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Theatre

Dramatic Literature Of East And West

24 previous year questions.

Volume: 24 Ques
Yield: High

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2024

Chapter Questions
24 MCQs

01
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What immediately follows the exposition and initiates the rising action
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Induction
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Inflexion
3
Inciting event
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Ingenue
02
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As an art form what is drama
1
A literary composition meant to be staged
2
A lyrical composition meant to be sung
3
A graphical composition
4
A pictorial composition meant to be drawn
03
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What is the meaning of the Greek word Melos
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Melody
2
Rhythm
3
Song
4
Spectacle
04
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Ancient Greek Theatre belongs to which one of the following kinds of theatre
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Amphi Theatron
2
Traverse stage
3
Circular stage
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Proscenium theatre
05
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Choose the correct sequence of elements of the performance theory in accordance to the shloka of Natya Sangraha, given in Natyashastra:
(A) Siddhi
(B) Atodya
(C) Swara
(D) Gana
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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(A) - (B) - (C) - (D)
2
(A) - (C) - (B) - (D)
3
(B) - (A) - (D) - (C)
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(C) - (B) - (D) - (A)
06
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Match List I with List II:
List ITheory ProposedList IIThinker
AUpachittivaadIBhatta Lollata
BChitra Turaga NyayaIISri Sankuka
CBhogaavad - BhavatkvaIIIBhatta Nayaka
DBhojya RasaIVBharata
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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(A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (IV)
2
(A) - (I), (B) - (III), (C) - (I), (D) - (IV)
3
(A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)
4
(A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)
07
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Match List I with List II:
List IFolk Theatre FormList IIState
AMaanchIMadhya Pradesh
BNautankiIIPunjab
CNaqqaalIIIUttar Pradesh
DBhand PatherIVKashmir

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1
(A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (IV)
2
(A) - (I), (B) - (III), (C) - (I), (D) - (IV)
3
(A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)
4
(A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)
08
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Identify Vrittis from among the following:
(A) Bharati
(B) Arabhati
(C) Kaishiki
(D) Avanti
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1
(A), (B) and (D) only
2
(A), (B) and (C) only
3
(A), (B), (C) and (D)
4
(B), (C) and (D) only
09
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Which two of the following are male clowns or zanni of low social status in Commedia dell’arte?
(A) Dottore
(B) Arlecchino
(C) Pantalone
(D) Brighella
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1
(A) and (C) only
2
(B) and (C) only
3
(C) and (D) only
4
(B) and (D) only
10
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According to the Origin of Natya what did Lord Vishnu gift the actors on the success of the first performance at the Flag-Festival of Mahendra
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Crown
2
Crooked stick
3
Fan
4
Throne
11
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From which of the following Vedas Lord Brahma incorporated pathya or words in the composition of the Natyaveda
1
Atharva
2
Sama
3
Rig
4
Yajur
12
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In which of the following Dasarupakas the story deals with gods and asuras the hero is well known and estimable in its three acts there are three kinds of deceit three calamities and three types of Shringara
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Prakarana
2
Samavakara
3
Nataka
4
Anka
13
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Choose the correct chronological sequence of the western playwrights from among the following.
(A). Shakespeare
(B). Racine
(C). Calderon
(D). Congreve
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1
(A) - (B) - (C) - (D)
2
(A) - (C) - (B) - (D)
3
(B) - (A) - (D) - (C)
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(C) - (B) - (D) - (A)
14
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Match List I with List II:
List I List II
(A)Symbolism(I) Peter Sellers
(B)Surrealism(II) Samuel Beckett
(C)Absurdism(III) Pirandello
(D)Theatricalism(IV) Maeterlink
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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(A) - (I)
2
(B) - (II)
3
(C) - (III)
4
(D) - (IV)
15
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Match List I with List II:
List IList II
(A)Well-made play(I) Garcia LorcaScribe
(B)Realistic Expressionism(II) Tennessee Williams
(C)Social Realism(III) Synge
(D)Poetic Realism(IV) Eugine
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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(A) - (I)
2
(B) - (II)
3
(C) - (III)
4
(D) - (IV)
16
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Who among the following earlier dramatized Jean Racine’s version of the myth ’Phaedra’ ?
(A) Moliere
(B) Euripides
(C) Jean Regnard
(D) Seneca
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1
(A) and (B) only
2
(A) and (C) only
3
(B) and (D) only
4
(C) and (D) only
17
PYQ 2024
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The Plot structure graph of Gustov Freytag operates between:
(A) Space and Tension
(B) Space and Time
(C) Space and Line
(D) Tension and Time
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1
(A) and (D) only
2
(B) and (C) only
3
(A) and (D) only
4
(B) and (D) only
18
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What is the text which employs the written text only as one element in a multicoded multidimensional and pluralistic new textual system
1
Spectacle text
2
Intertext
3
Sub-Text
4
Pre-text
19
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Who said Dramatic performance is a set of signs
1
Otakar Zich
2
Meyerhold
3
Oklopkov
4
Jindrich Honzl
20
PYQ 2024
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An exploration of a distinct identity through not just a rediscovery of the two thousand year old Sanskrit drama production methods and natyashastra but also through the traditional and folk theatre surviving in different forms and languages all over the country What is being referred here
1
Traditional Theatre and Folk Theatre
2
Street Theatre
3
Alternative Theatre
4
Theatre of Roots
21
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On whom the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos the then Governor of Madras bestowed the title of an Indian Garrik for his performance in Shakuntala
1
Sambamoorti
2
Rammurti
3
G C V Srinivasachari
4
Adya Rangacharya
22
PYQ 2024
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Match List I with List II:
List IList II
(A)Kimono(I) Commedia dell’arte
(B)Hashigakari(II) Kabuki
(C)Pushp-path(III) Noh
(D)Half Mask(IV) Jatra
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
23
PYQ 2024
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Which of the following two theatre performances use mask-makeup?
(A) Noh Theatre
(B) Beijing Opera
(C) Kathakali Dance-drama
(D) Nautanki
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
24
PYQ 2024
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Ramnagar's Ramlila belongs to which of the following kinds of theatre?