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One of the most significant phenomena of our time has been the development of the cinema from a turn of the century mechanical toy into the century's most potent and versatile art form. 

Today, the cinema commands the respect accorded to any other form of creative expression. It 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. 

India took up film production surprisingly early. The first short film was produced in 1907 and first feature film in 1913. By the twenties it had reached the status of big business. 

(i) What is the title of passage and name of its author? 

(ii) What is the most significant, phenomena of our time? 

(iii) When did cinema start in India? 

(iv) What do Indian cinema combines it? 

(v) When did first feature film produced in India?

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(i) The title of the passage is 'What is wrong with Indian films'. And the name of the author is Satyajit Ray. 

(ii) The most significant phenomena of our time has been the development of the cinema. 

(iii) The cinema started in 1907 in India. 

(iv) The Indian cinema combines in various measures the function of poetry, music, painting, drama, architecture and a host of other arts, major and minor. It also combines the cold logic of science. 

 (v) The first features film produced in 1913 in India.

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