Bihar Board 12th Class English Chapter - 03 A Pinch of Snuff Objective Question Answer

आज हम लोग Manohar Malgaonkar के द्वारा लिखा गया एक शानदार सा स्टोरी A Pinch of snuff जिसका हिंदी में मतलब [एक चुटकी खैनी/नशातंबाकू/सूंघ] होता है तो यहां पर हम A Pinch of snuff vvi objective Question Answer के साथ-साथ summary देखने वाले हैं। 

• Bihar Board 12th Class English Chapter - 03 A Pinch of Snuff Objective Question Answer 

A Pinch of snuff

Q. Write the summary of "A Pinch of snuff"

Ans:-'A Pinch of snuff is a very humorous story written by Manohar Malgaonkar. This story has been taken from 'contemporary Indian short stories in English' The story is full of wit and humour.

The whole story revolves round Nanukaka who is the maternal uncle of the writer. Nanukaka is a very cunning liar. He changes his feather according to weather. He knows how to befool others very well, he knows how to manage any difficult situa- tion Taking snuff is his habit Nanukaka comes to Delhi to see the ministers. The writer, an under secretary, is afraid to know his arrival. Nanukaka goes to see the minister but he fails. He makes a new plan. He disguised the author in Jodhpur Coat and orange turban. He goes to meet sohanlal, the party Boss in Delhi. Nanukaka addressed himself as a Zamindar and close Friend of Hazrat Barkat Ali. Sohanlal was very impressed with Nanukaka. Sohanlal begs help for his son. Nanukaka Promises to help him.

                 Next day he plans to meet the welfare minister. He takes a big car He dressed himself as an astrologer. In the diary he wrote " Here ditary as trologer to the Maharaj of Ninnore" and his address. The welfare minister himself comes to meet him and his mission Delhi was complete. The Story shows that a person like Nanukaka is success- ful in the present circumstances. 

A PINCH OF SNUFF

                    > Manohar Malgaonkar

A Pinch of snuff Objective Question

1. Nanukaka was coming to Delhi to [2021A]
(A) See some people 

(B) See some minister
(C) See his sister 

(D) See some relative

Answer - (B) See some minister

2. The mother of the narrator was very confident that Nanukaka would be able to manage to see the minister
(A) On Sunday 

(B) Whenever be wanted
(C) in between a meeting 

(D) on the minister's vacation

Answer - (B) Whenever be wanted

3. Who travelled free with Nanukaka?
[2021A]
(A) Dog
(B) Rabbit
(C) Hen 

(D) Kitten 

Answer - (D) Kitten 

4. A Pinch of Snuff is written by
(A) Manohar Malgaonkar
(B) Germaine Greer 

(C) Dorothy L Sayers
(D) HE Bates 

Answer - (A) Manohar Malgaonkar

5. ......... went to the minister in
Jodhpur coat.
(A) Manohar Malgaonkar 

(B) Shiga Naoya
(C) Dr. Zakir Hussain
(D) Mahatma Gandhi

Answer - (A) Manohar Malgaonkar 

6. ...... is a humorous story.
(A) The Artist
(B) A Pinch of Snuff 

(C) A Child is Bron
(D) The Earth

Answer - (B) A Pinch of Snuff 

7. Who took a pinch of snuff?
(A) Manohar Malgaonkar 

(B) Nanukaka
(C) Rahman 

(D) John 

Answer - (B) Nanukaka

8. Who had installed Nanukaka in
Malgaonkar room? 

(A) his mother

(B) his father 

(C) his sister 

(D) his brother

Answer - (A) his mother

9. How many day's leave had been taken by Malgaonkar?
(A) Three days 

(B) two days 

(C) four days 

(D) five days

Answer - (B) two days 

10. Who returned mumbling colourful Marathi swearwords? 

(A) Nanukaka
(B) Manohar Malgaonkar

(C) Alok
(D) Rupa

Answer - (A) Nanukaka

11. Who has a garnish yellow sports car?
(A) Ratiram (B) Sohanlal
(C) Matiram (D) Ghoturam

Answer - (A) Ratiram

12. Nanukaka still wore the old- fashioned knee-length..............
(A) red coat (B) black coat
(C) green coat (D) blue coat

Answer - (B) black coat

13. Nanukaka managed to travel in 2nd Class on a ticket of.... 

(A) 1st Class 

(B) 3rd Class 

(C) General Class 

(D) Sleeper class.

Answer - (B) 3rd Class 

14. Nanukaka went to the...... Auto Dealers.
(A) Sikka 
(B) Rikka

(C) Mohit 

(D) Alankar

Answer - (A) Sikka

15. Whose announcement shook Manohar Malgaonkar (the narrator)?
(A) mother's 

(B) father's 

(C) sister's 

(D) brother's

Answer - (A) mother's

16. Who are regarded as two steps higher than God? 

(A) Ministers
(B) Teachers 

(C) Doctors 

(D) Philosophers

Answer - (A) Ministers

17. Nanukaka had tied a huge
turban round his head. 

(A) red
(B) orange 
(C) yellow

(D) green

Answer - (B) orange 

18. Manohar Malgaonkar was the
...... on probation.
(A) Secretary
(B) Under Secretary 

(C) Chief Secretary
(D) Joint Secretary 

Answer - (B) Under Secretary

19. Nanukaka was the ...... of Manohar Malgaonkar's mother. 

(A) brother (B) father
(C) sister (D) son

Answer - (A) brother

20. Nanukaka was the narrator's [2018A, 2021BM ]
(A) maternal uncle. (B) father
(C) cousin (D) mother

Answer - (A) maternal uncle

21. Nanukaka loved to speak in ...........when he was unable to express something in English or Hindi. [2021BM]
(A) Marathi 

(B) Bengali 

(C) Gujarati 

(D) Punjabi
Answer - (A) Marathi

22. These motor car touts can smell a rich man a mile off is from: 

(A) A Pinch of Snuff
(B) The Earth 

(C) A Child is Born 

(D) The Artist

Answer - (A) A Pinch of Snuff

23. Which animal had Nanukaka brought with him on his visit to the narrator's place? 

(A) kitten (C) mouse
(B) puppy (D) cub

Answer - 

24. Nanukaka gave a ......... rupee- note as reward to the dhobhi.
(A) five 
(B) three

(C) ten
(D) two

Answer - (A) five

25. Ratiram was the son of --------
(A) Sohanlal Ratiram

(B) Mohanlal Ratiram
(C) Devanlal Ratiram 

(D) Herolal Ratiram

Answer - (A) Sohanlal Ratiram

26. Nanukaka took out his cheque book and write a cheque for 

(A) five thousand rupees
(B) two thousand rupees 

(C) a thousand rupees
(D) three thousand rupees 

Answer - (C) a thousand rupees

27. Nanukaka in a linguistic emergency always turned to his
(A) Mother tongue
(B) Hindi

(C) English
(D) French

Answer - (A) Mother tongue

28. The second important person Nanukaka had planned to meet was
(A) The Welfare Minister
(B) The Home Minister
(C) The Foreign Minister 

(D) The Railway Minister

Answer - (A) The Welfare Minister

29. Nanukaka was the narrator's......... (Sc. & Com. 2018A)
(A) maternal uncle
(B) father 
(C) cousin
(D) mother

Answer - (A) maternal uncle

30. Nanukaka wrote a cheque for a rupees.
(Arts 2018A)
(A) thousand
(B) hundred 

(C) five hundred 

(D) ten thousand
Answer - (A) thousand

31. Nanukaka was related to the narrator, as he was his

 (A) father 

(B) son 

(C) cousin 

(D) nephew
Answer - (D) nephew

32. Nanukaka's snuff box was of...

(A) gold (B) silver (C) brass (D) glass

Answer - (B) silver

33.  When was Manohar Malgaonkar born?
(A) 1917 (B) 1915 (C) 1916 (D) 1913 

Answer - (D) 1913 

34. Who had installed Nanukaka in Malgaonkar room?

(A) his mother
(B) his father 
(C) his sister

(D) his brother
Answer - (A) his mother

35. The new kitten had just made a
on the floor.
(A) mark
(B) puzzle
(C) house-break
(D) puddle
Answer - (D) puddle

36. It was very easy for the narrator to get sent on
(A) foreign assignment 

(B) entertainment purpose 

(C) holy works
(D) business
Answer - (A) foreign assignment 

37. Who doesn't see people for weeks and months?
(A) Teachers 
(B) Businessman

(C) Ministers
(D) Engineers
Answer - (C) Ministers



38. Who are regarded as two steps higher than God?
(A) Ministers
(B) Teachers
(C) Doctors
(D) Philosophers
Answer - 

39. Nanukaka was the narrator's.....
(A) father 
(B) maternal uncle

(C) friend
(D) cousin
Answer - (B) maternal uncle

40. Ratiram was the son of ........... 
(A) Sohanlal Ratiram
(B) Mohanlal Ratiram
(C) Devanlal Ratiram
(D) Herolal Ratiram
Answer - (A) Sohanlal Ratiram

41. A Pinch of Snuff is written by
(A) Germaine Greer 
(B) Manohar Malgaonkar

(C) Dorothy L Sayers
(D) H. E. Bates
Answer - (B) Manohar Malgaonkar

42. Nanukaka's meeting with Sohanlal Ratiram was..............
(A) failed
(B) cancelled
(C) very successful 

(D) postponed
Answer - (C) very successful 

43. How many day's leave had been taken by Malgaonkar? 

(A) Three days 

(B) two days
(C) four days
(D) five days
Answer - (B) two days

44. Who spoke another series of Marathi expletives? 

(A) Nanukaka 

(B) Manohar Malgaonkar
(C) Mohit 
(D) Narrator

Answer - (A) Nanukaka

45. Nanukaka went to see the minister in a.
(A) bus
(B) taxi
(C) private car 
(D) plane

Answer - (C) private car 

46. The portfolio of the minister is the
(A) Welfare
(B) Home 
(C) Railway

(D) Finance

Answer - (A) Welfare

47. Sohanlal Ratiram was the party Boss in.......
(A) Patna
(B) Delhi 
(C) Mumbai

(D) Rajasthan
Answer - (B) Delhi

48. Who returned mumbling colourful Marathi swearwords?
(A) Nanukaka 

(B) Manohar Malgaonkar 
(C) Alok 
(D) Rupa

Answer - (A) Nanukaka 

49. Who is the author of the prose piece 'A Pinch of Snuff? 
(A) Vikram Naipal

(B) Manohar Malgaonkar
(C) Manohar Pandya 
(D) Murli Manohar Joshi 

Answer - (B) Manohar Malgaonkar

50. Nanukaka went to the ................ Auto Dealers.

(A) Sikka 
(B) Rikka

(C) Mohit
(D) Alankar
Answer - (A) Sikka

51. ........... is a humorous story. 
(A) The Artist 

(B) A Pinch of Snuff

(C) A Child is Born 

(D) The Earth
Answer - (B) A Pinch of Snuff

52. Who has a garnish yellow sports car? 
(A) Ratiram

(B) Sohanlal 

(C) Matiram
(D) Ghoturam
Answer - (A) Ratiram

53. ------------ went to the minister in Jodhpur coat.

(A) Shiga Naoya 

(B) Manohar Malgaonkar
(C) Dr. Zakir Hussain 

(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer - (B) Manohar Malgaonkar

54. Who has a garnish yellow sports car?
(A) Ratiram (C) Matiram
(B) Sohanlal (D) Ghoturam
Answer - (A) Ratiram



55. Nanukaka wrote a cheque for a rupees.
(A) hundred

(B) thousand 

(C) six hundred 

(D) five thousand
Answer - (B) thousand 

56. The portfolio of the minister is the 
(A) Welfare

(B) Home
(C) Railway 

(D) Finance 

Answer - (A) Welfare

57. Mother said that Nanukaka is coming to see some
(A) monuments
(B) minister
(C) monster 
(D) estate snuff

Answer - (B) minister

58. Who took a pinch of snuff ?
(A) Nanukaka
(B) Manohar Malgaonkar
(C) Rahman
(D) John

Answer - (A) Nanukaka

59. 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 

60. Nanukaka was coming from Delhi to see some......
(A) minister
(B) doctors
(C) friends
(D) governors

Answer - (A) minister

61. Name of the son of Sohanlal Ratiram was................. 
(A) Maniram

(B) Kaviram
(C) Ratiram
(D) Sohanram
Answer - (C) Ratiram

62. Nanukaka managed to travel in 2nd Class on a ticket of
(A) 1st Class
(B) 3rd Class
(C) General Class
(D) Sleeper Class
Answer - (B) 3rd Class

63. Nanukaka told-Take me to the Maharaja Sutkatta's palace to return the
(A) cheque
(B) boat
(C) horoscopes
(D) driver
Answer - (C) horoscopes

64. Whose announcement shook Manohar Malgaonkar (the narrator)?
(A) mother's
(B) father's
(C) sister's 

(D) brother's 

Answer - (A) mother's

65. Nanukaka took out his cheque book and write a cheque for
(A) 5,000 rupees
(B) 2,000 rupees
(C) 1,000 rupees
(D) 3,000 rupees
Answer - (C) 1,000 rupees

66. The second important person Nanukaka had planned to meet, was-
(A) zamindar
(B) welfare minister
(C) estate minister
(D) businessman
Answer - (B) welfare minister

67. The type of situation in which a person from time to time turns to his mother tongue
(A) tongueslip 

(C) revolving
(B) linguistic emergency
(D) consequences
Answer - (B) linguistic emergency

68. Keki Nanukaka in a linguistic emergency always used his
(A) Mother tongue
(C) English
(B) Hindi
(D) French
Answer - (A) Mother tongue

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