Bihar Board Class 12 English: Dear students, “Mindbloom Study” (#1 Online Study Portal For Bihar Board Exams) has brought for you the Summary and Answer Question of “A Pinch of Snuff”
Summary
A Pinch of Snuff is a very humorous (हास्यकार) and interesting (रोचक) story which is written by Manohar Malgaonkar. The story is about Nanukaka who is the maternal uncle (मामा) of the writer. The writer is an under secretary (अनु-सचिव) in the government. Nanukaka has come to see some ministers. He is a cunning (चालाक) and shrewd (चतुर) man. He always tells a lie. He can fool anyone with his lies. He can manage any difficult situation and get rid of (छुटकारा पाना) any difficulty. He travels second class on a third class ticket. Nanukaka goes to meet the minister but he fails to meet him. He comes back and thinks a plan. He changes his clothes and goes to Sohanlal, the party Boss in Delhi. Nanukaka tells him that Hajarat Barkat Ali, the ambassador (राजदूत) of India in Beirut, is his close friend. After this he goes to the ministers’ residence (आवास) and poses (ढोंग करना) as the hereditary (वंशानुगत) astrologer (ज्योतिषी) of the Maharaja of Ninnore. He writes his name and designation (पदनाम) on the visitor’s register. This trick helps him and the welfare minister himself comes to meet him. The story shows that a person like Nanukaka will be successful in the present society.
MCQ Questions
1. ‘Nanukaka’ was installed in ……
(A) the guest room
(B) the drawing room
(C) author’s bedroom
(D) the verandah
2. The author had taken ……
(A) five days’ leave
(B) three days’ leave
(C) two days’ leave
(D) six days’ leave
3. Nanukaka in a linguistic emergency always turned to ……
(A) English
(B) Hindi
(C) his mother-tongue
(D) Sanskrit
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
5. Nanukaka took out his cheque-book and wrote a cheque for ……
(A) five thousand rupees
(B) two thousand rupees
(C) a thousand rupees
(D) five hundred rupees
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
7. Nanukaka was related to the narrator as he was his mother’s ……
(A) uncle
(B) father
(C) brother
(D) NOTA
8. The author has a complex about ……
(A) relative
(B) guest
(C) officials
(D) ministers
9. Nanukaka travelled in ……
(A) the A.C. Class
(B) the Second Class
(C) the Third Class
(D) the First Class
10. On the platform Nanukaka handed over the author ……
(A) a bag
(B) a box
(C) a briefcase
(D) a basket
11. The basket contained ……
(A) fruits
(B) a cat
(C) sweets
(D) vegetables
12. Nanukaka 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
13. The author was merely ……
(A) an under secretary
(B) a secretary
(C) a clerk
(D) a peon
14. “A Pinch of Snuff’ is written by ……
(A) Bertrand Russell
(B) H.E. Bates
(C) Manohar Malgaonkar
(D) Pearl S. Buck
15. 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
16. Ratiram was the son of ……
(A) Mohanlal Ratiram
(B) Sohanlal Ratiram
(C) Jaganlal Ratiram
(D) Nanukaka
17. ……… is a humorous story.
(A) The Earth
(B) The Artist
(C) A Pinch of Snuff
(D) All
18. “There is nothing like honesty” was said by
(A) Nanukaka
(B) Sohanlal Ratiram
(C) Ratiram
(D) Hajrat Barkat Ali
19. …… was coming to visit the narrator’s family.
(A) Sohanlal Ratiram
(B) Hajrat Barkat Ali
(C) Nanukaka
(D) None of these
20. ……… went to the minister in Jodhpuri coat.
(A) Nanukaka
(B) Shiga Naoya
(C) Manohar Malgaonkar
(D) None of these
21. The speaker put on his white Jodhpuri coat and the ……… turban.
(A) orange
(B) red
(C) yellow
(D) black
22. Nanukaka was to stay for ……
(A) four or five days
(B) three or four days
(C) two or three days
(D) a week
23. ……… informed the undersecretary about Nanukaka’s visit.
(A) Father
(B) Mother
(C) friend
(D) Brother
24. ……… is the main character of the story ‘A Pinch of Snuff’.
(A) Nanukaka
(B) Sohanlal Ratiram
(C) Manohar Malgaonkar
(D) None of these
25. Nanukaka has a unique quality of telling ……
(A) stories
(B) truths
(C) lies
(D) recitation
26. Nanukaka handed over a cheque of a thousand rupees to a ……
(A) Carpenter
(B) Dhobi
(C) Gold smith
(D) Milkman
27. Nanukaka portrayed himself as the hereditary astrologer of the Maharaja of ……
(A) Jaipur
(B) Bikaner
(C) Ninnore
(D) NOTA
28. Nanukaka was a very ……. man.
(A) food
(B) stupid
(C) honest
(D) clever
29. ‘A Pinch of Snuff’ is a ……
(A) novel
(B) poem
(C) short story
(D) essay
30. “A Pinch of Snuff” is in fact a detailed character sketch of ……
(A) Sohan Lal
(B) Nanukaka
(C) Ratiram
(D) Manohar Malgoankar
31. Angocha was kept by ……
(A) Sohan Lal
(B) Nanukaka
(C) Ratiram
(D) Manohar Malgoankar
32. Nanukaka gave the minister the address of the ……
(A) narrator
(B) scientist
(C) Ratiram
(D) singer
33. Nanukaka gave the …… a two rupees notes as a reward.
(A) dhobi
(B) sweeper
(C) barber
(D) peon
34. Nanukaka went to the …… auto dealers.
(A) Sikka
(B) Fica
(C) Dica
(D) Tica
35. Manohar Malgaonkar was born in ……
(A) 1912
(B) 1913
(C) 1914
(D) 1892
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