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SEBA Class 10 English A Letter to God Important Extra Questions & Previous Year Questions

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SEBA Class 10 English A Letter to God Important Questions | Chapter-wise PYQs

A. Previous Year MCQs with Solutions

Q1. “A plague of locusts would have left more than this ….” What does the underlined word mean? —[HSLC 2023]
(i) a herd of animals
(ii) a swarm of bees
(iii) a flock of birds
(iv) a swarm of insects
Answer: (iv) a swarm of insects

Q2. “The postmaster – a fat, amiable fellow – also broke out laughing –”. Choose from below the word that is same in meaning as ‘amiable’ – —[HSLC 2023]
(i) huge
(ii) friendly
(iii) jealous
(iv) angry
Answer: (ii) friendly

Q3. Lencho hoped for help from – —[HSLC 2023]
(i) neighbours
(ii) sons
(iii) God
(iv) wife
Answer: (iii) God

Q4. Read the following statements with reference to ‘A Letter to God’ and choose the correct option : —[HSLC 2024]
Statement 1 : The house in which Lencho was living was in the middle of a populous town.
Statement 2 : Lencho was a good farmer.
(A) Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false
(B) Statement 1 is false and Statement 2 is true
(C) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are true
(D) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are false
Answer: (B) Statement 1 is false and Statement 2 is true

Q5. “I hope it passes quickly.” It did not pass quickly. What is the ‘it’ referred to? —[HSLC 2024]
(A) A pack of wolves
(B) A swarm of locusts
(C) The hailstorm
(D) The storm of dust
Answer: (C) The hailstorm

Q6. What was Lencho’s immediate response when he ‘received the letter from God’? —[HSLC 2024]
(A) He began shouting at the postmaster
(B) He was not surprised but very angry
(C) He began laughing with joy
(D) He was sad and silent
Answer: (B) He was not surprised but very angry

Q7. In this sentence from “A Letter to God”, which literary device is used by the author to describe the field? “The field was white as if covered with salt.” —[HSLC 2024]
(a) Metaphor
(b) Simile
(c) Irony
(d) Pun
Answer: (b) Simile

Q8. “A plague of locusts would have left more than this.” Lencho made this remark as his crops were destroyed by – —[HSLC 2024]
(a) a landslide
(b) a hailstorm
(c) a drought
(d) a flood
Answer: (b) a hailstorm

Q9. In the story “A Letter to God”, what was the most likely response that the postmaster expected in Lencho’s second letter to God? —[HSLC 2024]
(a) sorrow
(b) happiness
(c) gratitude
(d) indignation
Answer: (c) gratitude

Q10. On receiving the letter from the postmaster, Lencho did not seem surprised because – —[HSLC 2024]
(a) he knew everything before hand.
(b) he was confident of receiving a reply from God.
(c) he had dreamt about God’s reply.
(d) he knew the postmaster was a good man.
Answer: (b) he was confident of receiving a reply from God.

Q11. What did Lencho do throughout the morning? —[HSLC 2025]
(a) Watched the river
(b) Watched the sky
(c) Watched the field
(d) Watched the valley
Answer: (b) Watched the sky

Q12. Choose the correct antonym for the word ‘crest’ given in the passage. —[HSLC 2025]
(a) summit
(b) ridge
(c) top
(d) bottom
Answer: (d) bottom

B. Extra MCQs as per HSLC Pattern with Solutions

Q1. Where was Lencho’s house situated?
(i) In the middle of a city
(ii) In a populous town
(iii) On the crest of a low hill
(iv) Near the marketplace
Answer: (iii) On the crest of a low hill

Q2. What could be seen from the top of the hill?
(i) A railway station
(ii) The river and the field of ripe corn
(iii) A big town
(iv) A forest
Answer: (ii) The river and the field of ripe corn

Q3. What was the only thing the earth needed?
(i) Sunshine
(ii) Fertilizer
(iii) A downpour or at least a shower
(iv) Strong winds
Answer: (iii) A downpour or at least a shower

Q4. How did Lencho describe the raindrops?
(i) As pearls
(ii) As diamonds
(iii) As new coins
(iv) As flowers
Answer: (iii) As new coins

Q5. What destroyed Lencho’s cornfield?
(i) Flood
(ii) Drought
(iii) Hailstorm
(iv) Earthquake
Answer: (iii) Hailstorm

Q6. For how long did the hailstorm continue?
(i) For ten minutes
(ii) For half an hour
(iii) For one hour
(iv) For two hours
Answer: (iii) For one hour

Q7. How did the field look after the hailstorm?
(i) Green and fresh
(ii) White as if covered with salt
(iii) Full of flowers
(iv) Dry and cracked
Answer: (ii) White as if covered with salt

Q8. What was Lencho’s only hope after the destruction of his crop?
(i) Help from neighbours
(ii) Help from relatives
(iii) Help from God
(iv) Help from the government
Answer: (iii) Help from God

Q9. How much money did Lencho ask from God?
(i) Fifty pesos
(ii) Seventy pesos
(iii) One hundred pesos
(iv) Two hundred pesos
Answer: (iii) One hundred pesos

Q10. Who first saw Lencho’s letter addressed to God?
(i) The postman
(ii) The village headman
(iii) Lencho’s son
(iv) The priest
Answer: (i) The postman

Q11. How did the postmaster react on seeing the letter?
(i) He was angry
(ii) He laughed and then became serious
(iii) He tore the letter
(iv) He ignored it
Answer: (ii) He laughed and then became serious

Q12. Why did the postmaster decide to help Lencho?
(i) To make fun of him
(ii) To show his power
(iii) To keep Lencho’s faith in God alive
(iv) To earn money
Answer: (iii) To keep Lencho’s faith in God alive

Q13. How much money was the postmaster able to collect?
(i) One hundred pesos
(ii) Seventy pesos
(iii) Fifty pesos
(iv) Eighty pesos
Answer: (ii) Seventy pesos

Q14. Under what name did the postmaster send the money?
(i) The Government
(ii) The Post Office
(iii) God
(iv) A Friend
Answer: (iii) God

Q15. How did Lencho react after counting the money?
(i) He felt grateful
(ii) He felt surprised
(iii) He became angry
(iv) He laughed loudly
Answer: (iii) He became angry

Q16. Whom did Lencho blame for the missing money?
(i) God
(ii) His sons
(iii) The post office employees
(iv) The postmaster’s friends
Answer: (iii) The post office employees

Q17. What did Lencho call the post office employees?
(i) Gentlemen
(ii) Crooks
(iii) Friends
(iv) Helpers
Answer: (ii) Crooks

Q18. What kind of man was Lencho?
(i) Lazy and careless
(ii) Hardworking and full of faith
(iii) Rich and proud
(iv) Selfish and greedy
Answer: (ii) Hardworking and full of faith

Q19. What literary device is used in the sentence “The field was white as if covered with salt”?
(i) Metaphor
(ii) Simile
(iii) Personification
(iv) Hyperbole
Answer: (ii) Simile

Q20. What is the central conflict in the story?
(i) Between Lencho and his sons
(ii) Between humans and nature
(iii) Between Lencho and the postmaster
(iv) Between God and humans
Answer: (ii) Between humans and nature

Q21. Read the following statements with reference to ‘A Letter to God’ and choose the correct option:
Statement 1: Lencho’s house was the only one in the entire valley.
Statement 2: Lencho’s fields were near a big city.
(i) Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false
(ii) Statement 1 is false and Statement 2 is true
(iii) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are true
(iv) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are false
Answer: (i) Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false

Q22. Read the following statements and choose the correct option:
Statement 1: Lencho compared the big raindrops to ten-cent pieces.
Statement 2: Lencho compared the small raindrops to five-cent pieces.
(i) Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false
(ii) Statement 1 is false and Statement 2 is true
(iii) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are true
(iv) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are false
Answer: (iii) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are true

Q23. What did the boys do when the hailstones started falling?
(i) They hid inside the house
(ii) They cried loudly
(iii) They ran out to collect the frozen pearls
(iv) They went to town
Answer: (iii) They ran out to collect the frozen pearls

Q24. What happened to the trees after the hailstorm?
(i) They were full of fruits
(ii) Not a leaf remained on them
(iii) They became greener
(iv) They grew taller
Answer: (ii) Not a leaf remained on them

Q25. What did Lencho say a plague of locusts would have done?
(i) Destroyed the whole village
(ii) Brought more rain
(iii) Left more than the hail had done
(iv) Saved the crops
Answer: (iii) Left more than the hail had done

Q26. Why was the night described as sorrowful?
(i) Because Lencho was ill
(ii) Because the hailstorm destroyed the crops
(iii) Because there was no food in the house
(iv) Because it was very cold
Answer: (ii) Because the hailstorm destroyed the crops

Q27. Read the following statements and choose the correct option:
Statement 1: Lencho had complete faith in God.
Statement 2: Lencho lost faith after the hailstorm.
(i) Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false
(ii) Statement 1 is false and Statement 2 is true
(iii) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are true
(iv) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are false
Answer: (i) Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false

Q28. What did Lencho do the following Sunday?
(i) Went to meet the priest
(ii) Went to the post office to mail a letter
(iii) Went to the market
(iv) Stayed at home
Answer: (ii) Went to the post office to mail a letter

Q29. Why did the postmaster laugh when he saw the letter?
(i) Because it was badly written
(ii) Because it was addressed to God
(iii) Because it had no stamp
(iv) Because it had no address
Answer: (ii) Because it was addressed to God

Q30. What quality of Lencho impressed the postmaster?
(i) His handwriting
(ii) His intelligence
(iii) His deep faith in God
(iv) His wealth
Answer: (iii) His deep faith in God

Q31. Read the following statements and choose the correct option:
Statement 1: The postmaster gave a part of his salary to help Lencho.
Statement 2: The postmaster forced his employees to give money.
(i) Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false
(ii) Statement 1 is false and Statement 2 is true
(iii) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are true
(iv) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are false
Answer: (i) Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false

Q32. What word best describes the postmaster?
(i) Cruel
(ii) Amiable
(iii) Selfish
(iv) Proud
Answer: (ii) Amiable

Q33. What did Lencho think about God after receiving less money?
(i) God had cheated him
(ii) God had made a mistake
(iii) God could not have made a mistake
(iv) God had forgotten him
Answer: (iii) God could not have made a mistake

Q34. Why did Lencho write a second letter to God?
(i) To thank Him
(ii) To ask for the remaining money
(iii) To return the money
(iv) To complain about the weather
Answer: (ii) To ask for the remaining money

Q35. What did Lencho request in his second letter?
(i) Another hundred pesos
(ii) Only seventy pesos
(iii) The rest of the money
(iv) Seeds and tools
Answer: (iii) The rest of the money

Q36. Read the following statements and choose the correct option:
Statement 1: Lencho suspected the post office employees.
Statement 2: Lencho thanked the post office employees.
(i) Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false
(ii) Statement 1 is false and Statement 2 is true
(iii) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are true
(iv) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are false
Answer: (i) Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false

Q37. What does the word ‘amiable’ mean in the story?
(i) Angry
(ii) Friendly
(iii) Proud
(iv) Lazy
Answer: (ii) Friendly

Q38. What is the tone of the story at the end?
(i) Tragic
(ii) Humorous and ironic
(iii) Suspenseful
(iv) Romantic
Answer: (ii) Humorous and ironic

Q39. What type of farmer was Lencho?
(i) Careless
(ii) Hardworking
(iii) Wealthy
(iv) Lazy
Answer: (ii) Hardworking

Q40. What lesson does the story mainly highlight?
(i) Importance of money
(ii) Power of nature
(iii) Faith and human goodness
(iv) Importance of farming
Answer: (iii) Faith and human goodness

C. Previous Year Questions with Answer

Q1. I need a hundred pesos…….. (Currency of India/Spain/Latin America) —[HSLC 2015]
Answer: Latin America

Q2. Send me the rest, since I need it very much. (relax/remaining part/be buried) —[HSLC 2016, 2022]
Answer: Remaining part

Q3. ‘The house…..the only one in the entire valley sat on the crest of a low hill.’ (wide/whole/flat) —[HSLC 2017]
Answer: whole

Q4. What type of a man was the postmaster? —[HSLC 2019]
Answer: The postmaster was a fat, amiable and kind-hearted man.

Q5. What was the one hope of Lencho? —[HSLC 2020]
Answer: Lencho’s one hope was to get a spell of rain for his cornfield so that his crop would grow well.

Q6. State whether the following statements are True or False. —[HSLC 2022]
(i) Lencho was a trader.
(ii) Lencho was a farmer.
Answer: (i) False (ii) True

Q7. The field was white, as if covered with….. (snow/salt/flour) —[HSLC 2022]
Answer: salt

Q8. Give a brief description of the postmaster as represented in ‘A Letter to God’. —[HSLC 2024]
Answer: The postmaster was a fat, amiable and kind-hearted man. He was generous and helpful. He was deeply moved by Lencho’s faith in God and decided to help him by collecting money from his employees and friends. He signed the reply as ‘God’ to keep Lencho’s faith alive.

D. Extra Questions as per HSLC Pattern with Answers

Q1. Describe the destruction caused by the hailstorm in “A Letter to God”.
Answer: The hailstorm completely destroyed Lencho’s crops. It rained for an hour and covered the fields with hailstones. The field looked white as if covered with salt. Not a leaf remained on the trees and the corn was totally destroyed. Lencho felt that even a plague of locusts would have left more than the hail.

Q2. Why did Lencho compare the raindrops to new coins?
Answer: Lencho compared the raindrops to new coins because he believed the rain would bring a good harvest and profit. The big drops were like ten-cent pieces and the small ones like five-cent pieces. To him, rain meant money and prosperity.

Q3. How did Lencho show his strong faith in God?
Answer: Lencho showed strong faith in God by writing a letter directly to Him asking for help. He believed that God would certainly send him money to save his family. Even after receiving less money, he did not doubt God’s honesty.

Q4. Why did the postmaster decide to answer Lencho’s letter to God?
Answer: The postmaster was deeply moved by Lencho’s faith. He did not want Lencho’s faith in God to be shaken. So, he decided to collect money from his employees and friends and send it to Lencho, signing the letter as ‘God’.

Q5. Why was Lencho not surprised on receiving the money?
Answer: Lencho was not surprised because he had complete faith in God. He was confident that God would answer his letter and send him the required money.

Q6. Why did Lencho become angry after counting the money?
Answer: Lencho became angry because he had asked for one hundred pesos but received only seventy pesos. He believed that God could not make a mistake, so he suspected that the post office employees had stolen the remaining money.

Q7. Explain the irony at the end of the story.
Answer: The irony lies in the fact that Lencho blamed the post office employees, who had actually helped him, by calling them “a bunch of crooks.” The very people who collected money to help him were accused of stealing it. This makes the situation both humorous and ironic.

Q8. Describe Lencho as a farmer and as a person.
Answer: Lencho was a hardworking farmer who worked like an ox in his fields. He knew his land very well and depended entirely on his crops. As a person, he was simple, innocent and had strong faith in God.

Q9. How did the hailstorm change Lencho’s mood?
Answer: At first, Lencho was happy when it started raining. But when the rain turned into a hailstorm and destroyed his crops, he became sad and hopeless. That night was sorrowful because all his hard work was ruined.

Q10. How did the postmaster and his employees show kindness?
Answer: The postmaster and his employees collected money from their own salaries to help Lencho. The postmaster even gave a part of his salary. They acted out of kindness and charity to keep Lencho’s faith alive.

Q11. Why did Lencho write a second letter to God?
Answer: Lencho wrote a second letter because he believed that God had sent the money but the post office employees had taken a part of it. He requested God to send the remaining amount, but not through the mail.

Q12. What does the story tell us about the power of nature?
Answer: The story shows that nature can be both helpful and destructive. While rain brings hope and prosperity, the hailstorm destroyed the entire crop in just one hour, leaving Lencho helpless.

Q13. How does the story highlight the theme of faith?
Answer: The story highlights faith through Lencho’s unwavering belief in God. Despite his losses, he trusted that God would help him. His faith was so strong that he never doubted God even when he received less money.

Q14. Why is the story considered humorous as well as serious?
Answer: The story is serious because it shows the destruction of crops and the struggles of a poor farmer. It is humorous because of the irony at the end when Lencho calls the kind post office employees “crooks.”

Q15. What lesson do you learn from “A Letter to God”?
Answer: The story teaches us the importance of faith and kindness. It shows that faith can give strength in difficult times, and human beings are capable of great generosity and goodness.

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