LTI Reading Comprehension Quiz – 1

Answer - Inclusive benefits in the final amount

Here "Inclusive benefits in the final amount" states that the benefits were inclusive in the price of the movie but the passage says that extra benefits were never included in the price which gave the audience a relief from heavy price subjection.

Answer - Unstoppable national Indian film favoritism

As the passage suggests, the Indian Committee favored the Indian Films and it had become a national movement then.

Refer - “Interestingly, in the late 1920s the British government tried to promote UK film in India in an attempt to overtake the growing American cinema, and created the Indian Cinematograph Enquiry Committee. This programme failed with this aim however, with the committee favouring Indian produced films; it seemed that nothing could stop the growth of this national movement. “

Answer - All of these

As the passage suggests, all of the elements have acted as an influence for the growth of Indian Films in the twentieth century.

A - This era saw directors such as Satyajit Ray, Guru Dutt, Raj Kapoor and Vijay Bhatt create a wide range of classic films, further establishing and redefining Indian film

B - With technology advancements, sound and dialogue became more and more implemented in Indian films throughout the 1930s, leading to a surge of song and dance in films, such as in Indrasabha and Devi Devyani. This element would take a stronghold in Hindi cinema.

C - Proud in becoming an autonomous country, national cinema experienced a Golden Era from the 1940s to the 1960s.

D - With technology advancements, sound and dialogue became more and more implemented in Indian films throughout the 1930s, leading to a surge of song and dance in films, such as in Indrasabha and Devi Devyani. This element would take a stronghold in Hindi cinema,

Answer - Bridging the economic gap in India

Except “Bridging the economic gap in India”, all of the three statements are a direct result or achievement of the Indian film industry as mentioned in the passage.

Answer - The widespread acceptance of the Indian film industry and Indian produced films

Here the passage doesn’t talk specifically about the steps taken to bring advancement in the Indian film industry but the overall movement. So we use ‘the widespread acceptance’ as the resemblance of the movement that is being talked about.

Refer - “the British government tried to promote UK film in India in an attempt to overtake the growing American cinema, and created the Indian Cinematograph Enquiry Committee. This programme failed with this aim however, with the committee favouring Indian produced films; it seemed that nothing could stop the growth of this national movement.”

Answer: The governments of US and India is proving to be aidful for people in the times of pandemic

According to the passage, the governments of the two countries are using death and violence as a tool against the people and are not proving to be helpful at all.

Refer - "Over the past several years, politics in India and the United States have taken dark turns as both countries turn their backs on the values of pluralism and embrace ethno- and religious nationalisms. Violence and death are heavily used tools by governments in both countries."

Answer - Mahabharata is the mirror to our present day social structure in which we live as a dynamic group of people

In the passage given above, we can clearly relate how the history in Mahabharata is still our present and will be our future. It is the mirror that shows the reality of our social living dynamics and ill favoured cultures.

Refer - "Indeed, the Mahabharata’s promise to explore (among other things) immorality, politics, sexism and identity problems as general features of human life rings true in our times."

Answer - Exodus

Diaspora means exile, scatter or exodus

Oblivious means not aware of or concerned about what is happening around one.
Nonplussed means so surprised and confused that one is unsure how to react.
Ironically means used in reference to a paradoxical, unexpected, or coincidental situation.

Answer - C and A

In both the statements, we can see how the governments have become pro ethno-nationalism and anti pluralism according to the passage.

B is not counted because the government has shown no efforts to curb sexism, hence it is eliminated from the options.

Refer - “Over the past several years, politics in India and the United States have taken dark turns as both countries turn their backs on the values of pluralism and embrace ethno- and religious nationalisms. Violence and death are heavily used tools by governments in both countries.

Sexism has never gone away. It is a critical part of the current surge of Right-wing ideologies and their embrace of male privilege.”

Answer - As Mahabharatha was an epic that underlined the male privilege and casteism, COVID too has splurged the immoral ethics of sexism and took a toll on women privilege in the society as a whole

As stated in the passage, both COVID and Mahabharatha have seen the rise of sexism and male privilege in the country no matter if it is ancient India or the contemporary world.