A PINCH OF SNUFF
-Manohar
Malgaonkar
MANOHAR MALGAONKAR’S
BIOGRAPHY
1. Manohar Malgaonkar was
born in 1913.
2. He is a novelist and
short story writer.
3. His important works
include Distant Drum, The prices, A Bend in the Ganges and Bombay Beware.
4. A Pinch of Snuff has
been taken from Contemporary Indian Short Stories in English.
A PINCH OF SNUFF SUMMARY
“A Pinch of Snuff”
is written by Manohar Malgonkar. He was born on 12 July 1913. He is a well
known as novelist and short story writer.
This is family drama. In this there is author (Manohar Mangorkar) and his
mother and many other characters. One day author’s mother says to author that
his maternal uncle is coming here for 2-3 days because he wants to meet a
welfare minister. Author tells mother to tell his uncle not to come but mother
refuses. So author goes to the station to receive his uncle. The name of uncle
is Nanukaka. After coming, Nanukaka says to author to take him to the welfare
minister, Author takes him to the welfare minister but Nanukaka could not meet
minister. On the way to his home, author meets a person he is Ratiram son of
Sohan Lal who is the head of party in Delhi. Nanu Kaka forces to author to fix
appointment with Sohan Lal so that he may meet welfare minister. After the
meeting with sohan Lal, Nanu Kaka knows that Sohan Lal has not good relation
with the welfare minister because he refused to marry his daughter with Sohan
Lal’s son. In this discussion he knows that the marriage of minister’s daughter
has been set with a son of Ninnore Maharaj.
Now NanuKaka announces that they will visit the minister’s house. He tells the
narrator that they need a large car to impress the minister. For this he calls
for a dhobi and uses to trap the manager of Sikka Auto Dealers then he takes
car to minister. In visitors book he mentions himself the hereditary pundit to
the Maharaja of Ninnore. At last he gave Delhi address where he lives. In the
long run the welfare minister himself comes to residence of the writer where Nanukaka
welcomes him with respect. This way Nanu Kaka finally met welfare minister and
after that he went back to his home.
A PINCH OF SNUFF OBJECTIVE
QUESTION
1.
““A Pinch of Snuff” is
written by___________.
(a) Dr. Zakir Hussain
b)Manohar
Malgaonkar
c)Martin Luther King Jr.
d)Mahatma
Gandhi
2.
Nanukaka was installed in ___________.
a)the guest room
b)the drawing
room
c)author’s bedroom
d)bathroom
3.
The author had taken __________.
a)five days leave
b)two days
leave
c)six days leave
d)ten
days leave
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 new car
d)a
luxurious car
5.
Nanukaka took out his cheque-book and wrote a cheque for ___________.
a)five thousand rupees
b)two
thousand rupees
c)one thousand rupees
d)ten
thousand rupees
6.
Nanukaka was coming to Delhi ___________.
a)to visit the Red Fort
b)to see minister
c)to spend summer
d)to
visit the red fort
7.
Nanukaka travelled in ___________.
a)the second class
b)the third
class
c)the first class
d)sleeper
class
8.
On the platform Nanukaka handed over the author ___________.
a)a bag
b)a box
c)a basket
d)a
book
9.
The basket contained ___________.
a)fruits
b)a cat
c)a dog
d)flowers
10.
___________ .went to the minister in Jodhpuri coat.
a)Nanukaka
b)Shiga Naoya
c)Manohar Malgonkar
d)Sohanlal
11.
Manohar Malgaonkar was born in ___________.
a)1913
b)1982
c)1892
d)1888
12.
He is well known for ___________.
a)dramatist
b)poet
c)novelist and short story writer
d)sonnet
13.
“Distant Drum”, “The Princes”, A Bend in the Ganges”, and “Bombay
Beware” are written by ___________.
a)John Donne
b)Gandhi
Ji
c)Manohar Malgaonkar
d)Kamala
Das
14.
“A Pinch of Snuff” has taken from ___________.
a)Bombay Beware
b)Distant
Drum
c)Contemporary Indian Short Stories in English
d)None of these
15.
Nanukaka has to meet a minister in the ___________.
a)East Block
b)South Block
c)North Block
d)West
Block
16.
Nanukaka managed to travel in 2nd class on a ticket of ___________.
a)1st class
b)3rd class
c)Sleeper class
d)none
of these
17.
Nanukaka handed over a cheque of a thousand rupees to a ___________.
a)Barber
b)Dhobi
c)Plumber
d)thief
18.
Nanukaka went to the ___________ auto dealers.
a)Sikka
b)Fica
c)Dica
d)Mica
19.
Nanukaka gave the ___________ a two rupees notes as a reward.
a)Dhobi
b)Sweeper
c)Barber
d)Plumber
20.
Nanukaka gave the minister the address of the ___________.
a)narrator
b)scientist
c)singer
d)Sohanlal
21.
Angocha was kept by ___________.
a)Manohar Malgaonkar
b)Nanukaka
c)Ratiram
d)Mohanlal
22.
The portfolio of the minister is the ___________.
a)Welfare
b)transport
c)sports
d)agricuture
23.
Manohar Malgaonkar’s mother assured him that ___________ would
manage everything.
a)Nanukaka
b)Rampal
c)Hari
d)Mohanlal
24.
There is nothing like honesty was said by ___________.
a)Nanukaka
b)Manohar
Malgaonkar
c)Ratiram
d)Sohanlal
25.
Ratiram was the son of ___________.
a)Nanukaka
b)Sohanlal Ratiram
c)Mohanlal Ratiram
d)Manohar
Malgoankar
26.
Nanukaka was to stay for
___________ days.
a)four or five
b)two or three
c)six or seven
d)ten
or twenty
27.
Nanukaka had tied a huge ___________ turban round his head.
a)blue
b)orange
c)brown
d)purple
28.
Manohar Malgaonkar was the ___________ on probation.
a)under secretary
b)secretary
c)chief secretary
d)none
of these
29.
Nanukaka was the ___________ of
Manohar Malgaonkar’s mother.
a)brother
b)grandfather
c)father
d)uncle
30.
Nanukaka was the narrator’s ___________.
a)father
b)maternal
uncle
c)brother
d)grandfather
31.
___________ is the main character of A Pinch of Snuff.
a)Shyamkaka
b)Jitukaka
c)Nanukaka
d)Mohanlal
32.
Nanukaka had a unique quality of telling ___________.
a)truths
b)lies
c)recitation
d)none
of these
33.
___________ was coming to visit the narrator’s family.
a)Ratiram
b)Sohanlal
c)Nanukaka
d)Mohanlal
34. A PINCH OF SNUFF QUESTION
ANSWER
1.
What is the relation between Sohanlal Ratiram and Ratiram?
Ans. They are father and son.
Sohanlal Ratiram is the party boss in Delhi.
2.
In
what dress did the writer go to the minister along with Nanukaka?
Ans. Writer went there in Jodharpur coat with a huge orange turban tied round
his head.
3.
What was designation of the writer? Why did he always obey
Nanukaka?
Ans. The writer was an
under-secretary, on probation. He obeyed Nanukaka because he was the brother of
his mother.
4.
Where did Nanukaka go to meet the minister with whom?
Ans. Nanukaka went to the
North Block to meet the minister along with the writer.
5.
Is the under secretary impressed with Nanukaka at any point?
When and why? Find out the evidence from the story.
Ans. The under secretary is impressed with Nanukaka when the Welfare Minister,
whom he wanted to meet, comes to see Nanukaka early in the morning. The
minister gladly does what Nanukak wants him to do. It is indeed a miracle.
6.
How did Nanukak impress the minister?
Ans. After writing his name in the visitor’s book, he told his ‘chauffeur’ to
drive to Maharaja Sutkatta’s place because he had to return the horoscopes.
This trick impressed the minister.
7.
Who was the second important person Nanukak had planned to meet?
Ans. The second important person Nanukaka planned to meet was the very minister
whom he had come to meet in Delhi.
8.
What preparation did he make to meet him?
Ans. To meet minister Nanukaka
hired an outlandish large car. He asked the under secretary to act his liveried
chauffeur.
9.
What new role did Nanukaka give the under secretary to play?
Ans. He gave the under
secretary to the role of his chauffeur to play.
A PINCH OF SNUFF LINE
EXPLANATION
` 1.
Mother’s announcement shook me. “Nanukaka is coming.” She said.
Ans. The author was shocked when his mother told him that his brother Nanukaka
was coming to visit them. the author was aware of the whimsical nature of his
maternal uncle, therefore he wanted to make some exurses to stop his uncle from
coming to home but his mother stopped him from doing that.
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