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