1. Who was in charge of the make-up
department?
A. A Tamilian
B. A Bengali
C. A Madrasi
D. A Bengali and later was succeeded by a
Maharashtra
Answer:
(D) A Bengali and later was succeeded by a Maharashtrian
2. What made Subbu such a troublemaker?
A. Ability to mix up with everyone
B. Because of his gossip style
C. Because of his problem resolving quality
D. Because of his flattery
Answer:
(C) Because of his problem resolving quality
3. When did MRA make his trip to Madras?
A. 1922
B. 1932
C. 1942
D. 1952
Answer:
(D) 1952
4. What was MRA?
A. A wing of Indian Army
B. A drama company
C. British Army
D. The Moral Rearmament Army- a counter-movement to International Communism
Answer:
(D) The Moral Rearmament Army- a counter movement to International Communism
5. What is the author's purpose for using
humour and satire in this lesson?
A. To show varied capacities
B. To show and highlight human infancies and flaws
C. To show capabilities
D. To highlight human abilities
Answer:
(B) To show and highlight human infancies and flaws
6. In the Gemini studio, how was
Kothamanglam Subbu treated?
A. Disrespected
B. Rudely
C. With high respect
D. With hatred
Answer:
(C) With high respect
7. Who was the Englishman?
A. George Orwell
B. Stephen Spender- Editor of a British Periodical
The Encounter
C. Salman Rushdie
D. D.H Lawrence
Answer:
(B) Stephen Spender- Editor of a British Periodical The Encounter
8. Who recreated Jotham Valley's Sunset
and Sunrise scenes?
A. Social Workers
B. All Tamil Plays
C. Police
D. Scouts of Madras
Answer:
(B) All Tamil Plays
9. Why was Subbu ranked second at Gemini
Studios?
A. Because of creative skills
B. Because of his flattery
C. Because of his abilities
D. None of the above
Answer:
(A) Because of creative skills
10. Who was the boy in the make-up room
envious of?
A. The visitors
B. Subbu’s success and his closeness to the boss
C. Author
D. Actors
Answer:
(B) Subbu’s success and his closeness to the boss
11. When was Gemini studio set up?
A. 1910
B. 1920
C. 1930
D. 1940
Answer:
(D) 1940
12. ‘Made to look ugly’-What does this
expression refer to?
A. Faces made by office boy
B. Arrangements in the makeup room
C. Make up done to look presentable before camera
D. Faces made by actors
Answer:
(C) Make up done to look presentable before camera
13. What is it about MRA's plays that
drew the audience in?
A. Their dialogues
B. Their sets and costumes
C. Their jewellery
D. Their makeup
Answer:
(B) Their sets and costumes
14. In the MRA group, how many people
were there?
A. 140
B. 150
C. 180
D. 200 people from 20 nationalities
Answer:
(D) 200 people from 20 nationalities
15. Why was Subbu dubbed a "many
sided genius"?
A. Ability to create and manage things
B. Interaction with others
C. His flattery
D. Gossip style
Answer:
(A) Ability to create and manage things
16. In Poets and Pancakes, what is an
example of national integration?
A. Gemini's make-up department
B. Office of Gemini studio
C. Rehersal room
D. None of the above
Answer:
(A) Gemini's make-up department
17. Why was the author praying for crowd
shooting at all times?
A. To avoid people
B. To avoid epical narrations
C. To attract the crowd
D. None
Answer:
(B) To avoid epical narrations
18. A strict hierarchy was maintained in
the makeup department. The chief make-up man made the chief actors and
actresses ugly, his senior assistant the ‘second’ hero and heroine, the junior
assistant the main comedian, and so forth. The players who played the crowd
were the responsibility of the office boy. (Even the makeup department of the
Gemini Studios had on ‘office boy!) On the days when there was a
crowd-shooting, you could see him mixing his paint in a giant vessel and
slapping it on the crowd players.
Mark the
correct synonym of the word ‘Heirarchy’ from the given options?
A. Disorder
B. Order
C. Mismanaged group
D. None of the above
Answer:
(B) Order
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