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101	A phrase is played three times so that its last bol falls exactly on sam. This device is called:	Performing Arts Percussion terms	Easy
102	A tabla player presents a fixed theme and then develops variations using only the bols of that theme, ending …	Performing Arts Percussion terms	Easy
103	In a Karnatak tani avartanam, which pattern is played three times to end exactly on the sam, as a counterpart…	Performing Arts Percussion terms	Medium
104	A composition with heavy, open bols such as "dhage tita kata gadi gana", derived from the pakhawaj, is called:	Performing Arts Percussion terms	Medium
105	A tukda containing its own tihai is repeated three times, and only the third tihai is timed to land on sam. T…	Performing Arts Percussion terms	Hard
106	In Bhatkhande notation, how is a note of the taar saptak shown?	Performing Arts Notation systems	Easy
107	Which mark shows that Ma is teevra in Bhatkhande notation?	Performing Arts Notation systems	Easy
108	In Karnatak taal notation, what does the symbol U stand for?	Performing Arts Notation systems	Medium
109	How many beats does a khanda jati laghu contain?	Performing Arts Notation systems	Medium
110	A taal is written as I O O with a misra jati laghu. How many beats does one cycle have?	Performing Arts Notation systems	Hard
111	How many matras does Sooltaal have?	Performing Arts Prescribed taals	Easy
112	Which Karnatak suladi taal has the anga pattern I O I I?	Performing Arts Prescribed taals	Easy
113	Ata taal (I I O O) in its usual khanda jati has how many aksharas?	Performing Arts Prescribed taals	Medium
114	What is the length of Jhampa taal (I U O) in its usual misra jati?	Performing Arts Prescribed taals	Medium
115	Matya taal has the pattern I O I. How many aksharas does it have in tisra jati?	Performing Arts Prescribed taals	Hard
116	Pandit Kishan Maharaj was a tabla exponent of which gharana?	Performing Arts Percussionists	Easy
117	Zakir Hussain was the son and disciple of which tabla maestro?	Performing Arts Percussionists	Easy
118	Which instrument is associated with both Raja Chhatrapati Singh and Purushottam Das?	Performing Arts Percussionists	Medium
119	Palghat Mani Iyer is remembered as a master of which instrument?	Performing Arts Percussionists	Medium
120	Match: P. Purushottam Das, Q. Palani Subramania Pillai, R. Kishan Maharaj with 1. Banaras tabla, 2. Nathdwara…	Performing Arts Percussionists	Hard
121	Which Sanskrit play, about Charudatta and Vasantasena, is known for its realistic picture of city life?	Performing Arts Indian classical and traditional theatre	Easy
122	The dramatist best known for karuna rasa and the play Uttararamacharita is:	Performing Arts Indian classical and traditional theatre	Easy
123	Which play attributed to Bhasa is unusual in Sanskrit drama for showing the death of its central character on…	Performing Arts Indian classical and traditional theatre	Medium
124	Which traditional theatre form of Kerala is the oldest surviving form of Sanskrit theatre?	Performing Arts Indian classical and traditional theatre	Medium
125	Match: P. Tamasha, Q. Bhavai, R. Jatra with 1. Gujarat, 2. Bengal, 3. Maharashtra.	Performing Arts Indian classical and traditional theatre	Hard
126	Andher Nagari, a satirical play, was written by:	Performing Arts Modern Indian theatre	Easy
127	Which playwright wrote Tughlaq and Hayavadana?	Performing Arts Modern Indian theatre	Easy
128	Ashadh Ka Ek Din, a Hindi play centred on the life of Kalidasa, is by:	Performing Arts Modern Indian theatre	Medium
129	A director rejects the proscenium stage and performs plays in rooms and open spaces, close to the audience an…	Performing Arts Modern Indian theatre	Medium
130	Charandas Chor, performed with Chhattisgarhi folk actors, is the best-known production of:	Performing Arts Modern Indian theatre	Hard
131	Which Greek tragedian wrote the Oresteia trilogy?	Performing Arts Western classical drama	Easy
132	Oedipus Rex and Antigone are tragedies by:	Performing Arts Western classical drama	Easy
133	According to Aristotle's Poetics, which of the six elements of tragedy is the most important?	Performing Arts Western classical drama	Medium
134	Medea, in which a wronged wife takes terrible revenge, was written by:	Performing Arts Western classical drama	Medium
135	Statement I: Sophocles introduced the third actor into Greek tragedy. Statement II: The skene was the semicir…	Performing Arts Western classical drama	Hard
136	Which playwright wrote A Doll's House and is called the father of modern drama?	Performing Arts Modern Western theatre	Easy
137	Waiting for Godot, a key play of the Theatre of the Absurd, was written by:	Performing Arts Modern Western theatre	Easy
138	A director uses placards, songs and a narrator so that the audience stays critically aware that it is watchin…	Performing Arts Modern Western theatre	Medium
139	Stanislavski developed his system of acting while working at which theatre?	Performing Arts Modern Western theatre	Medium
140	Match: P. Chekhov, Q. Shaw, R. Brecht with 1. Mother Courage and Her Children, 2. The Cherry Orchard, 3. Pygm…	Performing Arts Modern Western theatre	Hard
141	In which type of stage does the audience sit on three sides of the acting area?	Performing Arts Theatre production and architecture	Easy
142	An actor is told to "move upstage". In which direction should she go?	Performing Arts Theatre production and architecture	Easy
143	Which of the three playhouse shapes in the Natya Shastra is rectangular?	Performing Arts Theatre production and architecture	Medium
144	The part of the stage that lies in front of the proscenium arch, nearest the audience, is the:	Performing Arts Theatre production and architecture	Medium
145	A director wants every spectator to see the actors from a different side, with no "fourth wall" anywhere. Whi…	Performing Arts Theatre production and architecture	Hard
146	Which institution organises the Bharat Rang Mahotsav, an international theatre festival?	Performing Arts Theatre institutions and research	Easy
147	How many Zonal Cultural Centres were set up by the Government of India?	Performing Arts Theatre institutions and research	Easy
148	The South Zone Cultural Centre has its headquarters at:	Performing Arts Theatre institutions and research	Medium
149	A student records interviews with Tamasha artists and photographs their performance for her project. In resea…	Performing Arts Theatre institutions and research	Medium
150	The National School of Drama was set up in 1959 by which body, before becoming independent in 1975?	Performing Arts Theatre institutions and research	Hard