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1. Who is the author of Poets and Pancakes?
Asokamitran (1931), a Tamil writer
Charu Nivedita
Jayakanthan
Balakumaran

2. What does his book My Years with Boss talk of ?
his job
explain the nature of his boss
 explains his environment
 impact of movies on every aspect of life in India.

3.  When was Gemini studio set up?
1920
1930
1910
1940

4.  What was the brand name of the make up material that Gemini studio bought?
Pancake
 Mancake
Fancake
latin cake

5. Who was Greta Garbo?
 A Swedish actress- an Oscar winner
a german actress
a French actress
a bengali actress

6. What was Asokamitran's job in the studio?
 to arrange pancakes
to arrange make up kits
 to serve water
cut out newspaper clippings on a wide variety of subjects and store them in files.

7. What has Asokamitran brought up through this write up?
topics of film industry
topics of make up industry
topics of gossip
topics of heroines

8. What does he bring to the notice of readers through this write up?
movies and different roles
heroines and their tantrums
heroines and make up
Independent India and its infancy

9. Who was the founder of Gemini studio?
Mr. S.S Vasan
English man
a Tamil boy
a director

10. What has been the make up room compared to?
make up company
a Parlour
a jewellery shop
 hair-cutting salon

11. For whom was Gemini studio making films?
for English people
for illiterate
for elderly peole
for simple Tamilians who have no interest in English poetry

12. Why is the Englishman's visit referred as unexplained mystery?
because of his appearance
because of his dress
because of his hairstyle
because of his unfamiliarity and baffled looks

13. Who was the Englishman?
Salman Rushdie
D.H Lawrence
George Orwell
Stephen Spender- Editor of a British Periodical The Encounter

14. Why did he visit the studio?
to deliver a speech
to gossip with the workers
to check the workers
to know the film making

15. What was MRA?
British Army
The Moral Rearmament Army- a counter movement to International Communism
a wing of Indian Army
A drama company

16. Why was MRA invited to Gemini studio?
To show their play
Because of political affiliations
because of political infuence
none

17. Why did everybody in the studio think of giving some work to the author?
because of the idle appearance of his work
because he was an office boy
because he was a helper
none

18. Why did the office boy in the make up room come to the author?
because he was unemployed
because of his interest in literary arts and film making
to earn money
to do make up

19. Why was the author praying for crowd shooting at all times?
to attract the crowd
to avoid people
to avoid epical narrations
 none

20. Who was Subbu's enemy?
no one
 the author
actors
The boy in the makeup room

21. The boy in the make up room was jealous of whom?
actors
author
the visitor
Subbu's success and his closeness to the boss

22.  What qualities was Subbu admired for ?
acting, writing filmmaking skills and the management skills
acting and writing
flattery
gossips

23. Why was Subbu considered number 2 at Gemini studio?
because of his flattery
because of his abilities
because of creative skills
none

24. Which plays were presented by MRA in Madras?
Macbeth
Othello
A doll's house
Jetham Valley and The Forgotten Factors

25. Who imitated the scenes of Sunset and Sunrise  of Jotham Valley?
 Police
Scouts of Madras
Social Workers
All Tamil Plays

26. How was the Gemini studio influenced by the plays staged by MRA?
They imitated their styles
They imitated their dialogues
They imitated their story
They imitated their sets and costumes

27.  What is the example of National Integration in Poets and Pancakes?
Make up department of Gemini
rehersal room
 office of Gemini studio
none

28. Why was author's work appeared nothing at Gemini?
 Because of no direct relation to filmmaking
because of cutting- pasting
because he sits idle
because he does nothing

29. How does the author come to know that English author was Stephen Spender?
From a painting
From the newspaper
from a television show
from a book- The God that failed

30. Why was the office boy disappointed with his job in Gemini studios?
because of his behavior
because of his boss
because of his intimacy with boss
because of his inability to be a star

31. How was Kothamanglam Subbu treated in the Gemini studio?
with hatred
rudely
disrespectfully
with high respect

32. Why was Subbu termed as 'many sided genius'?
his flattery
gossip style
interaction with others
ability to create and manage things

33. In this lesson, what is the purpose of humor and satire used by the author?
to highlight human abilities
to show capabilities
to show varied capacities
to show and highlight human infancies and flaws

34. How many people were there in MRA group?
150
180
140
200 people from 20 nationalities

35. When did MRA visit Madras?
1942
1922
1932
1952

36. What things attracted the audience in the plays staged by MRA?
their jewellery
 their make up
their dialogues
their sets and costumes

37. Why was Subbu a trouble shooter?
because of his gossip style
because of his flattery
ability to mix up with everyone
because of his problem resolving quality

38. What does the expression ' fiery misery' mean?
 the glow of lights
the  bright lights
the bright colorful dresses of heroines
 discomfort to the actors in the makeup room

39. Who was heading the make-up department?
a Madrasi
A tamilian
A bengali
A Bengali and later was succeeded by a Maharashtrian

40. What does the expression  'made to look ugly' refer to ?
make up done to look presentable before camera
faces made by actors
faces nade by office boy
arrangements in the make up room