Multiple choice

The first silent feature film to be made in India was

  1. Alam Ara

  2. Lanka Dahan

  3. Raja Harishchandra

  4. Pundalik
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Explanation

Pundalik (1912) was actually the first silent feature film made in India, directed by Ram Chandra Gopal Torney and released six months before Raja Harishchandra. However, Raja Harishchandra (1913) by Dadasaheb Phalke is more widely remembered because it was a fully indigenous production.

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