A recent movie titled The Man Who Knew Infinity is based on the biography of
- (a)S. Ramanujan
- (b)S. Chandrasekhar
- (c)S. N. Bose
- (d)C. V. Raman
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Official answer(a) S. Ramanujan
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Ebrahim Alkazi is an eminent personality in which one of the following areas?
- (a)Heart surgery
- (b)Civil aviation
- (c)Theatre training
- (d)Transport engineering
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Official answer(c) Theatre training
In which one of the following films did the Nobel Laureate Pearl S. Buck collaborate?
- (a)Shatranj Ke Khilari
- (b)Guide
- (c)Lawrence of Arabia
- (d)Titanic
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Official answer(b) Guide
Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
- (a)India’s first Technicolour film — Jhansi Ki Rani
- (b)India’s first 3-D film — My Dear Kuttichat
- (c)India’s first insured film — Taal
- (d)India’s first actress to win the Bharat Ratna — Meena Kumari
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Official answer(d) India’s first actress to win the Bharat Ratna — Meena Kumari
The first feature film (talkie) to be produced in India was
- (a)Hatimtai
- (b)Alam Ara
- (c)Pundalik
- (d)Raja Harishchandra
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Official answer(b) Alam Ara
Which one of the following statements is correct?
- (a)‘Neel Darpan’ was a play based on the exploitation of the indigo farmers
- (b)The author of the play ‘Ghashiram Kotwal’ is Vijay Tendulkar
- (c)The play ‘Navanna’ by Nabin Chandra Das was based on the famine of Bengal
- (d)Urdu theatre used to depend heavily on Parsi theatre
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Official answer(d) Urdu theatre used to depend heavily on Parsi theatre
The film ‘The Making of the Mahatma’ has been directed by
- (a)Peter Ustinov
- (b)Richard Attenborough
- (c)Shyam Benegal
- (d)Mira Nair
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Official answer(c) Shyam Benegal
The following advertisement appeared in the Times of India dated 7th August: "THE MARVEL OF THE CENTURY THE WONDER OF THE WORLD LIVING PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES IN LIFE-SIZED REPRODUCTIONS BY MESSERS LUMIERE BROTHERS CINEMATOGRAPHIE A FEW EXHIBITIONS WILL BE GIVEN AT WATSON'S HOTEL TONIGHT". It appeared in the year —
- (a)1931
- (b)1929
- (c)1921
- (d)1896
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Official answer(d) 1896
The lead character in the film The Bandit Queen has been played by
- (a)Pratibha Sinha
- (b)Rupa Ganguly
- (c)Seema Biswas
- (d)Shabana Azmi
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Official answer(c) Seema Biswas