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Unit 1 – A Letter to God

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About this chapter: Unit 1 – A Letter to God

Unit 1 – A Letter to God is chapter 11 of 19 in Class 10 CBSE English. It has 6 topics in 13 sections. On Examisthan.com you will find 780 practice MCQs for it.

What you will learn in this chapter

1Language Skills: Reading, Vocabulary and Writing

2Story Comprehension

Setting And Characters · Plot And Events

3Themes And Literary Interpretation

Faith Hope And Irony · Conflict And Character

4Language Skills

Vocabulary And Context · Grammar And Metaphors

5Chapter Activities

Money Order Activity · Listening And Response

6Prose: Faith, Hope and Irony

Lencho and his farm · The hailstorm · Lencho's faith · The post office · Irony and character

Sample questions from this chapter

  1. What was Lencho's occupation?

    • A farmer
    • A postmaster
    • A teacher
    • A shopkeeper

    Answer: A farmer

    Lencho depended on his field and cultivated crops.

  2. What did Lencho hope for before the storm?

    • Snow
    • A drought
    • A new house
    • Rain

    Answer: Rain

    He needed rain for his crops.

  3. What destroyed Lencho's crop?

    • A flood
    • A fire
    • A hailstorm
    • A locust attack

    Answer: A hailstorm

    Hailstones devastated the crop.

  4. What did Lencho compare the hailstones to?

    • Glass beads
    • New silver coins
    • White flowers
    • Pearls of gold

    Answer: New silver coins

    He imagined the hail as money-like pieces, first as promising and then destructive.

How to study this chapter

  1. The topic with the most questions is "Prose: Faith, Hope and Irony" (300) — give it the most time.
  2. Then solve 15–20 of the 780 MCQs a day and read the explanation of every wrong answer.
  3. Finish with a chapter test and revise the topics where you lost marks.

Exam information

In the CBSE Class 10 board exam, English is a 3-hour written paper of 80 marks. The remaining 20 marks come from internal assessment done in school, so the subject is marked out of 100.

Check the latest syllabus, sample papers and marking scheme on cbseacademic.nic.in.

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