UNIVERSITY•OF HYDERABAD
SAROJINI NAIDU SCHOOL OF ARTS AND COMMUNICATION
GACHIBOWLl, HYDERABAD -500 046
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, JUNE 2011

M.P.ADANCE BaD Ticket No. .
Date: 02-6-2011 Time: 10:00 am-12:oo noon Max.Marks:50
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I. Part should be answered in the Question Paper itselfand returned to the lnvigiator.
2. Part should be answered in the answer book provided to the candidate.
3. All questions in Part equal rnarI<s. There will be nelZlltive marking oCO,33 mark for each wrong answer in Part -A. PART-A
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1. Select tile correct An...er:
I. Gaudiya Nritya belongs to A)A.P B)M.P West Bengal Assam
2. Nrittaratnavali is authored by
Jayodeva B) Jayasenani
Bbarata Sarangadeva

3.
The Bharatanatyam Guru who was conferred Padmabhushan

for the year 2010 Ohananjayans C V Chandra...,khar Narasimhachari None

4.
Balasaraswati is an exponent of Bharatanatyam Kuchipudi Chindu Kathakali

5.
Kalamandalam of Kerala is founded by M.K.Menon Swati Tirunal Vallathole None

6.
Bbamakalapam is popular in the dance form of Kuchipudi Bharatanatyam Sattriya .0) None

7.
The number ofPada bbedas according to Natya Sastra A)5 B)6 C)9 12


1.

8. "S1Dldari" belongs to Grceva bhcdas Drishti bhcdas Pada bhcdas None
9. Pakhawaj is a Wind instrument String instrument Pen:ussion instrument None
10. The Hastas used for depicting Lord Oanesha Kapitthas Patakas Ardha Chandras none
11. Toorpu Bhagavatarn belongs to the state of Andhra Pradesh Kerala Orissa Karnataka
12.•Aramandi' is the basic stance of Bharatanatyam Mohiniattarn Kathak Odissi
13. The Trinity of Camatic music is Tyagaraja, Muttuswami Deekshitar and Syamasastri Ramadas.Tulasi Oas and Tukaram Kshetrayya, Annamayya and Jayadeva None
14. Laghu, Ohrutam and Anudhrutam are Padabhcdas Hastas Karanas Tala Angas
IS. One ofthe composers who wrote extensively on Lord Rama is Kshetrayya Tyagaraja Tukaram None
16. Teermanam is generally rendered Two times Three times Four times Five times
17. Late Bhimsen Joshi is a well-known Musician Theatre personality Painter Sculptor
18. Late Smt. M.S.Subbalakshmi is a well-known musician of Karnatic Hindustani Folk None
19. Gila Govinda kavyam consists of Alarippu Tarangams Ashtapadis Javalis
20. Perini is a dance form performed by Male Female Both None
21. Tamasha is a popular folk form of M.P U.P Maharashtra None


22. Mohiniottam belongs 10 the State Orissa West Bengal Kerala A.P
23. The folk dance form popularly performed in South India Kuravanji Ankianat Raslila Lavani
24. Dance is mostly seen as Literary Art Visual Art Perfonning Art Saraswati
25. In Indian Classical Dance, the meaning ofthe lyric is shown generally through Gestures Head Pada NODe



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II. Answer any TWQ from the first six questions which carry 8 marks each. Question number SEVEN is Compulsory and carries 9 marl<s.
I. Choose any dance form ofIndia and write a detailed note on it.
2.
Explain the difference bcrween folk and classical.

3.
Write a note on any guru who bad made significant contribution 10
Indian dance.


4.
Explain the importance ofmusic in Indian dance.

5.
Describe in detail a dance performance you have seen recently.

6.
Writt: briefly on anyone ofthe folk forms ofIndia.

7.
Write short notes on any following:


Lord Nataraja
Importance ofHand Gestures
BbagavatamNakshaganam
D)Vamam
NatyaSastra