Olympiad Test Level 1: Entertainment- 1 - Class 6 MCQ

• Hindustani classical music is an Indian classical music tradition which originated in North India around the 13th and 14th centuries. Rudra and Vichitra are types of veenas used in Hindustani music. 
• The Rudra veena, one of the oldest styles of the veena, is ba­si­cally a bamboo stick with two gourds at­ta­ched. It has frets which are set into wax. 
• The Vichitra vina is a stringed instrument like the Rudra veena except it has no frets.

• Satyajit Ray, an Indian filmmaker and among the dozen or so great masters of world cinema, is known for his humanistic approach to cinema. 
• He made his films in Bengali, a language spoken in the eastern state of India - West Bengal. And yet, his films are of universal interest. They are about things that make up the human race - relationships, emotions, struggle, conflicts, joys, and sorrows. 
• In 1992, Satyajit Ray received the honorary Academy Award- For lifetime Achievement.

• The biopic, titled “Neerja,” tells the story of Neerja Bhanot, a 23-year-old senior flight purser on Pan Am Flight 73 when four armed men hijacked the plane at Karachi airport on Sept. 5, 1986. 
• She helped passengers, including small children and the elderly, escape through the emergency exit, before she was shot dead by one of the gunmen.
• Shekhar Ravjiani, an Indian music composer and singer made his acting debut in Neerja alongside Sonam Kapoor.

The Revenant won the Best Film award at the BAFTA Awards ceremony on 14th February, 2016 in London and Golden Globe Awards held in Los Angeles on 11th January, 2016

Dada Saheb Phalke’s silent feature film “Raja Harishchandra” was produced and directed by Dhundiraj Govind Phalke which released on May 3, 1913. The film was based on the story of King Harishchandra from Hindu mythology, which is the first golden jubilee film of India.

The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) was set up by the Government of India in 1960, on the premises of the erstwhile Prabhat Studios in Pune. The FTII Campus currently stands on the grounds of the erstwhile Prabhat Studio.

On 15 September 1959, the Government of India launched Doordarshan, or DD in short, India's public service broadcaster in Delhi. Starting as an experiment with a small 5 KW transmitter and an improvised studio, DD became a national broadcaster in 1982.

• Michelin Star Chef Vikas Khanna is an internationally acclaimed Indian chef, award-winning author, poet, and filmmaker. 
• He has established himself as a top authority on Indian Cuisine, hosting successful cooking shows, and has written more than 25 cookbooks.

The word ‘tele’ means far.

Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke, was an Indian producer-director-screenwriter, known as the Father of Indian cinema. His debut film, Raja Harishchandra, was the first Indian movie in 1913 and is now known as India's first full-length feature film. His first name is Dhundiraj Govind.