CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

A LETTER TO GOD

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When the hailstorm was over, Lencho said to his sons:“A plague of ____ would have left more than this.”
A
grasshoppers
B
locusts
C
insects
D
cockroaches
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Why did Lencho say “ A plague of locusts would have left more than this”. Answer: Lencho said this because he was extremely sad and disappointed to see his entire field of ripe corn with its flowers ruined by the hailstorm. 12.

Detailed explanation-2: -131 Lencho said to his sons, “A plague of locusts would have left more than this. The hail left nothing. This year we will have no corn.” That night was a sorrowful one.

Detailed explanation-3: -A Letter To God. What did Lencho say when the storm had passed? After the storm had passed, Lencho bemoaned to his sons and said that a plague of Locusts would have left something but the hailstones had left nothing. He also said that they would not have any corn that year.

Detailed explanation-4: -With their population becoming denser, they form swarms and keep moving across areas damaging the crops. These swarms attacking crops and thereby devastating the entire agricultural economy is what is commonly referred to as locust plague.

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