A Letter to God Class 10 English Extra Questions for Revision

Extract Based Questions – A Letter to God

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Read the following extracts carefully and choose the correct option.

Q. 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”.

i) Where was Lencho’s house located?

a) On the crest of low hill

b) In the entire valley

c) In the field of ripe corn

d) Towards the North-Earth

ii) What was Lencho’s wife preparing?

a) Good harvest

b) Supper

c) Clothes

d) Coffee

iii) Find the word from the extract which means ‘very closely’.

a) Promisingly

b) Entire

c) Intimately

d) Towards

iv) What does ‘crest’ mean?

a) Surface of the hill

b) Center of the hill

c) Bottom of the hill

d) Top of the hill


Answer

i) a) On the crest of low hill

ii) b) Supper

iii) c) Intimately

iv) d) Top of the hill


Q. 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.

i) What could be seen approaching in the North-East?

a) The fresh air

b) Huge mountains of clouds

c) Big drops of rain

d) Herd of stray animals

ii) Why did Lencho go out?

a) To protect his ripe crops

b) To shoo away the stray animals

c) To irrigate his fields

d) To have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body

iii) Find the word from the extract which means ‘forecasted’.

a) Predicted

b) Dotted

c) Approached

d) Seen

iv) What do you mean by huge mountains of clouds?

a) Very high clouds

b) Very dark clouds

c) Clouds promising heavy rains

d) Clouds making hilly pattern


Answer: 

i) b) Huge mountains of clouds

ii) d) To have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body

iii) a) Predicted

iv) c) Clouds promising heavy rains


Q. With a satisfied expression he regarded the field of ripe corn with its flowers, draped in curtain of rain. But suddenly a strong wind began to blow and along with 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.

i) What happened to the rain suddenly?

a) It stopped

b) It turned into acid rain

c) It changed into hailstones

d) It started raining more heavily

ii) What did hailstones resemble in the extract?

a) Silver coins

b) Ice-creams

c) Flowers

d) Snow peaks

iii) Find a word in the given extract which means the same as ‘contented’.

a) Regarded

b) Draped

c) Exposed

d) Satisfied

iv) What does the word ‘exposing’ mean in the extract?

a) Hiding

b) Coming out in open

c) Preventing

d) Influencing


Answer: 

i) c) It changed into hailstones

ii) a) Silver coins

iii) d) Satisfied

iv) b) Coming out in open


Q. 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 filed and said to his sons, “A plague of locusts would have left more than this. The hail has left nothing”.

i) What happened to the crop when the storm had passed?

a) It blossomed

b) It remained as it was

c) It grew to produce more seeds

d) The corn was totally destroyed

ii) What was the status of leaves after the storm?

a) They turned green

b) They turned pale

c) They were detached from the trees

d) They dried up

iii) Describe Lencho’s feelings as shown in the extract.

a) He was elated

b) He was very sad

c) He was angry

d) He was charged up

iv) Find the opposite of  ‘destroyed’ from the passage.

a) Restored

b) Lost

c) Grown

d) Passed


Answer:

i) d) The corn was totally destroyed

ii) c) They were detached from the trees

iii) b) He was very sad

iv) a) Restored


Q. “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.

i) What was Lencho’s only hope?

a) The help of God

b) The help of the government

c) Flourishing of his another of another crop

d) His family’s support

ii) Despite being a farmer what did Lencho know?

a) How to please God

b) How to write

c) How to talk

d) How to die

iii) How did Lencho work in the field?

a) Like a farmer

b) Like a businessman

c) As hard as an animal

d) As comfortably as the rich

iv) What does that word ‘conscience’ in the extract mean?

a) Knowledge

b) Awareness

c) Interest

d) Moral sense


Answer  

i) a) The help of God

ii) b) How to write

iii) c) As hard as an animal

iv) d) Moral sense


This Post Has 8 Comments

  1. Ishwar sharan shukl

    Yes , as if we see from lencho’s point of view he was justified in calling the post office employees ‘a bunch of crooks’.
    In the world today there are such peoples who take up any other’s commodities without caring that what will that mean to the real owner.And so was lencho’s feeling , when he saw just 70 pesos instead of 100 in the envelope. He was so firm in his believe that according to him god wouldn’t have made such a mistake.

    ANSWER TO QUESTION 8.

  2. Sirji

    We have posted your answer. Thank you for your comments. 😊

  3. Madhu

    The answer to the question is in two folds.
    Lencho was a man of great faith and devotion. He had so much confidence in God so he naturally thought that God couldn’t have given him just 70 pesos when he had asked for a hundred pesos. His extreme devotion and innocence led him to believe that the post office employees had stolen the money that God had sent for him. Whereas, in reality it was the post office employees who had sent him the 70 pesos in the first place.
    But from a logical perspective, we could argue that Lencho was so blinded by faith that he was incapable of seeing the selfless compassion of the post office employees who wanted to help him. The fact that he called the post office employees a bunch of crooks, when all they did was try to help him could be a sign of arrogance and narrow mindedness. He also demands The remaining 30 pesos – this act could be interpreted as being entitled, demanding and ungrateful.

    1. legend

      nice yaha answer likho question paper ma maat likh naa fail hona

  4. C Shrujan Reddy

    Yes,As if we stand in lencho’s place he said truth ,Now in this world such people are more like lencho in word there is one or two people that’s all

  5. Sudhakar yadav

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  6. Saanvi

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