Pather Panchali Quizzes

Pather Panchali Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Soumitra Chatterjee

Aparna Sen

Satyajit Ray

Sunil Gangopadhyay
2 When was the film released?
1952

1959

1955

1947
3 Where was the film made?
India

Thailand

Sri Lanka

Pakistan
4 What is the story based on?
The filmmaker's life

A novel

A play

A poem
5 Who produced the film?
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

Satyajit Ray

The Government of West Bengal

John Huston
6 Who wrote the novel on which the story is based?
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

Satyajit Ray

R. K. Narayan

Rabindranath Tagore
7 Who wrote the screenplay?
Karunanidhi

Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

Satyajit Ray

John Huston
8 How long did it take to shoot the film?
Seven months

Three years

Five years

One year
9 Who wrote the music?
Zakir Hussain

Satyajit Ray

Ravi Shankar

Dulal Dutta
10 Who did the cinematography?
Dulai Dutta

Subrata Mitra

Bansi Chandragupta

Satyajit Ray
11 What Italian neorealist film was especially inspiring to Ray?
La Dolce Vita

Nights of Cabiria

Bicycle Thieves

8 1/2
12 Which American filmmaker checked on Ray's progress?
John Huston

Orson Welles

John Ford

Billy Wilder
13 Which institution tasked him with doing so?
The Guggenheim

The MoMA

MGM

The United States government
14 What award did the film win at Cannes?
Palme d'Or

Prix du scenario

Prix de la mise en scene

Best Human Document
15 Who plays young Durga?
Uma Dasgupta

Karuna Banerjee

Runki Banerjee

Chunibala Devi
16 What is the translation of the title?
The Girl with an Imagination

The Song of the Road

The Desolate Family

The Railroad Tracks
17 What is Ravi Shankar's instrument?
Sarangi

Flute

Guitar

Sitar
18 What does Durga like to steal?
Coins

Clothes

Fruit

Rice
19 What animal does young Durga pull out of a basket at her home?
Frogs

Puppies

Turtles

Kittens
20 Who plays Sarbajaya?
Karuna Banerjee

Chunibala Devi

Haren Banerjee

Uma Dasgupta
21 What is Sarbajaya's condition at the beginning of the film?
She is pregnant

She is ill with a mysterious ailment

She is particularly weak, because she recently gave birth

She is in her prime
22 Who does Durga like to give fruit to?
Indir

Apu

Her dog

Sarbajaya
23 Who plays Indir?
Chunibala Devi

Karuna Banerjee

Runki Banerjee

Uma Dasgupta
24 How long have they been housing Indir at the beginning of the film?
4 years

6 months

A year

8 years
25 What is Indir's response to Sarbajaya's scolding?
She apologizes

She threatens Sarbajaya

She gets angry and goes to take a nap

She leaves