History Of Contemporary India Set 4

Q1 | ........................... is an eminent Indian Bengali writer

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.

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.

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.

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.

Q6 | In 1932, .............................met Rabindranath Tagore at Santiniketan for the first time.

Q7 | .............................’s first novel Chaitali Ghurni was published on the same year.

Q8 | In 1942, ......................presided over the Birbhum District Literature Conferenceandbecame the president of the Anti-Fascist Writers and Artists Association in Bengal.

Q9 | In 1944, .........................presided over the Kanpur Bengali Literature Conferencearranged by the non-resident Bengalis living there.

Q10 | In 1947, ................inaugurated Prabasi Banga Sahitya Sammelan held in Calcutta.

Q11 | In 1955, ..................was awarded the Rabindra Puraskar by theGovernment of WestBengal.

Q12 | In 1959, ..................received the Jagattarini Gold Medal from the University ofCalcutta, and presided over All India Writer's Conference in Madras.

Q13 | .......................... ‘s historical novel Ganna Begum is an attempt worth mentioning forits traditional values.

Q14 | ..................... was an Indian Bengali filmmaker, widely regarded as one of the greatestfilmmakers of the 20th century.

Q15 | .......................'s first film, Pather Panchali (1955), won eleven international prizes,including the inaugural Best Human Document award at the1956 Cannes Film Festival .

Q16 | In 1948, ........................wrote his first play Kalo sayar (The Dark Lake) andparticipated in a revival of the landmark play Nabanna.

Q17 | In 1951, ........................joined the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA).

Q18 | In the early 1970s, ..................wrote and directed his last play Jwala (TheBurning).

Q19 | The music director was Darbar Bhaduri, who was called by ................'Dada' or 'Guru.

Q20 | .....................'s first commercial release was Ajantrik (1958), a comedy-drama filmwith science fiction themes.

Q21 | ....................'s greatest commercial success as a script writer wasfor Madhumati (1958), one of the earliest films to deal with the theme of reincarnation.

Q22 | .................moved briefly to Pune in 1966, where he taught at the Film and TelevisionInstitute of India (FTII).

Q23 | Bagalar Banga Darshan (1964) is an incomplete Bengali film created by legendaryfilmmaker.............................

Q24 | ......................... is an Indian film director, in the Kannada cinema, and one of thepioneers of the Parallel Cinema.

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).