 - 1. In which language was the novel 'Pather Panchali' originally written?
A) English
B) Hindi
C) Bengali
D) Tamil
- 2. Who directed the film adaptation of 'Pather Panchali'?
A) Satyajit Ray
B) Ritwik Ghatak
C) Mrinal Sen
D) Shyam Benegal
- 3. What is the name of the main character in 'Pather Panchali'?
A) Harihar
B) Sarbojaya
C) Durga
D) Apu
- 4. What is the occupation of Harihar in 'Pather Panchali'?
A) Priest
B) Teacher
C) Farmer
D) Doctor
- 5. What is the name of the village where Apu's family lives in 'Pather Panchali'?
A) Jagaddal
B) Sundarpur
C) Chandipur
D) Nischindipur
- 6. What is the sequel to 'Pather Panchali'?
A) Aparajito
B) Charulata
C) Nayak
D) Ghare-Baire
- 7. Who composed the music for 'Pather Panchali'?
A) Ravi Shankar
B) A.R. Rahman
C) Vishal Bhardwaj
D) Ilaiyaraaja
- 8. What is the setting of 'Pather Panchali'?
A) Rural Bengal
B) Deserted Rajasthan
C) Coastal Kerala
D) Urban Mumbai
- 9. Who is the village witch in 'Pather Panchali'?
A) Sabitri
B) Bhubaneswari
C) Indir Thakrun
D) Nandini
- 10. In what year was 'Pather Panchali' released?
A) 1955
B) 1957
C) 1956
D) 1958
- 11. What is the name of Apu's elder sister in 'Pather Panchali'?
A) Durga
B) Kanu
C) Uma
D) Chunibala
- 12. Which instrument's music was used in the film's soundtrack?
A) Violin
B) Tabla
C) Sitar
D) Flute
- 13. Who was in charge of the cinematography for 'Pather Panchali'?
A) Subrata Mitra
B) Satyajit Ray
C) Ravi Shankar
D) Dulal Dutta
- 14. Where was 'Pather Panchali' premiered on 3 May 1955?
A) Calcutta
B) West Bengal government office
C) Cannes Film Festival
D) New York's Museum of Modern Art
- 15. Which award did 'Pather Panchali' win at the Cannes Film Festival?
A) Grand Prix
B) Palme d'Or
C) Best Feature Film
D) Best Human Document
- 16. What movement did 'Pather Panchali' help pioneer in Indian cinema?
A) Neo-realism
B) Parallel cinema
C) Art cinema
D) Bollywood
- 17. What was the budget situation of 'Pather Panchali' during its production?
A) Limited budget
B) Large budget
C) Crowdfunded
D) Government-funded
- 18. Who edited 'Pather Panchali'?
A) Dulal Dutta
B) Satyajit Ray
C) Ravi Shankar
D) Subrata Mitra
- 19. Which award did 'Pather Panchali' win in India in 1955?
A) National Film Award for Best Feature Film
B) Best Cinematography
C) Best Director
D) Best Actor
- 20. In which decade is the story of 'Pather Panchali' set?
A) Late-1910s
B) Late-1920s
C) Early-1920s
D) Early-1930s
- 21. Who does Harihar dream of becoming?
A) Engineer
B) Doctor
C) Poet and playwright
D) Businessman
- 22. What does Durga often give to Indir?
A) Money
B) Fruit stolen from a neighbour's orchard
C) Books
D) Clothes
- 23. What does the neighbour's wife accuse Durga of stealing?
A) A book
B) A toy
C) A scarf
D) A bead necklace
- 24. What do Durga and Apu enjoy watching from a travelling vendor?
A) Radio
B) Television
C) Newspaper
D) Bioscope
- 25. What causes Indir to take refuge in another relative's home?
A) Apu's care
B) Durga's teasing
C) Sarbajaya's hostility
D) Harihar's absence
- 26. Where does Indir go when Durga and Apu run to catch a glimpse of the train?
A) To the temple
B) Back home
C) To the market
D) To the river
- 27. What happens to Indir upon Durga and Apu's return?
A) She is unwell
B) She is angry
C) She has died
D) She is happy
- 28. Why does Harihar travel to the city?
A) To visit relatives
B) To seek a better job
C) To attend a festival
D) To buy goods
- 29. What does Harihar promise to bring back from the city?
A) Money to repair their house
B) Fruits and vegetables
C) New clothes
D) Books
- 30. What causes Durga's condition to worsen?
A) A broken leg
B) A fall
C) A snake bite
D) A high fever after catching a cold
- 31. What happens to Durga the next morning?
A) She falls asleep
B) She dies
C) She recovers
D) She leaves the village
- 32. How does Sarbajaya react when Harihar shows her the merchandise?
A) She leaves the house
B) She breaks down at his feet
C) She celebrates
D) She ignores him
- 33. Where do Apu and his parents decide to leave for?
A) The countryside
B) The city
C) A relative's home
D) Benaras
- 34. What does Apu do with the necklace?
A) Keeps it
B) Throws it into a pond
C) Gives it to Harihar
D) Sells it
- 35. What is seen slithering into the house as Apu and his parents leave?
A) A dog
B) A snake
C) A cat
D) A bird
- 36. In what year was Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay's novel 'Pather Panchali' first published as a book?
A) 1950
B) 1944
C) 1928
D) 1929
- 37. What type of story is 'Pather Panchali' considered to be?
A) Romance
B) Bildungsroman
C) Mystery
D) Science fiction
- 38. What does the Bengali word 'path' literally mean?
A) Song
B) Path
C) Journey
D) Village
- 39. What type of narrative style influenced Pather Panchali?
A) German Expressionism
B) British Realism
C) Italian neorealism
D) French New Wave
- 40. In which list did NDTV include Pather Panchali as one of 'India's 20 greatest films'?
A) CNN-IBN
B) Sight & Sound
C) NDTV
D) The Guardian
- 41. What was the rank of Pather Panchali in BBC's top 100 foreign language films ever in 2018?
A) 1st
B) 100th
C) 15th
D) 50th
- 42. What position did Pather Panchali achieve in the British Film Institute's user poll of 'Top 10 Indian Films' in 2002?
A) Ranked 22nd
B) Topped the list
C) Ranked 6th
D) Ranked 11th
- 43. Which organization was Karuna Banerjee associated with?
A) Indian People's Theatre Association
B) Film and Television Institute of India
C) Sangeet Natak Akademi
D) National School of Drama
- 44. Which well-established director was initially considered to make 'Pather Panchali'?
A) Bansi Chandragupta
B) Subrata Mitra
C) Debaki Bose
D) Satyajit Ray
- 45. In the film 'Pather Panchali', what causes Durga's fatal fever?
A) A snake bite
B) A car accident
C) A monsoon downpour
D) A mysterious illness
- 46. What was the initial response to Pather Panchali in Calcutta?
A) Overwhelmingly positive
B) Mixed
C) Not positive
D) Indifferent
- 47. In which year did The Village Voice rank Pather Panchali tied with The Godfather in its Top 250 'Best Films of the Century' list?
A) 1999
B) 2002
C) 2012
D) 2010
- 48. In which year was Pather Panchali nominated for Best Film at the British Academy Film Awards?
A) 1957
B) 1959
C) 1958
D) 1960
- 49. How long did it take to complete the shooting of 'Pather Panchali'?
A) One year
B) Six months
C) Three years
D) Two years
- 50. Which Italian film had a profound impact on Satyajit Ray during his time in London?
A) Bicycle Thieves
B) Umberto D.
C) Rome, Open City
D) La Strada
- 51. What was the profession of Chunibala Devi before being cast in 'Pather Panchali'?
A) Film actress
B) Television actress
C) Retired stage actress
D) Dancer
- 52. What did Nargis Dutt criticize about Pather Panchali?
A) Its depiction of rural life
B) Its narrative structure
C) Its commercial success
D) Exporting poverty
- 53. What filmmaking techniques did Ray use to achieve realism in Pather Panchali?
A) High-angle shots, artificial lighting
B) Computer-generated imagery, special effects
C) Eye-level shots, natural lighting, long takes
D) Fast-paced editing, dramatic music
- 54. Which aspect of Indian classical drama influenced Ray according to Darius Cooper?
A) Abhinaya
B) Gestures
C) Natyashastra
D) Rasa theory
- 55. Which film did Subrata Mitra observe production for before working with Ray?
A) Pather Panchali
B) Apu Trilogy
C) The River
D) The Apu Trilogy
- 56. In which year was Pather Panchali included in The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made?
A) 1999
B) 2010
C) 2012
D) 2002
- 57. In which year did Sight & Sound rank Pather Panchali 6th in its Critics' Poll?
A) 2012
B) 1962
C) 1992
D) 2002
- 58. Which magazine ranked Pather Panchali 42nd in its 2012 critics' poll of 'Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time'?
A) Cinemaya
B) The Village Voice
C) The Guardian
D) Sight & Sound
- 59. Which critic described Pather Panchali as 'the quality of ultimate unforgettable experience'?
A) François Truffaut
B) James Berardinelli
C) Lindsay Anderson
D) Bosley Crowther
- 60. Who was the head of the department of exhibitions and publications at MoMA?
A) Monroe Wheeler
B) Satyajit Ray
C) Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
D) John Huston
- 61. Who encouraged Satyajit Ray to proceed with filming Pather Panchali?
A) D.J. Keymer
B) Vittorio De Sica
C) Jean Renoir
D) Akira Kurosawa
- 62. In which year was Pather Panchali included in Time's All-Time 100 best movies list?
A) 2010
B) 1999
C) 2012
D) 2005
- 63. In which year did The Guardian rank Pather Panchali 12th in its list of 25 greatest arthouse films?
A) 2012
B) 2002
C) 1999
D) 2010
- 64. Who helped Satyajit Ray by pawning his wife's jewels?
A) Satyajit Ray
B) Bijoya Ray
C) Anil Chowdhury
D) Subrata Mitra
- 65. Which filmmaker called Pather Panchali 'one of the best films ever made'?
A) Akira Kurosawa
B) François Truffaut
C) Lindsay Anderson
D) Christopher Nolan
- 66. What did Satyajit Ray try to retain from the novel in his film adaptation?
A) The detailed script
B) The rambling quality
C) The original ending
D) The complex plot
- 67. Which raga was used for a sombre piece in the film's soundtrack?
A) Yaman
B) Todi
C) Bhairavi
D) Kafi
- 68. Which film critic included the Apu trilogy in his list of '100 Great Movies'?
A) Sight & Sound
B) Roger Ebert
C) The Guardian
D) Akira Kurosawa
- 69. Which list included Pather Panchali in 2013 as one of the '100 greatest Indian films of all time'?
A) Sight & Sound
B) The Guardian
C) CNN-IBN
D) NDTV
- 70. Who played the role of Harihar in 'Pather Panchali'?
A) Subir Banerjee
B) Karuna Banerjee
C) Kanu Banerjee
D) Chunibala Devi
- 71. In which year did Pather Panchali appear in the San Francisco Chronicle's 'Hot 100 Films From the Past'?
A) 1999
B) 1997
C) 2002
D) 1995
- 72. Who was the art director for 'Pather Panchali'?
A) Bansi Chandragupta
B) Jean Renoir
C) Subrata Mitra
D) Satyajit Ray
- 73. Which raga was traditionally associated with rain and used in the film's score?
A) Bhairavi
B) Kafi
C) Desh
D) Yaman
- 74. How many films did Satyajit Ray make after Pather Panchali?
A) 10
B) 36
C) 25
D) 50
- 75. Which magazine ranked Pather Panchali the second-greatest film of all time in 1998?
A) Cinemaya
B) Sight & Sound
C) The Village Voice
D) The Guardian
- 76. How long did Pather Panchali run at the Fifth Avenue Playhouse in New York?
A) Two months
B) Four months
C) Eight months
D) Six weeks
- 77. In which year did Pather Panchali win the Golden Gate for Best Director and Best Picture?
A) 1958
B) 1957
C) 1959
D) 1956
- 78. In which year did Pather Panchali win the Bodil Award in Denmark?
A) 1969
B) 1962
C) 1966
D) 1970
- 79. Which list included Pather Panchali in 1999 as one of the '100 Maverick Movies of the Last 100 Years'?
A) The Village Voice
B) The Guardian
C) Time Out
D) Rolling Stone
- 80. What was the estimated worldwide box office gross of Pather Panchali as of 2017?
A) $50,000
B) $402,723
C) $1 million
D) ₹100 million ($21 million)
- 81. How long did it take Ravi Shankar to compose the majority of the film's score?
A) One month
B) Two days
C) Three weeks
D) About eleven hours
- 82. Which instrument's piece by Dakshina Mohan Tagore was used for the scene where Harihar learns of Durga's death?
A) Tar shehnai
B) Sitar
C) Tabla
D) Veena
- 83. Which influential Indian figure helped secure funding for 'Pather Panchali'?
A) Monroe Wheeler
B) Debaki Bose
C) John Huston
D) Bidhan Chandra Roy
- 84. What was the estimated budget for 'Pather Panchali'?
A) ₹1,00,000
B) ₹70,000
C) ₹100,000
D) ₹50,000
- 85. Which film by Bimal Roy influenced Ray's belief in Pather Panchali's international appeal?
A) Shree 420
B) Mother India
C) Awaara
D) Do Bigha Zamin
- 86. What did Google do to commemorate Ray's birthday on 2 May 2013?
A) Donated to a film school in Ray's name
B) Displayed a doodle featuring the train sequence
C) Launched a new film festival
D) Released a documentary on Ray's life
- 87. What was the main theme of Pather Panchali's soundtrack based on?
A) A folk-based tune with sophistication
B) A classical Indian raga
C) A traditional Bengali song
D) A Western classical piece
- 88. What quality does Robinson attribute to Pather Panchali?
A) Melancholic sadness
B) Chaotic energy
C) Simple realism
D) Lyrical happiness
- 89. What was the rating of Pather Panchali on Rotten Tomatoes as of May 2021?
A) 65% fresh
B) 75% fresh
C) 97% fresh
D) 85% fresh
- 90. Where were the night scenes of 'Pather Panchali' shot?
A) In Calcutta
B) In a different village
C) In Boral
D) In-studio
- 91. Which Japanese film's international success influenced Ray's belief that Pather Panchali would find an audience?
A) Ikiru
B) Seven Samurai
C) Tokyo Story
D) Rashomon
- 92. What did the West Bengal government mistakenly record the loan for?
A) Cultural development
B) Rural uplift
C) Film production
D) Roads improvement
- 93. In which year did Pather Panchali rank 35th in the critics poll of BFI's Greatest Films of All Time?
A) 2022
B) 2005
C) 2010
D) 2012
- 94. Which list included Pather Panchali in 2005 as one of the BFI Top Fifty 'Must See' Children's Films?
A) BFI
B) The Guardian
C) The Village Voice
D) Time Out
- 95. Which list included Pather Panchali in 1995 as part of 'Centenary Top One Hundred Films'?
A) Sight & Sound
B) Time Out
C) The Village Voice
D) The Guardian
- 96. Who distributed the Region 2 DVD of Pather Panchali?
A) Artificial Eye Entertainment
B) Sony Pictures Classics
C) Columbia Tri-Star
D) The Criterion Collection
- 97. Where were the original negatives of the Apu trilogy sent for restoration in 2013?
A) Museum of Modern Art, New York
B) Sony Pictures Classics, Los Angeles
C) L'Immagine Ritrovata, Bologna, Italy
D) The Academy Film Archive, New York
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