ICSE SEMESTER 1 EXAMINATION

SPECIMEN QUESTION PAPER

DRAMA
Maximum Marks: 50
Time allowed: One hour (inclusive of reading time)
ALL QUESTIONS ARE COMPULSORY.
The marks intended for questions are given in brackets [ ].

Select the correct option for each of the following questions.

Question 1
In use of space, people and conflict in drama, people refers to the: [1]
1. Audience
2. Characters
3. Public
4. Actors

Question 2
[1]
Theatrical space is:
1. Stage
2. Central Staging
3. Proscenium Arch Stage
4. Any space where performances can be held

Question 3
[1]
Conflict in drama means
a) Opposing views on a particular topic
b) Difference of opinion
c) Tension between characters
d) All of the above

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Question 4
The farthest area from the audience on proscenium arch stage is called: [1]
1. Down Stage
2. Up Stage
3. Centre Stage
4. Up Centre Stage

Question 5
[1]
For the background scenery, generally, which stage area is used?
1. Down stage
2. Centre stage
3. Up stage
4. Only Up centre

Question 6
[1]
The backstage area is:
1. The Upstage area
2. Back wall area
3. Off stage area which is invisible to the audience
4. All of the above

Question 7
[1]
Soliloquies are generally performed in the:
1. Centre stage and Up Centre
2. Centre stage and Down centre
3. Entire Down stage
4. Only Down centre

Question 8
The wings on the proscenium arch stage are used for: [1]
1. Entries and exits of actors
2. To keep the props basket
3. Quick Costume change
4. All of the above

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Question 9 [1]
The apron area of the proscenium arch stage is:
1. An extension of the stage area towards the audience
2. The area above the stage
3. The corridor behind the back curtain
4. None of the above

Question 10
The proscenium arch allows only the frontal view of the audience. [1]

1. True
2. False

Question 11
In central staging, the audience is on: [1]

1. Three sides
2. Four sides
3. Two sides
4. Only in front side

Question 12
Thrust stage has 3 sides open for the audience to watch the performance. [1]
1. True
2. False

Question 13
The front curtain in the proscenium arch stage is called: [1]
1. Fire curtain
2. Back curtain
3. Grand curtain
4. Act curtain

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Question 14
Cyclorama is used for: [1]
1. Creating special effects on stage
2. Creating sky effects on the white screen
3. Creating background scenery
4. Creating plain wall at the back

Question 15
In a Promenade staging performance: [1]

1. Actor and audience are two separate entities

2. Actor starts the performance by getting up from the audience
3. As actor moves, audience also moves with the actor
4. Answer 2 and 3

Question 16
The fourth wall concept refers to the [1]

1. Thrust stage
2. Central staging
3. Proscenium arch stage
4. Promenade stage

Question 17
Globe Theatre is a__________ staging format. [1]

1. Thrust
2. Central
3. Proscenium
4. None of the above

Question 18
The Green Room refers to the: [1]

1. Props room
2. Changing and resting room for actors
3. Sound room
4. Lighting room

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Question 19
There are ___________ body positions used by actors with respect to the co-actor
and the audience. [1]
1. 4
2. 3
3. 2
4. 5

Question 20
Full front body position is used on the proscenium arch stage for: [1]

1. Soliloquies
2. Narrations
3. Interactions with the audience
4. All of the above

Question 21
For a conflict situation which of the following body position is often used? [1]

1. Full front
2. One fourth right and left
3. Profile right and left
4. One forth right and full front

Question 22
Blocking on stage is: [1]

1. Obstructing one physically

2. The traffic of movements of actors
3. Moving without motivation
4. Usage of props

Question 23
The body language of a character depends upon: [1]

1. His/her Behaviour
2. His/her costumes
3. Age, Occupation, Social status, Financial status
4. The way character speaks

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Question 24
The Internal Characterisation depends upon the: [1]
1. Introvert and Extrovert quotient of the character
2. Emotional Quotient in the character
3. The way the character thinks and his/her mental make-up
4. All of the above

Question 25
[1]
Identify the image shown below.

1. Arena stage
2. Central stage
3. Black box theatre
4. Proscenium stage

Question 26
Study the following image of the proscenium arch stage and answer the questions [3]
that follow based on the same.

7 8 9

4 5 6

1 2 3

(a) Which part of the stage would get maximum focus of the audience if the action
takes place there?
1. 1,2,3 and 5
2. 7,8,9 and 4
3. 1,4,7 and 8
4. None of the above

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(b) In a park scene where would you keep the bench?
1. 5, 6
2. 7, 8
3. 4, 5
4. All of the above

(c) Sword fighting scene can happen in the area

1. 1, 2, 3
2. 4, 5, 6
3. 7, 8, 9
4. In any part of the stage

Question 27
To become an outstanding stage-director one needs to possess: [1]

1. Leadership qualities
2. Knowledge about Drama and Literature
3. Managerial qualities and technical knowledge of drama
4. All of the above qualities

Question 28
The actual work of a Director is to: [1]

1. Convert the text into a Visual

2. Blocking the scene
3. Using Set and costume in the composition
4. All of the above

Question 29
The style of a play depends upon: [1]

1. The way the play is written either in a Realistic day-to-day language or the
non-realistic language which is poetry and prose
2. Set designing
3. Costume designing
4. Acting

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Question 30
The basic elements of theatre are: [1]
1. Dialogue, Visual and Blocking
2. Make-up, Costume and Setting
3. Movements, Props and Actors
4. Actor, Space and Audience

Question 31
The basic elements of drama are:
[1]
1. Speech, Character and Situations
2. Exposition, Climax and Crisis
3. Dialogue. Conflict and Spectacle
4. Story, Characters and Situations

Question 32
Voice modulation means changing the: [1]

1. Pitch. Volume and Timbre of Voice

2. Tone, Attitude and Volume
3. Speed, Rhythm and Tempo
4. All of the above

Question 33
Variations in the speech can be achieved by: [1]

1. Appropriate Phrasing, Pausing and Stressing

2. Changing the speed of dialogue delivery
3. Understanding the meaning of the speech
4. Working on the diction and clarity

Question 34
Volume and Projection of voice are one and the same thing. [1]

1. True
2. False

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Question 35
In the Mark Antony Speech, the line ‘and Brutes is an honourable man’ the stress [1]
should be given on______________ in order to come out with the meaning of the
sentence.
1. And, Brutes
2. Is, honourable
3. Brutes, man
4. Honourable man

Question 36
The appropriate adjectives for the character flower girl from Pygmalion are: [1]
1. Uneducated, innocent, outspoken
2. Sharp, Raw, Mannerless
3. Having Self-respect, Dirty, Poor
4. All of the above

Question 37
In the play ‘Pygmalion’ who does the Pygmalion refer to: [1]

1. Mr. Higgins
2. Freddy
3. The flower girl
4. The sculptor from Greek mythology

Question 38
The play ‘Pygmalion’ is written by: [1]

1. George Bernard Shaw

2. Anton Chekov
3. Shakespeare
4. Henrik Ibsen

Question 39
Improvisation in Drama means: [1]
1. Improvement in the speech
2. Addition of dialogues
3. Spontaneous rectification of the situation if someone forgets the line
4. None of the above

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Question 40
[1]
In a drama performance, audience’s reactions are part of the performance.
1. True
2. False

Question 41
In the production process, rehearsals mean: [1]
1. Only line rehearsals
2. Rehearsals with Blocking
3. Run throughs
4. All of the above

Question 42
Composition on stage means: [1]
1. An aesthetic visual created on stage at a particular point
2. Blocking with props and costumes
3. Any visual which is created on stage
4. Series of visuals

Question 43
Grand rehearsal is like a show without actual audience. [1]
1. True
2. False

Question 44
[1]
Technical rehearsal means:
1. Rehearsal with blocking
2. Rehearsals with techniques of acting
3. Rehearsals with Sound, Lights and Set changes cues
4. Grand rehearsal

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Question 45
Improvisations based on the actual scenes in the play are very much part of the [1]
production process.
1. True
2. False

Question 46
The building up of dramatic events towards climax in the play is called: [1]
1. Development of scenes
2. Rising action
3. Climax building
4. Falling action

Question 47
The turning point in the climax leads to: [1]

1. The Crisis
2. Further development in the play.
3. The end
4. None of the above

Question 48
Comedy is a play which has [1]

1. Comic characters
2. Funny situations
3. Jokes
4. Happy ending

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