A Pinch of Snuff Objective Questions

1. Who is coming to Delhi to see some minister?

(a.) Barkat Ali

(b.) Sohan Lal

(c.) Nanukaka

(d.) under-secretary

Ans (c.) Nanukaka

2. In which season did Naņukaka visit Delhi?

(a.) winter

(b.) Autumn

(c.) Spring is

(d.) summer

Ans (d.) summer

3. Which of the following is not the work of Monohar Malgaonkar?

(a.) the princes

(b.) two leaves & a bud

(c.) Bombay beware

(d.) Distant drum

Ans (b.) two leaves & a bud

4. ‘A pinch of snuff is a……. story.

(a.) Comic

(b.) adventurous

(c.) comic & Audenturous

(d.) tragedy

Ans (c.) comic & Audenturous

5. The writer of ‘A pinch of snuff was a/an ……… on probation?

(a.) secretary

(b.) attendant

(c.) under- secretary

(d.) commissioner

Ans (c.) under- secretary

6. Who has been very loyal towards her side of the family?

(a.) aunt

(b.) mother

(c.) grand ma

(d.) sister

Ans (b.) mother

7. Nanukaka was to stay for…….

(a.) 3 or 4 days

(b.) 2 or 3 days

(c.) 4 or 5 days

(d.) 10 or 15days

Ans (b.) 2 or 3 days

8. ………informed the under-secretary about Nanukaka’s visit

(a.) grandma

(b.) sister

(c.) mother

(d.) brother

Ans (c.) mother

9. Nanukaka was the narrator’s ………..

(a.) maternal uncle

(b.) father

(c.) cousin

(d.) mother

Ans (a.) maternal uncle

10. Who was waiting on the platform when the train came in?

(a.) mother

(b.) narrator

(c.) minister

(d.) TC

Ans (b.) narrator

11. ………..is the main character of ‘A pinch of snuff?

(a.) Nanukaka

(b.) Barkat Ali

(c.) Manohar Malgaonkar

(d.) Sohan Lal

Ans (a.) Nanukaka

12. Nanukaka belongs to

(a.) Gujarat

(b.) Bihar

(c.) Maharashtra

(d.) Bengal

Ans (c.) Maharashtra

13. Nanukaka brought a………. with him?

(a.) cub

(b.) kid

(c.) kitten

(d.) puppy

Ans (c.) kitten

14. Nanukaka was standing on the doorway of ……. class carriage.

(a.) 1^st

(b.) 2^nd

(c.) 3^rd

(d.) 4^th

Ans (b.) 2^nd

15. Who often takes a pinch of snuff from the silver box?

(a.) Sohan Lal

(b.) Nanukaka

(c.) Writer

(d.) Barkat Ali

Ans (b.) Nanukaka

16. Who was Ratiram?

(a.) Sohan Lal’s Son

(b.) Nanukaka’s Nephew

(c.) Welfare minister’s peon

(d.) Barkat Ali’s Secretary

Ans (a.) Sohan Lal’s Son

17. Sohan Lal Ratiram is a/an ………… In Delhi.

(a.) Ambassador

(b.) Trade Commissioner

(c.) Party Boss

(d.) Secretary

Ans (c.) Party Boss

18. Nanukaka often used to wear a … coat.

(a.) Pathani Coat

(b.) Jodhpuri Coat

(c.) Khaadi Coat

(d.) Deccani Coat

Ans (b.) Jodhpuri Coat

19. In linguistic emergency, Nanukaka always turned to .

(a.) Gujarati

(b.) mother tongue

(c.) Hindi

(d.) Deccani

Ans (b.) mother tongue

20. Who is the ambassador in the story ‘A Pinch of Snuff ?

(a.) Sohan Lal

(b.) Nanukaka

(c.) Narrator

(d.) Barkat Ali

Ans (d.) Barkat Ali

21. Nanukaka has a unique quality of telling……

(a.) lies

(b.) truth

(c.) stories

(d.) n.o.t

Ans (a.) lies

22. What does Probation mean ?

(a.) On leave

(b.) On Job

(c.) On Furlough

(d.) On training

Ans (d.) On training

23. Leaders are regarded as ……….. step higher than God.

(a.) one

(b.) two

(c.) five

(d.) ten

Ans (b.) two

24. The narrator and the son of ……. worked in the same ministry.

(a.) Sohan Lal

(b.) Barkat Ali

(c.) Welfare minister

(d.) Nanukaka

Ans (a.) Sohan Lal

25. While we arrived,SohanLal was gurgling . In the next room ?

(a.) Hookah

(b.) water

(c.) coffee

(d.) n.o.t

Ans (a.) Hookah

26. Who returned the proposal for her daughter to marry Sohan Lal’s son.

(a.) home minister

(b.) foreign minister

(c.) welfare minister

(d.) ambassador

Ans (c.) welfare minister

27. The welfare minister fixed his daughter’s marriage to the prince of ……

(a.) Sangli

(b.) Makran

(c.) Janjira

(d.) Ninnore

Ans (d.) Ninnore

28. After visiting Sohan lal, Nanukaka was again ready to visit

(a.) home minister

(b.) ambassador

(c.) princely stat

(d.) welfare minister

Ans (d.) welfare minister

29. Who turned to a liveried chauffeur?

(a.) Nanukaka

(b.) narrator

(c.) dealer

(d.) secretary

Ans (b.) narrator

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

(a.) 100 rupees

(b.) 500 rupees

(c.) 1000 rupees

(d.) 10000 rupees

Ans (c.) 1000 rupees

31. After writing cheque Nanukaka told me to call my…………

(a.) barber

(b.) cobbler

(c.) milkman

(d.) dhobi

Ans (d.) dhobi

32. Narrator & nanukaka drove away to dealers to see a car in ………….

(a.) Rani automobiles

(b.) Sikka auto dealers

(c.) Sonam enterprises

(d.) Doaba motors

Ans (b.) Sikka auto dealers

33. Who said there is nothing like honesty.

(a.) Ambassador

(b.) under-secretary

(c.) Nanukaka

(d.) auto dealers

Ans (c.) Nanukaka

34. As a reward nanukaka gave dhobi a ……. rupee note.

(a.) 1 rupee

(b.) 2 rupee

(c.) 3 rupee

(d.) 4 rupee

Ans (b.) 2 rupee

35. Nanukaka visited the welfare minister in guise of………

(a.) Magician

(b.) doctor

(c.) astrologer

(d.) Astronomer

Ans (c.) astrologer