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Date : May 05, 2020

ASSIGNMENT

CLASS : X

SUBJECT : ENGLISH

CH-1 : A LETTER TO GOD

Choose the most appropriate answer:

(a) A Letter to God was written by

(i) Ruskin Bond. (ii) Lokesh Abrol. (iii) G.L. Fuentes.

(b) The house stood on

(i) the crest of a low hill. (ii) the crest of a mountain. (iii) a deep valley

(c) The crop that grew was

(i) wheat. (ii) corn. (iii) barley.

(d) Lencho’s profession was

(i) share cropping. (ii) farming. (iii) brickmaking.

(e) Lencho went out into the rain to

(i) enjoy himself.


(ii) have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body.
(iii) collect rain water.

(f) Lencho wrote a letter to

(i) God. (ii) the village master. (iii) the post master.

(g) Lencho’s manner of posting the letter showed that

(i) he was truly a kind hearted and simple man.

(ii) he was greedy. (iii) he needed education.


State whether the following are true or false:

(a) Lencho was a farmer by profession


(b) Lencho had no family of his own
(c) Lencho predicted the rain by looking at the clouds.
(d) All the corns of Lencho were totally destroyed.
(e) Lencho had an unshakable faith in God.
(f) Lencho expects 100 roubles in reply to his letter.
(g) The Postmaster came to know about Lencho’s unshakable belief in God by opening and
reading the letter of Lencho to God.
(h) Lencho wrote a second letter to God conveying his thanks to Almighty for fulfilling his wish.

Answer the following questions briefly:

1. How did the rain change? what happened to Lencho’s field?


2. Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like “new coins”?
3. Why did Lencho write a letter to god? Why did Lencho ask God for money?
4. What did Lencho write in his second letter?
5. Why did the postmaster send money to Lencho on behalf of God?

Answer the following questions in detail:

1. 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?
2. How did the hailstones affect Lencho’s field? What was Lencho’s only hope?
3. How do you like ,the character of the postmaster in the story ‘A Letter to God?” Give reason
for your answer.

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