CLASS 10TH QUESTION ANSWER A LETTER TO GOD

CLASS 10TH QUESTION ANSWER A LETTER TO GOD 

THINKING ABOUT THE TEXT 

Question 1.

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

Answer:

Lencho has full faith in God as he is instructed that God knows everything and helps us with our problems. There are some sentences that show this

• But in the hearts of all who lived in that lonely house in the middle of the valley, the only hope was help from God.

• All night, Lencho thought of only one hope: the help of God, with whose eyes, as he was instructed, see everything, even what is in one's conscience.

• "God", he wrote, "if you don't help me, my family and I will starve this year".

• He wrote 'For God' on the envelope, put the letter inside and still went to town in dismay.

• God could do no wrong, nor could He refuse Lencho what He requested.

Question 2.Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter God?

Answer:To keep Lencho's faith in God alive, the postmaster sent money to Lencho. When he read Lencho's letter he became serious and wished that he had the same faith in God. ... he signed 'God' so that Lencho's faith would not be shaken.

Question 3.Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why or why not?

Answer: No, Lencho did not try to find out who sent him the money. Because he had a very strong belief in God and thought that no one except God would send money to help him

Question 4.Who does Lencho think has taken the rest of the money? What is the irony in the situation? (Remember that the irony of a situation is an unexpected aspect of it. An ironic situation is strange or amusing because it is the opposite of what is expected).

Answer:

Lencho thinks that the post office staff has taken the rest of the money because he had demanded hundred pesos from God and the letter contained only seventy pesos and God cannot do such a mistake. So, he believes that they stole the money.

The irony in this situation is that Lencho becomes suspicious of those who helped him with his problem and tries to keep his faith in God alive.

Question 5.Are there people like Lencho in the real world? What kind of person would you say he is? You can select the appropriate words from the box to answer the question.

•Greedy

• Clumsy

•Idiot

•ungrateful

•Selfish

• Comic

• Do not question

Answer:

It is almost impossible to find a person like Lencho because he is an unassuming and naive kind of person. He is not a fool if he does not know who sent him the money or a letter will reach God without an address. This is Lencho's belief in God. In the real world, people are selfish and greedy and Lencho is totally cute and aloof.

Question 6.
There are two kinds of conflict in the story between humans and nature and between humans themselves. How are these conflicts illustrated?

Answer:

Conflict between man and nature: The conflict between man and nature is depicted by hailstorm destroying the Lencho crop as Lencho was expecting good rain for a good harvest as it was his only hope for earning. He worked so hard to feed his family, but nature turned violent and destroyed everything.

Conflict between humans and humans: The story also portrayed another conflict, between humans as the postmaster himself, with his friends and servants, Lencho, with his friends and servants, sent money asking for God, although he did not know Lencho. Lencho accused him of carrying some amount. He called them "a bunch of scoundrels". This shows that the human does not have faith in the other human being, from which this conflict arises.

Thinking about language 

1. Storms have different names in different parts of the world, depending on their nature. Can you match the names in the box with the description below and fill in the blanks?

• Gale

• tornado,

• Cyclone,

•Whirlwind

• typhone

•hurricane

Question 1.

A violent tropical storm in which strong winds move in a circle c__.

Answer:

cyclone

Question 2.

An extremely strong wind __a __.

Answer: Gale

Question 3.

A violent tropical storm __p__ with very strong wind.

Answer:

Typhoon

Question 4.

A violent storm whose center is a funnel shaped cloud __n__.

Answer:

tornado

Question 5.

A violent storm with very strong winds, especially __r__ in the western Atlantic Ocean.

Answer:

Hurricane

Question 6.

A very strong wind which moves very fast in spinning motion and causes great damage __l__.

Answer:

Whirlwind

Match the sentences in column A with the meaning of 'hope' in column B.

Answer:

a b

1. Will you find the subjects you want to study in college? I hope (a) There is a feeling that perhaps something good will happen.

2.1 Hope you don't mind me saying this but 1 don't like the way you are arguing. (B) Thinking that it will happen (It may or may not happen.)

3. This discovery will give new hope to HIV/AIDS victims. (c) ceased to believe that it would be a good thing.

4. We were hoping against the expectation that the judges would not notice our mistakes. (d) desire to be something (and it is quite possible)

5. 1 called early hoping to speak to her before leaving for school. (e) Worrying that what you say is not a way of being polite to the other person or should not bother.

6. As soon as everyone had given up hope, the fishermen came back seven days after the cyclone. (f) wishing for something to happen, although it is very unlikely.

Answer:

1. (b)

2. (e)

3. (a)

4. (f)

5. (d)

6. (c)

3. Connect the sentences given below using who, whom, whom, whom as suggested.

Question 1.

I often go to Mumbai. Mumbai is the commercial capital of India, (which)

Answer:

I often go to Mumbai which is the business capital of India.

Question 2.

My mother is going to host a TV show on cooking. She cooks very well, (who)

Answer:

My mom who cooks very well is going to host a TV show on cooking.

Question 3.

These players are going to meet the President. His performance has been excellent, (whose)

Answer:

These players, who have performed brilliantly, are going to meet the President.

Question 4.

Lencho prayed to God. His eyes look into our hearts, (whose)

Answer:

Lencho prayed to God, whose eyes look into our hearts.

Question 5.

This man cheated on me. I trusted him. (Whom)

Answer:

The man I trusted betrayed me.

4. Find sentences with negative words in the story, which express the following thoughts emphatically.

(a) The trees lost all their leaves.

(b) The letter was addressed to God himself.

(c) The postman saw this address for the first time in his career.

Answer:

(a) Not a single leaf remains on the trees.

(b) It was nothing less than a letter to God.

(c) He had never seen that address in his career as a postman

5. In pairs, find metaphors from the story to complete the table below. Try to say what qualities are being compared. One has been done for you.

Object	Metaphor	Quality of Feature Compared
Cloud	Huge mountain of clouds	The mass or ‘Hugeness’ of mountain
Raindrops	Coins	Money that a good crop will bring
Hailstones	Frozen pearls	brightness of pearls
Locusts	Frozen pearls	An epidemic (a disease) that spreads very rapidly and
	locusts	leaves many people dead
Lencho	An ox of a man

 SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTION 

Question - 1 What are raindrops compared to and why ?

Answer- Raindrops were compared to coins worth 5 and 10 because rain brought a good harvest and a good harvest meant money.

Question -2 what promised a good harvest ?

Answer- Lencho realized that a field of ripe corn laden with flowers always promised a good harvest. So they expected a good harvest.

Question 3- How did Lencho's prediction about rain come true ? 

Answer - Lencho turned to the north-east and remarked that he would get some water. When it started raining in the evening, his prediction came true.

Question - 4 why was Lencho 's soul filled with sorrow ?

Answer - Lencho's soul was filled with sorrow as the hail had completely destroyed his crops.

Question - 5 Why was the family not really upset ?

Answer - Lencho's family was facing ruin, yet they weren't really upset. Because they had a lot of faith in God, that's why they thought that God would help them, that's why they were not upset.

Question 6- why did the postmaster send a reply to Lencho's first letter addressed to God ?

Answer-  The postman answers Lencho's first letter so that Lencho's faith remains in God. The postman collects money from his employees and sends a part of his salary to Lencho together with 70 pieces.

Question 7- How was Lencho helped ?

Answer - Upon seeing Lencho's letter, the postmaster was deeply struck by Lencho's strong belief in God. The postmaster collects money from his associates and sends some of the money to Lencho. But the money sent by the postmaster is less than what Lencho had demanded through his letter.

Question 8- Why was lencho angry when he received the letter ? 

Answer - Lencho had asked God for 100 pesos but he got only 70 pesos so he felt that the post office workers stole 30 pesos from him and he got angry.

Question - 9 Do you think the post office employees were a bunch of crooks ? 

Answer - No the post office employees were not bunch of crooks .

Question 10- was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it ? 

Answer - No, Lencho was not surprised to find the money. He had full faith that God would definitely help him.