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Ph.D. Entrance Examination, May 2016 DANCE *PHD12* SUBJECT CODE NUMBER BOOKLET SERIAL NUMBER 12 Ph.D. Entrance Examination, May 2016 DANCE Time: 120 Minutes Max. Marks: 100 Register Number of the Candidate : Signature of the Candidate : Subject : Name of the Department : Name and Signature of the : Room Supervisor/Invigilator INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1. This paper consists of the 100 Multiple Choice Questions. 2. Each question carries ONE mark. 3. Enter your Register Number and other details on the First Page of the Question Paper Booklet. 4. Write the Subject Code Number and shade the corresponding circle in the OMR Sheet. 5. Write the Register Number and shade the corresponding circles in the OMR Sheet. 6. Write the question paper Booklet Serial Number in the OMR Sheet at the appropriate Place. 7. Answer ALL questions in the supplied OMR Response Sheet only. 8. For each question, four answers (a, b, c, d) are given, shade only one answer (a or b or c or d) in the OMR response sheet against each question in Black Ball Point Pen. 9. Shading more than one option will not be considered. 10. There is no Negative Marking. 11. Use of Mobile Phones, Calculators, Mathematical Tables and other Electronic Gadgets are Strictly Prohibited in the Examination Hall. 12. After completion of Answering, return the OMR response sheet to the Room Supervisor/Invigilator before leaving the examination hall. He/she can take their question paper booklet and carbon copy of the OMR Sheet. 13. Do not spoil or fold or make stray marks on the OMR response sheet. P.T.O. PHD – 12 -2- *PHD12* DO NOT WRITE HERE *PHD12* -3- PHD – 12 1. The dance form mentioned in Malavika Agnimitram a) Chindu b) Chalita c) Rasaka d) Pindibandha 2. Bhavas are in the following chapter in Natyasastra a) 6 b) 7 c) 28 d) 9 3. Yoganga Trividhi is the contribution of a) Kamba B b) Vengubamba c) Akka Mahadevi d) None of the above 4. Sir William Jones translated the following text into English a) Krishna Karnamritam b) Krishna Leela Tarangini c) Bhagavatam d) Geeta Govindam 5. Work of Anandavardhana a) Dhvanyaloka b) Tarkasangraha c) Sahitya Darpana d) Bhaja Govinda 6. Miniature painting belongs to a) Deccan b) Uttar Pradesh c) Rajasthan d) West Bengal 7. Garbha dance is done by a) Men b) Boys and girls c) Women d) Young girls 8. Kaikottukali is performed in a) Kerala b) Karnataka c) Maharashtra d) Odissa 9. Goudiya dance form belongs to a) Bihar b) Bangladesh c) West Bengal d) Bhopal PHD – 12 -4- *PHD12* 10. Rudrabhatta considered Vakrokti as a) Figures of speech b) Verb c) None of the above d) Rasa 11. Number of Rasas proposed by Bharata a) 9 b) 8 c) 12 d) 3 12. Work of Sarada Tanaya a) Bhavaniroopana b) Bhavanirdeshana c) Bhavaprakasa d) None of the above 13. The 64 arts were enlisted by a) Bharata b) Vatsyayana c) Sarada Tanaya d) Nataraja 14. Aouchitya means a) Imbalance b) Delicacy c) Disturbance d) Propriety 15. Kalakshetra was found in the year a) 1935 b) 1936 c) 1937 d) 1938 16. Jatti Tayamma belongs to a) Pandanalluru School of Bharatanatyam b) Valavor School of Bharatanatyam c) Kalakshetra School of Bharatanatyam d) Mysore School of Bharatanatyam 17. The Halebeedu and Beluru temples were built during a) Vijaya Nagara Empire b) Chola Empire c) Pandya Empire d) None of the above 18. The work authored by I/ango Adigal is a) Manimekhalai b) Shilpa Shastra c) Shillappadikaram d) Tevaram *PHD12* -5- PHD – 12 19. Doddamanne is the work of a) Girish Karnad b) Shivram Karanth c) Naga Gowda d) None 20. Which chapter in Sangeeta Ratnakara deals with Dance ? a) Chapter 1 b) Chapter 4 c) Chapter 7 d) Chapter 3 21. The act of Tuning the strings of the lute behind the curtain is called . a) Asravana. b) Margasarita c) Parighattana.. d) Vaktrapani. 22. Commedia dell’ arte started in which of the following countries ? a) Italy b) France c) Germany d) Spain 23. What does Pusta. refers to in Aharyabhinaya of Natya Sastra ? a) Garlands for ornaments to be used from head to foot b) Painting the body c) Figures made with cloth or hides for representing hills, carts and like d) Devices to represent four footed animals, bipeds, snakes etc. 24. According to Rasa Sutra, which of these combinations gives rise to ‘Rasa’ ? a) Bhava, vibhava b) Vibhava, anubhava, bhava c) Vibhava, sattvika, anubhava d) Vibhava, anubhava, vyabhichari 25. Whose birthday is observed as International Dance Day ? a) Uday Shankar b) Martha Graham c) Jean Georges Noverre d) Bharata Muni PHD – 12 -6- *PHD12* 26. Which among the following theatrical forms incorporates traditional Irish music and dance into it ? a) Morris Dance b) Choreia c) River Dance d) Ballet 27. Chithalai Sathanar wrote a) Manimekhalai b) Silappadikaram c) Valayapathi d) Civaka Cintamani 28. Movement and Mimesis is authored by a) Kapila Vastsyayan b) Sunil Kothari c) Mahesh Dattani d) Mandakranth Bose 29. Which of the following is not a Ghana Ragam in Carnatic music ? a) Varali b) Mohana c) Gaula d) Sri 30. What is the Carnatic equivalent raga of the Hindustani raga Bhimpalasi ? a) Valaji b) Abheri c) Malaya Marutam d) Bhupali 31. Which of the following is considered as the Uttamabhinaya according to Natya Sastra ? a) Angikabhinaya b) Vacikabhinaya c) Sattvikabhinaya d) Combination of all the above three 32. “ Sakhi prana sakhuditu chesene” belongs to the genre of a) Padam b) Keerthana c) Javali d) Viruttam *PHD12* -7- PHD – 12 33. Which of the following variety of Chhau doesn’t include masks in the performance ? a) Purulia Chau b) Mayurbhanj Chau c) Sereikela Chau d) Mayurbhanj and Serikela Chau 34. In which year, Sattriya was recognized as the Classical Dance form of India ? a) 2000 b) 1972 c) 1947 d) 2002 35. Author of Adipurana a) Jinasena b) Ranna c) Ponna d) Pampa 36. Which of the following forms has been recognized as the Intangible heritage by UNESCO ? a) Kathakali b) Bharatnatyam c) Kutiyattam d) Manipuri 37. Which of the following gharanas of Kathak flourished in the court of Wajid Ali Shah ? a) Lucknow Gharana b) Raigarh Gharana c) Jaipur Gharana d) Banaras Gharana 38. Bihu folk dance belongs to which of the following States ? a) Orissa b) Manipur c) Rajasthan d) Assam 39. In Kathakali, Pacha Vesa is given to which of the following characters ? a) Duryodhana b) Arjuna c) Bakasura d) Draupadi 40. Which of the following folk dances is prevalent in Aruku valley of Andhra Pradesh ? a) Kummi b) Thimsa c) Lambadi d) Kolatam PHD – 12 -8- *PHD12* 41. Who among the following was/ were the pioneer/s of Modern Dance ? a) Isadora Duncan b) Mary Wigman c) Matha Graham d) All of the above 42. The Demi Plie of Ballet Dance is similar to this stance in Indian Dance. a) Muraimandi b) Aramandi c) Swastika Pada d) Sama Pada 43. Vesara style is often referred to a) Pallava style b) Chola c) Pandya d) Chalukya 44. The temple in Pattadakkal is of a) Chidambara b) Kapaleswara c) Virupaksha d) Chamundi 45. Udupi is also known as a) Rama Kshetra b) Parasurama Kshetra c) Krishna Kshetra d) Vishnu Kshetra 46. The avastah in which the nayika’s husband is out of station (pravaasa) is a) Proshitabhartruka b) Abhisarika c) Vipralabdha d) Kandita 47. Original name of Bhakta Ramadasu is a) Ramayya b) Tyagaraja c) Gopidasu d) Kancherla Gopanna 48. Which among the following is originally not a male oriented art form ? a) Gotipua b) Kuchipudi c) Mohiniattam d) Yakshagana *PHD12* -9- PHD – 12 49. Which among the following is a Romantic Ballet ? a) Sleeping Beauty b) Nutcracker c) Giselle d) The dying swan 50. The words of an opera are known as a) Arioso b) Libretto c) Tandeau d) Basso continuo 51. Who was called the Ravindra Tagore of Modern India ? a) Girish Karnad b) Shivarama Karanth c) Hegde d) Uday Shankar 52. Thangta is part of a) Ballet b) Manipuri c) Modern Dance d) Sattriya 53. Nijinsky belongs to a) France b) England c) Russia d) Indonesia 54. Marakata Manimaya chela ... written by a) Narayana Teertha b) Siddhendra c) Tulasi Das d) Uttukad 55. Mellattur Bhagavata Mela festival is performed during a) Narasimha Jayanti b) Shankara Jayanti c) Krishnashtami d) None of the above 56. Tyagaraja’s samadhi at Tiruvayyur was built by a) Jeevaratnamma b) Gowri Amma c) Bengaluru Nagaratnamma d) D.K. Pattammal PHD – 12 -10- *PHD12* 57. The famous literary work of Sri Krishna Devaraya a) Sahitya Darpana b) Rasaarnava Sudhakara c) Rasa Gangadhara d) Amuktamalyada 58. Shiva Rudrappa was born in the year a) 1926 b) 1927 c) 1928 d) 1929 59. Labour and machine was choreographed by a) Ram Gopal b) Uday Shankar c) Hussain d) Anna Pavlova 60. Group of instruments are called a) Pindi Bandha b) Kutapa c) Brinda Rachana d) None of the above 61. Veedhi is a a) Nataka b) Rasaka c) Rupaka d) Rechaka 62. Kshetrayya was born in a) Movva b) Manglore c) Machilipatnam d) Mandapaka 63. Devadasis in Orissa are called a) Natchunis b) Kalavantulu c) Maharis d) Nangiars 64. Nartana Nirnaya was written by a) Damodara b) Subhankara c) Dhananjaya d) Pandarika Vittala *PHD12* -11- PHD – 12 65. Allam Prabhu belonged to a) 12th century b) 13th century c) 14th century d) 15th century 66. Astad Deboo is a a) Odissi dancer b) Contemporary dancer c) Javanese dancer d) None of the above 67. Tanjore Quatret who was in the court of Swati Tirunal ? a) Vadivellu b) Sivanandam c) Chinnaya d) Ponnaya 68. Shama Shastri introduced a) Javalis b) Tillanas c) Swara Jatis d) Swara Pallavis 69.
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