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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: 2
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 3
(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 4
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 5
(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 6
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 7
(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 8
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 9
(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 10
(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 11
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 12
(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 13
(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 14
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