Deck 7: Mrinal Sens Life and Work

Question 1

The dwellings of the untouchables were separated from the rest of the village by a -----

A)river
B)pond
C)fence
D)garden

Answer 1

pond

Question 2

What work did the members of Valmiki's family do ?

A)Agriculture
B)cleaning
C)general labour
D)all of the above

Answer 2

all of the above

Question 3

The Christian Sevakram Massihi used to -----

A)preach
B)teach the children
C)form a party
D)none of the above

Answer 3

teach the children

Question 4

His school fellows used to call Valmiki------

A)Chuhre ka
B)Joothan
C)Achooth
D)none of these

Question 5

Kaliram came to the school as the new -----

A)Teacher
B)leader
C)Headmaster
D)Manager

Question 6

Kaliram ordered Omprakash to ------

A)sweep the school
B)give a speech
C)play ball
D)decorate the class

Question 7

The encounter with the headmaster filled Omprakash with -----

A)Respect
B)love
C)anger
D)fear

Question 8

Whose work inspired Mrinal Sen for his entry in to the film world ?

A)Rudolf Arnheim
B)Fitzgerald
C)Dante
D)Homer

Question 9

"You are a difficult judge of your work" - who is the speaker ?

A)Satyajith Ray
B)Ramin Jahanbejloo
C)Mrinal Sen
D)Nehru

Question 10

I wish your countrymen whom I love so much not success but remorse. Who said this ?

A)Nehru
B)Tagore
C)Gandhi
D)J.C.Bose.

Question 11

-------has been the breeding ground for many of Sen's films

A)Kerala
B)Calcutta
C)Dubai
D)Bengal

Question 12

In which of his works Sen talks about conformism

A)An Uncertain journey
B)Kharij
C)Bhuvan Shome
D)Ekdin Achanak

Question 13

------was Sen's first Hindi film.

A)Ekdin Achanak
B)Pather Panchali
C)Bhuvan Shome
D)none of the above

Question 14

Which film of Sen made a satire on bureaucracy

A)Bhuvan Shome
B)Love story
C)Interview
D)Ekdin Pratidin

Question 15

"If you ask me again, my answer will be, I don't know myself, I don't want to" --- the speaker is----

A)S.Ray
B)Mrinal Sen
C)Nehru
D)Gandhi

Question 16

Mrinal Sen,s wish is to see his film as a --------

A)passing fancy
B)dress rehearsal
C)retrial
D)parade

Question 17

The autobiography of Mrinal Sen is entitled-------

A)Story of my life
B)Filming India
C)A Beautiful Mind
D)Always Being Born

Question 18

Which of the following is not included in Mrinal Sen's Calcutta Trilogy

A)Interview
B)Ek din Pratidin
C)Calcutta 71
D)Padatic

Question 19

The film Bhuvan Shome was made in the year--------

A)1969
B)1949
C)1971
D)1956

Question 20

The film maker who criticized Mrinal Sen for his ignorance of character in an open letter was -----

A)Satyajith Ray
B)Ramesh Sippi
C)Antonioni
D)none of these

Question 21

The film Antareen was influenced by------

A)Sadat Hassan Manto
B)Rabindranath Tagore
C)Both of these
D)neither of these.

Question 22

Name the essay from which the extract 'On Good Resolutions' is taken

A)The Book of this and That
B)Book of Resolutions
C)Book of Essays
D)None of the above

Question 23

The essay 'On Good Resolutions' brings out-------

A)Human potentiality to be strong
B)futility of human resolutions
C)reality of the world
D)beginning of life on earth

Question 24

Resolutions become popular as-------approaches

A)New year
B)Year's end
C)at the end of life
D)at school

Question 25

We--------when a man readily agrees to behave in a better way.

A)feel degraded
B)take initiative
C)discourage him
D)encourage him