Question 1

Who among the following I & B ministers in the union government banned the musical instrument harmonium from AIR's music programmes?

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 "Throne of Blood" is a free adaptation of a play by

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……………..

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 ……………….

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?

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?

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?

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 ……………………..

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………………………….

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?

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?

Accepted Answer

"Pather Panchali," directed by Satyajit Ray, won the Best Human Document award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1956. This film is part of Ray's Apu Trilogy and is celebrated for its humanistic portrayal of life in a Bengali village.

Question 12

Who directed Aadaminte Makan Abu?

Accepted Answer

Salim Ahamed is the director of the film "Aadaminte Makan Abu."

Question 13

The French movie "Breathless" is considered as a/an………film

Accepted Answer

"Breathless" is considered an avant-garde film due to its innovative narrative structure, visual style, and editing techniques, which broke away from traditional filmmaking norms and influenced the French New Wave movement.

Question 14

Treatment, a terminology in cinema means………………

Accepted Answer

A treatment in cinema is a short written outline of a film, detailing how the story will be told visually and narratively.

Question 15

During the evolutionary period of cinema Eadweard Muybridge experimented the shooting of …………………………

Accepted Answer

Eadweard Muybridge is famous for his experiment capturing the galloping of a horse to study its motion, which was a significant contribution to the development of motion pictures.

Question 16

Which among the following is a mismatch?

Accepted Answer

Cries and Whispers is a film directed by Ingmar Bergman, not Claude Chabrol. Claude Chabrol is known for his contributions to the French New Wave cinema, but Cries and Whispers is not one of his works.

Question 17

Robert Wiene's movie……………first used the expressionist-cubist world of horror through painted shadows, the irregular non-perpendicular chimneys, doors and windows.

Accepted Answer

"The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" is renowned for its expressionist style, characterized by its use of painted shadows and distorted, non-realistic sets that created a dreamlike and eerie atmosphere. This 1920 film directed by Robert Wiene is considered a seminal work in the German Expressionist movement.

Quiz 3: Film and Cinema: Part C