A Pinch of Snuff objective question

 

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A Pinch of Snuff

Objective question

1. Who is the author of the prose piece "A Pinch of Snuff"?

(A) Murli Manohar Joshi

(B) Manohar Pandya

(C) Manohar Malgonkar

(D) Vikram Naipal | Ans- (C)

2. Nanukaka's meeting with Sohanlal Ratiram was—

(A) A failure

(B) Cancelled

(C) Very Successful

(D) Postponed | Ans- (C)

3. The second important person Nanukaka had planned to meet, was ................

(A) Businessman

(B) Welfare minister

(C) Estate minister

(D) Zamindar | Ans- (B)

4. The new role Nanukaka gave the narrator/under-secretary, was of ..............

(A) Cook

(B) Driver

(C) Professor

(D) Minister | Ans- (B)

5. Nanukaka was coming from Delhi to see some ............

(A) ministers

(B) doctors

(C) friends

(D) governors | Ans- (A)

6. 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 | Ans- (C)

7. Ratiram was the son of ...............

(A) Sohanlal Ratiram

(B) Mohanlal Ratiram

(C) Devanlal Ratiram

(D) Herolal Ratiram | Ans- (A)

8. .............. is a humorous story.

(A) The Artist

(B) A Pinch of Snuff

(C) A Child is Born

(D) The Earth | Ans- (B)

9. There is nothing like honesty was said by ...............

(A) Nanukaka

(B) Bhanukaka

(C) Raushankaka

(D) Monukaka | Ans- (A)

10. I was waiting on the ........... when the train comes in.

(A) platform

(B) verandah

(C) elevators

(D) staircase | Ans- (A)

11. .............. went to the minister in Jodhpur coat.

(A) Manohar Malgonkar

(B) Shiga Naoya

(C) Dr Zakir Hussain

(D) Mahatma Gandhi | Ans- (A)

12. Nanukaka had tied a huge ............. turban around his head.

(A) red

(B) orange

(C) yellow

(D) green | Ans- (B)

13. Manohar Malgonkar was the ............. on probation.

(A) Secretary

(B) Under Secretary

(C) Chief Secretary

(D) Joint Secretary | Ans- (B)

14. Nanukaka was the narrator...............

(A) father

(B) maternal uncle

(C) mother

(D) cousin | Ans- (B)

15. Nanukaka was the ............... of Manohar Malgonkar's mother.

(A) brother

(B) father

(C) sister

(D) son | Ans- (A)

16. ............... is the main character of A Pinch of Snuff.

(A) Nanukaka

(B) Bhanukaka

(C) Rajukaka

(D) Ramukaka | Ans- (A)

17. Nanukaka has a unique quality of telling .............

(A) truths

(B) lies

(C) stories

(D) dicta | Ans- (B)

18. Nanukaka has to meet a minister in the ..............

(A) North Block

(B) South Block

(C) West Block

(D) East Block | Ans- (A)

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

(A) 1st Class

(B) 3rd Class

(C) General Class

(D) Sleeper Class | Ans- (B)

20. Nanukaka handed over a cheque of a thousand rupees to a ................

(A) Dhobi

(B) Carpenter

(C) Blacksmith

(D) Gold Smith | Ans- (A)

21. Nanukaka portrayed himself as the hereditary astrologer of the Maharaja of ...............

(A) Bikaner

(B) Jaipur

(C) Udaipur

(D) Ninnore | Ans- (D)

22. Nanukaka went to the .............. Auto Dealers.

(A) Sikka

(B) Rikka

(C) Mohit

(D) Alankar | Ans- (A)

23. Nanukaka gave the ......... a two rupees note as a reward.

(A) Dhobi

(B) Plumber

(C) Rickshaw puller

(D) Carpenter | Ans- (A)

24. Nanukaka gave the minister his address of the .............

(A) narrator

(B) novelist

(C) dramatist

(D) poet | Ans- (A)

25. Angocha was kept by ..............

(A) Manohar Malgonkar

(B) Nanukaka

(C) Mohan

(D) Sohan | Ans- (B) *

26. The portfolio of the minister is the ................

(A) Welfare

(B) Home

(C) Railway

(D) Finance | Ans- (A)

27. Manohar Malgonkar's mother assured him that .............. would manage everything.

(A) Nanukaka

(B) Birbal

(C) Deepak

(D) Rana | Ans- (A)

28. Nanukaka was to stay for ............... days.

(A) three or four days

(B) two or three days

(C) one month

(D) 15 days | Ans- (B)

29. A Pinch of Snuff is a ..............

(A) Short Story

(B) Novel

(C) Essay

(D) Poem | Ans- (A)

30. A Pinch of Snuff is in fact a detailed character sketch of .............

(A) Nanukaka

(B) Sohan Lal

(C) Mohan Lal

(D) Raju | Ans- (A)

31. Nanukaka was a very ............... man.

(A) clever

(B) fool

(C) stupid

(D) honest | Ans- (A)

32. Nanukaka Chauffeur was ...............

(A) Manohar Malgonkar

(B) Gandhiji

(C) Dr Zakir Hussain

(D) Shiga Naoya | Ans- (A) *

33. Nanukaka managed to impress the Sikka Auto Dealers by the demonstration of ...............

(A) Country

(B) Knowledge

(C) Wealth

(D) Politeness | Ans- (C)

34. The type of situation in which a person from time to time turns to his mother tongue .................

(A) Hesitation

(B) Linguistic Emergency

(C) Revolving

(D) Consequence | Ans- (B)

35. Nanukaka told, "Take me Maharaja Sutkatta's palace to return the .............."

(A) Cheque

(B) Coat

(C) Horoscopes

(D) Driver | Ans- (C)

36. Nanukaka in a linguistic emergency always to his ..............

(A) Mother tongue

(B) Hindi

(C) English

(D) French | Ans- (A)

37. 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 | Ans- (A)

38. ............... opened his snuff-box and had a pinch of it.

(A) Deepukaka

(B) Nanukaka

(C) Mohitkaka

(D) Tanukaka | Ans- (B)

39. .............. was coming to visit the narrator's family.

(A) Ram

(B) Mohan

(C) Nikku

(D) Nanukaka | Ans- (D)

40. Mother said that Nanukaka is coming to see some ..............

(A) Monuments

(B) Ministers

(C) Monsters

(D) Estates | Ans- (B)

By Manoj Sir