Bihar Board 12th English 100 Marks Objective Answers Chapter 3 A Pinch of Snuff One Liner Question and Answer
A Pinch of Snuff One Liner Question and Answer
Q 1. The narrator of ‘A Pinch of Snuff* was on probation –
Ans:- A secretary
Q 2. When was Manohar Malgaonkar born?
Ans:- 1913
Q 3. Who was coming to visit the narrator’s family?
Ans:- Nanukaka
Q 4. Nanukaka was related to the narrator, as he was his-
Ans:- Nephew
Q 5. Name of the son of Sohanlal Ratiram was-
Ans:- Ratiram
Q 6. Sohanlal Ratiram was the Party Boss in-
Ans:- Delhi
Q 7. Nanukaka’s meeting with Sohanlal Ratiram was-
Ans:- Very successful
Q 8. The second important person Nanukaka had planned to meet, was-
Ans:- Welfare minister
Q 9. The new role Nanukaka gave the narrator/under-secretary, was of-
Ans:- Driver
Q 10. Nanukaka managed to impress the Sikka Auto Dealers by demonstration of-
Ans:- Wealth
Q 11. The type of Situation in which a person from time to time turns to his mother tongue-
Ans:- Linguistic emergency
Q 12. Nanukaka told-Take me to the Maharaja Sutkatta’s palace to return the-
Ans:- Horoscope
Q 13. Who is the author of the prose piece ‘A Pinch of Snuff’?
Ans:- Manohar Malgaonkar
Q 14. It was very easy for the narrator to get sent on-
Ans:- Entertainment purpose
Q 15. Mother said that Nanukaka is coming to see some –
Ans:- Monster
Q 16. Nanukaka was installed in –
Ans:- author’s bedroom
Q 17. The author had taken –
Ans:- two days’ leave
Q 18. Nanukaka in a linguistic emergency always turned to –
Ans:- his mother-tongue
Q 19. Nanukaka thought that the secretary treated them coldly because they had not gone in –
Ans:- a bigger car
Q 20. Nanukaka took out his cheque-book and wrote a cheque for –
Ans:- a thousand rupees
Q 21. Nanukaka was coining to Delhi –
Ans:- to see some minister
Q 22. Nanukaka was authors –
Ans:- maternal uncle
Q 23. The author has a complex about –
Ans:- ministers
Q 24. Nanukaka traveled in –
Ans:- the Second Class
Q 25. On the platform Nanukaka handed over the author—
Ans:- a basket
Q 26. The basket contained—
Ans:- a cat
Q 27. Nanukaka had third-class ticket but traveled in the second class because—
Ans:- there was no room in the third class
Q 28. The author was merely
Ans:- an undersecretary
Q 29. A Pinch of Snuff is written by —
Ans:- Manohar Malgaonkar
Q 30. Manohar Malgoankar has written the lesson—
Ans:- A Pinch of Snuff
Q 31. Nanukaka wrote a cheque for a rupee.
Ans:- thousand
Q 32. The second important person Nanukaka had planned to meet was—
Ans:- The Welfare Minister
Q 33. Ratiram was the son of ……………
Ans:- Sohanlal Ratiram
Q 34. …………… is a humorous story.
Ans:- A Pinch of Snuff
Q 35. There is nothing like honesty was said by —
Ans:- Nanukaka
Q 36. ………………. was coming to visit the narrator’s family.
Ans:- Nanukaka
Q 37. ………………. went to the minister in Jodhpuri coat.
Ans:- Manohar Malgaonkar (Author)
Q 38. The speaker put on his white Jodhpuri coat and the ………………. turban.
Ans:- orange
Q 39. Nanukaka was to stay for ……………….
Ans:- two or three days
Q 40. ………………. informed the undersecretary about Nanukaka’s visit.
Ans:- mother
Q 41. Nanukaka was related to the narrator as he was his mother’s—
Ans:- brother
Q 42. ………….. is the main character of the story ‘A Pinch of Snuff. ‘
Ans:- Nanukaka
Q 43. Nanukaka has a unique quality of telling —
Ans:- lies
Q 44. Nanukaka handed over a cheque of a thousand rupees to a —
Ans:- Dhobi
Q 45. Nanukaka portrayed himself as the hereditary astrologer of the Maharaja of—
Ans:- Ninnore
Q 46. Nanukaka was a very …………. man.
Ans:- clever
Q 47. ‘A Pinch of Snuff is a ………….
Ans:- short story
Q 48. ‘A Pinch of Snuff is in fact a detailed character sketch of ………….
Ans:- Nanukaka
Q 49. Manohar Malgaonkar was the ……………… on Probation.
Ans:- Under Secretary
Q 50. Sohanlal Ratiram was the party Boss in
Ans:- Delhi
Q 51. Nanukaka’s meeting with Sohanlal Ratiram was
Ans:- very successful
Q 52. Who is the author of the prose piece ‘A pinch of Snuff’?
Ans:- Vikram Naipal
Q 53. The second important person Nanukaka had planned to meet, was
Ans:- welfare minister
Q 54. The type of situation in which a person from time to time turns to his mother tongue
Ans:- linguistic emergency
Q 55. It was very easy for the narrator to get sent on
Ans:- foreign assignment
Q 56. The mother said that Nanukaka is coming to see some
Ans:- minister
Q 57. The narrator of ‘A Pinch of Snuff was on probation
Ans:- an under-secretary
Q 58. Nanukaka was related to the narrator, as he was his
Ans:- Kaviram
Q 59. Name of the son of Sohanlal Ratiram was
Ans:- Ratiram
Q 60. The new kitten had just made a ……….. on the floor.
Ans:- puddle
Q 61. Nanukaka was the narrator………………
Ans:- maternal uncle
Q 62. When was Manohar Malgaonkar born?
Ans:- 1913
Q 63. The new role Nanukaka gave the narrator/undersecretary, was of
Ans:- driver
Q 64. Nanukaka managed to impress the Sikka Auto Dealers by demonstration of
Ans:- wealth
Q 65. Nanukaka told-‘Take me to the Maharaja Sutkatta’s palace to return the
Ans:- horoscopes
Q 66. Nanukaka went to see the minister in a
Ans:- private car
Q 67. Nanukaka wrote a cheque for a ………. rupees.
Ans:- thousand
Q 68. Nanukaka’s snuff box was of ……….
Ans:- silver