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Indian Modern Theatre PYQs UGC-NET English

1. Which of these themes best sums up the preoccupation of most of Vijay Tendulkar’s plays?
  • 1)Dynamics of media
  • 2)Motivations of crime
  • 3)Workings of love triangles
  • 4)Workings of power
2. Which of the following are NOT by Rabindranath Tagore?
[A] Visarjan
[B] Chandalika
[C] Muktadhara
[D] Parineeta
[E] Punarnava
  • 1)A and B only
  • 2)B and C only
  • 3)D and E only
  • 4)A and C only
3. Name the playwright who has written Larins Sahib.
  • 1)Gieve Patel
  • 2)Dina Mehta
  • 3)Gurcharan Das
  • 4)Pratap Sharma
4. Identify the plays originally written by Vijay Tendulkar from the following:
[A] The Cyclist and His Fifth Woman
[B] Scandal in Fairyland
[C] The Vultures and Encounter in Umbugland
[D] Sakharam Binder
[E] Fire and the Rain
  • 1)B, C and E only
  • 2)A, B and C only
  • 3)A, C and D only
  • 4)A, B and D only
5. Identify the plays written by Asif Currimbhoy from the following:
[A] Princes
[B] The Captives
[C] An Experiment with Truth
[D] Angkor
[E] Dance Like a Man
  • 1)A, B and D only
  • 2)B, C and D only
  • 3)A, B and C only
  • 4)A, B and E only
6. Which of the following plays of William Shakespeare was translated into Bengali and directed by Girish Chandra Ghosh?
  • 1)The Tempest
  • 2)Hamlet
  • 3)Macbeth
  • 4)King Lear
7. Which of the following have NOT been written by Mahesh Dattani?
[A] Dance Like a Man
[B] Fire and the Rain
[C] On A Muggy Night in Mumbai
[D] A Touch of Brightness
[E] Bravely Fought the Queen
  • 1)A and C
  • 2)B and D
  • 3)C and E
  • 4)B and E
8. Which two of the following dramatists have won the Sultan Padamsee Award?
[A] Mahesh Dattani
[B] Gurcharan Das
[C] Girish Karnad
[D] Cyrus Mistry
  • 1)A & C
  • 2)B & D
  • 3)B & C
  • 4)A & D
9. Arrange the following playwrights chronologically in accordance with the years of their birth:
[A] Asif Currimbhoy
[B] Gurcharan Das
[C] Nissim Ezekiel
[D] Gieve Patel
[E] Cyrus Mistry
  • 1)A, D, C, B, E
  • 2)E, C, B, D, A
  • 3)C, A, D, B, E
  • 4)C, E, D, A, B
10. Match List I with List II:
List I (Playwrights)
[A] Pratap Sharma
[B] Asif Currimbhoy
[C] Gurcharan Das
[D] Nissim Ezekiel
List II (Works)
[I] Sleepwalkers
[II] Mira
[III] A Touch of Brightness
[IV] The Hungry Ones
  • 1)A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III
  • 2)A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I
  • 3)A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II
  • 4)A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I
11. Who among the following displays an influence of the Yakshagana folk tradition in his plays?
  • 1)Vijay Tendulkar
  • 2)Girish Karnad
  • 3)Badal Sircar
  • 4)Utpal Dutt

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