1. 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
2. Namukaka 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 ✓
3. ‘A Pinch of Snuff’ is written by –
(A) Bertrand Russell
(B) H.E. Bates
(C) Manohar Malgaonkar ✓
(D) Pearl S. Buck
4. Nanukaka wrote a cheque for a…………rupees.
(A) thousand ✓
(B) hundred
(C) five hundred
(D) ten thousand
5. The speaker put on his white Jodhpuri coat and the ……… turbom.
(A) orange ✓
(B) red
(C) yellow
(D) black
6. …… informed the undersecretary about Namukaka’s. visit.
(A) father.
(B) mother ✓
(C) friend
(D) brother
7. ………… is the main character of the story ‘A Pinch of Snuff.
(A) Nanukaka ✓
(B) Sohanlal Ratiram
(C) Manohar Malgaonkar
(D) None of these
8. Nanukaka handed over a cheque of a thousand rupees to a-
(A) Carpenter
(B) Dhobi ✓
(C) Gold smith
(D) Milkman
9. Nanukaka portrayed himself as the hereditary astrologer of the Maharaja of-
(A) Jaipur
(B) Bikaner
(C) Ninnore ✓
(D) None of these ·
10. Ratiram was the son of …………
(A) Mohanlal Ratiram
(B) Sohanlal Ratiram ✓
(C) Jaganlal Ratiram
(D) None of these
11. ……is a humorous story.
(A) The Earth
(B)The Artist
(C) A Pinch of Snuff ✓
(D) above of these
12. There is nothing like honesty was said by —
(A) Nanukaka ✓
(B) Sohanlal Ratiram
(C) Ratiram
(D) Hajrat Barkat Ali
13. …… was coming to visit the narrator’s family.
(A) Sohanlal Ratiram
(B) Hajrat Barkat Ali
(C) Nanukaka ✓
(D) None of these
14. …… went to the minister in Jodhpuri coat.
(A) Nunukaka
(B) Shiga Naoya
(C) Manohar Malgaonkar (Author) ✓
(D) None of these
15. Nanukaka was a very ……. Man.
(A) food
(B) stupid
(C) honest
(D) clever ✓
16. ‘A Pinch of Snuffy is a …
(A) novel
(B) poem
(C) short story ✓
(D) essay
17. ‘A Pinch of Snuff is in fact a detailed character sketch of ………..,
(A) Sohan Lal
(B) Nanukaka ✓
(C) Ratiram
(D) Manohar Malgoankar
18. Manohar Malgaonkar was the ……….. om Probation.
(A) Secretary
(B) Under Secretary ✓
(C) Joint Secretary
(D) Chief Secretary
19. Nanukaka’ was installed in-
(A) the guest room
(B) the drawing room
(C) author’s bedroom ✓
(D) the verandah
20. 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
21. Nanukaka was author’s –
(A) brother
(B) neighbour
(C) maternal uncle ✓
(D) friend
22. Nanukaka travelled in-
(A) the A.C. Class
(B) the Second Class ✓
(C) the Third Class
(D) the First Class
23. The basket contained –
(A) fruits
(B) a cat ✓
(C) sweets
(D) vegetables
24. Nanukaką in a linguistic emergengy always turned to
(A) English
(B) Hindi
(C) his mother-tongue ✓
(D) Sanskrit AMY
25. Nanukaka took out his cheque-book and wrote a cheque
(A) five thousand rupees
(B) two thousand rupess
(C) a thousand rupees ✓
(D) five hundred rupees
26.The author was merely-
(A) an under secretary ✓
(B) a secretary
(C) a clerk
(D) a peon
27. Manohar Malgoankar has written the lesson –
(A) I Have a Dream
(B) A Pinch of Snuff ✓
(C) Bharat Is My. Home
(D) The Earth
28. 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
29. Nanukaka was to stay for….
(A) four or five days
(B) three or four days
(C) two or three days ✓
(D) a week
30. Nanukaka was related to the narrator as he was his mother’s—
(A) uncle
(B) father
(C) brother ✓
(D) None of these
31. Nanukaka has a unique quality of telling –
(A) stories
(B) truths
(C) lies ✓
(D) None of these
32. The author has a complex about-
(A) relative
(B) guest
(C) officials
(D) ministers ✓
33. On the plateform Nanukaka handed over the author –
(A) a bag
(B) a box
(C) a briefcase
(D) a basket ✓
34.The author had taken-
(A) five days’ leave
(B) three days’ leave
(C) two days’ leave ✓
(D) six days’ leave
35. Nanukaka handed over a cheque of a thousand rupees to a-
(A) Carpenter
(B) Dhobi ✓
(C) Gold smith
(D) Milkman