2. Miss Benare is accused of carrying the child of
Correct : C. Damle
3. The group of friends in Silence! The Court is in Session are engaged in
Correct : B. A mock trial
4. Leela Benare requests Balu and Ponkshe
Correct : A. To marry her
5. Leela Benare is a
Correct : A. Teacher
6. In the trial scene
Correct : A. Damle is summoned
7. The Judge in ‘Silence the Court is in Session ‘is __________.
Correct : C. Kashikar
8. _______________ is the only character who knows Damle is the father of Benare’s child in Silence the Court is in Session
Correct : A. Ponkshe
9. ‘Silence! The Court is in Session‘ is in reality a mock trial of simple and
straightforward (school teacher)
Correct : A. Miss Leela Benare
10. Vijay Tendulkar creates humour through his characters which represent a cross section of the
Correct : B. middle-class society
11. The members of the drama troupe plan a mock trial on
Correct : B. Miss Benare
12. The Scientist in Silence! The court is in session is
Correct : A. Mr. Ponske
13. Miss Benare is accused of carrying the child of
Correct : B. Prof Damle
14. Miss Benare was accused of trying to commit suicide by ingesting a bottle of
Correct : B. Tik-20
15. ‘Tara’ a play by Mahesh Dattani is a
Correct : A. Two act play
16. The names of the Conjoined Twins are
Correct : B. Chandan and Tara
17. “ Let her get older. Yes, Chandan, the planet will tolerate you, the planet will accept you – but not her”. Who is the speaker here?
Correct : C. Bharati
18. Chandan moves to England from India
Correct : C. To begin a new life away from the guilt of his personal history
19. One of the major themes in ‘Tara’ is
Correct : A. Gender discrimination
20. Roopa in ‘Tara’ is
Correct : D. The friend of Tara
21. What was Dan doing as the play starts?
Correct : C. Typing
22. What according to Dan is “the crux of life”?
Correct : B. Conflict
23. What was Bharati’s strength against her husband?
Correct : A. Her father’s money
24. “Stop it! Stop this madness and let me live in peace.” Who said this?
Correct : B. Bharati
25. Why did Bharati insist on wanting to give her Kidney to Tara?
Correct : D. Because she felt guilty
26. “Hospitals depress me.” Who said this?
Correct : C. Chandan
27. Tara reflects the tragic story of
Correct : A. two conjoined twins
28. The third leg of the conjoined twins rightfully belonged to
Correct : B. Tara
29. “The Patels in the olden days were unhappy with getting girl babies- you know, dowry and things like that- so they used to drown them in milk”. This statement is indicative of
Correct : A. Racial discrimination
30. In the play Tara, Bharati bribed Roopa to
Correct : B. be Tara’s best friend
31. Chandan changed his name to the westernized moniker ‘Dan’ to
Correct : C. begin a new life repressing his past memories
32. The conjoined twins were separated at
Correct : C. Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
33. Tara and Chandan were
Correct : A. Conjoined twins
34. What does Bharati do to ensure that Roopa stays a friend for Tara?
Correct : C. By bribing her
35. Bharati tried to make up with Tara by
Correct : D. Offering to donate her own kidney
36. The third leg was finally given to Chandan because
Correct : A. He was a boy
37. The twins were surgically separated at
Correct : B. Queen Victoria Hospital
38. What happened to Tara’s mother?
Correct : A. She had a mental breakdown
39. ‘Tara’ is a play on
Correct : B. gender discrimination
40. Tara and Chandan were surgically separated in
Correct : A. Mumbai
41. The play Tara reflects the tragic story of
Correct : A. conjoined twins
42. Mr. Patel gives more preference to
Correct : B. Chandan
43. Chandan ultimately goes to
Correct : D. London
44. The major concern of the play Tara is
Correct : A. Dominance of patriarchal society
45. Tara is a play in _____ Acts.
Correct : A. Two
46. Tara is a play that focuses on the evils of the Indian ______ system.
Correct : C. Patriarchal
47. Dan (Chandan) tries to write a play called ______
Correct : D. Twinkle Tara
48. The third leg of the conjoined twins Chandan and Tara was given to Chandan because
Correct : C. Bharati love him more
49. In Tara, the parents give more preference to
Correct : B. Chandan
50. Tara and Chandan were surgically separated in
Correct : A. Mumbai
51. The opening statement of ___ is spoken from the inside of his head
Correct : A. Dan
52. Tara, it was said , received ____ from nature
Correct : B. a raw deal
53. The creature with a horse’s head and a man’s body reciting the national anthem of India in Girish Karnad’s play is
Correct : B. Hayavadana
54. What does Padmini do when the both the men cut their heads off and die in the play ‘Hayavadana’?
Correct : D. In haste, she fits Devadatta’s head on the body of Kapila
55. What does Kapila see in the doorway?
Correct : C. A bird with two heads
56. Kapila belongs to a
Correct : C. A blacksmith family
57. Devdatta’s special ability is
Correct : C. Writing poetry
58. The Bhagavata, in Hinduism is
Correct : C. A devotee or worshipper
59. The play “Hayavadana” was written by the Indian playwright
Correct : A. GirishKarnad
60. The plot of “Hayavadana” comes from
Correct : A. Kathasaritsagara
61. Which work of Thomas Mann was the author of this play influenced by?
Correct : C. The Transposed Heads
62. In which city is the first part of the play is set in?
Correct : A. Dharmapura
63. Which ancient story is used in consultation to determine the true identity of a person?
Correct : C. King Vetala
64. According to the ancient tale, what seemed to determine the true identity of a person?
Correct : A. The head of the person
65. In Hayavadana, Girish Karnard employs the conventions and ornamentation of folk saga and folk theatre which involve
Correct : B. mask, curtain, dolls
66. Kapila explains to Padmini that the flower gets its name because “it has all the marks of marriage a woman puts on”. The name of the flower is
Correct : B. Fortunate Lady’s Flower
67. The play Hayavadana opens with a puja to
Correct : B. Ganesha
68. The story of Devadatta, Kapila and Padmini dramatizes the conflict between
Correct : C. the mind and the body
69. Bhagavatta regards Ganesha as the embodiment of
Correct : A. incompleteness
70. The creature with a horse head and human body in Girish Karnard’s play is
Correct : C. Hayavadana
71. The city of Dharmapura was ruled by King
Correct : B. Dharmasheela
72. Devadatta is the only son of the Revered Brahmin
Correct : C. Vidyasagara
73. “Hayavadana, what’s written on our foreheads cannot be altered.” Who said this line
in Hayavadana?
Correct : A. Bhagavata
74. Padmini lives in the street called
Correct : D. PavanaVeethi
75. Devadatta vows to sacrifice his two arms to the goddess Kali and his head to
Correct : B. Lord Rudra
76. The better half of two bodies that neither win nor loose is
Correct : C. Padmini
77. Karnad reveals the religious sentiments prevalent in our society psychology and
culture by showing the presence of
Correct : B. Goddess Kali
78. The play Hayavadana is written by
Correct : A. Girish Karnad
79. The elephant headed Herambha stands for
Correct : C. Lord Ganesh
80. Who killed each other in the play Hayavadana?
Correct : A. Devadatta and Kapila
81. The two youths living in the city of Dharmaputra are
Correct : B. Devadatta and Kapila
82. Devadatta in Hayavadana is
Correct : D. A poet
83. Devadatta is the son of
Correct : A. Vidyasagar
84. The Bhagavata in Hayavadana calls Ganesha the Lord and Master of ______
Correct : C. Success and Perfection
85. Devadatta and Kapila lived in the city of _____
Correct : A. Dharmapura
86. Devadatta vowed to give his head to _______ if Padmini marries him.
Correct : B. Rudra
87. The Bahagavata describes Devadatta and Kapila as two friends having ______
Correct : D. one mind, one heart
88. No one went to the Temple of Kali at Mount Chitrakoot anymore because___
Correct : A. She used to give anything anyone asked for
89. Hayavadana gains a horse’s voice after he obeyed the boy’s request to _____
Correct : B. Laugh
90. There is an engraving of a ______ bird on Padmini’s door.
Correct : C. Two-headed
91. Identify the character who is not part of the group of three protagonists in Girish
Karnad’s Hayavadana :