Answers Chapter 3 A Pinch of Snuff
1. Who is the author of the prose piece ‘A Pinch of Snuff’?
(A) Murli Manohar Joshi
(B) Manohar Pandya
(C) Manohar Malgaonkar
(D) Vikram Naipal
Answer:(C) Manohar Malgaonkar
2. The narrator of ‘A Pinch of Snuff was on probation –
(A) A minister
(B) A secretary
(C) An under-secretary
(D) A novelist
Answer:(B) A secretary
3. When was Manohar Malgaonkar born?
(A) 1917
(B) 1916
(C) 1912
(D) 1913
Answer:(D) 1913
4. Who was coming to visit the narrator’s family?
(A) Ratiram
(B) Minister
(C) Nanukaka
(D) Narrator
Answer:(C) Nanukaka
5. Nanukaka was related to the narrator, as he was his-
(A) Uncle
(B) Nephew
(C) Cousin
(D) Son
Answer:(B) Nephew
6. Name of the son of Sohanlal Ratiram was-
(A) Hariram
(B) Raviram
(C) Ratiram
(D) Sohanram
Answer:(C) Ratiram
7. Sohanlal Ratiram was the Party Boss in-
(A) Patna
(B) Delhi
(C) Mumbai
(D) Rajasthan
Answer:(B) Delhi
8. Nanukaka’s meeting with Sohanlal Ratiram was
(A) failed
(B) cancelled
(C) very successful
(D) postponed
Answer:(C) very successful
9. Who is the author of the prose piece ‘A pinch of Snuff’?
(A) Manohar Pandya
(B) Murli Manohar Joshi
(C) Vikram Naipal
(D) Manohar Malgaonkar
Answer:(C) Vikram Naipal
10. The second important person Nanukaka had planned to meet, was
(A) zamindar
(B) welfare minister
(C) estate minister
(D) businessman
Answer:(B) welfare minister
11. The type of situation in which a person from time to time turns to his mother tongue
(A) tongue slip
(B) linguistic emergency
(C) revolving
(D) consequences
Answer:(B) linguistic emergency
12. It was very easy for the narrator to get sent on
(A) foreign assignment
(B) holy works
(C) business
(D) entertainment purpose
Answer:(A) foreign assignment
13. Mother said that Nanukaka is coming to see some
(A) monuments
(B) Minister
(C) monster
(D) estate
Answer:(B) Minister
14. The narrator of ‘A Pinch of Snuff was on probation
(A) a minister
(B) secretary
(C) an under-secretary
(D) a novelist
Answer:(C) an under-secretary
15. Name of the son of Sohanlal Ratiram was
(A) Maniram
(B) Kaviram
(C) Ratiram
(D) Sohanram
Answer:(C) Ratiram
16. The new kitten had just made a ……….. on the floor.
(A) mark
(B) puzzle
(C) house-break
(D) puddle
Answer:(D) puddle
17. Nanukaka was the narrators………………
(A) maternal uncle
(B) father
(C) friend
(D) cousin
Answer:(A) maternal uncle
18. When was Manohar Malgaonkar born?
(A) 1917
(B) 1915
(C) 1916
(D) 1913
Answer:(D) 1913
19. The new role Nanukaka gave the narrator/undersecretary, was of
(A) crook
(B) driver
(C) professor
(D) Minister
Answer:(B) driver
20. Nanukaka managed to impress the Sikka Auto Dealers by demonstration of
(A) his court
(B) gold
(C) wealth
(D) politics
Answer:(C) wealth
21. Nanukaka told-‘Take me to the Maharaja Sutkatta’s palace to return the
(A) cheque
(B) boat
(C) horoscopes
(D) driver
Answer:(C) horoscopes
22. Nanukaka’s meeting with Sohanlal Ratiram was-
(A) A failure
(B) Cancelled
(C) Very successful
(D) Postponed
Answer:(C) Very successful
23. The second important person Nanukaka had planned to meet, was-
(A) Businessman
(B) Welfare minister
(C) Estate minister
(D) Zamindar
Answer:(B) Welfare minister
24. Nanukaka was installed in –
(A) die guest room
(B) the drawing room
(C) author’s bedroom
(D) the verandah
Answer:(C) author’s bedroom
25. The author had taken –
(A) five days’ leave
(B) three days’ leave
(C) two days’ leave
(D) six days’ leave
Answer:(C) two days’leave
26. Nanukaka in a linguistic emergency always turned to –
(A) English
(B) Hindi
(C) his mother-tongue
(D) Sanskrit
Answer:(C) his mother-tongue
27. Nanukaka thought that the secretary treated them coldly because they had not gone in –
(A) an old car
(B) a bigger car
(C) a small car
(D) a new car
Answer:(B) a bigger car
28. Nanukaka took out his chequebook and wrote a cheque for
(A) five thousand rupees
(B) two thousand rupees
(C) a thousand rupees
(D) five hundred rupees
Answer:(C) a thousand rupees
29. Nanukaka was coining to Delhi –
(A) to visit the Red Fort
(B) to see some minister
(C) to participate a conference
(D) to spend the summer
Answer:(B) to see some minister
30. Nanukaka was author’s –
(A) brother
(B) neighbour
(C) maternal uncle
(D) friend
Answer:(C) maternal uncle
31. The author has a complex about –
(A) relative
(B) guest
(C) officials
(D) ministers
Answer:(D) Ministers
32. Nanukaka traveled in –
(A) the A.C. Class
(B) the Second Class
(C) the Third Class
(D) the First Class
Answer:(B) the Second Class
33. On the platform, Nanukaka handed over the author—
(A) a bag
(B) a box
(C) a briefcase
(D) a basket
Answer:(D) a basket
34. The basket contained—
(A) fruits
(B) a cat
(C) sweets
(D) vegetables
Answer:(B) a cat
35. Nanukaka had third class ticket but traveled in the second class because—
(A) he was clever
(B) there was no third class
(C) he lost his ticket
(D) there was no room in the third class
Answer:(D) there was no room in the third class
36. The author was merely
(A) an undersecretary
(B) a secretary
(C) a clerk
(D) a peon
Answer:(A) an undersecretary
37. A Pinch of Snuff is written by —
(A) Bertrand Russell
(B) H.E. Bates
(C) Manohar Malgaonkar
(D) Pearl S. Buck
Answer:(C) Manohar Malgaonkar
38. Manohar Malgoankar has written the lesson—
(A) I Have a Dream
(B) A Pinch of Snuff
(C) Bharat Is My Home
(D) The Earth
Answer:(B) A Pinch of Snuff
39. Nanukaka wrote a cheque for a rupees
(A) thousand
(B) hundred
(C) five hundred
(D) ten thousand
Answer:(A) thousand
40. The second important person Nanukaka had planned to meet was—
(A) The Home Minister
(B) The Railway Minister
(C) The Welfare Minister
(D) None of these
Answer:(C) The Welfare Minister
41. Ratiram was the son of ……………
(A) Mohanlal Ratiram
(B) Sohanlal Ratiram
(C) Jaganlal Ratiram
(D) None of these
Answer:(B) Sohanlal Ratiram
42. …………… is a humorous story.
(A) Tile Earth
(B) The Artist
(C) A Pinch of Snuff
(D) above of these
Answer:(C) A Pinch of Snuff
43. There is nothing like honesty was said by —
(A) Nanukaka
(B) Sohanlal Ratiram
(C) Ratiram
(D) HajratBarkatAli
Answer:(A) Nanukaka
44. ………………. was coming to visit the narrator’s family.
(A) Sohanlal Ratiram
(B) Hajrat Barkat Ali
(C) Nanukaka
(D) None of these
Answer:(C) Nanukaka
45. ………………. went to the minister in Jodhpuri coat.
(A) Nunukaka
(B) Shiga Naoya
(C) Manohar Malgaonkar
(D) None of these
Answer:(C) Manohar Malgaonkar
46. The speaker put on his white Jodhpuri coat and the ………………. turbon.
(A) orange
(B) red
(C) yellow
(D) black
Answer:(A) orange
47. Nanukaka was to stay for ……………….
(A) four or five days
(B) three or four days
(C) two or three days
(D) a week
Answer:(C) two or three days
48. ………………. informed the undersecretary about Nanukaka’s visit.
(A) father
(B) mother
(C) friend
(D) brother
Answer:(B) mother
49. Nanukaka was related to the narrator as he was his mother’s—
(A) uncle
(B) father
(C) brother
(D) None of these
Answer:(C) brother
50. ……………… is the main character of the story ‘A Pinch of Snuff. ‘
(A) Nanukaka
(B) Sohanlal Ratiram
(C) Manohar Malgaonkar
(D) None of these
Answer:(A) Nanukaka
51. Nanukaka has a unique quality of telling —
(A) stories
(B) truths
(C) lies
(D) None of these
Answer:(C) lies
52. Nanukaka handed over a cheque of a thousand rupees to a —
(A) Carpenter
(B) Dhobi
(C) Gold smith
(D) Milkman
Answer:(B) Dhobi
53. Nanukaka portrayed himself as the hereditary astrologer of the Maharaja of—
(A) Jaipur
(B) Bikaner
(C) Ninnore
(D) None of these
Answer:(C) Ninnore
54. Nanukaka was a very …………. man.
55. (A) food
(B) stupid
(C) honest
(D) clever
Answer:(D) clever
56. ‘A Pinch of Snuff is a ………….
(A) novel
(B) poem
(C) short story
(D) essay
Answer:(C) short story
57. ‘A Pinch of Snuff is in fact a detailed character sketch of ………….
(A) Sohan Lai
(B) Nanukaka
(C) Ratiram
(D) Manohar Malgoankar
Answer:(B) Nanukaka
58. Manohar Malgaonkar was the ……………… on Probation.
(A) Secretary
(B) Under Secretary
(C) Joint Secretary
(D) Chief Secretary
Answer:(B) Under Secretary
59. Nanukaka went to see the minister in a
(A) bus
(B) taxi
(C) private car
(D) plane
Answer:(C) private car
60. Nanukaka wrote a cheque for a ………. rupees.
(A) hundred
(B) thousand
(C) six hundred
(D) five thousand
Answer:(B) thousand