sentences given below usingwho,whom,whose,whichas suggested.
    1. I often go to Mumbai. Mumbai is the commercial capital of India. (which)
    2. My mother is going to host a TV show on cooking. She cooks very well. (who)
    3. These sportspersons are going to meet the President. Their performance has been excellent. (whose)
    4. Lencho prayed to God. His eyes see into our minds. (whose)
    5. This man cheated me. I trusted him. (whom)
    Ans: 1. I often go to Mumbai, which is the commercial capital of India.
    2. My mother, who cooks very well, is going to host a TV show on cooking.
    3. These sportspersons, whose performance has been excellent, are going to meet the President.
    4. Lencho prayed to God, whose eyes see into our minds.
    5. This man, whom I trusted, cheated me.

    NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English A Letter to God
    4. Find sentences in the story with negative words, which express the following ideas emphatically.
    1. The trees lost all their leaves.
    Ans: The trees lost all their leaves.
    Not a leaf remained on the trees.
    2. The letter was addressed to God himself.
    Ans: The letter was addressed to God himself.
    It was nothing less than a letter to God.
    3. The postman saw this address for the first time in his career.
    Ans: The postman saw this address for the first time in his career.
    Never in his career as a postman had he known that address.

    NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English A Letter to God
    5.Inpairs, find metaphors from the story to complete the table below. Try to say what qualities are being compared. One has been done for you.
    ObjectMetaphorQualityor Feature Compared
    CloudHuge mountains of cloudsThe mass or ‘hugeness’ of mountains.
    Raindrops
    Hailstones
    Locusts
    An epidemic (a disease) that spreads very rapidly and leaves many people dead.
    An ox of a man.
    Ans:
    ObjectMetaphorQuality or Feature Compared
    CloudHuge mountains of cloudsThe mass or ‘hugeness’ of mountains
    RaindropsA curtain of rainThe draping or covering of an area by a curtain
    HailstonesThe frozen pearlsThe resemblance in colour and hardness of a pearl
    LocustsA plague of locustsThe consequences (destruction) of plague
    LocustsA plague of locustsAn epidemic (a disease) that spreads very rapidly and leaves many people dead
    ManAn ox of a manThe working of an ox in the fields (hard work)


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