Question 1

Who among the following I & B ministers in the union government banned the musical instrument harmonium from AIR's music programmes?&#10;A)B.V. Keskar&#10;B)Indira Gandhi&#10;C)Krishna Kumar&#10;D)Vasanth Sathe

Accepted Answer

B.V. Keskar, who served as the Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the Indian government, is known for banning the harmonium from All India Radio's music programmes. He believed that the instrument was not suitable for Indian classical music and encouraged the use of traditional Indian instruments instead.

Question 2

Akira Kurosawa's &#34;Throne of Blood&#34; is a free adaptation of a play by&#10;A)William Shakespeare&#10;B)Kalidasa&#10;C)Bernand Shaw&#10;D)Prem Chand

Accepted Answer

"Throne of Blood" is a free adaptation of William Shakespeare's play "Macbeth," directed by Akira Kurosawa.

Question 3

The life of Eskimos is pictured by Robert Flaherty in his classical documentary&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..&#10;A)Man of Aran&#10;B)Nanook of the North&#10;C)Nanook of the South&#10;D)Man of Arabia

Accepted Answer

"Nanook of the North" is a classic documentary by Robert Flaherty, depicting the life of the Inuit people in the Canadian Arctic, focusing on a man named Nanook and his family.

Question 4

French critic Andre Bazin's classic work on film theory in titled &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.&#10;A)Shot, scene and sequence&#10;B)montage&#10;C)Looking Glass&#10;D)What is cinema

Accepted Answer

Andre Bazin is best known for his seminal work "What is Cinema?" which is a collection of essays discussing the essence of cinema and its impact on society.

Question 5

Which among the following movies had a long speech of Charles Chaplin against the war?&#10;A)Limelight&#10;B)Modern Times&#10;C)A King in New York&#10;D)The Great Dictator

Accepted Answer

The Great Dictator features a famous long speech by Charles Chaplin, where his character delivers a passionate plea against war, dictatorship, and in favor of democracy and humanity.

Question 6

Which among the following Indian film festivals is devoted exclusively to short films?&#10;A)TIFF&#10;B)IFFI&#10;C)MIFF&#10;D)IFFK

Accepted Answer

MIFF (Mumbai International Film Festival) is devoted exclusively to documentary, short fiction, and animation films.

Question 7

Who is the first African American actress to win Oscar for best actress?&#10;A)Whoopie Goldbert&#10;B)Halle Berry&#10;C)Viola Davis&#10;D)Octavia Spencer

Accepted Answer

Halle Berry is the first African American actress to win the Oscar for Best Actress, which she won in 2002 for her role in "Monster's Ball."

Question 8

Mike Pandey is &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..&#10;A)a wild life film maker&#10;B)a film critic&#10;C)producer of a music reality&#10;D)Hollywood film actor

Accepted Answer

Mike Pandey is renowned for his work as a wildlife filmmaker, having produced numerous documentaries focusing on wildlife and environmental issues.

Question 9

Sir David Attenborough is a renowned&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.&#10;A)script writer&#10;B)film editor&#10;C)feature film director&#10;D)video documentary director

Accepted Answer

Sir David Attenborough is best known as a video documentary director, particularly for his work on nature documentaries.

Question 10

Which among the following films has a sequence on the torture of the revolting public at the steps of Odessa?&#10;A)Unchien Andalou&#10;B)Battleship Potemkin&#10;C)Spartacus&#10;D)Birth of a Nation

Accepted Answer

The sequence on the torture of the revolting public at the steps of Odessa is famously depicted in "Battleship Potemkin," a Soviet silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein in 1925. This scene is one of the most iconic in film history, illustrating the massacre of civilians by Tsarist soldiers.

Question 11

Which among the following films won an award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1956?&#10;A)Bhuvanshome&#10;B)Apur Sansar&#10;C)Neem Annapoorna&#10;D)Pather panchali

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which among the following films won an...

Question 12

Who directed Aadaminte Makan Abu?&#10;A)Salim Ahamed&#10;B)Sunny Joseph&#10;C)Sohan Roy&#10;D)Lenin Rajendran

Accepted Answer

The answer of Who directed Aadaminte Makan Abu?&#10;A)Salim Ahamed&#10;B)Sunny Joseph&#10;C)Sohan...

Question 13

The French movie &#34;Breathless&#34; is considered as a/an&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;film&#10;A)avantgarde&#10;B)cinema verite&#10;C)underground&#10;D)neo-realist

Accepted Answer

The answer of The French movie &#34;Breathless&#34; is considered as...

Question 14

Treatment, a terminology in cinema means&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)synopsis of a film&#10;B)a proposal for the production of a film&#10;C)a short written outline of a film specifying how the story is to be told&#10;D)summary of the story

Accepted Answer

The answer of Treatment, a terminology in cinema means&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)synopsis of...

Question 15

During the evolutionary period of cinema Eadweard Muybridge experimented the shooting of &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)a fireman extinguishing fire&#10;B)workers leaving a factory&#10;C)the sneeze of a lab assistant&#10;D)the galloping of a horse

Accepted Answer

The answer of During the evolutionary period of cinema Eadweard...

Question 16

Which among the following is a mismatch?&#10;A)Bramstoker - Dracula&#10;B)F.W. Murnau - Nosferatu&#10;C)Claude Chabrol - Cries and Whispers&#10;D)Leni Reifenstahl - Triumph of the Will

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which among the following is a mismatch?&#10;A)Bramstoker...

Question 17

Robert Wiene's movie&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;first used the expressionist-cubist world of horror through painted shadows, the irregular non-perpendicular chimneys, doors and windows.&#10;A)Warning Shadows&#10;B)The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari&#10;C)Metropolis&#10;D)Destiny

Accepted Answer

The answer of Robert Wiene's movie&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;first used the expressionist-cubist world...

Deck 3: Film and Cinema: Part C