NCERT English Class 12 | Chapter 6 | Poets and Pancakes | MCQs |

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


1. The Last Lesson MCQs

2. Lost Spring MCQs

3. Deep Water MCQs

4. The Rattrap MCQs

5. Indigo MCQs

6. Poets and Pancakes MCQs

7. The Interview MCQs

8. Going Places MCQs

9. My Mother  at Sixty-six MCQs

10. An Elementary School  Classroom in a Slum MCQs

11. Keeping Quiet MCQs

12. A Thing of Beauty MCQs

13. A Roadside Stand MCQs

14. Aunt Jennifer's Tigers MCQs

 

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