Class-12- -English -MCQ on A Pinch of Snuff-31-65

 Question 31.

Nanukaka wrote a cheque for a rupees.[18A, I.A.]
(A) thousand
(B) hundred
(C) five hundred
(D) ten thousand
Answer:
(A) thousand

Question 32.
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

Question 33.

Ratiram was the son of ……………
(A) Mohanlal Ratiram
(B) Sohanlal Ratiram
(C) Jaganlal Ratiram
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) Sohanlal Ratiram

Question 34.
…………… 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

Question 35.
There is nothing like honesty was said by —
(A) Nanukaka
(B) Sohanlal Ratiram
(C) Ratiram
(D) HajratBarkatAli
Answer:
(A) Nanukaka

Question 36.
………………. was coming to visit the narrator’s family.
(A) Sohanlal Ratiram
(B) Hajrat Barkat Ali
(C) Nanukaka
(D) None of these
Answer:
(C) Nanukaka

Question 37.
………………. went to the minister in Jodhpuri coat.
(A) Nunukaka
(B) Shiga Naoya
(C) Manohar Malgaonkar (Author)
(D) None of these
Answer:
(C) Manohar Malgaonkar (Author)

Question 38.
The speaker put on his white Jodhpuri coat and the ………………. turbon.
(A) orange
(B) red
(C) yellow
(D) black
Answer:
(A) orange

Question 39.
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

Question 40.

………………. informed the undersecretary about Nanukaka’s visit.
(A) father
(B) mother
(C) friend
(D) brother
Answer:
(B) mother

Question 41.
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

Question 42.
………….. 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

Question 43.
Nanukaka has a unique quality of telling —
(A) stories
(B) truths
(C) lies
(D) None of these
Answer:
(C) lies

Question 44.
Nanukaka handed over a cheque of a thousand rupees to a —
(A) Carpenter
(B) Dhobi
(C) Gold smith
(D) Milkman
Answer:
(B) Dhobi

Question 45.

Nanukaka portrayed himself as the hereditary astrologer of the Maharaja of—
(A) Jaipur
(B) Bikaner
(C) Ninnore
(D) None of these
Answer:
(C) Ninnore

Question 46.
Nanukaka was a very …………. man.
(A) food
(B) stupid
(C) honest
(D) clever
Answer:
(D) clever

Question 47.
‘A Pinch of Snuff is a ………….
(A) novel
(B) poem
(C) short story
(D) essay
Answer:
(C) short story

Question 48.
‘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

Question 49.
Manohar Malgaonkar was the ……………… on Probation.
(A) Secretary
(B) Under Secretary
(C) Joint Secretary
(D) Chief Secretary
Answer:
(B) Under Secretary

Question 50.
Sohanlal Ratiram was the party Boss in
(A) Patna
(B) Delhi
(C) Mumbai
(D) Rajasthan
Answer:
(B) Delhi

Question 51.

Nanukaka’s meeting with Sohanlal Ratiram was
(A) failed
(B) cancelled
(C) very successful
(D) postponed
Answer:
(C) very successful

Question 52.
Who is the author of the prose prose piece ‘A pinch of Snuff’?
(A) Manohar Pandya
(B) Murli Manohar Joshi
(C) Vikram Naipal
(D) Manohar Malgaonkar
Answer:
(C) Vikram Naipal

Question 53.
The second important person Nanukaka had planned to meet, was
(A) zamindar
(B) welfare minister
(C) estate minister
(D) businessman
Answer:
(B) welfare minister

Question 54.
The type of situation in which a person from time to time turns to his mother tongue
(A) tongueslip
(B) linguistic emergency
(C) revolving
(D) consequences
Answer:
(B) linguistic emergency

Question 55.
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

Question 56.

Mother said that Nanukaka is coming to see some
(A) monuments
(B) minister
(C) monster
(D) estate
Answer:
(B) minister

Question 57.
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

Question 58.
Nanukaka was related to the narrator, as he was his
(A) Maniram
(B) Kaviram
(C) Ratiram
(D) Sohanram
Answer:
(B) Kaviram

Question 59.
Name of the son of Sohanlal Ratiram was
(A) Maniram
(B) Kaviram
(C) Ratiram
(D) Sohanram
Answer:
(C) Ratiram

Question 60.
The new kitten had just made a ……….. on the floor.
(A) mark
(B) puzzle
(C) house-break
(D) puddle
Answer:
(D) puddle

Question 61.
Nanukaka was the narrator’s ………………
(A) maternal uncle
(B) father
(C) friend
(D) cousin
Answer:
(A) maternal uncle

Question 62.

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

Question 63.
The new role Nanukaka gave the narrator/under secretary, was of
(A) crook
(B) driver
(C) professor
(D) minister
Answer:
(B) driver

Question 64.
Nanukaka managed to impress the Sikka Auto Dealers by demonstration of
(A) his court
(B) gold
(C) wealth
(D) politics
Answer:
(C) wealth

Question 65.
Nanukaka told-‘Take me to the Maharaja Sutkatta’s palace to return the
(A) cheque
(B) boat
(C) horoscopes
(D) driver
Answer:
(C) horoscopes

Question 66.

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

Question 67.
Nanukaka wrote a cheque for a ………. rupees.
(A) hundred
(B) thousand
(C) six hundred
(D) five thousand
Answer:
(B) thousand

Question 68.
Nanukaka’s snuff box was of ……….
(A) gold
(B) silver
(C) brass
(D) glass
Answer:
(B) silver