English - Prose Chapter 3 A Pinch of Snuff Long Answer Questions

LONG QUESTIONS ANSWER

Q1 Nanukaka tells a lot of lies . Why does he do so ? Does he succeed in his goal ?

Ans- Absolutely , Nanukaka tells a lot of lies . There is a reason behind it . Actually , he wants to meet the ministers . He is always in search of a chance to meet the minister . In addition to it he uses all his words and wits . Even so , he also dodges about his relations to superior ministers and officers . Absolutely yes , he surely gets a successful meeting with Sohanlal and on the other hand the welfare minister himself comes to meet Nanukaka .

Q2 How did Nanukaka impress Sohanlal Ratiram ?

Ans- It was very interesting to impress Sohanlal Ratiram . It was all possible because Nanu Kaka was an expert in bragging . He presented himself as a zamindar and later he counted his foreign tours and relations with the ambassador Barkat Ali . By all these tools he was able to impress Sohanlal Ratiram 

Q3 Give a character sketch of Nanukaka .

Ans- Manukaka is clever , witty , Flatterer and a devoted person . He is a man of dedication and wits . His presence of mind is awesome . He does not think that telling a lie is bad in order to achieve a goal . He is an intelligent guy , very confident and never worried . Handling any critical situation is just a child’s play for him . He deceives the people easily . But he is a dedicated person . If he fixes anything , he gives all his efforts to accomplish it . Sometimes , Nanu Kaka is flattering and funny too . Finally , he makes a typical and fresh touch on his reader’s mind .

Q4 Nanukaka made a big promise to Sohanlal Ratiram . Did he fulfill his promise ?

Ans- Nanukaka really makes a big promise to Sohanlal Ratiram . When Nanukaka meets Sohanlal he dodges him and pretends to be the acquaintance of Hazrat Barkat Ali who is an Ambassador . Nanukaka makes Sohanlal believe that he has good terms with Hazrat Barkat Ali . He promised that he would talk to Barkat Ali about Sohanlal’s son . Actually , Sohanlal wants his son Ratiram to be a trade commissioner in foreign embassy and it was impossible without Barkat Ali’s consent . But Nanukaka couldn’t fulfill his promise because he had never had such a relationship with Hazrat Barkat Ali .

Q5 What is ‘ Linguistic Emergency ‘ ? Do we all face it ?

Ans- It is a state when someone suddenly turns to his / her mother tongue . It all occurs when we sometimes get trouble speaking in a language other than our mother tongue . So , we abruptly turn to our mother tongue . As well , we feel much more comfortable expressing our intense feelings like -anger , love , hate etc. It affects our speech and when it happens sometimes , we are unaware . We all do face this type of problem .