Pather Panchali Quizzes

Pather Panchali Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Soumitra Chatterjee

Sunil Gangopadhyay

Aparna Sen

Satyajit Ray
2 When was the film released?
1952

1959

1955

1947
3 Where was the film made?
Pakistan

Sri Lanka

Thailand

India
4 What is the story based on?
A poem

The filmmaker's life

A play

A novel
5 Who produced the film?
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

John Huston

Satyajit Ray

The Government of West Bengal
6 Who wrote the novel on which the story is based?
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

R. K. Narayan

Rabindranath Tagore

Satyajit Ray
7 Who wrote the screenplay?
Karunanidhi

Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

John Huston

Satyajit Ray
8 How long did it take to shoot the film?
Five years

Seven months

One year

Three years
9 Who wrote the music?
Satyajit Ray

Ravi Shankar

Zakir Hussain

Dulal Dutta
10 Who did the cinematography?
Dulai Dutta

Satyajit Ray

Bansi Chandragupta

Subrata Mitra
11 What Italian neorealist film was especially inspiring to Ray?
8 1/2

Bicycle Thieves

Nights of Cabiria

La Dolce Vita
12 Which American filmmaker checked on Ray's progress?
Billy Wilder

John Ford

Orson Welles

John Huston
13 Which institution tasked him with doing so?
MGM

The United States government

The Guggenheim

The MoMA
14 What award did the film win at Cannes?
Prix de la mise en scene

Palme d'Or

Best Human Document

Prix du scenario
15 Who plays young Durga?
Chunibala Devi

Karuna Banerjee

Uma Dasgupta

Runki Banerjee
16 What is the translation of the title?
The Railroad Tracks

The Desolate Family

The Girl with an Imagination

The Song of the Road
17 What is Ravi Shankar's instrument?
Sarangi

Flute

Guitar

Sitar
18 What does Durga like to steal?
Rice

Clothes

Fruit

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

Turtles

Frogs

Kittens
20 Who plays Sarbajaya?
Chunibala Devi

Uma Dasgupta

Karuna Banerjee

Haren Banerjee
21 What is Sarbajaya's condition at the beginning of the film?
She is in her prime

She is ill with a mysterious ailment

She is particularly weak, because she recently gave birth

She is pregnant
22 Who does Durga like to give fruit to?
Apu

Sarbajaya

Her dog

Indir
23 Who plays Indir?
Chunibala Devi

Runki Banerjee

Karuna Banerjee

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

8 years

4 years

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

She apologizes

She gets angry and goes to take a nap

She threatens Sarbajaya