SHASHI CLASSES

Believe In Excellence

CLASS 10 ENGLISH CHAPTER – Letter to God

NCERT IN-TEXT QUESTIONS

Q1. WHAT DID LENCHO HOPE FOR?

ANS. LENCHO HOPE FOR A LITTLE SHOWER FOR THE NOURISHMENT OF SOIL AND A GOOD HARVEST

Q2. WHY DID LENCHO SAY THE RAINDROPS WERE LIKE NEW COIN?

ANS. HE COMPARED THE RAINDROP WITH THE NEW COIN BECAUSE IT WAS PROMISING HIM A
GOOD HARVEST WHICH WOULD RESULT HIM A GREAT PROSPERITY

Q3. HOW DID THE RAIN CHANGE? WHAT HAPPEN TO LENCHO’S FEILD?

ANS. THE WEATHER WAS GOOD FOR THE CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME BUT LATER IT CHANGE THERE
WAS A STRONG WIND BLOWING EVEN THERE WERE HAILSTONES . THIS CHANGE IN WEATHER
DESTROYED LENCHO’S FEILD COMPLETELY

Q4. WHAT WERE LENCHO’S FEELING WHEN THE HAIL STOPPED

ANS. LENCHO’S HEART FILLED WITH GRIEF AFTER THE HAIL STOPPED AS HIS FEILD WAS COMPLETELY
DESTROYED .HE WAS BLANK AS EVERY THING GOT RUINED HE DID’NT KNOW WHAT WOULD HE
DO FOR REST OF THE YEAR FUTHER HE THOUGHT THAT IF THINGS REMAIN THE SAME THEN HE AND
HIS FAIMLY WOULD DIE OUT OF HUNGER.

Q5. WHO OR WHAT DID LENCHO HAVE FAITH IN? WHAT DID HE DO?

ANS. LENCHO HAD FIRM FAITH IN GOD AS HE AND HIS SOCIETY BELIEVE THAT GOD WATCHES
EVERY ACTION AND HELP EVEYONE IN ONE’S PROBLEM. LENCHO IN HIS HARD TIME WROTE A
LEETER TO GOD DEMANDING 100 PESOS TO SOW HIS FIELD AGAIN

Q6. WHO READ THE LETTER

ANS. THE HEAD POSTMASTER READ THE LETTER

Q7. WHAT DID POSTMASTER DO AFTER READING THE LETTER

ANS. AS THE POST MASTER WAS A JOLLY KIND OF A PERSON HE LAUGHED WHEN HE READ THE
LEETER BUT SOON HE BECAME SERIOUS AND DECIDED TO HELP LENCHO AS HIS WAS VERY MOVED
BY LENCHO’S FAITH IN GOD. FUTHER HE WITH HIS SEVRAL FRIEND AND EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTED
SOME MONEY AND SEND IT TO LENCHO ON BEHALF OF GOD.

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COURT MORE, ASANSOL,W.B. Ph. No. 7003416962
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Q8. WAS LENCHO SURPRISED TO FIND A LETTER FOR HIM WITH MONEY IN IT?

ANS. NO, LENCHO WAS NOT AT ALL SURPRISE TO FIND THE LETTER WITH MONEY FROM GOD AS
HE Had A STRONGE BELIVED THAT GOD WOULD DEFINATELY HELP HIM.

Q9. WHAT MADE LENCHO ANGRY?

ANS. AS LENCHO HAD RECEIVED ONLY 70 PESOS WHEREAS HE HAD ASKED FOR 100. THE
DIFFRENCE IN THE AMOUNT MAFDE HIM ANGRY AS HE BELIVED THAT GOD CAN NEVER MAKE
SUCH A MISTAKE

Q10. WHO DOES LENCHO HAD COMPLETE FAITH IN? WHICH SENTENCE IN THE STORY TELL YOU
THIS

ANS. LENCHO HAD COMPLETE FAITH IN GOD AS HE BELONG TO A SOCIETY WHO BELIEVE THAT
GOD WATCHES EVERYTHING AND HELP EVERY ONE IN THERE THICK AND THIN SITUATION OF LIFE

FEW LINE WHICH SHOWS LENCHO’S FAITH IN THE STORY ARE:

 LENCHO THOUGHT ONLY HOPE IS GOD WHOSE EYE ARE INSTRUCTED TO SEE EVERYTHING EVEN
DEEP IN ONE’S CONSCIENCE
 GOD IF YOU DONT HELP MY FAMILY WOULD DIE OUT OF HUNGER
 TO GOD ON THE ENVELOPE
 GOD COULD NOT MAKE SUCH A MISTAKE

Q11. WHY DOES POSTMASTER SEND MONEY TO LENCHO? WHY DOES HE SIGN THE LETTER GOD

ANS. POSTMASTER WAS MOVED BY LENCHO’S FAITH IN GOD SO HE DECIDED TO SEND HIM THE
AMOUNT IN ORDER TO KEEP HIS FAITH ALIVE IN GOD . HE SIGN ON BEHALF OF GOD SO THAT HIS
FAITH ON GOD IS NOT SHAKEN

Q12. DID LENCHO TRY TO FIND OUT WHO HAD SENT THE MONEY TO HIM? WHY /WHY NOT

ANS. LENCHO DID NOT TRY TO FIND OUT WHO HAD SENT HIM THE MONEY BECAUSE HE NEVER
SUSPECTED THE PRESENCE OF GOD. FURTHER HE COULD NEVER IMAGINE THAT IT COULD BE
ANYONE ELSE OTHER THAN GOD WHO HAD SEND THE MONEY.

Q13. WHO DOES LENCHO THINK HAS TAKEN THE REST OF THE MONEY? WHAT IS THE IRONY OF
THE SITUATION

ANS. LENCHO BELIEVES THAT THE POST OFFICE EMPLOYEE HAD TAKEN THE MONEY. AS HE
BELIVED GOD CAN’T MAKE SUCH A MISTAKE

THE IRONY OF THE SITUATION IS HE WAS BLAMEING THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAD HELPED HIM IN HIS
PROBLEM AND TRIED TO KEEP HIS FAITH ALIVE.

SHASHI CLASSES”
COURT MORE, ASANSOL,W.B. Ph. No. 7003416962