A Letter To God - Extracts Fully Solved 10th Eng (First flight)

A Letter To God Extracts Fully Solved 

Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow :

Extract {1}

“It did not pass quickly. For an hour           the hail rained on the house, the garden, the hillside, the cornfield, on the whole valley. The field was white, as if covered with salt. 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.”

(a) What does 'it' refer to in the first

sentence?

(b) What is ironical about the situation as described in the above

extract?

(c) Why was Lencho's soul filled with sadness?

(d) What did he do to overcome the

situation?

Answer 

a.Ans. 'it' refers to the sudden hailstorm that destroyed Lencho's crops completely.

b.Ans. A moment ago, Lencho was happy and hopeful that a rain shower would boost his harvest. But ironically, it turned to hailstorm and consequently his crops were destroyed completely.

C.Ans. Lencho's soul was filled with sadness because his corn had been completely destroyed.

D.Ans. Lencho did not lose hope. He was sure that God would help him. So, he wrote a letter to God and demanded hundred pesos to sow seeds again 

Extract -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."

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

(ii) Why did Lencho go out?

(iii) Find, the word from the passage which means 'forecasted'.

(iv) What do you mean by 'huge mountains of cloud'?

Answer 

(i) Huge mountains of clouds

(ii) To enjoy the feeling of rain falling on his body.

(iii) Predicted

(iv) Here in the passage it means massive dark clouds full of rain water promising a downpour.

Extract -3

"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."

(i) Lencho affixed the stamp by—----- it and—-----

(a) licking, fixing with a blow

(b) buying, licking

(c) kicking, licking

(d) all of these

(ii) Who went to take the letter when it fell into the mailbox?

(a) Lencho

(b) Post office employees

(c) Postmaster

(d) God

(iii) The synonym of 'attached' as given in the extract is—-----

(iv)-------- denotes the word which means dishonest person.

Answer 

 (i) licking, fixing with a blow

(ii) (c) postmaster

(iii) Affixed

(iv) Crook

Extract -4

. "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) Lencho's only hope was—------

(a) seventy pesos

(b) help from God

(c) post office employees

(d) rain

(ii) Lencho worked in the field like a/an—-----

(a) man (b) ox (c) cow (d) God

(iii) A synonym of moral sense as given in the extract is—-----

(iv) An ox of a man means—--

Answer 

(i)(b) help from God 

(ii) (b) ox

(iii) conscience

(iv) someone who is an extremely hard working person

Extract -5

Never in his career as a postman had he known that address. 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!"

(a) Whose address is being talked about in the opening sentence?

(b) The postmaster laughed at first and then turned serious. What made him feel serious?

(c) What kind of a fellow was the postmaster?

(d) What do we know about the writer's trait, from this passage?

Answer 

Ans. A.The address of God.

Ans. B.The postmaster became serious on seeing Lencho's indomitable faith in God.

Ans. C.The postmaster was a fat and amiable fellow. He was charitable too.

Ans. D.We understand that he has infinite faith in God.

Extract -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......... "

(a) What was the postmaster's reaction to seeing the letter?

(b) What did the postmaster wish?

(c) What kind of person was the postmaster?

(d) How did the postmaster help Lencho?

Answer.

Ans. A.He first laughed then became serious.

Ans. B.To have as much faith in God as the writer who wrote the letter to God had.

Ans.C. He was an amiable, kind, pleasant and friendly person.

Ans. D.The postmaster asked his colleagues and friends to contribute some money as an act of charity. He himself contributed some and mailed it to Lencho.

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