Pather Panchali Quizzes

Pather Panchali Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Aparna Sen

Sunil Gangopadhyay

Satyajit Ray

Soumitra Chatterjee
2 When was the film released?
1947

1955

1952

1959
3 Where was the film made?
Thailand

Pakistan

India

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

A novel

A poem

A play
5 Who produced the film?
The Government of West Bengal

Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

Satyajit Ray

John Huston
6 Who wrote the novel on which the story is based?
Satyajit Ray

Rabindranath Tagore

Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

R. K. Narayan
7 Who wrote the screenplay?
Satyajit Ray

John Huston

Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

Karunanidhi
8 How long did it take to shoot the film?
One year

Three years

Five years

Seven months
9 Who wrote the music?
Dulal Dutta

Zakir Hussain

Ravi Shankar

Satyajit Ray
10 Who did the cinematography?
Subrata Mitra

Bansi Chandragupta

Dulai Dutta

Satyajit Ray
11 What Italian neorealist film was especially inspiring to Ray?
Nights of Cabiria

Bicycle Thieves

8 1/2

La Dolce Vita
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

MGM

The United States government

The MoMA
14 What award did the film win at Cannes?
Best Human Document

Prix du scenario

Prix de la mise en scene

Palme d'Or
15 Who plays young Durga?
Karuna Banerjee

Chunibala Devi

Runki Banerjee

Uma Dasgupta
16 What is the translation of the title?
The Song of the Road

The Railroad Tracks

The Girl with an Imagination

The Desolate Family
17 What is Ravi Shankar's instrument?
Guitar

Sitar

Flute

Sarangi
18 What does Durga like to steal?
Fruit

Rice

Clothes

Coins
19 What animal does young Durga pull out of a basket at her home?
Puppies

Turtles

Kittens

Frogs
20 Who plays Sarbajaya?
Karuna Banerjee

Haren Banerjee

Uma Dasgupta

Chunibala Devi
21 What is Sarbajaya's condition at the beginning of the film?
She is particularly weak, because she recently gave birth

She is ill with a mysterious ailment

She is pregnant

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

Indir

Sarbajaya

Her dog
23 Who plays Indir?
Chunibala Devi

Uma Dasgupta

Runki Banerjee

Karuna Banerjee
24 How long have they been housing Indir at the beginning of the film?
8 years

4 years

A year

6 months
25 What is Indir's response to Sarbajaya's scolding?
She leaves

She threatens Sarbajaya

She gets angry and goes to take a nap

She apologizes