CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

A LETTER TO GOD

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Lencho received only-
A
less than thirty pesos
B
less than hundred pesos
C
more than seventy pesos
D
Thirty pesos less than what he need.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: Lencho wrote in his second letter that he received only seventy pesos but he needed a hundred pesos. He requested God not to send rest of the money by post since the post office employees were a bunch of crooks and would steal the money.

Detailed explanation-2: -He thinks that the post office employees stole his money when it’s they who collected the cash for him in the first place. He calls them a “bunch of crooks” though they are the ones who tried to keep his faith in God alive by giving him money.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lencho’s crops were destroyed by the hailstorm. He wrote a letter to God asking for a hundred pesos. He needed the money to sow his field again and survive till the new crops came. Was this answer helpful?

Detailed explanation-4: -After his crops were destroyed in a hailstorm, he wrote a letter to God and asked for 100 pesos as help. When he opened the letter from God, he found 70 pesos, but was not surprised because he had unwavering faith in God and was sure that God would help him anyhow.

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