FTII ENTRANCE EXAMINATION-2015-16 FILM COURSE (PAPER-V) ENTRANCE TEST FOR ADMISSION TO TWO YEAR P.G. DIPLOMA COURSE IN ACTING SECTION-I : GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (20 MARKS) SECTION-II : GENERAL DESCRIPTIVE (30 MARKS) SECTION-III : SPECIFIC AREA (50 MARKS) SECTION SECTION-I (20 MARKS) SECTION-II (30 MARKS) MARKS SECTION-III (50 MARKS) TOTAL-(I+II+II) = 100 MARKS SECTION-I : GENERAL KNOWLEDGE Marks/20 1. 'Long walk to freedom' is the autobiography of which one of the following Barat Ratna recipients:- (a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) S. Radhakrishnan (c) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (d) Nelson Mandela, 2. Which was the first to be nominated for an Academy Award? (a) Mother India (b) Lagaan (c) Gandhi (d) Slumdog Millionaire 3.Who is the only sportsperson to have been awarded Bharat Ratna? (a) Dhyan Chand (b) Sachin Tendulkar (c) Milkhan Singh (d) Vishwanathan Anand 4. Radio Carbon Dating is used to estimate the age of... (a) Soil (b) Monuments (c) Fossils (d) Rock 5. Ajanta caves are situated in the following state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Karnataka (d) Maharashtra 1
6. Lee Kuan Yew was the Founder of Modern... (a) Thailand (b) Singapore (c)china (d) Vietnam 7. Which of the following is a classical dance from North India? (a) Kathak (b) Kathakali (c) Kuchipudi (d) Bharat Natyam 8.Name the tallest tower of Nepal the was reduced to rubble after an earthquake of Magnitude 7.9 on Richter scale that struck the country on 25th April 2015? (a)kasthmandap (b) Swayambhunath (c) Dharahara (d) Patan Darbar 9. Give the correct sequence in respect to geographical origin of these folk forms from East to West? (a) Bhavai, Nautanki, Seraikella, Chhan, Jatra, Ankianat (b) Ankianat, Jatra, Nautanki, Seraikella, Chhan, Bhavai (c) Ankianat, Jatra, Seraikella, Chhan, Nautanki, Bhavai (d) Bhavai, Seraikella, Chhar, Nautanki, Jatra, Ankianat 10.Following actor was renowned for impersonating female characters in film :- (a) Kalamandalam Gopi (b) Afzal Khan (c) Bal Gandharva (d) Prithviraj Kapoor 11. In which of the following festivals are boat races a special feature? (a) Onam (b) Rongali Bihu (c) Navratri (d) Pongal 12. The Bundelkhand Plateau cover parts of which two of the following states? (a) Chattisgarh and Jharkand (b) Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh (c) Chattisgarh and uttar Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh 13. Rabindranath Tagore's " Jana Gana Mana " has been adopted as India's National Anthem. How many stanzas of the said song were adopted? (a)only the first stanza (b) The whole song (c) Third and fourth stanza (d) First and second stanza 14. Which among the following Indian actor has been awarded the Honorary officer of the order of the British Empire? (a) Tom Alter (b) Om Puri (c) Naseeruddin Shah (d) Irffan Khan 2
15. The following actors and actresses have been awarded The National Film Award officially known as the Rajat Kamal Award for their performance. Match the following for the film for which they were awarded:-------- Indicate correct choice in the bracket provided. (a) Sanjeev Kumar ( ) (i) Chakra (b) Shabana Azmi ( ) (ii) Mrigayaa (c) Mammotty ( ) (iii) Maachis (d) Smita Patil ( ) (iv) Rat Aur Din (e) Naseeruddin Shah ( ) (v) Arth (f) Sharmila Tagore ( ) (vi) Koshish (g) Nargis Dutt ( ) (vii) Kanchivaram (h) Mithun Chkraborty ( ) (viii) Mausam (i) Tabu ( ) (ix) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (j) Prakash Raj ( ) (x) Sparsh. 16. India s first technicolour film.in the Early 1950 s was produced by (a) Jhansi ki Rani, Sohrab Modi (b) Jhansi ki Rani, Sir Syed Ahmed (c) Mirza Ghalib, Sohrab Modi (d) Mirza Ghalib, Munshi Premchand 3
SECTION-II : GENERAL DESCRIPTIVE Marks/30 Answer any three of the following five questions:- Q.1 Acting is inter-related to other art forms. Write a brief note on it. Q.2 Do you think acting can be learnt or is it just a "natural gift "? justify your answer... Q.3 Write a brief note on any two of the following :- (a) Films mirror the society. Explain. (b) Is technical Knowledge necessary for an actor, Why or Why not? Elaborate. (c) Advantages or disadvantage of new media. (d) Mobile video are future of cinema, do you agree or disagree? Elaborate. Q.4 Write an essay on ' 100 years of Indian Cinema ' Q.5 How Important is " observation " and " listening " for an actor, and why? 4
SECTION-III : SPECIFIC AREA Marks/50 All questions are compulsory - Q.1 What are the nine kind of Rasas as Described in the Natyashastra? Describe any one Rasa Briefly. ANS. 5
Q.2 Why do you want to become an Actor? What are the essential qualities that you think are necessary to become an Actor? ANS. 6
Q.3 How do you prepare a role from a given script? What are the Difficulties one encounters While preparing for the same? ANS. 7
Q.4 Critically examine the performance of any one of the following actors from any of his films :- (a) Naseeruddin Shah (b) Kamal Sen Sharma (c) Konkona Hasan (d) Marlon Brando (e) Irrfan Khan (f) Juliette Binoche (g) Tabu (h) Shabana Azmi 8
Q.5 Which character fascinates you the most from either Ramayana or Mahabharata or from plays of Shakespeare? Explain the Characteristics of the same character in detail. ANS. 9
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