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VIVEKANANDA PUBLIC SCHOOL

Affiliated to CBSE
Academic Year 2024
Subject – English Core 301
Daily Practice from memory
Date – 10th October 2024 Topic : Poets and Pancakes

Day – Thursday

1. How was the Gemini studio influenced by the plays staged by MRA?
A) They imitated their styles B) They imitated their dialogues
C) They imitated their story D) They imitated their sets and costumes

2. What is the example of National Integration in Poets and Pancakes?


A) Make up department of Gemini B) rehersal room
C) office of Gemini studio D) none

3. How does the author come to know that the English author was Stephen
Spender?
A) From a painting which has his name B) From the newspaper article
C) from a television show D) from a book written by him which had his
photograph

4. How was Kothamanglam Subbu treated in the Gemini studio?


A) with hatred B) rudely C) disrespectfully D) with high respect

5. Why was Subbu termed as ‘many sided genius’?


A) because of his flattery B) because he indulged in gossip
C) because of his ability to interact with others D) because of his ability to create
and manage several things

6. How many people were there in the MRA group?


A) 150 from 15 nationalities
B) 180 from 18 nationalities
C) 140 from 14 nationalities
D) 200 people from 20 nationalities

7. When did MRA visit Madras?


A) 1942 B) 1922 C) 1932 D) 1952

8. What things attracted the audience in the plays staged by MRA?


A) their jewellery B) their make up C) their dialogues D) their sets and
costumes
9. ‘An extremely talented actress, who was also extremely temperamental, once
blew over on the sets’. (CBSE QB, 2021)
Pick the idiom that matches best with ‘blew over’.
A) At one’s wits end B) Get bent out of shape
C) Have the blues D) Experience pins and needles

10. What does the expression ‘ fiery misery’ mean?


A) the fire that burnt near the studio
B) the bright sunlight during an outdoor shoot
C) the bright colorful dresses of heroines
D) discomfort to the actors in the makeup room

11. Who was heading the make-up department?


A) a Madrasi, later succeeded by a Gujarati
B) A tamilian, later succeeded by a Maharashtrian
C) A Bengali, later succeeded by a Punjabi
D) A Bengali, later succeeded by a Maharashtrian

12. In any case, there was this man in the make-up department who would wish the
dirtiest things for Subbu’. Here ‘direst things’ refers to something that is (CBSE
QB, 2021)
A) urgent. B) desperate. C) disastrous. D) dreadful

13. What qualities was Subbu admired for?


A) acting, writing filmmaking skills and the management skills
B) acting and writing
C) flattery
D) gossips
14. Why was Subbu considered number 2 at Gemini studio?
A) because of his flattery
B) because of his abilities
C) because of creative skills
D) none

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