Class 10 English Chapter 1 A Letter to God Question Answer

Class	10th
Subject	English
Book	First Flight
Category	Textual Question Answer

NCERT Class 10 English First Flight book solution for CBSE, HBSE, UK Board, MP Board, UP Board, RBSE, Assam Board, Bihar Board, and some other state Boards.

Exercise 1 ( NCERT Page No. : 5 )

Q1. What did Lencho hope for?
लेंचो को क्या उम्मीद थी?

Ans – Lencho was hoping for a good rain because it was much needed for a good harvest at that time.
लेंचो को अच्छी बारिश की उम्मीद थी क्योंकि उस समय अच्छी फसल के लिए इसकी बहुत ज़रूरत थी।

Q2. Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like ‘new coins’?
लेंचो ने क्यों कहा कि बारिश की बूँदें ‘नए सिक्कों’ की तरह थीं?

Ans – He said that because his crop needed rain to be a good harvest. Good harvest was like money to him. So when it rained he saw the raindrops in the form of ‘new coins’.
उसने ऐसा इसलिए कहा क्योंकि उसकी फसल को अच्छी फसल के लिए बारिश की ज़रूरत थी। अच्छी फसल उसके लिए पैसे की तरह थी। इसलिए जब बारिश हुई तो उसने बारिश की बूंदों को ‘नए सिक्कों’ के रूप में देखा।

Q3. How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho’s fields?
बारिश कैसे बदल गई? लेंचो के खेतों का क्या हुआ?

Ans – The rain changed and suddenly a strong wind started blowing and large hailstones started falling along with the rain. Due to the hailstorm the Lencho’s field was fully destroyed. There was no leaf remaining on the trees, the flowers were gone from the plants. Lencho was shattered after the destruction caused by the hailstorm.
बारिश बदल गई और अचानक तेज़ हवा चलने लगी और बारिश के साथ बड़े-बड़े ओले गिरने लगे। ओलावृष्टि के कारण लेंचो का खेत पूरी तरह से नष्ट हो गया। पेड़ों पर एक भी पत्ता नहीं बचा, पौधों से फूल गायब हो गए। ओलावृष्टि से हुई तबाही के बाद लेंचो टूट गया।

Q4. What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stopped?
ओले बंद होने पर लेंचो की भावनाएँ क्या थीं?

Ans – Lencho was filled with pain or grief after the hail stopped which ruined everything and there was nothing left for the survival of his family. He became very sad because all the crops got destroyed. Due to all this, he imagined his future dark.
ओलावृष्टि रुकने के बाद लेनचो बहुत दुखी हुआ क्योंकि ओलावृष्टि ने सब कुछ बर्बाद कर दिया था और उसके परिवार के लिए जीने के लिए कुछ भी नहीं बचा था। वह बहुत दुखी हुआ क्योंकि सारी फसलें नष्ट हो गईं। इन सबके कारण उसे अपना भविष्य अंधकारमय लगने लगा।

Exercise 2 ( Page No. : 6 )

Q1. Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?
लेंचो को किस पर या किस पर विश्वास था? उसने क्या किया?

Ans – Lencho had complete faith in God. He believed that God has his eye on everyone, even and helps in one’s problems to all. Therefore, a letter was written by Lencho to God expressing his need for a hundred pesos ant to sow his crops again that are destroyed in the hailstorm.
लेंचो को भगवान पर पूरा भरोसा था। उसका मानना था कि भगवान की नज़र सब पर है, यहाँ तक कि वह सभी की परेशानियों में भी मदद करता है। इसलिए, लेंचो ने भगवान को एक पत्र लिखा, जिसमें उसने ओलावृष्टि में नष्ट हुई अपनी फसल को फिर से बोने के लिए सौ पेसो की आवश्यकता बताई।

Q2. Who read the letter?
पत्र किसने पढ़ा?

Ans – Lencho’s letter written for God was read by the postmaster.
लेंचो द्वारा भगवान के लिए लिखा गया पत्र पोस्टमास्टर ने पढ़ा।

Q3. What did the postmaster do then?
पोस्टमास्टर ने तब क्या किया?

Ans – Postmaster tried to help Lencho by collecting some amount of pesos for him. He didn’t want to break Lencho’s faith. That’s why he decided to collect money and send it to Lencho on behalf of God.
पोस्टमास्टर ने लेंचो के लिए कुछ पेसो इकट्ठा करके उसकी मदद करने की कोशिश की। वह लेंचो की आस्था को तोड़ना नहीं चाहता था। इसलिए उसने पैसे इकट्ठा करके भगवान की ओर से लेंचो को भेजने का फैसला किया।

Exercise 3 ( Page No. : 7 )

Q1. Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?
क्या लेंचो को अपने लिए पैसे वाला पत्र पाकर आश्चर्य हुआ?

Ans – Lencho was not surprised to find a letter with money from God as he believed that God will help him. His confidence and faith in God was such that he had expected that God would definitely send money and help him out of this situation.
लेंचो को भगवान से पैसे वाला पत्र पाकर आश्चर्य नहीं हुआ क्योंकि उसे विश्वास था कि भगवान उसकी मदद करेंगे। भगवान पर उसका भरोसा और विश्वास ऐसा था कि उसे उम्मीद थी कि भगवान निश्चित रूप से पैसे भेजेंगे और उसे इस स्थिति से बाहर निकालने में मदद करेंगे।

Q2. What made him angry?
उसे किस बात पर गुस्सा आया?

Ans – The difference in amount made him angry. After finishing counting the money, he found only seventy pesos in it. But the demand is a hundred pesos. He was confident that God could neither make a mistake nor refuse him what he had requested. So,he was definitely sure that the remaining thirty pesos were taken by the employees of the post office.
राशि में अंतर ने उसे गुस्सा दिलाया। पैसे गिनने के बाद, उसने पाया कि उसमें केवल सत्तर पेसो थे। लेकिन मांग सौ पेसो की है। उसे विश्वास था कि भगवान न तो गलती कर सकते हैं और न ही उसकी माँग को अस्वीकार कर सकते हैं। इसलिए, उसे पूरा यकीन था कि शेष तीस पेसो डाकघर के कर्मचारियों ने ले लिए थे।

Textual Question Answer ( Page No. : 7 )

Q1. Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in the story tell you this?
लेंचो को किस पर पूरा भरोसा है? कहानी में कौन से वाक्य आपको यह बताते हैं?

Ans – Lencho had full faith in God. This is shown in some of the following sentences : “God,” he wrote, “if you don’t help me, my family and I will go hungry this year.” He wrote ‘To God’ on the envelope, put the letter inside and, still troubled, went to town. Lencho has full and complete faith in God as he said that God knows everything and helps us in the problems. There few sentences showing this:

1)But in the hearts of all who lived in that solitary house in the middle of the valley, the help from God was a single hope for Lencho.
2)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.
3)“God”, he wrote, “if you don’t help me, my family and I will go hungry this year”.
4) He wrote ‘To God’ on the envelope, put the letter inside and, still troubled, went to town.
5) God couldn’t have made a mistake, nor could he have denied Lencho what he had requested.

लेंचो को भगवान पर पूरा भरोसा था। यह निम्नलिखित कुछ वाक्यों में दिखाया गया है: “भगवान,” उसने लिखा, “अगर आप मेरी मदद नहीं करते हैं, तो मेरा परिवार और मैं इस साल भूखे रह जाएँगे।” उसने लिफ़ाफ़े पर ‘ईश्वर को’ लिखा, पत्र को अंदर रखा और फिर भी परेशान होकर शहर चला गया। लेनचो को ईश्वर पर पूरा भरोसा है क्योंकि उसने कहा कि ईश्वर सब कुछ जानता है और समस्याओं में हमारी मदद करता है। कुछ वाक्य इसे दर्शाते हैं:

1) लेकिन घाटी के बीच में उस एकांत घर में रहने वाले सभी लोगों के दिलों में, ईश्वर की मदद लेनचो के लिए एकमात्र उम्मीद थी।

2) रात भर लेनचो ने केवल अपनी एक उम्मीद के बारे में सोचा: ईश्वर की मदद, जिसकी आँखें, जैसा कि उसे निर्देश दिया गया था, सब कुछ देखती हैं, यहाँ तक कि किसी के विवेक की गहराई में क्या है।

3) “ईश्वर”, उसने लिखा, “यदि आप मेरी मदद नहीं करते हैं, तो मेरा परिवार और मैं इस साल भूखे रहेंगे”।

4) उसने लिफ़ाफ़े पर ‘ईश्वर को’ लिखा, पत्र को अंदर रखा और फिर भी परेशान होकर शहर चला गया।

5) ईश्वर से कोई गलती नहीं हो सकती थी, न ही वह लेनचो को उसकी माँग को अस्वीकार कर सकता था।

Q2. Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter ‘God’?
पोस्टमास्टर लेनचो को पैसे क्यों भेजता है? वह पत्र पर ‘ईश्वर’ क्यों हस्ताक्षर करता है?

Ans – The money was sent by the postmaster to Lencho for keeping alive Lencho’s trust in God. As he read Lencho’s letter he became serious and wished he had the same faith in God.

He gathers money with the help of the employees in the post office and friends on behalf of God and signs the letter ‘God’ so that Lencho’s faith in God does not get broken.

यह पैसा पोस्टमास्टर ने लेनचो को भगवान पर लेनचो के भरोसे को बनाए रखने के लिए भेजा था। जब उसने लेनचो का पत्र पढ़ा तो वह गंभीर हो गया और उसने सोचा कि काश, उसका भी भगवान पर ऐसा ही भरोसा होता।

वह भगवान की ओर से डाकघर के कर्मचारियों और दोस्तों की मदद से पैसे इकट्ठा करता है और पत्र पर ‘भगवान’ लिखकर हस्ताक्षर करता है ताकि लेनचो का भगवान पर भरोसा न टूटे।

Q3. Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why/Why not?
क्या लेनचो ने यह पता लगाने की कोशिश की कि उसे पैसे किसने भेजे थे? क्यों/क्यों नहीं?

Ans – No, Lencho didn’t try to find out about the person who had sent the money to him because he had a very strong faith or trust in God. Lencho thought that God would help him by sending the money.He could not believe that it could be – anybody else other than him who would send him the money. His faith in God was so strong that he believed that he helped him in his problem by sending the money.
नहीं, लेनचो ने उस व्यक्ति के बारे में पता लगाने की कोशिश नहीं की जिसने उसे पैसे भेजे थे क्योंकि उसे भगवान पर बहुत गहरी आस्था या भरोसा था। लेनचो ने सोचा कि भगवान पैसे भेजकर उसकी मदद करेंगे। उसे विश्वास ही नहीं हो रहा था कि यह उसके अलावा कोई और हो सकता है जो उसे पैसे भेजेगा। भगवान पर उसकी आस्था इतनी मजबूत थी कि उसे विश्वास था कि पैसे भेजकर भगवान ने उसकी समस्या में उसकी मदद की है।

Q4. 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.)
लेनचो को लगता है कि बाकी पैसे किसने लिए हैं? स्थिति में विडंबना क्या है? (याद रखें कि किसी स्थिति की विडंबना उसका एक अप्रत्याशित पहलू है। विडंबनापूर्ण स्थिति इसलिए अजीब या मनोरंजक होती है क्योंकि यह अपेक्षित के विपरीत होती है।)

Ans – Lencho thinks that the post office employees have taken the rest of the money as demand is of a hundred pesos from God and but only seventy pesos was written in the letter and such mistakes cannot be done by God.

According to the employee’s situation, the irony is that to whom he called a “bunch of crooks” and suspected of taking some of the money sent by god, were the same people who had contributed and sent him the money.

लेनचो को लगता है कि डाकघर के कर्मचारियों ने भगवान से सौ पेसो की मांग के अनुसार बाकी पैसे ले लिए हैं, लेकिन पत्र में केवल सत्तर पेसो ही लिखे गए थे और भगवान ऐसी गलतियाँ नहीं कर सकते।

कर्मचारी की स्थिति के अनुसार, विडंबना यह है कि जिसे उसने “बदमाशों का झुंड” कहा और भगवान द्वारा भेजे गए पैसे में से कुछ लेने का संदेह किया, वही लोग थे जिन्होंने योगदान दिया था और उसे पैसे भेजे थे।

Q5. Are there people like Lencho in the real world? What kind of a person would you say he is? You may select appropriate words from the box to answer the question. greedy naive stupid ungrateful selfish comical unquestioning

Ans – It is totally impossible to find a person like Lencho as he is an unquestioning kind of man but not stupid if he doesn’t know who has sent him money or a letter will reach God without any address. Lencho has faith in God. In the real world, people are selfish and greedy and Lencho is totally lovable and different.

Q6. There are two kinds of conflict in the story: between humans and nature, and between humans themselves. How are these conflicts illustrated?

Ans – Conflict between Humans and Nature: The conflict between humans and nature is depicted by the destruction of Lencho’s crop by the hailstorm as Lencho had expected a good rain to have good harvest as it was the only hope for his earning. He worked so hard for the survival of his family, but nature turned violent and due to this, everything was destroyed.

Lencho felt sad and gloomy because of the the damaged crops and could foresee his dark future.This appropriately shows the conflict between nature and man.It also shows another conflict, between humans themselves.The postmaster could manage to collect some money with the help of his colleagues and then sent it to Lencho.They were not related to Lencho in any manner. It shows acts of kindness and selflessness on their part. Even though they did a good deed, they were blamed by Lencho for taking away some amount of money. This shows that man does not have trust in his fellow humans which has given raise to this conflict.

Thinking about Language ( Page 8)

Q1. There are different names in different parts of the world for storms, depending on their nature. Can you match the names in the box with their descriptions below, and fill in the blanks? You may use a dictionary to help you. gale, whirlwind, cyclone, hurricane, tornado, typhoon 1. A violent tropical storm in which strong winds move in a circle: __ __ c __ __ __ __ 2. An extremely strong wind : __ a __ __ 3. A violent tropical storm with very strong winds : __ __ p __ __ __ __ 4. A violent storm whose centre is a cloud in the shape of a funnel: __ __ __ n __ __ __ 5. A violent storm with very strong winds, especially in the western Atlantic Ocean: __ __ r __ __ __ __ __ __ 6. A very strong wind that moves very fast in a spinning movement and causes a lot of damage: __ __ __ __ l __ __ __ _

Ans – 1. cyclone
2. gale
3. typhoon
4. tornado
5. Hurricane
6. whirlwind

Q2. Match the sentences in Column A with the meanings of ‘hope’ in Column B.

1. Will you get the subjects you want to study in college? I hope so

2. I hope you don’t mind my saying this, but I don’t like the way you are arguing.

3. This discovery will give new hope to HIV/AIDS sufferers

4. We were hoping against hope that the judges would not notice our mistakes.

5. I called early in the hope of speaking to her before she went to school.

6. Just when everybody had given up hope, the fishermen came back, seven days after the cyclone.

– a feeling that something good will probably happen

– thinking that this would happen (It may or may not have happened.)

– stopped believing that this good thing would happen

– wanting something to happen (and thinking it quite possible)

– showing concern that what you say should not offend or disturb the other person: a way of being polite

– wishing for something to happen, although this is very unlikely

Ans –

1. (b)
2. (e)
3. (a)
4. (f)
5. (d)
6. (c)

Q3. Join the sentences given below using who, whom, whose, which, as suggested.
1. I often go to Mumbai. Mumbai is the commercial capital of India. (which)
2. My mother is going to host a TV show on cooking. She cooks very well. (who)
3. These sportspersons are going to meet the President. Their performance has been excellent. (whose)
4. Lencho prayed to God. His eyes see into our minds. (whose)
5. This man cheated me. I trusted him. (whom)

Ans –

1. I often go to Mumbai which is the commercial capital of India.
2. My Mother who cooks very well, is going to host a TV show on cooking.
3. These sportspersons, whose performance has been excellent, are going to meet the President.
4. Lencho prayed to God, whose eyes see into our minds.
5. This man whom I trusted cheated me.

Q4. Find sentences in the story with negative words, which express the following ideas emphatically. 1. The trees lost all their leaves.
2. The letter was addressed to God himself.
3. The postman saw this address for the first time in his career.

Ans –

No leaf remained on the trees.
It was nothing, just a letter written for God.
In his career as a postman he had never seen that address.

Class 10 English Chapter 1 A Letter to God Question Answer – First Flight NCERT Solution