A PINCH OF SNUFF

1. Nanukaka’ was installed in-

(A) the guest room
(B) the drawing room
(C) author’s bedroom
(D) the verandah

Answer ⇒{C}

2. The author had taken-

(A) five days’ leave
(B) three days’ leave
(C) two days’ leave
(D) six days’ leave

Answer ⇒{C}

3. Nanukaką in a linguistic emergengy always turned to

(A) English
(B) Hindi
(C) his mother-tongue
(D) Sanskrit AMY

Answer ⇒{C}

4. 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}

5. Nanukaka took out his cheque-book and wrote a cheque

(A) five thousand rupees
(B) two thousand rupees
(C) a thousand rupees
(D) five hundred rupees

Answer ⇒{C}

6. Nanukaka was coming 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}

7. Nanukaka was author’s –

(A) brother
(B) neighbour
(C) maternal uncle
(D) friend

Answer ⇒{C}

8. The author has a complex about-

(A) relative
(B) guest
(C) officials
(D) ministers

Answer ⇒{D}

9. Nanukaka travelled in-

(A) the A.C. Class
(B) the Second Class
(C) the Third Class
(D) the First Class

Answer ⇒{B}

10. On the platform Nanukaka handed over the author –

(A) a bag
(B) a box
(C) a briefcase
(D) a basket

Answer ⇒{D}

11. The basket contained –

(A) fruits
(B) a cat
(C) sweets
(D) vegetables

Answer ⇒{B}

12. Namukaka had third class ticket but travelled 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}

13. The author was merely-

(A) an under secretary
(B) a secretary
(C) a clerk
(D) a peon

Answer ⇒{A}

14. ‘A Pinch of Snuff’ is written by –

(A) Bertrand Russell
(B) H.E. Bates
(C) Manohar Malgaonkar
(D) Pearl S. Buck

Answer ⇒{C}

15. 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}

16. Nanukaka wrote a cheque for a…………rupees.

(A) thousand
(B) hundred
(C) five hundred
(D) ten thousand

Answer ⇒{A}

17. 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}

18. Ratiram was the son of …………

(A) Mohanlal Ratiram
(B) Sohanlal Ratiram
(C) Jaganlal Ratiram
(D) None of these

Answer ⇒{B}

19……is a humorous story.

(A) The Earth
(B)The Artist
(C) A Pinch of Snuff
(D) above of these

Answer ⇒{C}

20. There is nothing like honesty was said by —

(A) Nanukaka
(B) Sohanlal Ratiram
(C) Ratiram
(D) Hajrat Barkat Ali

Answer ⇒{A}

21…… was coming to visit the narrator’s family.

(A) Sohanlal Ratiram
(B) Hajrat Barkat Ali
(C) Nanukaka
(D) None of these

Answer ⇒{C}

22…… went to the minister in Jodhpuri coat.

(A) Nunukaka
(B) Shiga Naoya
(C) Manohar Malgaonkar (Author)
(D) None of these

Answer ⇒{C}

23. The speaker put on his white Jodhpuri coat and the ……… turbom.

(A) orange
(B) red
(C) yellow
(D) black

Answer ⇒{A}

24. 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}

25. …… informed the undersecretary about Namukaka’s. visit.

(A) father.
(B) mother
(C) friend
(D) brother

Answer ⇒{B}

26. Nanukaka was related to the narrator as he was his mother’s—

(A) uncle
(B) father
(C) brother
(D) None of these

Answer ⇒{C}

27. ………… 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}

28. Nanukaka has a unique quality of telling –

(A) stories
(B) truths
(C) lies
(D) None of these

Answer ⇒{C}

29. Nanukaka handed over a cheque of a thousand rupees to a-

(A) Carpenter
(B) Dhobi
(C) Gold smith
(D) Milkman

Answer ⇒{B}

30. Nanukaka portrayed himself as the hereditary astrologer of the Maharaja of-

(A) Jaipur
(B) Bikaner
(C) Ninnore
(D) None of these ·

Answer ⇒{C}

31. Nanukaka was a very ……. Man.

(A) food
(B) stupid
(C) honest
(D) clever

Answer ⇒{D}

32. ‘A Pinch of Snuffy is a …

(A) novel
(B) poem
(C) short story
(D) essay

Answer ⇒{C}

33. ‘A Pinch of Snuff is in fact a detailed character sketch of ………..,

(A) Sohan Lal
(B) Nanukaka
(C) Ratiram
(D) Manohar Malgoankar

Answer ⇒{B}

34. Manohar Malgaonkar was the ……….. om Probation.

(A) Secretary
(B) Under Secretary
(C) Joint Secretary
(D) Chief Secretary

Answer ⇒{B}