Practice Test

Q1) Based on the details of the house's location, how can it best be described? Show Answer

Q2) The field of corn dotted with flowers means that : Show Answer

Q3) Which quote supports the idea in the given extract? Show Answer

Q4) What was the most likely response that the postmaster expected in Lencho's second letter?
(i) sorrowful (ii) gratitude
(iii) disappointment (iv) shock Show Answer

Q5) Lencho's letter included: Show Answer

Q6) Pick the most suitable quote for the above extract. Show Answer

Q7) What happened to the rain suddenly? Show Answer

Q8) With what did hailstones resembles in the extract? Show Answer

Q9) Find a word in the given extract which means the same as 'contended'. Show Answer

Q10) What does the word 'exposing' mean in the extract? Show Answer

Q11) Based on the detail of the house's location, how can it best be described? Show Answer

Q12) The field of corn dotted with flowers means that: Show Answer

Q13) Which quote supports the idea in the given extract? Show Answer

Q14) Why did the man go out in rain? Show Answer

Q15) The big raindrops were the size of _____. Show Answer

Q16) What was falling from the sky? Show Answer

Q17) When is Lencho thinking about the money? Show Answer

Q18) Choose the option that lists the set of statements that are NOT TRUE according to the given extract.
1. Lencho realised the sacrifices made on his behalf.
2. Lencho trusted in God to send him 100 pesos.
3. Lencho wrote letters to God for help.
4. He was confident about getting a sure answer.
5. Lencho does not sound greedy when he collects the 70 pesos.
6. Lencho liked the post office employees.
7. Lencho was not happy with the money he got. Show Answer

Q19) Why does he address the post office employees as crooks? Show Answer

Q20) Why is Lencho asking money from God? Show Answer

Q21) Rearrange the sentences in the correct sequence and choose the correct option:
(a) Lencho was an ox of a man, working like an animal in the fields, but still he knew how to write.
(b) He put the money in an envelope addressed to Lencho and with it a letter containing only a single word as a signature : God.
(c) He wrote 'To God' on the envelope, put the letter inside and, still troubled, went to town.
(d) But suddenly a strong wind began to blow and along with the rain very large hailstones began to fall. Show Answer

Q22) Assertion: Lencho wrote a second letter to God.
Reason: He received only 60 pesos. Show Answer

Q23) Assertion: Lencho thought that no one dies from hunger.
Reason: God was the only hope. Show Answer

Q24) Assertion: Lencho only received 70 pesos.
Reason: The postmaster kept some of the money. Show Answer

Q25) Assertion: Lencho was afraid to think how his family would survive.
Reason: His crops were destroyed. Show Answer

Q26) Assertion: The post office employees were moved by Lencho's letter.
Reason: He wrote a letter to God asking money. Show Answer

Q27) Where was Lencho's house situated? Show Answer

Q28) What was the only thing that the Earth needed according to Lencho? Show Answer

Q29) Where did Lencho expect the downpour to come from?
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Q30) What did Lencho compare the large raindrops with?
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Q31) Which crop was growing on Lencho's fields? Show Answer

Q32) What destroyed Lencho's fields? Show Answer

Q33) The field looked as if it were covered in: Show Answer

Q34) Why was Lencho satisfied?
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Q35) Lencho compared the quantum of damage with:
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Q36) What was the only hope left in the hearts of Lencho's family? Show Answer

Q37) Why did Lencho need money?
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Q38) How did Lencho decide to contact his last resort? Show Answer

Q39) How much money did Lencho ask for?
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Q40) What was the immediate reaction of the postman on seeing the letter? Show Answer

Q41) The postmaster was a fat, amiable man. What is the meaning of amiable? Show Answer

Q42) On seeing the letter, the postmaster was moved by Lencho's:
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Q43) Why did the postmaster decide to reply to Lencho's letter? Show Answer

Q44) What else did the reply demand apart from goodwill, ink and paper?
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Q45) How much money was the postmaster able to arrange? Show Answer

Q46) What did the postmaster feel on experiencing Lencho receive the letter? Show Answer

Q47) Why was Lencho not surprised on seeing the money in the envelope? Show Answer

Q48) How did Lencho feel when he counted the money? Show Answer

Q49) What did Lencho think of the post-office employees? Show Answer

Q50) What did Lencho ask for in his second letter?
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Q51) What is the irony in the lesson 'A letter to God'?
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Q52) What type of conflict does the chapter 'A letter to God' highlight? Show Answer

Q53) Who is the author of the lesson 'A letter to God'?
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Q54) What does the word 'ox' in the chapter 'A letter to God' mean? Show Answer

Q55) What does the story tell about the character of Lencho? Show Answer

Q56) Why did Lencho go out in the rain? Show Answer

Q57) Lencho, the protagonist of the story was a _____ by profession. Show Answer

Q58) The story sets in _____. Show Answer

Q59) There was/were _____ house/ houses on the top of the hill. Show Answer

Q60) From the top of the hill, Lencho could see his field and _____.
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Q61) For _____ the hail rained.
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Q62) Find the correct statement in the following: Show Answer

Q63) Find the correct statement in the following: Show Answer

Q64) Rearrange the sentences in the correct sequence and choose the correct option:
(a) "These aren't raindrops falling from the sky, they are new coins. The big drops are ten cent pieces and the little ones are fives."
(b) God could not have made a mistake, nor could he have denied Lencho what he had requested.
(c) From this height one could see the river and the field of ripe corn dotted with the flowers that always promised a good harvest.
(d) "We'll all go hungry this year." Show Answer