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Q1.Why was the office boy disappointed with his job in Gemini studios?
(1) because of his boss
(2) because of his behavior
(3) because of his inability to be a star
(4) because of his intimacy with boss
Answer
Answer: because of his inability to be a star
Q2.Why was the author praying for crowd shooting at all times?
(1) to avoid people
(2) to attract the crowd
(3) none
(4) to avoid epical narrations
Answer
to avoid epical narrations
Q3.Why was Subbu termed as many sided genius?
(1) gossip style
(2) his flattery
(3) ability to create and manage things
(4) interaction with others
Answer
ability to create and manage things
Q4.Why was Subbu considered number 2 at Gemini studio?
(1) because of his abilities
(2) because of his flattery
(3) none
(4) because of creative skills
Answer
because of creative skills
Q5.Why was Subbu a trouble shooter?
(1) because of his flattery
(2) because of his gossip style
(3) because of his problem resolving quality
(4) ability to mix up with everyone
Answer
because of his problem resolving quality
Q6.Why was MRA invited to Gemini studio?
(1) Because of political affiliations
(2) To show their play
(3) none
(4) because of political infuence
Answer
Answer: Because of political affiliations
Q7.Why was authors work appeared nothing at Gemini?
(1) because of cutting- pasting
(2) Because of no direct relation to filmmaking
(3) because he does nothing
(4) because he sits idle
Answer
Answer: Because of no direct relation to filmmaking
Q8.Why is the Englishmans visit referred as unexplained mystery?
(1) because of his dress
(2) because of his appearance
(3) because of his unfamiliarity and baffled looks
(4) because of his hairstyle
Answer
Answer: because of his unfamiliarity and baffled looks
Q9.Why did the office boy in the makeup room come to the author?
(1) because of his interest in literary arts and film making
(2) because he was unemployed
(3) to do makeup
(4) to earn money
Answer
Answer: because of his interest in literary arts and film making
Q10.Why did he visit the studio?
(1) to gossip with the workers
(2) to deliver a speech
(3) to know the film making
(4) to check the workers
Answer
Answer: to deliver a speech
Q11.Why did everybody in the studio think of giving some work to the author?
(1) because he was an office boy
(2) because of the idle appearance of his work
(3) none
(4) because he was a helper
Answer
because of the idle appearance of his work
Q12.Who was the founder of Gemini studio?
(1) English man
(2) Mr. S.S Vasan
(3) a director
(4) a Tamil boy
Answer
Mr. S.S Vasan
Q13.Who was the Englishman?
(1) D.H Lawrence
(2) Salman Rushdie
(3) Stephen Spender- Editor of a British Periodical The Encounter
(4) George Orwell
Answer
Stephen Spender- Editor of a British Periodical The Encounter
Q14.Who was Subbus enemy?
(1) the author
(2) no one
(3) The boy in the makeup room
(4) actors
Answer
Answer: The boy in the makeup room
Q15.Who was heading the make-up department?
(1) A tamilian
(2) a Madrasi
(3) A Bengali and later was succeeded by a Maharashtrian
(4) A bengali
Answer
A Bengali and later was succeeded by a Maharashtrian
Q16.Who was Greta Garbo?
(1) a german actress
(2) A Swedish actress- an Oscar winner
(3) a bengali actress
(4) a French actress
Answer
A Swedish actress- an Oscar winner
Q17.Who is the author of Poets and Pancakes?
(1) Charu Nivedita
(2) Asokamitran (1931), a Tamil writer
(3) Balakumaran
(4) Jayakanthan
Answer
Asokamitran (1931), a Tamil writer
Q18.Who imitated the scenes of Sunset and Sunrise of Jotham Valley?
(1) Scouts of Madras
(2) Police
(3) All Tamil Plays
(4) Social Workers
Answer
All Tamil Plays
Q19.Which plays were presented by MRA in Madras?
(1) Othello
(2) Macbeth
(3) Jetham Valley and The Forgotten Factors
(4) A doll’s house
Answer
Answer: Jetham Valley and The Forgotten Factors
Q20.When was Gemini studio set up?
(1)1930
(2)1920
(3)1940
(4)1910
Answer
1940
Q21.When did MRA visit Madras?
(1)1922
(2)1942
(3)1952
(4)1932
Answer
1952
Q22.What was the brand name of the make up material that Gemini studio bought?
(1) Mancake
(2) Pancake
(3) latin cake
(4) Fancake
Answer
Answer: Pancake
Q23What was MRA?
(1) The Moral Rearmament Army- a counter movement to International Communism
(2) British Army
(3) A drama company
(4) a wing of Indian Army
Answer
The Moral Rearmament Army- a counter movement to International Communism
Q24.What was Asokamitrans job in the studio?
(1) to arrange make up kits
(2) to arrange pancakes
(3) cut out newspaper clippings on a wide variety of subjects and store them in files.
(4) to serve water
Answer
Answer: cut out newspaper clippings on a wide variety of subjects and store them in files.
Q25.What things attracted the audience in the plays staged by MRA?
(1) their make up
(2) their jewellery
(3) their sets and costumes
(4) their dialogues
Answer
their sets and costumes
Q26.What qualities was Subbu admired for ?
(1) acting and writing
(2) acting, writing filmmaking skills and the management skills
(3) gossips
(4) flattery
Answer
Answer: acting, writing filmmaking skills and the management skills
Q27.What is the example of National Integration in Poets and Pancakes?
(1) rehersal room
(2) Make up department of Gemini
(3) none
(4) office of Gemini studio
Answer
Make up department of Gemini
Q28.What has been the make up room compared to?
(1) a Parlour
(2) make up company
(3) hair-cutting salon
(4) a jewellery shop
Answer
Answer: hair-cutting salon
Q29.What has Asokamitran brought up through this write up?
(1) topics of make up industry
(2) topics of film industry
(3) topics of heroines
(4) topics of gossip
Answer
topics of film industry
Q30.What does the expression made to look ugly refer to ?
(1) faces made by actors
(2) make up done to look presentable before camera
(3) arrangements in the make up room
(4) faces nade by office boy
Answer
make up done to look presentable before camera
Q31.What does the expression fiery misery mean?
(1) the bright lights
(2) the glow of lights
(3) discomfort to the actors in the makeup room
(4) the bright colorful dresses of heroines
Answer
discomfort to the actors in the makeup room
Q32.What does his book My Years with Boss talk of ?
(1) explain the nature of his boss
(2) his job
(3) impact of movies on every aspect of life in India.
(4) explains his environment
Answer
Answer: impact of movies on every aspect of life in India.
Q33.What does he bring to the notice of readers through this write up?
(1) heroines and their tantrums
(2) movies and different roles
(3) Independent India and its infancy
(4) heroines and make up
Answer
Answer: Independent India and its infancy
Q34.The boy in the make up room was jealous of whom?
(1) author
(2) actors
(3) Subbu’s success and his closeness to the boss
(4) the visitor
Answer
Subbu’s success and his closeness to the boss
Q35.In this lesson, what is the purpose of humor and satire used by the author?
(1) to show capabilities
(2) to highlight human abilities
(3) to show and highlight human infancies and flaws
(4) to show varied capacities
Answer
to show and highlight human infancies and flaws
Q36.How was the Gemini studio influenced by the plays staged by MRA?
(1) They imitated their dialogues
(2) They imitated their styles
(3) They imitated their sets and costumes
(4) They imitated their story
Answer
Answer: They imitated their sets and costumes
Q37.How was Kothamanglam Subbu treated in the Gemini studio?
(1) rudely
(2) with hatred
(3) with high respect
(4) disrespectfully
Answer
with high respect
Q38.How many people were there in MRA group?
(1)180
(2)150
(3) 200 people from 20 nationalities
(4)140
Answer
200 people from 20 nationalities
Q39.How does the author come to know that English author was Stephen Spender?
(1) From the newspaper
(2) From a painting
(3) from a book- The God that failed
(4) from a television show
Answer
from a book- The God that failed
Q40.For whom was Gemini studio making films?
(1) for illiterate
(2) for English people
(3) for simple Tamilians who have no interest in English poetry
(4) for elderly peole
Answer
for simple Tamilians who have no interest in English poetry