MPSC PYQ

Cinema History

Cinema History is a Current Affairs concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 2 past MPSC questions (2016, 2024). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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2 · 2016–2024
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Basic World Cinema knowledge

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इतक्यात ओमर शारीफ ज्यांनी अर्ध्या शतकापेक्षा अधिक काळासाठी जगभारातील प्रेक्षकांना मंत्रमुग्ध केले हृदय विकाराच्या झटक्याने निवर्तले. त्यांच्याबाबत काय खरे नाही ? Recently Omar Sharif died of a heart attack. He captivated spectators worldwide for more than half a century. What is not true of him ?

1)ते डॉक्टर झिव्हॅगो म्हणून स्मरणात राहतात / He is remembered as Doctor Zhivago
2)उत्कृष्ट ब्रिज प्लेअर म्हणून ओळखले जात / Renowned for his prowess as a bridge player
3)त्यांना अल्झायमर्स (स्मृतिभ्रंश) झाला होता / He had Alzheimer's disease
4)ते मॅकेनाज गोल्ड मधील मॅकेना होते / He was the Mackenna of Mackenna's Gold✓ Correct

The statement that is not true is that Omar Sharif played McKenna in Mackenna's Gold: that role was Gregory Peck's, while Sharif played the bandit Colorado. He is remembered as Doctor Zhivago, was a world-class contract bridge player, and had Alzheimer's disease late in life.

आल्फ्रेड हिचकाॅकच्या चित्रपटात रहस्यमयता व भयंकरकता आढळते. कारण -

(a)प्रतिभासंपन्नेचा अभाव

(b)बालवयातील पोलीस कोठडीतील भयाण अनुभव

(c)पोलीस स्टेशनमधील अधिकाऱ्याचे क्रूर वागणे

(d)पोलीस कोठडीचा दरवाजा बंद केल्यानंतरचा भीषण एकांत

1)(अ) व (ब) बरोबर
2)(अ) व (ड) बरोबर
3)(अ) व (क) बरोबर
4)(ब) व (ड) बरोबर✓ Correct

Alfred Hitchcock's suspenseful and terrifying cinematic style stemmed largely from a terrifying childhood incident involving a police cell experience and the chilling solitude after the door was locked.

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