1 sample question paper on dance ( for common objective questions) for ftii · pdf...

1 Sample question paper on Dance ( for common Objective questions) for FTII -JET-2018-EXAM prepared by : Naresh Sharma: Director. CRAFT Film School.Delhi.www.craftfilmschool.com: [email protected]


Disclaimer about this sample paper by Naresh Sharma:

1. This is to clarify that I, Naresh Sharma, neither was nor is a part of any advisory body

to FTII or SRFTI , the authoritative agencies to set up such question paper for JET-2018

entrance exam or any similar entrance exam.

2. As being a graduate of FTII, Pune, 1993, and having 12 years of Industry experience

in my quiver as well the 12 years of personal experience of film academics, as being the

founder of CRAFT FILM SCHOOL, this sample question-answers format has been

prepared to give the aspiring students an idea of variety of questions which can be

asked in the entrance test.

3. The sample question paper is mainly focused on cinema, not in exhaustive list but

just a suggestive list.

4. As JET - 2018 doesn't have any specific syllabus, so any question related to General

Knowledge/Current Affair can be asked.

5. Since Cinema has been an amalgamation of varied art forms, Entrance Test intends

to check as follows;

a) Information; and

b) Analysis level of students.

6. This sample is targeted towards objective question-answers, which can form part of

20 marks. One need to jot down similar questions connected with Literature/ Panting

Music/ Dance / Photography/ Fine arts etc.

7. As per the question papers uploaded on the FTII website, suggesting that Section -2

will be of general description containing 30 marks, and section-3 will be of specific Area

containing 50-marks, students need to pay more attention while preparing for

Specialization, which you have chosen to qualify .

8. I have given around 100-Objective questions pertaining to section-3 of specific Area

for Cinematography course only, which is of 50-marks and will be helpful for students

who are appearing for: Cinematography course.

9. Part -2 of similar questions will be Available on 15th Feb. 2018 for download

For any Query, one can write:

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1. The initials A.R. in the name of the famous music composer A.R.Rehman stands

for

(a) Abdur Rasool

(b) Anjaneyulu Ramakant

(c) Aravindan Raja

(d) Allah Rakha

Answer: Allah Rakha

2. Kathak is classical dance of

(a) Kerala

(b) North India

(c) Manipur

(d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: North India

3. With which one of the following dance form is Madhavi Mudgal associated?

(a) Bharat Natyam

(b) Kathakali

(c) Kathak

(d) Odissi

Answer: Odissi

4. Yamini Krishnamurti is famous for which form of dance ?

(a) Kuchipudi

(b) Kathak

(c) Manipuri

(d) Bharatnatyam

Answer: Bharatnatyam

5. Birju Maharaj is famous for which form of dance ?

(a) Kathak

(b) Bharatnatyam

(c) Manipuri

(d) Kuchipudi

Answer: Kathak

6. Sonal Mansingh is famous for which form of dance ?

(a) Bharatnatyam

(b) Manipuri


(c) Kuchipudi

(d) Kathak

Answer: Manipuri

7. Amjad Ali Khan is famous for which Musical Instrument?

(a) Violin

(b) Tabla

(c) Flute

(d) Sarod

Answer: Sarod

8. Ali Akbar Khan is famous for which Musical Instrument?

(a) Flute

(b) Veena

(c) Sitar

(d) Sarod

Answer: Sarod

9. Alla Rakha Khan is famous for which Musical Instrument?

(a) Flute

(b) Sarod

(c) Sitar

(d) Tabla

Answer: Tabla

10. Zakir Hussain is famous for which Musical Instrument?

(a) Sitar

(b) Veena

(c) Tabla

(d) Veena

Answer: Tabla

11. M. S. Gopala krishnan is famous for which Musical Instrument?

(a) Veena

(b) Tabla

(c) Violin

(d) Sarod

Answer: Violin


12. Bismillah Khan is famous for which Musical Instrument?

(a) Veena

(b) Shehnal

(c) Sitar

(d) Flute

Answer: Shehnal

13. Ravi Shankar is famous for which Musical Instrument?

(a) Sitar

(b) Tabla

(c) Shehnal

(d) Veena

Answer: Sitar

14. Hari Prasad Chaurasia is famous for which Musical Instrument?

(a) Sitar

(b) Sarod

(c) Sitar

(d) Flute

Answer: Flute

15. Shubha Mudgal is famous vocalist for which form of Classical Music?

(a) Carnatic

(b) Hindustani

(c) Thumri

(d) Dhrupad

Answer: Hindustani

16. Bheemsen Joshi is famous vocalist for which form of Classical Music?

(a) Hindustani

(b) Thumri

(c) Carnatic

(d) Quwwali

Answer: Hindustani

17. Pandit Jasraj is famous vocalist for which form of Classical Music?

(a) Dhrupad

(b) Quwwali

(c) Hindustani


(d) Thumri

Answer: Hindustani

18. M. S. Subbalakshmi is famous vocalist for which form of Classical Music?

(a) Hindustani

(b) Carnatic

(c) Quwwali

(d) Dhrupad

Answer: Carnatic

19. Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan is famous vocalist for which form of Classical

Music?

(a) Thumri

(b) Dhrupad

(c) Quwwali

(d) Carnatic

Answer: Thumri

20. Compact discs, (according to the original CD specifications) hold how many

minutes of music?

(a) 74 mins

(b) 90 mins

(c) 56 mins

(d) 60 mins

Answer: 74 mins

21. What type of musical instrument is a goombay?

(a) Symbols

(b) Drum

(c) Guitar

(d) Piano

Answer: Drum

22. Samba dance is famous in

(a) Brazil

(b) Peru

(c) Argentina

(d) Mexico

Answer: Brazil


23. To which state does the Sattriya dance belong?

(a) Mizoram

(b) Manipur

(c) Assam

(d) Meghalaya

Answer: Assam

24. In music how many quavers equal a crotchet?

(a) 6

(b) 8

(c) 2

(d) 4

Answer: 2

25. Country whose National Anthem has only music not words is

(a) India

(b) Bahrain

(c) Germany

(d) Spain

Answer: Bahrain

26. Rouff is a folk dance. It has its origin in ?

(a) Assam

(b) Mizoram

(c) Kashmir

(d) Himachal Pradesh

Answer: Kashmir

27. Bharatnatyam is a dance form of

(a) Jandk

(b) Rajasthan

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Uttar Pradesh

Answer: Tamil Nadu

28. A Passion For Dance was wirtten by

(a) Rukmani Dev Arundale

(b) Dr. Padma Subramanyam

(c) Sonal Man Singh


(d) Yamini Krishnamurthy

Answer: Yamini Krishnamurthy

29. Dance patterns considered sacred to Lord Shiva are in

(a) Bharatanatyam and Kathakali

(b) Kathak and Bharatanatyam

(c) Bharatanatyam and Mohiniyattam

(d) Oddissi and Bharatanatyam

Answer: Bharatanatyam and Mohiniyattam

30. Rouff is a folk dance. It has its origin in ?

(a) Mizoram

(b) Himachal Pradesh

(c) Assam

(d) Kashmir

Answer: Kashmir

31. The Kagyat Dance is typical of

(a) Nagaland

(b) Tripura

(c) Manipur

(d) Sikkim

Answer: Sikkim

32. Which is the Rajasthani dance that is performed by women by carrying earthen

pots on their heads?

(a) Raika

(b) Tera Tali

(c) Panihari

(d) Suisini

Answer: Panihari

33. Which of the following folk dances is performed by women in Punjab?

(a) Garbha

(b) Giddha

(c) Ghero

(d) Goncha

Answer: Giddha


34. Tamasha or Lalvani is the folk dance of which Indian State?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Rajasthan

(c) Assam

(d) Madhya Pradesh

Answer: Maharashtra

35. Which of these dances are performed on the edge of brass plates ?

(a) Bharatnatyam

(b) Kuchipudi

(c) Kathakali

(d) Manipuri

Answer: Kuchipudi

36. Natya tarangini is a school for which Indian dance form?

(a) Bharatnatyam

(b) Kathakali

(c) Kuchipudi

(d) Oddissi

Answer: Kuchipudi

37. Karnataka is famous for the dance form

(a) Bharatanatyam

(b) Kathakali

(c) Yakshagana

(d) Kuchupudi

Answer: Yakshagana

38. Kuchipudi dance originated in -

(a) Karnataka

(b) Kerala

(c) Orissa

(d) Andhra Pradesh

Answer: Andhra Pradesh

39. Bharat Natyam is dance of

(a) Punjab

(b) Bihar

(c) Tamil Nadu


(d) Assam

Answer: Tamil Nadu

40. Bihu is dance of

(a) Bihar

(b) Uttarakhand

(c) Assam

(d) Punjab

Answer: Assam

41. Bhangra is dance of

(a) Gujarat

(b) Punjab

(c) Bihar

(d) Uttarakhand

Answer: Punjab

42. Chhau is dance of

(a) Karnataka

(b) Bihar

(c) Uttarakhand

(d) Gujarat

Answer: Bihar

43. Garhwali is dance of

(a) Gujarat

(b) Rajasthan

(c) Karnataka

(d) Uttarakhand

Answer: Uttarakhand

44. Garba is dance of

(a) Gujarat

(b) Kerala

(c) Karnataka

(d) Rajasthan

Answer: Gujarat

45. Hattari is dance of

(a) Karnataka


(b) Andhra Pradesh

(c) Rajasthan

(d) Kerala

Answer: Karnataka

46. Kathak is dance of

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Mizoram

(c) Rajasthan

(d) Kerala

Answer: Rajasthan

47. Kathakali is dance of

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Kerala

(c) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Mizoram

Answer: Kerala

48. Kutchipudi is dance of

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Meghalaya

(c) Mizoram

(d) Madhya Pradesh

Answer: Andhra Pradesh

49. Khantumm is dance of

(a) Mizoram

(b) Kerala

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Meghalaya

Answer: Mizoram

50. Karma is dance of

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Goa

(c) Meghalaya

(d) Kerala

Answer: Madhya Pradesh


51. Laho is dance of

(a) Kerala

(b) Manipur

(c) Goa

(d) Meghalaya

Answer: Meghalaya

52. Mohiniattam is dance of

(a) Goa

(b) Himachal Pradesh

(c) Manipur

(d) Kerala

Answer: Kerala

53. Mando is dance of

(a) Himachal Pradesh

(b) Bihar

(c) Goa

(d) Manipur

Answer: Goa

54. Manipuri is dance of

(a) Manipur

(b) Orissa

(c) Himachal Pradesh

(d) Bihar

Answer: Manipur

55. Nati is dance of

(a) Himachal Pradesh

(b) Jammu Kashmir

(c) Bihar

(d) Orissa

Answer: Himachal Pradesh

56. Nat-Natin is dance of

(a) Jammu Kashmir

(b) Karnataka

(c) Bihar


(d) Orissa

Answer: Bihar

57. Rauf is dance of

(a) Karnataka

(b) Assam

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Jammu Kashmir

Answer: Jammu Kashmir

58. Yakshagan is dance of

(a) Karnataka

(b) Punjab

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Assam

Answer: Karnataka

59. Lezin dance is popular in which State?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Kerala

(c) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Assam

Answer: Maharashtra

60. Gafa dance is popular in which State?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Gujarat

(c) Haryana

(d) J K

Answer: Maharashtra

61. Bala Saraswati is famous for which form of dance ?

(a) Bharatnatyam

(b) Kuchipudi

(c) Kathak

(d) Manipuri

Answer: Bharatnatyam 62. Sonal Mansingh is famous for which form of dance ?

(a) Bharatnatyam (b) Manipuri (c) Kathak


(d) Kuchipudi Answer: Bharatnatyam

63. Kathak, Nautanki, Jhora and Kajri are the important dances of

(a) Jharkhand (b) Chattisgarh (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Uttaranchal Answer: Uttar Pradesh

64. Kathakali, Mohiniatam and Ottam are the famous dances of

(a) Tamil Naidu (b) Kerala (c) Karnataka (d) Orrissa Answer: Kerala

65. The dance in Himachal Pradesh, performed indoor, solo or duet, especially when life comes to a standstill during cold winter is

(a) Munzra (b) Rouf (c) Luddi Dance (d) Giddha parhaun Answer: Munzra

66. The dance performed by women to invoke rain in Bihar is

(a) Faguna or Fog (b) Bihu (c) Purbi (d) Jata Jatin Answer: Jata Jatin

67. Which is a post-harvest folk dance in Assam?

(a) Ojapali (b) None of them (c) Ankia Nat (d) Bihu Answer: Bihu

68. Which of the following dances belong to Meghalaya?

(a) Naga dance and Manipur (b) None of them (c) Wangala laho (d) Chiraw and kullan Answer: Wangala laho

69. Which of the following dances of India is based upon the principle of Natyashastra?

(a) Odissi (b) None of them (c) Bharatnatyam (d) Both are correct Answer: Both are correct

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