JMI Entrance Examination PG Diploma Acting Question Paper : AJK Mass Communication Research Centre

Name of the University : Jamia Millia Islamia & AJK Mass Communication Research Centre
Name of the Exam : Entrance Examination
Degree : Post Graduate Diploma in Acting
Document Type : Sample Question Paper
Name of the Subject : Diploma in Acting
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JMI PG Diploma Acting Question Paper

Sample paper for entrance examination 2016
Time: Three Hours
Total Marks: 200

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General Instructions

** All Questions Are Compulsory.
** The Question Paper comprises of Part- I (Objective/OMR) and Part- II (Descriptive/Subjective). Part -II comprises of Sections, A, B, and C.

Sample Question

** All Questions Are Compulsory 1×20= 20
** All the 20 multiple choice questions each carrying 1 mark.

Section – A

1) Which of these places in India is an island?
a) Karaikal
b) Diu
c) Dadra
d) Nagar Haveli

2) Which one of the following mountain peaks of the Himalayas is NOT in India?
a) Annapurna
b) Nanda Devi
c) Mt. Kamet
d) Kanchenjunga

3) Who built the forerunner of the Grand Trunk Road in the 16th century?
a) Ibrahim Lodi
b) Sher Shah Suri
c) Akbar
d) Rana Sangna

4) Where are the headquarters of the Election Commission of India?
a) New Delhi
b) Kolkata
c) Chennai
d) Hyderabad

5) The play Andhayug is based on?
a) Ramayana
b) Bhagwat Geeta
c) Shivpuran
d) Mahabharata

6) Which Rajput hero became the king of Mewar in 1572?
a) Rana Sanga
b) Maharana Pratap
c) Bappa Rawal
d) Veer Hamir

7) Who is the writer of the play ‘Adhernagri Chaupat Raja’?
a) Harishankar parsain
b) Munshi Premchand
c) Girish Karnad
d) Bhartendu Harishchandra

8) Nautanki is a folk form of which state?
a) Punjab
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Utrakhand
d) Utranchal

9) Term blocking is used for what?
a) Acting
b) Painting
c) Singing
d) Bowling

10) What is the use of spot light?
a) To make general area
b) Used as fill light
c) To highlight a particular area
d) Used to light the stage

11) Which Mughal Emperor built the Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri?
a) Humayun
b) Akbar
c) Babur
d) Shahjahan

12) Which of these films starred both Salman Khan and Aamir Khan in lead roles?
a) Mela
b) Karan Arjun
c) Andaz Apna Apna
d) Hello Brother

13) Who has written Tughlaq?
a) Girish karnad
b) B.V. Karanth
c) Ram Gopal Bajaj
d) Dharamveer Bharti

14) For which of the following disciplines is Nobel Prize awarded?
a) Physiology or Medicine
b) Physics and chemistry
c) Literature, Peace and Economics
d) All of the above

15) Stage is most important for which of the activity mentioned bellow?
a) Performance
b) Sports
c) Lecture
d) Drawing

16) Romeo and Juliet are the names of
a) Actors
b) Directors
c) Singers
d) Characters

17) Which author’sbiography is titled ‘Kalam Ka Sipahi’?
a) Amrit Nagar
b) Acharya Shukla
c) Munshi Premchand
d) Bhishm Sahani

18) On which festive day did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place?
a) Basant Panchami
b) Baisakhi
c) Holi
d) Bhai Dooj

19) How many stumps are used on the pitch in a game of cricket?
a) Four
b) Eight
c) Six
d) Three

20) Which sport is Pete Sampras associated with professionally?
a) Golf
b) Tennis
c) Hockey
d) Boxing

Section – B

Note: All questions are compulsory
Q.1. Answer the following questions in one line : (2 marks) 2×10= 20
a. Name the publisher of Rang Prasang.
b. Name any one modern Hindi playwright.
c. Who is the founder of Prithvi Theatre?
d. Name the director of Hindi movie Mother India.
e. What is Sargam?
f. What is PC and Par?
g. In which year did the PG Diploma in Acting course of AJK MCRC, JMI started?
h. What is the use of green room?
i. Name the play on which the Hindi movie Utsav was based.
j. Name the Hindi movie directed by Vishal Bharadwaj, based on Shakespeare’s play.

Section – C

Answer the following questions in about 200 words. : (15 marks) 4×15= 60
Q.2. what is street theatre? In the twenty first century does street theatre still serve its purpose?
Q.3. How would you differentiate between a good actor and a bad actor? Do you think training can make difference, Give your opinion?
Q.4. For an actor what is more important, Body or Mind?
Q. 5 . ‘Theatre is actors medium and Movies are directors medium’, Give your opinion.

Section – D

Answer the following questions in about 300 words : (20 marks) 2×20= 40
Q.6. In the Lok Sabha elections of 2014 the percentage of voting increased significantly. What could be the reason behind this increase; do you think this will help the coming generations?
Q.7. Discuss life and work of any one film Actor/Personality from the following.
I. Kangna Ranaut
II. Irfan Khan
III. Vidya Balan

Section – E

Q.8. Write a scene in about 800 words using the following ideas or sketches. Give voice to your character by writing dialogues for them. (30 marks) 2×30 = 60

Idea for scene :
Lakhan on his return from his vacation learns of his wife’s murder. On further investigation he finds out his wife had been murdered by her own family – a case of honor killing and he is next on target.