How many marks does "What Is Wrong with Indian Films" carry in Bihar Board Class 10 English?

In the Bihar Board papers of 2021–2026, this chapter carried about 2 marks and about 4 questions a year; by marks it ranks 13 in English.

Which are the most important (VVI) questions of "What Is Wrong with Indian Films"?

The 4 questions above are from the board’s real papers, each with the years it was asked; the most-asked come first with their full model answers. All 4 written questions of this chapter, with answers, are in the AskMedha app.

Do the answers follow the board’s marking scheme?

BSEB does not publish a marking scheme. Each answer is written point by point on a structure derived from past papers and checked by a second, independent model; it is never called the board’s official scheme.

Bihar Board Class 10 · English · Matric exam 2027

Chapter 4: What Is Wrong with Indian Films

This chapter’s questions from Bihar Board (BSEB)’s real papers of 2021–2026 — the 4 asked most often, 3 with the full model answer, 1 with how the answer begins — and objective questions with the board’s key.

marks a year (about): 2
questions a year (about): 4
rank in English: #13

From 6 years of papers, 2021–2026 · full chapter-wise marks

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VVI questions — the ones the board asked most (4)

Q1Short answer2 marksAsked: 2022
Why are Indian films not shown abroad ?
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Model answer · why Indian films not shown abroad
1. 1.Indian films are not shown abroad because most of them are too long and are replete with too many songs and dances. These long films, with musical numbers sandwiched into the narrative, do not suit the taste of foreign viewers who are used to a simple, unidirectional narrative.1 mark
2. 2.Another reason is that foreign audiences do not easily understand the emotional style and cultural context of Indian films, since the habit and speech, dress and manners, background and foreground of Indian life are unfamiliar to them, and the language and idiom used are also uniquely Indian and not easily grasped abroad.1 mark
- Mention 'too long' and 'songs and dances' clearly in the first paragraph.
- Use the phrase 'emotional style and cultural context' in the second paragraph.
- Keep each reason in its own paragraph without repeating details.
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Q2Short answer2 marksAsked: 2022
Where should the truly Indian film look for its material ?
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Model answer · truly Indian film's material
1. 1.The truly Indian film should look for its material in the more basic aspects of Indian life, where habit and speech, dress and manners, background and foreground blend into a harmonious whole.1 mark
2. 2.The raw material of the cinema is life itself. A country that has inspired so much painting, music and poetry should move the film-maker too; he has only to keep his eyes and ears open.1 mark
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Q3Short answer2 marksAsked: 2025
Why does the author say that copying American films is wrong ?
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Model answer · copying American films, wrong
1. 1.According to the author, copying American films is wrong because the average American film is a bad model, as it depicts a way of life so utterly at variance with our own. Such copying harms Indian culture, traditions and values, since these do not align with Indian life.1 mark
2. 2.Such copying fails to reflect the real-life situations, social environment and identity of Indian society. The raw material of the cinema is life itself, and by borrowing from Hollywood instead of drawing from our own life, Indian films destroy our originality.1 mark
- Write that the average American film is a bad model because it shows a way of life at variance with our own.
- Mention that the raw material of the cinema is life itself to earn the originality and identity point.
- Use the exact phrase 'utterly at variance with our own' to cover the culture and values point.
Marks split from a structure derived from past papers (checked twice); not Bihar Board’s official scheme
Q4Short answer2 marksAsked: 2026
What does the cinema combine ?
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1. The cinema combines in various measures the functions of poetry, music, painting, drama, architecture and a host of other arts, major and minor. It also combines the cold logic of science.
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Objective questions with the board’s key (10)

1. Bihar Board 2026
Style and ........................ in Indian cinema should be simplified.
- (A) music
- (B) painting
- (C) content ✓
- (D) techniques
Answer: (C)
2. Bihar Board 2026
According to Satyajit Ray, what Indian .................... needs today is not gloss.
- (A) culture
- (B) clothes
- (C) cinema ✓
- (D) music
Answer: (C)
3. Bihar Board 2026
Satyajit Ray composed .................... for his own films.
- (A) script
- (B) story
- (C) music ✓
- (D) songs
Answer: (C)
4. Bihar Board 2026
Starting a ................. without adequate planning leads to the failure of a movie.
- (A) novel
- (B) school
- (C) story
- (D) production ✓
Answer: (D)
5. Bihar Board 2026
Film production in India, according to Satyajit Ray, is
- (A) qualitative
- (B) quantitative ✓
- (C) hardly recognizable
- (D) of low quality
Answer: (B)
6. Bihar Board 2025
Satyajit Ray says that in Indian films, .................... is equated with melodrama.
- (A) content
- (B) action ✓
- (C) music
- (D) direction
Answer: (B)
7. Bihar Board 2025
Satyajit Ray is very critical of the .................... of Indian films.
- (A) export
- (B) quality ✓
- (C) shooting
- (D) status
Answer: (B)
8. Bihar Board 2025
All other countries, according to Ray, are turning to the ................. for inspiration.
- (A) documentary ✓
- (B) story
- (C) music
- (D) painting
Answer: (A)
9. Bihar Board 2025
The Indian cinema needs an intelligent appreciation of the ............. of the medium.
- (A) actions
- (B) confusions
- (C) limitations ✓
- (D) chaos
Answer: (C)
10. Bihar Board 2025
................... has made a very significant development over the years.
- (A) Agriculture
- (B) Painting
- (C) Cinema ✓
- (D) Architecture
Answer: (C)

Questions parents and students ask

How many marks does "What Is Wrong with Indian Films" carry in Bihar Board Class 10 English?: In the Bihar Board papers of 2021–2026, this chapter carried about 2 marks and about 4 questions a year; by marks it ranks 13 in English.
Which are the most important (VVI) questions of "What Is Wrong with Indian Films"?: The 4 questions above are from the board’s real papers, each with the years it was asked; the most-asked come first with their full model answers. All 4 written questions of this chapter, with answers, are in the AskMedha app.
Do the answers follow the board’s marking scheme?: BSEB does not publish a marking scheme. Each answer is written point by point on a structure derived from past papers and checked by a second, independent model; it is never called the board’s official scheme.

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