SAMPLE QUESTIONS “THE LETTER” CBSE – CLASS – X – ENGLISH

A. Read the following extracts and answer the questions

1. ‘You called out coachman Ali’s name
didn’t you. Here I am I have come for my letter”
a) Name the person whom these lines
are spoken to.
b) Acquaint us with the letter.
c) For how long is the person
expecting the letter?


  2. “Mad men are strange people”      (3)

a)     Who is the speaker?
b)    Tell us in very brief about the
madman of Ahmedabad.
c)     Tell us about the fifth madman.

2. “They will be useful to you, and they can never be to me.
But will you do one thing?”

a) Who is the speaker?
b) What does the speaker mean by
‘they’?
c) What thing did the speaker request?




4. “When Ali comes at four o’clock”, he
mused “I will give him the letter myself.”(3)
a) Who is the speaker?
b) Why will he give the letter
himself? (In short)
c) What startling fact the speaker
does not know?


B. Answer the following questions     6×2=18

 I.    
Explain
the three fold effect of ‘love and separation’.
II.    
Compare
the past and present of Ali.
III.    
Establish
‘the letter’ as a doleful story.



IV.    
Give
a character sketch of the postmaster.
 V.    
“Ali
was a clever shikari” – How?


VI.    
How
was Ali treated by Post office people? 

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