Question

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:The only thing that the earth needed was a downpour. Throughout the morning, Lencho – who knew his

fields intimately – had done nothing else but see the sky. It was during the meal that, just as Lencho had

anticipated, big drops of rain began to fall. Huge mountains of clouds could be seen approaching.

Lencho went out for no other reason than to have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body and when

he returned he exclaimed, “These aren’t raindrops falling from the sky, they are new coins. The big 5

drops are ten cent pieces and little ones are five.”

With a satisfied expression, he looked at the field, draped in a curtain of rain. But suddenly a strong

wind began to blow and along with the rain, large hailstones began to fall. These truly did resemble new

silver coins. The boys ran out to collect the frozen pearls.

Contrary to Lencho’s prayers, it did not pass quickly. For an hour, the hail rained on the whole valley. 10

The field was white, as if covered with salt. The corn was totally destroyed. Lencho’s soul was filled with

sadness. The hail left nothing; he feared that they would have to go hungry that year.

But in his heart, there was a solitary hope: help from God. The following Sunday, he began to write a

letter. “God,” he wrote, “if you don’t help me, my family and I will go hungry this year. I need a hundred

pesos in order to sow my field again and to live until the crops comes……” He wrote ‘To God’ on the 15

envelope and dropped it into the mailbox at a nearby post office.

The postmaster was amazed by the faith of the man who wrote the letter. So, in order not to shake the

writer’s faith in God, he decided to answer the letter. But to answer it, he needed something more than

goodwill, ink and paper. He collected money ‘for an act of charity’ from his employees and friends, and

was able to collect only a little more than a half of what Lencho desired. He put the 20

money in an envelope addressed to Lencho and with it a letter containing only a single word as a

signature: God.

The next Sunday, Lencho came to enquire whether there was any letter for him and the postmaster

handed over the envelope. Lencho showed not the slightest surprise on seeing the money; such was his

confidence – he became angry when he counted the money. God could not have made a mistake, nor 25

could he have denied Lencho what he had requested. Immediately Lencho sat down to write the reply.

As soon as he dropped it into the mailbox, the postmaster opened it. It said, “God: Of the money that I

asked for, only seventy pesos reached me. Send me the rest soon, as I need it very much. But don’t send

it to me through the mail, because the post office people are a bunch of crooks. Lencho.”

a) Give meaning of each of the following words as used in the passage. One word answer or short

phrases will be acce
pted. [3]

i) draped (line 7)​

Answer 1

Answer:

itna badd hai na vo siisliye ansrew nhi de