A pinch of snuff | bihar board 12 class english book solution chapter 3 solution

Chapter 3 : A pinch of snuff

Summary

‘A pinch of snuff’ is short story written by Manohar malgaonkar.

This story is based on nanukaka who comes to author’s house to see the minister. But the author is not very much interested in guesting. But for mother first day they went to north block to see minister but nanukaka did not see any minister.

After that nanukaka got some information about the welfare minister from Sohanlal. Nanukaka made unique plan. In this era nanukaka is very clever and smart. First he managed a big car and made author his driver, Even nanukaka took the role of hereditary pundit of maharaja of ninnore. This way nanukaka meet the minister.

It proved that nanukaka is a great scholar because to impress anyone nanukaka uses short name and any big place name.

A. Answer the following questions orally.

1. Do guests visit your house frequently? How do you espond to them?

Ans:- Yes guest frequently visit our house. we entertain them as best we can.

2. Do you like all of them equally? How often do you entertain your guests gladly?

Ans:- No, I don't like all of them equally. I don't entertain all of them gladly.

3. At time you may have to welcome a guest whom you don't like much. How do you do this?

Ans:- I try to neglect such a guest if possible. But it is not always possible.

B.1.1 Complete the following sentences on the basis of what you have studied:~

a.) Nanukaka was coming to visit the narrator’s family.

b.) The narrator was an under secretary on probation.

c.) Nanukaka was to stay for two or three days.

d.) Nanukaka was coming to Delhi to see a minister.

e.) Author’s mother informed the undersecretary about nanukaka's visit.

f.) The undersecretary had to put a charpoy for himself in the back of veranda because his mother had installed nanukaka in his bedroom.

g.) Nanukaka was related to the narrator as he was his mother's brother.

B.1.2 Answer the following questions briefly.

1. The news that made the mother happy disturbed her son. Why were their responses to different?

Ans:~It is their because nanukaka was brother of his mother which makes her happy and fill very delighted. But for narrator's it stay meant in convenience.

2. Do you have a similar experience? Has you response to the news of the arrival of any guest ever been different from that of other members of the family?

Ans:~Yes, I have has a similar experience. The news of the arrival of my cousin made me happy but my family was disturbed my family doesn't like my going out with her and spending so much money.

3. ‘Had to travel second on third class ticket? But it was all arranged quite amicably’ ? What ‘arrangement’ Nanukaka is referring to? How can such arrangement be ‘Amicable’?

Ans:~Nanukaka was a very clever man he could manage to come out of and difficult situation. He must have explained to the ticket collector. Then he might have explain and bribed him then all thing was arrange amicable.

B. 2. 1. Write T for True and ‘F’ for False statements.

a.) Was very easy for the narrator to get sent on a foreign assignment - False

b.) Ratiram was the son of sohanlal Ratiram - True

c.) Sohanlal Ratiram was the party boss in Delhi’

- True

d.) Nanukaka went to lala sohanlal because they both were zamindars - False

e.) Nanukaka visited lala sohanlal in the guise of an astrologer -False

f.) Nanukaka’s meeting with sohanlal Ratiram was very successful - True

B.2.2 answer the following questions briefly:~

1. The under- secretary always obeyed Nanukaka, although he was never willing to do so, Why?

Ans:~ The under secretary was never willing to serve Nanukaka fut he had to obeyed him because his mother insisted on it.

2. "This tie_ and- collar business is no good these days". What did Nanukaka mean to say?

Ans:~ It was a time when India had won her independence very rarely that time the tie-and- collar was not a formal dress. People liked their native dress.

3. How did the under-secretary change is appearance to accompany Nanukaka ?

Ans:~ Nanukaka changed the under- secretary to a close-coller jodhpuri coat and put on a huge orange Turban, to accompany nanukaka.

4. Who is a zamindar? Do you know any zamindar in your locality? What do the people in your locality think about him?

Ans:~ A zamindar is an owner of large land. Their is a zamindar in our locality. People think that he is very rich.

5. How did Nanukaka impress Sohanlal Ratiram?

Ans:~ By taking the name of hajarat barkat ali name he impressed sohanlal Ratiram. Because sohanlal had a work for his son with hajarat barkat ali.

6. What important information did he collet at Ratiram’s place?

Ans:~ The information that he welfare minister wanted to get married his daughter to the prince of ninnore. And from both side. The astrologers have not meet together.

7. Who is a prince? Do we have any prince now ? it yes, do they enjoy the same privileges which they used to do?

Ans:~ A prince is the royal of any state. This time we have no any prince.

B.3 Answer the following questions briefly?

1. Who was the second important person Nanukaka had planned to meet?

Ans:~ The second person was the welfare minister. Nanukaka had planned to meet.

2. What preparation did he make to meet him?

Ans:~ First-nanukaka hired a outlandish and made author his driver. Ever Nanukaka took the role of hereditary astrologer.

3. What new role did Nanukaka give the under- secretary to play?

Ans:~ He gave the role of liveried chauffeur to under-secretary.

4. How did he manage to impress, the sikka auto dealers?

Ans:~ He gave the demonstration of wealth. This way he proved that he is a very rich person.

5. What did he do at the minister’s residence?

Ans:~ Nanukaka asked for visitor book, there he wrote his name added with hereditary pandit of the maharaja of ninnore. At end he gave Delhi address.

6. How did he impress the minister?

Ans:~ At minister house he took the name of maharaja sukatta place. Even the dress of Nanukaka and that big car to impressed the minister.

7. 'Is the under-secretary impressed with Nanukaka at any point? When and why? Find out the evidence from the story.

Ans:~ Yes, 'the undersecretary is impressed with nanukaka', When the minister came to author’s house to meet Nanukaka.