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UPSC 2016 · Q99 · Art & Culture › Theatre & Cinema · Save

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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Answer: (a) S. Ramanujan
UPSC 2008 · Q68 · Art & Culture › Theatre & Cinema · Save

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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Answer: (c) Theatre training
UPSC 2006 · Q149 · Art & Culture › Theatre & Cinema · Save

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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Answer: (b) Guide
UPSC 2001 · Q65 · Art & Culture › Theatre & Cinema · Save

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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Answer: (d) India’s first actress to win the Bharat Ratna — Meena Kumari
UPSC 1999 · Q45 · Art & Culture › Theatre & Cinema · Save

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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Answer: (b) Alam Ara
UPSC 1999 · Q88 · Art & Culture › Theatre & Cinema · Save

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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Answer: (d) Urdu theatre used to depend heavily on Parsi theatre
UPSC 1997 · Q44 · Art & Culture › Theatre & Cinema · Save

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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Answer: (c) Shyam Benegal
UPSC 1996 · Q94 · Art & Culture › Theatre & Cinema · Save

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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Answer: (d) 1896
UPSC 1995 · Q43 · Art & Culture › Theatre & Cinema · Save

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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Answer: (c) Seema Biswas