Question

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

Puppetry is an ancient form of theatre and entertainment practised mostly in rural India . it is , in

fact, a combination of several art forms like sculpture, painting, designing , acting, writing and music.

It is an art which enchants children as well as adults.

A large variety of raw materials are used to create puppets. The famous puppets of Rajasthan are

made out of wood and are known as kathputli. Leather, papier-mache, and stuffed cloth are also

frequently used to make puppets.

Puppets may be classified according to the material they are made from or the methods of

manipulating them, that is, the means used by the puppeteer to make the puppets move, for

example, hand puppets, string puppets, rod puppets and shadow theatre. In India, puppets are

regarded as divine and held in reverence by the puppeteer. After they become old and worn out,

they are not discarded but kept at home like ageing relatives. The stories enacted by the puppets are

influenced by the epics-Ramayana and Mahabharata, the Panchatantra stories and glorious tales of

past warriors and heroes.

The islands of Bali and Sumatra in Indonesia also have a rich tradition of puppetry .Japan is famous

for its puppet theatre called ‘bunraku’, in which majestic dolls almost 150cm tall are animated and

skilfully manipulated by several puppeteers.

a. Explain the ways in which puppets are classified.

b. How many kinds of puppets are there according to the method of manipulating them?

c. What is the source of the stories told in India through puppetry?

d. How is the art of puppetry as practised in Japan different from the one practised in India?

e. Find words from the passage which mean the following:

i.getting old

ii.to throw away​

Answer 1

Answer:

explain the ways in which puppets are classified

Answer 2

a. Puppets are classified as being made of leather, papier-mache, or stuffed cloth.

b. Hand puppets, string puppets, rod puppets, and shadow theatre are the different types of puppets based on how they are manipulated.

c. The epics—Ramayana and Mahabharata—as well as Panchatantra stories and glorious tales of past warriors and heroes—have influenced the stories told in India through puppetry.

d. Japan has a long history of puppetry. It has a puppet theatre where several puppeteers animated and skillfully manipulated majestic dolls nearly 150cm tall. Puppets, on the other hand, are considered divine in India and are revered by the puppeteer.

e.

i.  ageing

ii.  discarded

• Puppetry is an ancient symbol of cinema and amusement that is mostly practiced in rural India. It is a synthesis of various forms of art such as statue, drawing, architecture, drafting, and acting.
• Puppets are made from a wide variety of raw resources. It  can be categorized depending on the material they are formed of or the techniques used to modify them.
• Puppets are regarded divine in India, and the puppeteer worships them. They are not thrown away when they are old and worn out, but instead are kept at home as overaged relatives.