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This set of History of Contemporary India Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on History Of Contemporary India Set 4

Q1 | ........................... is an eminent Indian Bengali writer
  • mahasweta devi
  • shri narayana guru
  • ayyankali’s
  • anantha theerther
Q2 | .................is an eminent Indian Bengali writer, who has been studying and writingincessantly about the life and struggles faced by the tribal communities in the states like Bihar, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
  • satyajit ray
  • ritwik ghatak
  • tarasankar bandyopadhyay
  • mahasweta devi
Q3 | .................... is a reputed Indian writer who was born in the year 1926 into a middleclass Bengali family at Dacca, which is located in present day Bangladesh.
  • satyajit ray
  • ritwik ghatak
  • tarasankar bandyopadhyay
  • mahasweta devi
Q4 | Mahasweta Devi received her education from the prestigious Shantiniketan set up bygreat Indian philosopher and thinker, Rabindranath Tagore that went on to become a part of the Visva Bharti University later on.
  • satyajit ray
  • ritwik ghatak
  • tarasankar bandyopadhyay
  • mahasweta devi
Q5 | ............................passed the Matriculation examination from Labhpur Jadablal H. E.School in 1916 and was later admitted first to St. Xavier's College, Calcutta and then to South Suburban College.
  • tarasankar bandyopadhyay
  • mahasweta devi
  • ritwik ghatak
  • satyajit ray
Q6 | In 1932, .............................met Rabindranath Tagore at Santiniketan for the first time.
  • tarasankar bandyopadhyay
  • mahasweta devi
  • ritwik ghatak
  • satyajit ray
Q7 | .............................’s first novel Chaitali Ghurni was published on the same year.
  • tarasankar bandyopadhyay
  • mahasweta devi
  • ritwik ghatak
  • satyajit ray
Q8 | In 1942, ......................presided over the Birbhum District Literature Conferenceandbecame the president of the Anti-Fascist Writers and Artists Association in Bengal.
  • tarasankar bandyopadhyay
  • mahasweta devi
  • ritwik ghatak
  • satyajit ray
Q9 | In 1944, .........................presided over the Kanpur Bengali Literature Conferencearranged by the non-resident Bengalis living there.
  • tarasankar bandyopadhyay
  • mahasweta devi
  • ritwik ghatak
  • satyajit ray
Q10 | In 1947, ................inaugurated Prabasi Banga Sahitya Sammelan held in Calcutta.
  • tarasankar bandyopadhyay
  • mahasweta devi
  • ritwik ghatak
  • satyajit ray
Q11 | In 1955, ..................was awarded the Rabindra Puraskar by theGovernment of WestBengal.
  • tarasankar bandyopadhyay
  • mahasweta devi
  • ritwik ghatak
  • satyajit ray
Q12 | In 1959, ..................received the Jagattarini Gold Medal from the University ofCalcutta, and presided over All India Writer's Conference in Madras.
  • tarasankar bandyopadhyay
  • mahasweta devi
  • ritwik ghatak
  • satyajit ray
Q13 | .......................... ‘s historical novel Ganna Begum is an attempt worth mentioning forits traditional values.
  • tarasankar bandyopadhyay
  • mahasweta devi
  • ritwik ghatak
  • satyajit ray
Q14 | ..................... was an Indian Bengali filmmaker, widely regarded as one of the greatestfilmmakers of the 20th century.
  • mahasweta devi
  • satyajit ray
  • ritwik ghatak
  • darbar bhaduri
Q15 | .......................'s first film, Pather Panchali (1955), won eleven international prizes,including the inaugural Best Human Document award at the1956 Cannes Film Festival .
  • mahasweta devi
  • satyajit ray
  • ritwik ghatak
  • darbar bhaduri
Q16 | In 1948, ........................wrote his first play Kalo sayar (The Dark Lake) andparticipated in a revival of the landmark play Nabanna.
  • mahasweta devi
  • ritwik ghatak
  • girish kasaravalli
  • darbar bhaduri
Q17 | In 1951, ........................joined the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA).
  • mahasweta devi
  • ritwik ghatak
  • girish kasaravalli
  • darbar bhaduri
Q18 | In the early 1970s, ..................wrote and directed his last play Jwala (TheBurning).
  • mahasweta devi
  • ritwik ghatak
  • girish kasaravalli
  • darbar bhaduri
Q19 | The music director was Darbar Bhaduri, who was called by ................'Dada' or 'Guru.
  • mahasweta devi
  • ritwik ghatak
  • girish kasaravalli
  • darbar bhaduri
Q20 | .....................'s first commercial release was Ajantrik (1958), a comedy-drama filmwith science fiction themes.
  • mahasweta devi
  • ritwik ghatak
  • girish kasaravalli
  • darbar bhaduri
Q21 | ....................'s greatest commercial success as a script writer wasfor Madhumati (1958), one of the earliest films to deal with the theme of reincarnation.
  • mahasweta devi
  • ritwik ghatak
  • girish kasaravalli
  • darbar bhaduri
Q22 | .................moved briefly to Pune in 1966, where he taught at the Film and TelevisionInstitute of India (FTII).
  • mahasweta devi
  • ritwik ghatak
  • girish kasaravalli
  • darbar bhaduri
Q23 | Bagalar Banga Darshan (1964) is an incomplete Bengali film created by legendaryfilmmaker.............................
  • ritwik ghatak.
  • mahasweta devi
  • girish kasaravalli
  • darbar bhaduri
Q24 | ......................... is an Indian film director, in the Kannada cinema, and one of thepioneers of the Parallel Cinema.
  • girish kasaravalli
  • ritwik ghatak.
  • mahasweta devi
  • darbar bhaduri
Q25 | ...................... was born in Kesalur, a village in the Tirthahalli talukin Shimoga district on 3 December 1950 to Ganesh Rao, an agriculturist, as well as a freedom fighter, and Lakshmidevi, a homemaker, one of 10 children (five brothers and four sisters).
  • girish kasaravalli
  • ritwik ghatak.
  • mahasweta devi
  • darbar bhaduri