Film and Visual Communication Questions and Answers

Q: A term for Japanese inspired animated cartoons is called :

Japanese animated cartoons are called anime.Anime is the Japanese term, from the English 'animation', now used worldwide for animation produced in or inspired by Japan, with its distinctive visual style; examples range from Astro Boy to Studio Ghibli's films.Manga is the Japanese term for comics or graphic novels, the printed form on which much anime is based. 'Hanguk aeni' refers to Korean animation, and 'shiawase' is a Japanese word meaning happiness. Neither is a term for Japanese animated cartoons.

Q: Which is the first Indian Soap Opera televised on Doordarshan ?

The first Indian soap opera on Doordarshan was Humlog.Hum Log began on Doordarshan in July 1984. Inspired by Mexican educational telenovelas, it followed a lower-middle-class family while carrying social messages on family planning, women's status and similar themes, with the actor Ashok Kumar summing up each episode. It drew huge audiences and is regarded as India's first television soap opera.Buniyad (1986), about the Partition, and Nukkad (1986), about a street corner community, came after it. Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan (1987) was a mythological serial, not a soap opera, and also came later.

Q: Bicycle Thieves directed by Vittoria de Sica is a realistic film made in which language ?

Bicycle Thieves was made in Italian.Vittorio De Sica's Ladri di biciclette (1948), about a poor man in post-war Rome searching for the stolen bicycle he needs for his job, is the best-known film of Italian neorealism, the movement that used real locations, non-professional actors and ordinary lives. It won an honorary Academy Award as the outstanding foreign-language film of its year.It is not a Russian, German or French film. Neorealism was an Italian movement, though it later influenced filmmakers elsewhere, including Satyajit Ray.

Q: A film concerned more with its artistry than ideology :

It is a Formalistic film.In Louis Giannetti's spectrum from realism to formalism, formalist films are concerned with style and artistry: the director reshapes reality through stylised images, editing and design. Realist films try to reproduce the world as it is and often carry a social message.Montage is an editing technique, not a category of film. Kino-glaz ('cine-eye') was Dziga Vertov's documentary method of capturing life unawares, closer to the realist end.

Q: Which Director is known for his work on superhero films such as "The Dark Knight" trilogy in the 2000s ?

The director is Christopher Nolan.Nolan directed the Dark Knight trilogy: Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). His other films include Inception, Interstellar and Oppenheimer.Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese (spelt 'Scorses' in the paper) are major directors, but none of them made the Batman trilogy.

Q: Luka Chupi bahut hui ......... one of the most popular Hindi song in Rang de Basanti was written by :

The song was written by Prasoon Joshi.Prasoon Joshi wrote the lyrics of Rang De Basanti (2006), whose music was composed by A. R. Rahman. 'Luka Chuppi', sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Rahman, is the mother's lament for her son.Gulzar, Javed Akhtar and Gopaldas Neeraj are celebrated lyricists, but none of them wrote the songs of this film.

Q: 'Kisan Kanya' was a 1937 Hindi feature film which was directed by Moti Gidwani and produced by Ardeshir Irani is largely remembered today on account of it being :

Kisan Kanya is remembered as India's first indigenously made colour film.Produced by Ardeshir Irani's Imperial Film Company and directed by Moti Gidwani, it was released in 1937 and processed in India using the Cinecolor process. Irani had earlier made Alam Ara (1931), India's first sound film.It is not remembered as the first agricultural-crisis film, the first film with a woman playing the female lead (women had acted in films since the 1910s), or the first to use special effects.

Q: Who directed the film "Pride & Prejudice (2005)", an adaptation of Jane Austen's novel ?

The film was directed by Joe Wright.Wright's Pride & Prejudice (2005), his first feature, starred Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet and Matthew Macfadyen as Mr Darcy.Ang Lee directed another Jane Austen adaptation, Sense and Sensibility (1995). Christopher Nolan and Baz Luhrmann (The Great Gatsby, Moulin Rouge!) have not filmed this novel.

Q: In the context of Cinema, what is Frame rate ?

Frame rate is the number of frames in a moving picture per second.A film or video is a series of still images (frames) shown fast enough to create the illusion of motion. Frame rate measures how many are shown each second (fps): sound cinema standardised on 24 fps, and video commonly uses 25 or 30 fps.The total number of frames in a work, without 'per second', is not a rate. Shots are continuous takes made up of many frames, so counting shots, whether in total or per second, measures something else.

71.

A term for Japanese inspired animated cartoons is called :

A.Manga
B.Hanguk aeni
C.Shiawase
D.Anime

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2024, SET Exam - 2024,

Answer: D

Japanese animated cartoons are called anime.

Anime is the Japanese term, from the English 'animation', now used worldwide for animation produced in or inspired by Japan, with its distinctive visual style; examples range from Astro Boy to Studio Ghibli's films.

Manga is the Japanese term for comics or graphic novels, the printed form on which much anime is based. 'Hanguk aeni' refers to Korean animation, and 'shiawase' is a Japanese word meaning happiness. Neither is a term for Japanese animated cartoons.

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72.

Which is the first Indian Soap Opera televised on Doordarshan ?

A.Buniyad
B.Nukkad
C.Humlog
D.Ramayan

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2024, SET Exam - 2024,

Answer: C

The first Indian soap opera on Doordarshan was Humlog.

Hum Log began on Doordarshan in July 1984. Inspired by Mexican educational telenovelas, it followed a lower-middle-class family while carrying social messages on family planning, women's status and similar themes, with the actor Ashok Kumar summing up each episode. It drew huge audiences and is regarded as India's first television soap opera.

Buniyad (1986), about the Partition, and Nukkad (1986), about a street corner community, came after it. Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan (1987) was a mythological serial, not a soap opera, and also came later.

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73.

Bicycle Thieves directed by Vittoria de Sica is a realistic film made in which language ?

A.Russian
B.German
C.Italian
D.French

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2024, SET Exam - 2024,

Answer: C

Bicycle Thieves was made in Italian.

Vittorio De Sica's Ladri di biciclette (1948), about a poor man in post-war Rome searching for the stolen bicycle he needs for his job, is the best-known film of Italian neorealism, the movement that used real locations, non-professional actors and ordinary lives. It won an honorary Academy Award as the outstanding foreign-language film of its year.

It is not a Russian, German or French film. Neorealism was an Italian movement, though it later influenced filmmakers elsewhere, including Satyajit Ray.

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74.

A film concerned more with its artistry than ideology :

A.Realistic film
B.Montage
C.Formalistic film
D.Kino-glaz

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: C

It is a Formalistic film.

In Louis Giannetti's spectrum from realism to formalism, formalist films are concerned with style and artistry: the director reshapes reality through stylised images, editing and design. Realist films try to reproduce the world as it is and often carry a social message.

Montage is an editing technique, not a category of film. Kino-glaz ('cine-eye') was Dziga Vertov's documentary method of capturing life unawares, closer to the realist end.

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75.

Which Director is known for his work on superhero films such as "The Dark Knight" trilogy in the 2000s ?

A.Steven Spielberg
B.Christopher Nolan
C.Quentin Tarantino
D.Martin Scorses

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: B

The director is Christopher Nolan.

Nolan directed the Dark Knight trilogy: Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). His other films include Inception, Interstellar and Oppenheimer.

Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese (spelt 'Scorses' in the paper) are major directors, but none of them made the Batman trilogy.

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76.

Luka Chupi bahut hui ......... one of the most popular Hindi song in Rang de Basanti was written by :

A.Guljar
B.Prasoon Joshi
C.Javed Akhter
D.Kavi Neeraj

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: B

The song was written by Prasoon Joshi.

Prasoon Joshi wrote the lyrics of Rang De Basanti (2006), whose music was composed by A. R. Rahman. 'Luka Chuppi', sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Rahman, is the mother's lament for her son.

Gulzar, Javed Akhtar and Gopaldas Neeraj are celebrated lyricists, but none of them wrote the songs of this film.

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77.

'Kisan Kanya' was a 1937 Hindi feature film which was directed by Moti Gidwani and produced by Ardeshir Irani is largely remembered today on account of it being :

A.India's first film on Agriculutre Crisis
B.India's first indigenously made Colour Film
C.India's first film where female lead role is played by female
D.India's first film which used special effect

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: B

Kisan Kanya is remembered as India's first indigenously made colour film.

Produced by Ardeshir Irani's Imperial Film Company and directed by Moti Gidwani, it was released in 1937 and processed in India using the Cinecolor process. Irani had earlier made Alam Ara (1931), India's first sound film.

It is not remembered as the first agricultural-crisis film, the first film with a woman playing the female lead (women had acted in films since the 1910s), or the first to use special effects.

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78.

Who directed the film "Pride & Prejudice (2005)", an adaptation of Jane Austen's novel ?

A.Ang Lee
B.Joe Wright
C.Christopher Nolan
D.Baz Luhrmann

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: B

The film was directed by Joe Wright.

Wright's Pride & Prejudice (2005), his first feature, starred Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet and Matthew Macfadyen as Mr Darcy.

Ang Lee directed another Jane Austen adaptation, Sense and Sensibility (1995). Christopher Nolan and Baz Luhrmann (The Great Gatsby, Moulin Rouge!) have not filmed this novel.

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79.

In the context of Cinema, what is Frame rate ?

A.The number of frames in a moving picture per second
B.The number of frames in a moving image
C.The number of shots in a moving image
D.The number of shots in moving picture per second

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: A

Frame rate is the number of frames in a moving picture per second.

A film or video is a series of still images (frames) shown fast enough to create the illusion of motion. Frame rate measures how many are shown each second (fps): sound cinema standardised on 24 fps, and video commonly uses 25 or 30 fps.

The total number of frames in a work, without 'per second', is not a rate. Shots are continuous takes made up of many frames, so counting shots, whether in total or per second, measures something else.

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80.

Match List-I with List-II :

List - I (Films)	List - II (Directors)
a. Fire	1. Shakti Samanta
b. Aradhana	2. Nandita Das
c. Wild Straberries	3. Deepa Mehta
d. Firaaq	4. Ingmar Bergman

Codes : a b c d

A.1 2 3 4
B.2 4 1 3
C.3 1 4 2
D.4 3 2 1

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

The correct matches are a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2. 'Fire' (1996) was directed by Deepa Mehta, 'Aradhana' (1969) by Shakti Samanta, 'Wild Strawberries' (1957, printed 'Straberries') by Ingmar Bergman, and 'Firaaq' (2008) by Nandita Das. The code is 3 1 4 2, option C.

Options A, B and D put Nandita Das or Shakti Samanta against 'Fire', or Bergman against 'Aradhana', which is incorrect.

The film 'Fire' (1996) was controversial for its story of two women in a marriage; 'Aradhana' starred Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore; and 'Firaaq' dealt with the aftermath of the 2002 Gujarat riots.

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