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 Pinnacle  Static GK 
 Q.357  .________  along  with  his  wife, 
 herself  a  dancer,  and  their  son  built  Srjan 
 in 1993. 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/ 2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Pankaj Charan Das 
 (b) Kelucharan Mohapatra 
 (c) Raghunath Dutta 
 (d) Deba Prasad Das 
 Sol.357.(b)  Kelucharan Mohapatra  . He is 
 an  exponent  of  Odissi  Dance.  he 
 choreographed  a  number  of  dance  - 
 dramas  in  Odissi  style,  including 
 "Panchapuspa",  "Krushna  Gatha",  "Geeta 
 Govinda",  "Urbashi",  "Krushna  Leela", 
 "Sakhigopal", "Konark" and "Sri Kshetra". 
 Q.358.  The  Nooran  Sisters  are  renowned 
 for  which  of  the  following  genres  of 
 Indian Music? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Qawwali      (b) Su? 
 (c) Ghazals       (d) HindustaniClassical 
 Sol.358.(b)  Su?.  The  Nooran  Sisters 
 (Jyoti  Nooran  and  Sultana  Nooran)  are  a 
 Su?  singing  duo  from  Jalandhar,  India. 
 They  perform  Sham  Chaurasia  gharana 
 classical music. 
 Q.359.  Which  of  the  following  Hindustani 
 vocalists  from  Allahabad,  along  with  her 
 famed  contemporary  Gauhar  Jaan,  had 
 the  privilege  of  performing  for  Emperor 
 George V at the Delhi Darbar in 1911 ? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Shobha Abhyankar   (b) Annupamaa 
 (c) Allah Jilai Bai             (d) Janki Bai 
 Sol.359.(d)  Janki  Bai.  She  was  popularly 
 known  as  “Chhappan  chhuri”  or  the 
 'woman  with  56  stab  wounds'.  Shobha 
 Abhyankar  (Pune)  -  Mewati  Gharana. 
 Annupamaa  (Chennai)-  Carnatic  Music, 
 Allah Jilai Bai (Rajasthan) - Folk Music. 
 Q.360.  Padma  Shri  awardee  Gopal 
 Prasad  Dubey  was  awarded  for  his 
 contribution to which of the following 
 dances? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Sattriya        (b) Panthi 
 (c) Chhau          (d) Mohiniyattam 
 Sol.360.(c)  Chhau.  Awards:  Padma  Shri 
 (2012),  Suvarna  Shankhu  (2010),  Natya 
 Shri  title  from  Nataraj  Music  Academy 
 (2010). 
 Q.361.  Who  is  the  ?rst  Indian  musician  to 
 win  the  Oscar  award  for  Best  Original 
 Score? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Bhanu Athaiya  (b) Resul Pookutty 
 (c) Mehboob Khan   (d) A.R. Rahman 
 Sol.361.(d) AR Rahman  . Resul Pookutty 
 won  an  oscar  award  for  best  sound 
 mixing.  Bhanu  Athaiya  won  an  Oscar  for 
 costume  design  for  her  work  on 
 “Gandhi”.  Mehboob  Khan  was  the 
 Director  of  the  movie  Mother  India  which 
 was  nominated  in  the  best  foreign  ?lm 
 category. 
 Q.362.  Shamshad  Begum,  one  of  the  ?rst 
 women  to  sing  playback  for  Hindi 
 movies,  was  conferred  with  the 
 prestigious  OP  Nayyar  Award  for  her 
 contribution  to  Hindi  ?lm  Music  in  the 
 year _____. 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) 2001  (b) 2009  (c) 2012  (d) 2005 
 Sol.362.(b)  2009.  Awarrds:  Padma 
 Bhushan (2009). 
 Q.363.  Meenakshi  Srinivasan  received 
 the  Ustad  Bismillah  Khan  Yuva  Puraskar 
 2011  for  which  of  the  following  dance 
 forms? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Sattriya  (b) Mohiniyattam 
 (c) Kuchipudi  (d) Bharatanatyam 
 Sol.363.(d)  Bharatanatyam  .  In  2018 
 (Last  Awarded)  -  Durgesh  Gangani 
 (Kathak),  Dr  Manju  Elangbam  (Manipuri), 
 Madhulita Mohapatra (Odissi) . 
 Q.364.  Which  of  the  following  dancers  of 
 Mohiniyattam  form  of  Indian  classical 
 dance  was  given  the  Devadasi  National 
 Award in 2013? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Smitha Rajan   (b) Jayaprabha Menon 
 (c) Sunanda Nair   (d) Gopika Verma 
 Sol.364.(b)  Jayaprabha  Menon  .  Prerana 
 Deshpande,  a  kathak  dancer,  has  been 
 awarded  the  Devadasi  National  Award 
 for  her  contribution  to  Kathak  dance  in 
 2016. 
 Q.365.  Tulsidas  Borkar,  who  was 
 awarded  with  the  Padma  Shri  in  2016, 
 was a _________ player. 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) nadhaswaram  (b) shehnai 
 (c) bansuri  (d) Harmonium 
 Sol.365.(d)  Harmonium  player.  Famous 
 harmonium  players  are  RK  Bijapure, 
 Sudhir  Nayak,  Vidyadhar  Oke,  Aditya  Oke, 
 Kedar Naphade, Santosh Ghante etc. 
 Q.366.  Who  among  the  following  Sadir 
 dancers received the Padma Shri 2022? 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Tsering Namgyal 
 (b) Sulochna Chavan 
 (c) R Muthu Kannammal 
 (d) Thavil Kongampattu Murugaiyan 
 Sol.366.(c)  R  Muthu  Kannammal  . 
 Bharatanatyam  traces  its  lineage  to  the 
 ancient  dance  of  Sadir  Attam.  Sulochana 
 Chavan  is  an  Indian  singer,  known  for  her 
 lavanis  in  Marathi.  R  Muthu  Kannammal 
 is  a  seventh  generation  veteran  Sadir 
 dancer  from  the  Indian  State  of  Tamil 
 Nadu.  She  is  the  only  surviving  person 
 among the 32 Devadasis. 
 Q.367.  Haleem  Khan  is  associated  with 
 which of the following classical dances ? 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Mohiniyattam  (b) Kathak 
 (c) Kuchipudi  (d) Bharatanatyam 
 Sol.367.(c)  Kuchipudi  . 
 Q.368.  Guru  Makar  Dhwaja  Darogha,  was 
 conferred  the  Padma  Shri  award  for  his 
 contribution  to  which  form  of  dance  in 
 India ? 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Panthi             (b) Saila 
 (c) Chhau             (d) Raut Nacha 
 Sol.368.(c) Chhau.  Padma Shri (2011). 
 Q.369.  Padma  Shri  awardee  Guru  Amubi 
 Singh  was  conferred  the  award  for  his 
 signi?cant  contributions  in  which  of  the 
 following dance forms ? 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Kathak  (b) Manipuri 
 (c) Bharatanatyam     (d) Odissi 
 Sol.369.(b)  Manipuri  .  Padma  Shri 
 (1970), Sangeet Natak Akademi  (1956). 
 Q.370.  __________  was  ?rst  trained  in 
 classical  music  under  her  father  Ustad 
 ‘Baba’  Allauddin  Khan,  and  established 
 the Maihar-Senia gharana with his help. 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Anupama Bhagwat 
 (b) Annapurna Devi 
 (c) Roopa Panesar 
 (d) Sahana Banerjee 
 Sol.370.(b)  Annapurna  Devi  was  an 
 Indian  surbahar  (bass  sitar)  player  of 
 Hindustani  classical  music.  She  was 
 given  the  name  'Annapurna'  by  former 
 Maharaja  Brijnath  Singh  of  the  former 
 Maihar state. 
 Q.371.  Due  to  the  service  done  by  the 
 poet  ___________,  the  Kathakali  dance 
 form  received  a  new  impetus  and  today, 
 many  innovations  are  also  being  made  to 
 suit the needs of a changing society. 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Purandara Dasa 
 (b) Vallathol Narayana Menon 
 (c) Satchidanandan 
 (d) Gopal Bhatta 
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 Pinnacle  Static GK 
 Q.357  .________  along  with  his  wife, 
 herself  a  dancer,  and  their  son  built  Srjan 
 in 1993. 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/ 2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Pankaj Charan Das 
 (b) Kelucharan Mohapatra 
 (c) Raghunath Dutta 
 (d) Deba Prasad Das 
 Sol.357.(b)  Kelucharan Mohapatra  . He is 
 an  exponent  of  Odissi  Dance.  he 
 choreographed  a  number  of  dance  - 
 dramas  in  Odissi  style,  including 
 "Panchapuspa",  "Krushna  Gatha",  "Geeta 
 Govinda",  "Urbashi",  "Krushna  Leela", 
 "Sakhigopal", "Konark" and "Sri Kshetra". 
 Q.358.  The  Nooran  Sisters  are  renowned 
 for  which  of  the  following  genres  of 
 Indian Music? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Qawwali      (b) Su? 
 (c) Ghazals       (d) HindustaniClassical 
 Sol.358.(b)  Su?.  The  Nooran  Sisters 
 (Jyoti  Nooran  and  Sultana  Nooran)  are  a 
 Su?  singing  duo  from  Jalandhar,  India. 
 They  perform  Sham  Chaurasia  gharana 
 classical music. 
 Q.359.  Which  of  the  following  Hindustani 
 vocalists  from  Allahabad,  along  with  her 
 famed  contemporary  Gauhar  Jaan,  had 
 the  privilege  of  performing  for  Emperor 
 George V at the Delhi Darbar in 1911 ? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Shobha Abhyankar   (b) Annupamaa 
 (c) Allah Jilai Bai             (d) Janki Bai 
 Sol.359.(d)  Janki  Bai.  She  was  popularly 
 known  as  “Chhappan  chhuri”  or  the 
 'woman  with  56  stab  wounds'.  Shobha 
 Abhyankar  (Pune)  -  Mewati  Gharana. 
 Annupamaa  (Chennai)-  Carnatic  Music, 
 Allah Jilai Bai (Rajasthan) - Folk Music. 
 Q.360.  Padma  Shri  awardee  Gopal 
 Prasad  Dubey  was  awarded  for  his 
 contribution to which of the following 
 dances? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Sattriya        (b) Panthi 
 (c) Chhau          (d) Mohiniyattam 
 Sol.360.(c)  Chhau.  Awards:  Padma  Shri 
 (2012),  Suvarna  Shankhu  (2010),  Natya 
 Shri  title  from  Nataraj  Music  Academy 
 (2010). 
 Q.361.  Who  is  the  ?rst  Indian  musician  to 
 win  the  Oscar  award  for  Best  Original 
 Score? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Bhanu Athaiya  (b) Resul Pookutty 
 (c) Mehboob Khan   (d) A.R. Rahman 
 Sol.361.(d) AR Rahman  . Resul Pookutty 
 won  an  oscar  award  for  best  sound 
 mixing.  Bhanu  Athaiya  won  an  Oscar  for 
 costume  design  for  her  work  on 
 “Gandhi”.  Mehboob  Khan  was  the 
 Director  of  the  movie  Mother  India  which 
 was  nominated  in  the  best  foreign  ?lm 
 category. 
 Q.362.  Shamshad  Begum,  one  of  the  ?rst 
 women  to  sing  playback  for  Hindi 
 movies,  was  conferred  with  the 
 prestigious  OP  Nayyar  Award  for  her 
 contribution  to  Hindi  ?lm  Music  in  the 
 year _____. 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) 2001  (b) 2009  (c) 2012  (d) 2005 
 Sol.362.(b)  2009.  Awarrds:  Padma 
 Bhushan (2009). 
 Q.363.  Meenakshi  Srinivasan  received 
 the  Ustad  Bismillah  Khan  Yuva  Puraskar 
 2011  for  which  of  the  following  dance 
 forms? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Sattriya  (b) Mohiniyattam 
 (c) Kuchipudi  (d) Bharatanatyam 
 Sol.363.(d)  Bharatanatyam  .  In  2018 
 (Last  Awarded)  -  Durgesh  Gangani 
 (Kathak),  Dr  Manju  Elangbam  (Manipuri), 
 Madhulita Mohapatra (Odissi) . 
 Q.364.  Which  of  the  following  dancers  of 
 Mohiniyattam  form  of  Indian  classical 
 dance  was  given  the  Devadasi  National 
 Award in 2013? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Smitha Rajan   (b) Jayaprabha Menon 
 (c) Sunanda Nair   (d) Gopika Verma 
 Sol.364.(b)  Jayaprabha  Menon  .  Prerana 
 Deshpande,  a  kathak  dancer,  has  been 
 awarded  the  Devadasi  National  Award 
 for  her  contribution  to  Kathak  dance  in 
 2016. 
 Q.365.  Tulsidas  Borkar,  who  was 
 awarded  with  the  Padma  Shri  in  2016, 
 was a _________ player. 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) nadhaswaram  (b) shehnai 
 (c) bansuri  (d) Harmonium 
 Sol.365.(d)  Harmonium  player.  Famous 
 harmonium  players  are  RK  Bijapure, 
 Sudhir  Nayak,  Vidyadhar  Oke,  Aditya  Oke, 
 Kedar Naphade, Santosh Ghante etc. 
 Q.366.  Who  among  the  following  Sadir 
 dancers received the Padma Shri 2022? 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Tsering Namgyal 
 (b) Sulochna Chavan 
 (c) R Muthu Kannammal 
 (d) Thavil Kongampattu Murugaiyan 
 Sol.366.(c)  R  Muthu  Kannammal  . 
 Bharatanatyam  traces  its  lineage  to  the 
 ancient  dance  of  Sadir  Attam.  Sulochana 
 Chavan  is  an  Indian  singer,  known  for  her 
 lavanis  in  Marathi.  R  Muthu  Kannammal 
 is  a  seventh  generation  veteran  Sadir 
 dancer  from  the  Indian  State  of  Tamil 
 Nadu.  She  is  the  only  surviving  person 
 among the 32 Devadasis. 
 Q.367.  Haleem  Khan  is  associated  with 
 which of the following classical dances ? 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Mohiniyattam  (b) Kathak 
 (c) Kuchipudi  (d) Bharatanatyam 
 Sol.367.(c)  Kuchipudi  . 
 Q.368.  Guru  Makar  Dhwaja  Darogha,  was 
 conferred  the  Padma  Shri  award  for  his 
 contribution  to  which  form  of  dance  in 
 India ? 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Panthi             (b) Saila 
 (c) Chhau             (d) Raut Nacha 
 Sol.368.(c) Chhau.  Padma Shri (2011). 
 Q.369.  Padma  Shri  awardee  Guru  Amubi 
 Singh  was  conferred  the  award  for  his 
 signi?cant  contributions  in  which  of  the 
 following dance forms ? 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Kathak  (b) Manipuri 
 (c) Bharatanatyam     (d) Odissi 
 Sol.369.(b)  Manipuri  .  Padma  Shri 
 (1970), Sangeet Natak Akademi  (1956). 
 Q.370.  __________  was  ?rst  trained  in 
 classical  music  under  her  father  Ustad 
 ‘Baba’  Allauddin  Khan,  and  established 
 the Maihar-Senia gharana with his help. 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Anupama Bhagwat 
 (b) Annapurna Devi 
 (c) Roopa Panesar 
 (d) Sahana Banerjee 
 Sol.370.(b)  Annapurna  Devi  was  an 
 Indian  surbahar  (bass  sitar)  player  of 
 Hindustani  classical  music.  She  was 
 given  the  name  'Annapurna'  by  former 
 Maharaja  Brijnath  Singh  of  the  former 
 Maihar state. 
 Q.371.  Due  to  the  service  done  by  the 
 poet  ___________,  the  Kathakali  dance 
 form  received  a  new  impetus  and  today, 
 many  innovations  are  also  being  made  to 
 suit the needs of a changing society. 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Purandara Dasa 
 (b) Vallathol Narayana Menon 
 (c) Satchidanandan 
 (d) Gopal Bhatta 
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 Sol.371.(b)  Vallathol  Narayana  Menon 
 was  a  poet  in  the  Malayalam  Language. 
 His  famous  poem  is  "Ente  Gurunathan" 
 ("My  Great  Teacher").  He  was  one  of  the 
 triumvirate  poets  of  modern  Malayalam, 
 along  with  Kumaran  Asan  and  Ulloor  S. 
 Parameswara Iyer. 
 Q.372.  Padma  Shri  awardee  Guru 
 Gangadhar  Pradhan  is  an  accomplished 
 dancer  of  which  of  the  following  dance 
 forms ? 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Manipuri  (b) Kathakali 
 (c) Odissi  (d) Kathak 
 Sol.372.(c)  Odissi  .  He  was  awarded  the 
 Sangeet  Natak  Akademi  Award  in  1998 
 and  the  Padma  Shri  (India's  fourth 
 highest civilian award) in 2008. 
 Q.373.  Who  among  the  following 
 personalities  was  awarded  the  O?cer  of 
 the Legion of Honour award? 
 SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Asha Bhosle  (b) Shamshad Begum 
 (c) S Janaki  (d) Lata Mangeshkar 
 Sol.373.(d)  Lata  Mangeshkar  (  2009)  . 
 The  Legion  of  Honour  is  the  highest 
 French  Honour.  Shri  A.S  Kiran  kumar 
 conferred  “Knight  of  the  Legion  of 
 Honour”.  Azim  Premji  also  was  conferred 
 with the Legion of Honour award. 
 Q.374.  Who  among  the  following 
 versatile  musicians  of  India  won  the  Best 
 Music  Director  National  Award  for  the 
 Hindi  movie  ‘Rudaali’  and  was  also 
 known as the ‘Bard of Brahmaputra’? 
 SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Bhupen Hazarika (b) Manas Robin 
 (c) Joi Barua              (d) Jayanta Hazarika 
 Sol.374.(a)  Bhupen  Hazarika  .  He 
 received  Bharat  Ratna  Award  in  2019.  He 
 is from Assam. 
 Q.375.  Ashish  Sankrityayan  is  an 
 exponent of _________ music. 
 SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Odissi  (b) Dhrupad 
 (c) Thumri  (d) Kajari 
 Sol.375.(b)  Dhrupad  .  In  Hindustani 
 music,  there  are  ten  main  singing  styles: 
 Dhrupad,  Tappa,  Chaturang,  Ragasagar, 
 Dhamar,  Hori,  Khayal,  Tarana,  Sargam, 
 and  Thumri.  Every  composition  in  the 
 Carnatic  style  is  made  up  of  several 
 parts: Pallavi, Anu Pallavi, Varnam and 
 Ragamalika. 
 Q.376.  The  nineteenth  century  saw  the 
 golden  age  of  Kathak  under  the 
 patronage of Wajid Ali Shah, the last 
 Nawab of __________. 
 SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Hyderabad  (b) Rampur 
 (c) Oudh  (d) Jaunpur 
 Sol.376.(c)  Oudh.  He  patronised  the 
 Lucknow Gharana of Kathak. 
 Q.377.  Which  Manipuri  Classical  Dancer 
 opened  the  ‘Govindji  Narthanalaya’  dance 
 school for women in Imphal? 
 SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Chandrakanta Singh 
 (b) Bipin Singh 
 (c) Senarik Rajkumar 
 (d) Nileshwar Mukherjee 
 Sol.377.(b)  Bipin  Singh  (Manipuri 
 Dancer)  opened  the  ‘Govindji 
 Narthanalaya’  dance  school  for  women 
 in Imphal. 
 Q.378.  Who  among  the  following  is  an 
 Indian  Singer  of  Hindustani  Classical 
 Music? 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) L Subramaniam 
 (b) Shubha Mudgal 
 (c) Kishan Maharaj 
 (d) Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu 
 Sol.378.(b)  Shubha  Mudgal  .  Award: 
 Padma  Shri  (2000).  Rajiv  Gandhi  National 
 Sadbhavana  Award  (2016).  L 
 Subramaniam  -  Violinist.  Kishan  Maharaj 
 -  Tabla  Player.  Dwaram  Venkataswamy 
 Naidu - Violinist. 
 Q.379.  Shobana  Chandrakumar,  a 
 recipient  of  Padma  Shri,  is  a  dancer  of 
 which  of  the  following  Indian  classical 
 dance forms? 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Manipuri  (b) Bharatanatyam 
 (c) Kathak  (d) Odissi 
 Sol.379.(b)  Bharatnatyam  .  Padma  Shri 
 (2006).  She  won  the  Kalaimamani  (Tamil 
 Nadu)  award  in  2011.  She  won  the 
 Kalarathna (Kerala) award in 2013. 
 Q.380.  Who  among  the  following  is 
 known  as  a  descendant  of  Ishwari 
 Prasad, the ?rst Kathak teacher? 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Sambhu Mahara   (b) GopiKrishna 
 (c) Lacchu Maharaj    (d) Birju Maharaj 
 Sol.380.(d)  Pandit  Birju  Maharaj  .  He  was 
 an  exponent  of  the  Lucknow  "Kalka 
 -Bindadin"  Gharana  of  Kathak.  He  was  a 
 descendant  of  the  Maharaj  family  of 
 Kathak  dancers,  which  includes  his  two 
 uncles,  Shambhu  Maharaj  and  Lachhu 
 Maharaj,  and  his  father  Acchan  Maharaj. 
 Gopi  Krishna  was  also  a  Kathak  dancer 
 who  received  the  title  of  “Nataraj"  (King 
 of  Dancers)  at  the  All  Bengal  Music 
 Conference at the age of 15. 
 Q.381.  The  ?rst  recipient  of  the  National 
 Award  for  Best  Music  Direction  was 
 _______  who  was  honoured  for  his 
 composition  in  the  Tamil  ?lm  Kandan 
 Karunai. 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) KV Mahadevan   (b) Vidyasagar 
 (c) Deva  (d) Karthik Raja 
 Sol.381.(a)  K.  V.  Mahadevan  .  He  was 
 again  awarded  the  same  in  1979  for 
 Sankarabharanam  (Telugu  ?lm). 
 National  Award  for  Best  Music  Direction 
 2019:  D.  Imman  was  awarded  for 
 Viswasam (Tamil ?lm). 
 Q.382.  In  which  of  the  following  years 
 did  Pandit  Bhimsen  Gururaj  Joshi  give 
 his ?rst ever live performance? 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) 1937  (b) 1945   (c) 1941   (d) 1950 
 Sol.382.(c)  Pandit  Bhimsen  Gururaj 
 Joshi  (Pandit),  was  one  of  the  greatest 
 Indian  vocalists  from  Karnataka  and 
 belongs  to  the  Kirana  gharana  tradition 
 of  the  Hindustani  classical  tradition.  He 
 gave  his  ?rst  live  performance  in  1941  at 
 the age of 19. 
 Q.383.  Padma  Shri  awardee  Chittani 
 Ramachandra  Hegde  is  known  for  his 
 contribution  to  which  of  the  following 
 dance forms in India? 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Sattriya  (b) Kuchipudi 
 (c) Yakshagana  (d) Kathakali 
 Sol.383.(c)  Yakshagana  .  He  was  the  ?rst 
 Yakshagana  artist  to  be  awarded  the 
 Padma  Shri  Award  by  the  Government  of 
 India  in  2019.  His  style  is  so  popular  that 
 it  is  called  Chittani  Gharana.  Other 
 Yakshagana  artists  include  Balipa 
 Narayana  Bhagavatha,  Naranappa 
 Uppoor,  Parameshwar  Hegde,  Kalinga 
 Nevada,  Keremane  Shivarama  Hegde, 
 etc. 
 Q.384.  Who  among  the  following  Khayal 
 singers  of  the  19th  century  was  given  the 
 title  of  ‘Tanras”  by  Bahadur  Shah  Jaffar, 
 the last Mughal Emperor of India? 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Bade Ustad Ghulam Ali Khan 
 (b) Meer Qutub Baksh 
 (c) Ustad Amir Khan 
 (d) Sadarang 
 Sol.384.(b)  Meer  Qutub  Baksh.  He  was 
 also  a  member  of  the  Qawwal  Bachchon 
 Ka  Delhi  Gharana.  His  tomb  in  Hyderabad 
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 Q.357  .________  along  with  his  wife, 
 herself  a  dancer,  and  their  son  built  Srjan 
 in 1993. 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/ 2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Pankaj Charan Das 
 (b) Kelucharan Mohapatra 
 (c) Raghunath Dutta 
 (d) Deba Prasad Das 
 Sol.357.(b)  Kelucharan Mohapatra  . He is 
 an  exponent  of  Odissi  Dance.  he 
 choreographed  a  number  of  dance  - 
 dramas  in  Odissi  style,  including 
 "Panchapuspa",  "Krushna  Gatha",  "Geeta 
 Govinda",  "Urbashi",  "Krushna  Leela", 
 "Sakhigopal", "Konark" and "Sri Kshetra". 
 Q.358.  The  Nooran  Sisters  are  renowned 
 for  which  of  the  following  genres  of 
 Indian Music? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Qawwali      (b) Su? 
 (c) Ghazals       (d) HindustaniClassical 
 Sol.358.(b)  Su?.  The  Nooran  Sisters 
 (Jyoti  Nooran  and  Sultana  Nooran)  are  a 
 Su?  singing  duo  from  Jalandhar,  India. 
 They  perform  Sham  Chaurasia  gharana 
 classical music. 
 Q.359.  Which  of  the  following  Hindustani 
 vocalists  from  Allahabad,  along  with  her 
 famed  contemporary  Gauhar  Jaan,  had 
 the  privilege  of  performing  for  Emperor 
 George V at the Delhi Darbar in 1911 ? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Shobha Abhyankar   (b) Annupamaa 
 (c) Allah Jilai Bai             (d) Janki Bai 
 Sol.359.(d)  Janki  Bai.  She  was  popularly 
 known  as  “Chhappan  chhuri”  or  the 
 'woman  with  56  stab  wounds'.  Shobha 
 Abhyankar  (Pune)  -  Mewati  Gharana. 
 Annupamaa  (Chennai)-  Carnatic  Music, 
 Allah Jilai Bai (Rajasthan) - Folk Music. 
 Q.360.  Padma  Shri  awardee  Gopal 
 Prasad  Dubey  was  awarded  for  his 
 contribution to which of the following 
 dances? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Sattriya        (b) Panthi 
 (c) Chhau          (d) Mohiniyattam 
 Sol.360.(c)  Chhau.  Awards:  Padma  Shri 
 (2012),  Suvarna  Shankhu  (2010),  Natya 
 Shri  title  from  Nataraj  Music  Academy 
 (2010). 
 Q.361.  Who  is  the  ?rst  Indian  musician  to 
 win  the  Oscar  award  for  Best  Original 
 Score? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Bhanu Athaiya  (b) Resul Pookutty 
 (c) Mehboob Khan   (d) A.R. Rahman 
 Sol.361.(d) AR Rahman  . Resul Pookutty 
 won  an  oscar  award  for  best  sound 
 mixing.  Bhanu  Athaiya  won  an  Oscar  for 
 costume  design  for  her  work  on 
 “Gandhi”.  Mehboob  Khan  was  the 
 Director  of  the  movie  Mother  India  which 
 was  nominated  in  the  best  foreign  ?lm 
 category. 
 Q.362.  Shamshad  Begum,  one  of  the  ?rst 
 women  to  sing  playback  for  Hindi 
 movies,  was  conferred  with  the 
 prestigious  OP  Nayyar  Award  for  her 
 contribution  to  Hindi  ?lm  Music  in  the 
 year _____. 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) 2001  (b) 2009  (c) 2012  (d) 2005 
 Sol.362.(b)  2009.  Awarrds:  Padma 
 Bhushan (2009). 
 Q.363.  Meenakshi  Srinivasan  received 
 the  Ustad  Bismillah  Khan  Yuva  Puraskar 
 2011  for  which  of  the  following  dance 
 forms? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Sattriya  (b) Mohiniyattam 
 (c) Kuchipudi  (d) Bharatanatyam 
 Sol.363.(d)  Bharatanatyam  .  In  2018 
 (Last  Awarded)  -  Durgesh  Gangani 
 (Kathak),  Dr  Manju  Elangbam  (Manipuri), 
 Madhulita Mohapatra (Odissi) . 
 Q.364.  Which  of  the  following  dancers  of 
 Mohiniyattam  form  of  Indian  classical 
 dance  was  given  the  Devadasi  National 
 Award in 2013? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Smitha Rajan   (b) Jayaprabha Menon 
 (c) Sunanda Nair   (d) Gopika Verma 
 Sol.364.(b)  Jayaprabha  Menon  .  Prerana 
 Deshpande,  a  kathak  dancer,  has  been 
 awarded  the  Devadasi  National  Award 
 for  her  contribution  to  Kathak  dance  in 
 2016. 
 Q.365.  Tulsidas  Borkar,  who  was 
 awarded  with  the  Padma  Shri  in  2016, 
 was a _________ player. 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) nadhaswaram  (b) shehnai 
 (c) bansuri  (d) Harmonium 
 Sol.365.(d)  Harmonium  player.  Famous 
 harmonium  players  are  RK  Bijapure, 
 Sudhir  Nayak,  Vidyadhar  Oke,  Aditya  Oke, 
 Kedar Naphade, Santosh Ghante etc. 
 Q.366.  Who  among  the  following  Sadir 
 dancers received the Padma Shri 2022? 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Tsering Namgyal 
 (b) Sulochna Chavan 
 (c) R Muthu Kannammal 
 (d) Thavil Kongampattu Murugaiyan 
 Sol.366.(c)  R  Muthu  Kannammal  . 
 Bharatanatyam  traces  its  lineage  to  the 
 ancient  dance  of  Sadir  Attam.  Sulochana 
 Chavan  is  an  Indian  singer,  known  for  her 
 lavanis  in  Marathi.  R  Muthu  Kannammal 
 is  a  seventh  generation  veteran  Sadir 
 dancer  from  the  Indian  State  of  Tamil 
 Nadu.  She  is  the  only  surviving  person 
 among the 32 Devadasis. 
 Q.367.  Haleem  Khan  is  associated  with 
 which of the following classical dances ? 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Mohiniyattam  (b) Kathak 
 (c) Kuchipudi  (d) Bharatanatyam 
 Sol.367.(c)  Kuchipudi  . 
 Q.368.  Guru  Makar  Dhwaja  Darogha,  was 
 conferred  the  Padma  Shri  award  for  his 
 contribution  to  which  form  of  dance  in 
 India ? 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Panthi             (b) Saila 
 (c) Chhau             (d) Raut Nacha 
 Sol.368.(c) Chhau.  Padma Shri (2011). 
 Q.369.  Padma  Shri  awardee  Guru  Amubi 
 Singh  was  conferred  the  award  for  his 
 signi?cant  contributions  in  which  of  the 
 following dance forms ? 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Kathak  (b) Manipuri 
 (c) Bharatanatyam     (d) Odissi 
 Sol.369.(b)  Manipuri  .  Padma  Shri 
 (1970), Sangeet Natak Akademi  (1956). 
 Q.370.  __________  was  ?rst  trained  in 
 classical  music  under  her  father  Ustad 
 ‘Baba’  Allauddin  Khan,  and  established 
 the Maihar-Senia gharana with his help. 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Anupama Bhagwat 
 (b) Annapurna Devi 
 (c) Roopa Panesar 
 (d) Sahana Banerjee 
 Sol.370.(b)  Annapurna  Devi  was  an 
 Indian  surbahar  (bass  sitar)  player  of 
 Hindustani  classical  music.  She  was 
 given  the  name  'Annapurna'  by  former 
 Maharaja  Brijnath  Singh  of  the  former 
 Maihar state. 
 Q.371.  Due  to  the  service  done  by  the 
 poet  ___________,  the  Kathakali  dance 
 form  received  a  new  impetus  and  today, 
 many  innovations  are  also  being  made  to 
 suit the needs of a changing society. 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Purandara Dasa 
 (b) Vallathol Narayana Menon 
 (c) Satchidanandan 
 (d) Gopal Bhatta 
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 Sol.371.(b)  Vallathol  Narayana  Menon 
 was  a  poet  in  the  Malayalam  Language. 
 His  famous  poem  is  "Ente  Gurunathan" 
 ("My  Great  Teacher").  He  was  one  of  the 
 triumvirate  poets  of  modern  Malayalam, 
 along  with  Kumaran  Asan  and  Ulloor  S. 
 Parameswara Iyer. 
 Q.372.  Padma  Shri  awardee  Guru 
 Gangadhar  Pradhan  is  an  accomplished 
 dancer  of  which  of  the  following  dance 
 forms ? 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Manipuri  (b) Kathakali 
 (c) Odissi  (d) Kathak 
 Sol.372.(c)  Odissi  .  He  was  awarded  the 
 Sangeet  Natak  Akademi  Award  in  1998 
 and  the  Padma  Shri  (India's  fourth 
 highest civilian award) in 2008. 
 Q.373.  Who  among  the  following 
 personalities  was  awarded  the  O?cer  of 
 the Legion of Honour award? 
 SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Asha Bhosle  (b) Shamshad Begum 
 (c) S Janaki  (d) Lata Mangeshkar 
 Sol.373.(d)  Lata  Mangeshkar  (  2009)  . 
 The  Legion  of  Honour  is  the  highest 
 French  Honour.  Shri  A.S  Kiran  kumar 
 conferred  “Knight  of  the  Legion  of 
 Honour”.  Azim  Premji  also  was  conferred 
 with the Legion of Honour award. 
 Q.374.  Who  among  the  following 
 versatile  musicians  of  India  won  the  Best 
 Music  Director  National  Award  for  the 
 Hindi  movie  ‘Rudaali’  and  was  also 
 known as the ‘Bard of Brahmaputra’? 
 SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Bhupen Hazarika (b) Manas Robin 
 (c) Joi Barua              (d) Jayanta Hazarika 
 Sol.374.(a)  Bhupen  Hazarika  .  He 
 received  Bharat  Ratna  Award  in  2019.  He 
 is from Assam. 
 Q.375.  Ashish  Sankrityayan  is  an 
 exponent of _________ music. 
 SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Odissi  (b) Dhrupad 
 (c) Thumri  (d) Kajari 
 Sol.375.(b)  Dhrupad  .  In  Hindustani 
 music,  there  are  ten  main  singing  styles: 
 Dhrupad,  Tappa,  Chaturang,  Ragasagar, 
 Dhamar,  Hori,  Khayal,  Tarana,  Sargam, 
 and  Thumri.  Every  composition  in  the 
 Carnatic  style  is  made  up  of  several 
 parts: Pallavi, Anu Pallavi, Varnam and 
 Ragamalika. 
 Q.376.  The  nineteenth  century  saw  the 
 golden  age  of  Kathak  under  the 
 patronage of Wajid Ali Shah, the last 
 Nawab of __________. 
 SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Hyderabad  (b) Rampur 
 (c) Oudh  (d) Jaunpur 
 Sol.376.(c)  Oudh.  He  patronised  the 
 Lucknow Gharana of Kathak. 
 Q.377.  Which  Manipuri  Classical  Dancer 
 opened  the  ‘Govindji  Narthanalaya’  dance 
 school for women in Imphal? 
 SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Chandrakanta Singh 
 (b) Bipin Singh 
 (c) Senarik Rajkumar 
 (d) Nileshwar Mukherjee 
 Sol.377.(b)  Bipin  Singh  (Manipuri 
 Dancer)  opened  the  ‘Govindji 
 Narthanalaya’  dance  school  for  women 
 in Imphal. 
 Q.378.  Who  among  the  following  is  an 
 Indian  Singer  of  Hindustani  Classical 
 Music? 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) L Subramaniam 
 (b) Shubha Mudgal 
 (c) Kishan Maharaj 
 (d) Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu 
 Sol.378.(b)  Shubha  Mudgal  .  Award: 
 Padma  Shri  (2000).  Rajiv  Gandhi  National 
 Sadbhavana  Award  (2016).  L 
 Subramaniam  -  Violinist.  Kishan  Maharaj 
 -  Tabla  Player.  Dwaram  Venkataswamy 
 Naidu - Violinist. 
 Q.379.  Shobana  Chandrakumar,  a 
 recipient  of  Padma  Shri,  is  a  dancer  of 
 which  of  the  following  Indian  classical 
 dance forms? 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Manipuri  (b) Bharatanatyam 
 (c) Kathak  (d) Odissi 
 Sol.379.(b)  Bharatnatyam  .  Padma  Shri 
 (2006).  She  won  the  Kalaimamani  (Tamil 
 Nadu)  award  in  2011.  She  won  the 
 Kalarathna (Kerala) award in 2013. 
 Q.380.  Who  among  the  following  is 
 known  as  a  descendant  of  Ishwari 
 Prasad, the ?rst Kathak teacher? 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Sambhu Mahara   (b) GopiKrishna 
 (c) Lacchu Maharaj    (d) Birju Maharaj 
 Sol.380.(d)  Pandit  Birju  Maharaj  .  He  was 
 an  exponent  of  the  Lucknow  "Kalka 
 -Bindadin"  Gharana  of  Kathak.  He  was  a 
 descendant  of  the  Maharaj  family  of 
 Kathak  dancers,  which  includes  his  two 
 uncles,  Shambhu  Maharaj  and  Lachhu 
 Maharaj,  and  his  father  Acchan  Maharaj. 
 Gopi  Krishna  was  also  a  Kathak  dancer 
 who  received  the  title  of  “Nataraj"  (King 
 of  Dancers)  at  the  All  Bengal  Music 
 Conference at the age of 15. 
 Q.381.  The  ?rst  recipient  of  the  National 
 Award  for  Best  Music  Direction  was 
 _______  who  was  honoured  for  his 
 composition  in  the  Tamil  ?lm  Kandan 
 Karunai. 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) KV Mahadevan   (b) Vidyasagar 
 (c) Deva  (d) Karthik Raja 
 Sol.381.(a)  K.  V.  Mahadevan  .  He  was 
 again  awarded  the  same  in  1979  for 
 Sankarabharanam  (Telugu  ?lm). 
 National  Award  for  Best  Music  Direction 
 2019:  D.  Imman  was  awarded  for 
 Viswasam (Tamil ?lm). 
 Q.382.  In  which  of  the  following  years 
 did  Pandit  Bhimsen  Gururaj  Joshi  give 
 his ?rst ever live performance? 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) 1937  (b) 1945   (c) 1941   (d) 1950 
 Sol.382.(c)  Pandit  Bhimsen  Gururaj 
 Joshi  (Pandit),  was  one  of  the  greatest 
 Indian  vocalists  from  Karnataka  and 
 belongs  to  the  Kirana  gharana  tradition 
 of  the  Hindustani  classical  tradition.  He 
 gave  his  ?rst  live  performance  in  1941  at 
 the age of 19. 
 Q.383.  Padma  Shri  awardee  Chittani 
 Ramachandra  Hegde  is  known  for  his 
 contribution  to  which  of  the  following 
 dance forms in India? 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Sattriya  (b) Kuchipudi 
 (c) Yakshagana  (d) Kathakali 
 Sol.383.(c)  Yakshagana  .  He  was  the  ?rst 
 Yakshagana  artist  to  be  awarded  the 
 Padma  Shri  Award  by  the  Government  of 
 India  in  2019.  His  style  is  so  popular  that 
 it  is  called  Chittani  Gharana.  Other 
 Yakshagana  artists  include  Balipa 
 Narayana  Bhagavatha,  Naranappa 
 Uppoor,  Parameshwar  Hegde,  Kalinga 
 Nevada,  Keremane  Shivarama  Hegde, 
 etc. 
 Q.384.  Who  among  the  following  Khayal 
 singers  of  the  19th  century  was  given  the 
 title  of  ‘Tanras”  by  Bahadur  Shah  Jaffar, 
 the last Mughal Emperor of India? 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Bade Ustad Ghulam Ali Khan 
 (b) Meer Qutub Baksh 
 (c) Ustad Amir Khan 
 (d) Sadarang 
 Sol.384.(b)  Meer  Qutub  Baksh.  He  was 
 also  a  member  of  the  Qawwal  Bachchon 
 Ka  Delhi  Gharana.  His  tomb  in  Hyderabad 
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 is  near  Khamas  Shah  Dargah.  Ustad 
 Bade  Ghulam  Ali  Khan  (vocalist,  from 
 Patiala  Gharana),  Ustad  Amir  Khan 
 (founder  of  the  Indore  gharana)  and 
 Sadarang (Khayal Gharana). 
 Q.385.  Who  among  the  following  Indian 
 Playback  Singers  holds  the  Guinness 
 world  record  for  singing  the  highest 
 number of songs in one day? 
 SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Alka Yagnik  (b) Kumar Sanu 
 (c) Kavita Krishnamurthy (d) Udit Narayan 
 Sol.385.(b)  Kumar  Sanu  holds  the 
 Guinness  world  record  for  singing  the 
 highest  number  of  28  songs  in  one  day 
 in  1993.  Honours-  Maharashtra  Ratna 
 Awards  (2014),  Mahanayak  Samman 
 Lifetime  Achievement:  as  Bengali 
 Playback  Singer  (2014),  Dr.  Babasaheb 
 Ambedkar  Nobel  Award  (2017),  Bishesh 
 Sangeet Mahasanman (2019). 
 Q.386.  Padma  Shri  Guru  Mayadhar 
 Raut’s  pioneering  spirit  revived  which  of 
 the  following  dances  in  the  1950s  and 
 rede?ned  the  grammar  and  Abhinaya 
 vocabulary of the dance form? 
 SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Bharatanatyam  (b) Odissi 
 (c) Manipuri  (d) Kuchipudi 
 Sol.386.(b)  Odissi  .  Guru  Mayadhar  Raut: 
 Awards-  Sangeet  Natak  Akademi  Tagore 
 Ratna  (2011),  Sahitya  Kala  Parishad 
 Award (1984). 
 Q.387.  Who  among  the  following 
 Hindustani  classical  vocalists  was 
 awarded  the  Padma  Bhushan  by  the 
 Government  of  India  and  the  title  of 
 ‘Rajya  Gayika’  by  the  Government  of 
 Maharashtra in 1969? 
 SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Gangubai Hangel    (b) Sundari Dasi 
 (c) Kesarbai Kerkar       (d) Nagarathnamma 
 Sol.387.(c)  Kesarbai  Kerkar  was  an 
 Indian  classical  vocalist  of  the 
 Jaipur-Atrauli  gharana.  She  was  awarded 
 the  Sangeet  Natak  Akademi  Award  in 
 1953,  followed  by  Padma  Bhushan,  in 
 1969.  The  Maharashtra  Government 
 awarded  her  the  title  Maharashtra  Rajya 
 Gayika.  Gangubai  Hangal  (Khyal,  Kirana 
 Gharana,  Karnataka).  Nagarathnamma 
 (Carnatic Singer, Bangalore). 
 Q.388.  Who  among  the  following  Indian 
 Carnatic  musicians  received  the  Padma 
 Vibhushan  award  in  1991  and 
 established  the  Academy  of  Performing 
 Arts and Research in Switzerland? 
 SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Kishan Maharaj 
 (b) Dr. Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna 
 (c) Ghulam Mustafa Khan 
 (d) Chhannulal Mishra 
 Sol.388.(b)  Dr.  Mangalampalli  Balamurali 
 Krishna  (Andhra  Pradesh)  was  an  Indian 
 Carnatic  vocalist,  he  also  played  the 
 kanjira,  mridangam,  viola,  and  violin.  He 
 was  conferred  with  many  prestigious 
 awards  Padma  Shri  (1971),  Padma 
 Bhushan,  Padma  Vibhushan  (1991), 
 Chevalier  of  the  Ordre  des  Arts  et  des 
 Lettres  (2005),  National  Film  Awards 
 (1976,  1987),  and  the  Sangeet  Natak 
 Akademi Award (1975). 
 Q.389.  Which  artist’s  musical  album  is 
 titled ‘Land of Gold’? 
 SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Mita Nag 
 (b) Anupama Bhagwat 
 (c) Anoushka Shankar 
 (d) Rajna Swaminathan 
 Sol.389.(c)  Anoushka  Shankar  (  British- 
 Indian  American  Sitar  player  )  won  a 
 Grammy  nomination  for  her  album,  “Land 
 of  Gold”.  Her  other  notable  albums  are 
 RISE,  Traveller,  Traces  of  You,  Home,  and 
 Love  Letters.  Anupama  Bhagwat  (Sitarist; 
 ‘Con?uence’,  ‘Ether’,  ‘Epiphany’,  ‘Colours 
 of  Sunset’,  ‘Sanjh’),  Rajna  Swaminathan 
 (acclaimed  mridangam  artist),  and  Mita 
 Nag (Sitarist from Bishnupur Gharana). 
 Q.390.  Famous  classical  dancer 
 Vidyagauri  Adkar  is  recognised  with 
 ____________  Gharana  of  Indian  classical 
 dance form. 
 SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Alwar  (b) Gwalior 
 (c) Banaras  (d) Jaipur 
 Sol.390.(d)  Jaipur  Gharana.  Vidyagauri 
 Adkar  (Mumbai)  is  a  Kathak  dance 
 exponent  in  India  .  Other  Kathak  dancers 
 of  Jaipur  Gharana  are  Sunder  Prasad 
 (Sundar  Chunnilal  Prasad),  Puru 
 Dadheech, and Mangala Bhatt. 
 Q.391.  Guru  Shyama  Charan  Pati,  was 
 conferred  the  Padma  Shri  for  his 
 contributions  to  mainly  which  of  the 
 following dance forms? 
 SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Kathi nacha  (b) Santali dance 
 (c) Chhau nritya  (d) Jhumair 
 Sol.391.(c)  Chhau  nritya,  a  martial  dance 
 form  of  India.  He  was  awarded  the 
 Padma Shri, in 2006, for his contributions 
 to Indian dance. 
 Q.392.  Pandit  Sunder  Prasad  who  was 
 awarded  with  the  Sangeet  Natak 
 Akademi Award in 1959 was a ______ 
 dancer. 
 SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Kathakali  (b) Odissi 
 (c) Kathak  (d) Mohiniyattam 
 Sol.392.(c)  Kathak.  Pandit  Sunder 
 Prasad  was  a  guru  (teacher)  of  Jaipur 
 Gharana.  He  was  honoured  by  Natak 
 Academy of Delhi in 1958. 
 Q.393.  Who  among  the  following  won 
 the  ?rst  National  Film  Award  for  Best 
 Choreography in 1992? 
 SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Saroj Khan 
 (b) Laxmibai Kolhapurkar 
 (c) Vaibhavi Merchant 
 (d) Shiamak Davar 
 Sol.393.(b)  Laxmibai  Kolhapurkar  .  Raju 
 Sundaram  won  67th  National  Award  in 
 choreography for Movie Maharshi. 
 Q.394.  Sartaj  Khan,  Sarwar  Khan, 
 Swaroop  Khan  and  Mame  Khan  are 
 famous for which of the following? 
 SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Rajasthani folk music 
 (b) Hindustani classical vocal 
 (c) Playing percussion instruments 
 (d) Playing string instruments 
 Sol.394.(a)  Rajasthani  folk  music  .  The 
 most  famous  Rajasthani  Maand  singer  is 
 Allah  Jilai  Bai  (Bikaner  Gharana).  Other 
 Rajasthani  folk  singers  are  Ila  Arun, 
 Rapperiya  Baalam,  and  Rajnigandha 
 Shekhawat. 
 Q.395.  Which  of  the  following  Hindustani 
 musical  Gharanas  is  the  oldest  among  all 
 the Khayal Gayaki styles? 
 SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Agra Gharana     (b) Kirana Gharana 
 (c) Atrauli Gharana  (d) Gwalior Gharana 
 Sol.395.(d)  Gwalior  vocal  Gharana  is 
 widely  regarded  as  the  oldest  Gharana 
 founded  by  Nathan  Pir  Bakhsh  and  Utsad 
 Nathu  khan.  Famous  artists  include  Dr. 
 Meeta  Pandit,  Ustad  Bade  Inayat  Hussain 
 Khan,  Krishnarao  Shankar  Pandit, 
 Narayanrao  Bodas,  etc.  Founders  of  Agra 
 Gharana  (Hajisujan  Khan),  Kirana  (Abdul 
 Wahid Khan) and Atrauli (Alladiya Khan). 
 Q.396.  The  important  singers  of 
 ___________Gharana  are  Faiyyaz  Khan, 
 Latafat Hussein Khan and Dinkar Kakini. 
 SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Patiala  (b) Mewati 
 (c) Agra  (d) Benaras 
 Sol.396.(c)  Agra  Gharana  is  a  tradition  of 
 Hindustani  classical  vocal  music 
 descended  from  the  Nauhar  Bani  (  during 
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 Q.357  .________  along  with  his  wife, 
 herself  a  dancer,  and  their  son  built  Srjan 
 in 1993. 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/ 2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Pankaj Charan Das 
 (b) Kelucharan Mohapatra 
 (c) Raghunath Dutta 
 (d) Deba Prasad Das 
 Sol.357.(b)  Kelucharan Mohapatra  . He is 
 an  exponent  of  Odissi  Dance.  he 
 choreographed  a  number  of  dance  - 
 dramas  in  Odissi  style,  including 
 "Panchapuspa",  "Krushna  Gatha",  "Geeta 
 Govinda",  "Urbashi",  "Krushna  Leela", 
 "Sakhigopal", "Konark" and "Sri Kshetra". 
 Q.358.  The  Nooran  Sisters  are  renowned 
 for  which  of  the  following  genres  of 
 Indian Music? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Qawwali      (b) Su? 
 (c) Ghazals       (d) HindustaniClassical 
 Sol.358.(b)  Su?.  The  Nooran  Sisters 
 (Jyoti  Nooran  and  Sultana  Nooran)  are  a 
 Su?  singing  duo  from  Jalandhar,  India. 
 They  perform  Sham  Chaurasia  gharana 
 classical music. 
 Q.359.  Which  of  the  following  Hindustani 
 vocalists  from  Allahabad,  along  with  her 
 famed  contemporary  Gauhar  Jaan,  had 
 the  privilege  of  performing  for  Emperor 
 George V at the Delhi Darbar in 1911 ? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Shobha Abhyankar   (b) Annupamaa 
 (c) Allah Jilai Bai             (d) Janki Bai 
 Sol.359.(d)  Janki  Bai.  She  was  popularly 
 known  as  “Chhappan  chhuri”  or  the 
 'woman  with  56  stab  wounds'.  Shobha 
 Abhyankar  (Pune)  -  Mewati  Gharana. 
 Annupamaa  (Chennai)-  Carnatic  Music, 
 Allah Jilai Bai (Rajasthan) - Folk Music. 
 Q.360.  Padma  Shri  awardee  Gopal 
 Prasad  Dubey  was  awarded  for  his 
 contribution to which of the following 
 dances? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Sattriya        (b) Panthi 
 (c) Chhau          (d) Mohiniyattam 
 Sol.360.(c)  Chhau.  Awards:  Padma  Shri 
 (2012),  Suvarna  Shankhu  (2010),  Natya 
 Shri  title  from  Nataraj  Music  Academy 
 (2010). 
 Q.361.  Who  is  the  ?rst  Indian  musician  to 
 win  the  Oscar  award  for  Best  Original 
 Score? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Bhanu Athaiya  (b) Resul Pookutty 
 (c) Mehboob Khan   (d) A.R. Rahman 
 Sol.361.(d) AR Rahman  . Resul Pookutty 
 won  an  oscar  award  for  best  sound 
 mixing.  Bhanu  Athaiya  won  an  Oscar  for 
 costume  design  for  her  work  on 
 “Gandhi”.  Mehboob  Khan  was  the 
 Director  of  the  movie  Mother  India  which 
 was  nominated  in  the  best  foreign  ?lm 
 category. 
 Q.362.  Shamshad  Begum,  one  of  the  ?rst 
 women  to  sing  playback  for  Hindi 
 movies,  was  conferred  with  the 
 prestigious  OP  Nayyar  Award  for  her 
 contribution  to  Hindi  ?lm  Music  in  the 
 year _____. 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) 2001  (b) 2009  (c) 2012  (d) 2005 
 Sol.362.(b)  2009.  Awarrds:  Padma 
 Bhushan (2009). 
 Q.363.  Meenakshi  Srinivasan  received 
 the  Ustad  Bismillah  Khan  Yuva  Puraskar 
 2011  for  which  of  the  following  dance 
 forms? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Sattriya  (b) Mohiniyattam 
 (c) Kuchipudi  (d) Bharatanatyam 
 Sol.363.(d)  Bharatanatyam  .  In  2018 
 (Last  Awarded)  -  Durgesh  Gangani 
 (Kathak),  Dr  Manju  Elangbam  (Manipuri), 
 Madhulita Mohapatra (Odissi) . 
 Q.364.  Which  of  the  following  dancers  of 
 Mohiniyattam  form  of  Indian  classical 
 dance  was  given  the  Devadasi  National 
 Award in 2013? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Smitha Rajan   (b) Jayaprabha Menon 
 (c) Sunanda Nair   (d) Gopika Verma 
 Sol.364.(b)  Jayaprabha  Menon  .  Prerana 
 Deshpande,  a  kathak  dancer,  has  been 
 awarded  the  Devadasi  National  Award 
 for  her  contribution  to  Kathak  dance  in 
 2016. 
 Q.365.  Tulsidas  Borkar,  who  was 
 awarded  with  the  Padma  Shri  in  2016, 
 was a _________ player. 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) nadhaswaram  (b) shehnai 
 (c) bansuri  (d) Harmonium 
 Sol.365.(d)  Harmonium  player.  Famous 
 harmonium  players  are  RK  Bijapure, 
 Sudhir  Nayak,  Vidyadhar  Oke,  Aditya  Oke, 
 Kedar Naphade, Santosh Ghante etc. 
 Q.366.  Who  among  the  following  Sadir 
 dancers received the Padma Shri 2022? 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Tsering Namgyal 
 (b) Sulochna Chavan 
 (c) R Muthu Kannammal 
 (d) Thavil Kongampattu Murugaiyan 
 Sol.366.(c)  R  Muthu  Kannammal  . 
 Bharatanatyam  traces  its  lineage  to  the 
 ancient  dance  of  Sadir  Attam.  Sulochana 
 Chavan  is  an  Indian  singer,  known  for  her 
 lavanis  in  Marathi.  R  Muthu  Kannammal 
 is  a  seventh  generation  veteran  Sadir 
 dancer  from  the  Indian  State  of  Tamil 
 Nadu.  She  is  the  only  surviving  person 
 among the 32 Devadasis. 
 Q.367.  Haleem  Khan  is  associated  with 
 which of the following classical dances ? 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Mohiniyattam  (b) Kathak 
 (c) Kuchipudi  (d) Bharatanatyam 
 Sol.367.(c)  Kuchipudi  . 
 Q.368.  Guru  Makar  Dhwaja  Darogha,  was 
 conferred  the  Padma  Shri  award  for  his 
 contribution  to  which  form  of  dance  in 
 India ? 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Panthi             (b) Saila 
 (c) Chhau             (d) Raut Nacha 
 Sol.368.(c) Chhau.  Padma Shri (2011). 
 Q.369.  Padma  Shri  awardee  Guru  Amubi 
 Singh  was  conferred  the  award  for  his 
 signi?cant  contributions  in  which  of  the 
 following dance forms ? 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Kathak  (b) Manipuri 
 (c) Bharatanatyam     (d) Odissi 
 Sol.369.(b)  Manipuri  .  Padma  Shri 
 (1970), Sangeet Natak Akademi  (1956). 
 Q.370.  __________  was  ?rst  trained  in 
 classical  music  under  her  father  Ustad 
 ‘Baba’  Allauddin  Khan,  and  established 
 the Maihar-Senia gharana with his help. 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Anupama Bhagwat 
 (b) Annapurna Devi 
 (c) Roopa Panesar 
 (d) Sahana Banerjee 
 Sol.370.(b)  Annapurna  Devi  was  an 
 Indian  surbahar  (bass  sitar)  player  of 
 Hindustani  classical  music.  She  was 
 given  the  name  'Annapurna'  by  former 
 Maharaja  Brijnath  Singh  of  the  former 
 Maihar state. 
 Q.371.  Due  to  the  service  done  by  the 
 poet  ___________,  the  Kathakali  dance 
 form  received  a  new  impetus  and  today, 
 many  innovations  are  also  being  made  to 
 suit the needs of a changing society. 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Purandara Dasa 
 (b) Vallathol Narayana Menon 
 (c) Satchidanandan 
 (d) Gopal Bhatta 
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 Sol.371.(b)  Vallathol  Narayana  Menon 
 was  a  poet  in  the  Malayalam  Language. 
 His  famous  poem  is  "Ente  Gurunathan" 
 ("My  Great  Teacher").  He  was  one  of  the 
 triumvirate  poets  of  modern  Malayalam, 
 along  with  Kumaran  Asan  and  Ulloor  S. 
 Parameswara Iyer. 
 Q.372.  Padma  Shri  awardee  Guru 
 Gangadhar  Pradhan  is  an  accomplished 
 dancer  of  which  of  the  following  dance 
 forms ? 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Manipuri  (b) Kathakali 
 (c) Odissi  (d) Kathak 
 Sol.372.(c)  Odissi  .  He  was  awarded  the 
 Sangeet  Natak  Akademi  Award  in  1998 
 and  the  Padma  Shri  (India's  fourth 
 highest civilian award) in 2008. 
 Q.373.  Who  among  the  following 
 personalities  was  awarded  the  O?cer  of 
 the Legion of Honour award? 
 SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Asha Bhosle  (b) Shamshad Begum 
 (c) S Janaki  (d) Lata Mangeshkar 
 Sol.373.(d)  Lata  Mangeshkar  (  2009)  . 
 The  Legion  of  Honour  is  the  highest 
 French  Honour.  Shri  A.S  Kiran  kumar 
 conferred  “Knight  of  the  Legion  of 
 Honour”.  Azim  Premji  also  was  conferred 
 with the Legion of Honour award. 
 Q.374.  Who  among  the  following 
 versatile  musicians  of  India  won  the  Best 
 Music  Director  National  Award  for  the 
 Hindi  movie  ‘Rudaali’  and  was  also 
 known as the ‘Bard of Brahmaputra’? 
 SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Bhupen Hazarika (b) Manas Robin 
 (c) Joi Barua              (d) Jayanta Hazarika 
 Sol.374.(a)  Bhupen  Hazarika  .  He 
 received  Bharat  Ratna  Award  in  2019.  He 
 is from Assam. 
 Q.375.  Ashish  Sankrityayan  is  an 
 exponent of _________ music. 
 SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Odissi  (b) Dhrupad 
 (c) Thumri  (d) Kajari 
 Sol.375.(b)  Dhrupad  .  In  Hindustani 
 music,  there  are  ten  main  singing  styles: 
 Dhrupad,  Tappa,  Chaturang,  Ragasagar, 
 Dhamar,  Hori,  Khayal,  Tarana,  Sargam, 
 and  Thumri.  Every  composition  in  the 
 Carnatic  style  is  made  up  of  several 
 parts: Pallavi, Anu Pallavi, Varnam and 
 Ragamalika. 
 Q.376.  The  nineteenth  century  saw  the 
 golden  age  of  Kathak  under  the 
 patronage of Wajid Ali Shah, the last 
 Nawab of __________. 
 SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Hyderabad  (b) Rampur 
 (c) Oudh  (d) Jaunpur 
 Sol.376.(c)  Oudh.  He  patronised  the 
 Lucknow Gharana of Kathak. 
 Q.377.  Which  Manipuri  Classical  Dancer 
 opened  the  ‘Govindji  Narthanalaya’  dance 
 school for women in Imphal? 
 SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Chandrakanta Singh 
 (b) Bipin Singh 
 (c) Senarik Rajkumar 
 (d) Nileshwar Mukherjee 
 Sol.377.(b)  Bipin  Singh  (Manipuri 
 Dancer)  opened  the  ‘Govindji 
 Narthanalaya’  dance  school  for  women 
 in Imphal. 
 Q.378.  Who  among  the  following  is  an 
 Indian  Singer  of  Hindustani  Classical 
 Music? 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) L Subramaniam 
 (b) Shubha Mudgal 
 (c) Kishan Maharaj 
 (d) Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu 
 Sol.378.(b)  Shubha  Mudgal  .  Award: 
 Padma  Shri  (2000).  Rajiv  Gandhi  National 
 Sadbhavana  Award  (2016).  L 
 Subramaniam  -  Violinist.  Kishan  Maharaj 
 -  Tabla  Player.  Dwaram  Venkataswamy 
 Naidu - Violinist. 
 Q.379.  Shobana  Chandrakumar,  a 
 recipient  of  Padma  Shri,  is  a  dancer  of 
 which  of  the  following  Indian  classical 
 dance forms? 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Manipuri  (b) Bharatanatyam 
 (c) Kathak  (d) Odissi 
 Sol.379.(b)  Bharatnatyam  .  Padma  Shri 
 (2006).  She  won  the  Kalaimamani  (Tamil 
 Nadu)  award  in  2011.  She  won  the 
 Kalarathna (Kerala) award in 2013. 
 Q.380.  Who  among  the  following  is 
 known  as  a  descendant  of  Ishwari 
 Prasad, the ?rst Kathak teacher? 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Sambhu Mahara   (b) GopiKrishna 
 (c) Lacchu Maharaj    (d) Birju Maharaj 
 Sol.380.(d)  Pandit  Birju  Maharaj  .  He  was 
 an  exponent  of  the  Lucknow  "Kalka 
 -Bindadin"  Gharana  of  Kathak.  He  was  a 
 descendant  of  the  Maharaj  family  of 
 Kathak  dancers,  which  includes  his  two 
 uncles,  Shambhu  Maharaj  and  Lachhu 
 Maharaj,  and  his  father  Acchan  Maharaj. 
 Gopi  Krishna  was  also  a  Kathak  dancer 
 who  received  the  title  of  “Nataraj"  (King 
 of  Dancers)  at  the  All  Bengal  Music 
 Conference at the age of 15. 
 Q.381.  The  ?rst  recipient  of  the  National 
 Award  for  Best  Music  Direction  was 
 _______  who  was  honoured  for  his 
 composition  in  the  Tamil  ?lm  Kandan 
 Karunai. 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) KV Mahadevan   (b) Vidyasagar 
 (c) Deva  (d) Karthik Raja 
 Sol.381.(a)  K.  V.  Mahadevan  .  He  was 
 again  awarded  the  same  in  1979  for 
 Sankarabharanam  (Telugu  ?lm). 
 National  Award  for  Best  Music  Direction 
 2019:  D.  Imman  was  awarded  for 
 Viswasam (Tamil ?lm). 
 Q.382.  In  which  of  the  following  years 
 did  Pandit  Bhimsen  Gururaj  Joshi  give 
 his ?rst ever live performance? 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) 1937  (b) 1945   (c) 1941   (d) 1950 
 Sol.382.(c)  Pandit  Bhimsen  Gururaj 
 Joshi  (Pandit),  was  one  of  the  greatest 
 Indian  vocalists  from  Karnataka  and 
 belongs  to  the  Kirana  gharana  tradition 
 of  the  Hindustani  classical  tradition.  He 
 gave  his  ?rst  live  performance  in  1941  at 
 the age of 19. 
 Q.383.  Padma  Shri  awardee  Chittani 
 Ramachandra  Hegde  is  known  for  his 
 contribution  to  which  of  the  following 
 dance forms in India? 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Sattriya  (b) Kuchipudi 
 (c) Yakshagana  (d) Kathakali 
 Sol.383.(c)  Yakshagana  .  He  was  the  ?rst 
 Yakshagana  artist  to  be  awarded  the 
 Padma  Shri  Award  by  the  Government  of 
 India  in  2019.  His  style  is  so  popular  that 
 it  is  called  Chittani  Gharana.  Other 
 Yakshagana  artists  include  Balipa 
 Narayana  Bhagavatha,  Naranappa 
 Uppoor,  Parameshwar  Hegde,  Kalinga 
 Nevada,  Keremane  Shivarama  Hegde, 
 etc. 
 Q.384.  Who  among  the  following  Khayal 
 singers  of  the  19th  century  was  given  the 
 title  of  ‘Tanras”  by  Bahadur  Shah  Jaffar, 
 the last Mughal Emperor of India? 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Bade Ustad Ghulam Ali Khan 
 (b) Meer Qutub Baksh 
 (c) Ustad Amir Khan 
 (d) Sadarang 
 Sol.384.(b)  Meer  Qutub  Baksh.  He  was 
 also  a  member  of  the  Qawwal  Bachchon 
 Ka  Delhi  Gharana.  His  tomb  in  Hyderabad 
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 Bade  Ghulam  Ali  Khan  (vocalist,  from 
 Patiala  Gharana),  Ustad  Amir  Khan 
 (founder  of  the  Indore  gharana)  and 
 Sadarang (Khayal Gharana). 
 Q.385.  Who  among  the  following  Indian 
 Playback  Singers  holds  the  Guinness 
 world  record  for  singing  the  highest 
 number of songs in one day? 
 SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Alka Yagnik  (b) Kumar Sanu 
 (c) Kavita Krishnamurthy (d) Udit Narayan 
 Sol.385.(b)  Kumar  Sanu  holds  the 
 Guinness  world  record  for  singing  the 
 highest  number  of  28  songs  in  one  day 
 in  1993.  Honours-  Maharashtra  Ratna 
 Awards  (2014),  Mahanayak  Samman 
 Lifetime  Achievement:  as  Bengali 
 Playback  Singer  (2014),  Dr.  Babasaheb 
 Ambedkar  Nobel  Award  (2017),  Bishesh 
 Sangeet Mahasanman (2019). 
 Q.386.  Padma  Shri  Guru  Mayadhar 
 Raut’s  pioneering  spirit  revived  which  of 
 the  following  dances  in  the  1950s  and 
 rede?ned  the  grammar  and  Abhinaya 
 vocabulary of the dance form? 
 SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Bharatanatyam  (b) Odissi 
 (c) Manipuri  (d) Kuchipudi 
 Sol.386.(b)  Odissi  .  Guru  Mayadhar  Raut: 
 Awards-  Sangeet  Natak  Akademi  Tagore 
 Ratna  (2011),  Sahitya  Kala  Parishad 
 Award (1984). 
 Q.387.  Who  among  the  following 
 Hindustani  classical  vocalists  was 
 awarded  the  Padma  Bhushan  by  the 
 Government  of  India  and  the  title  of 
 ‘Rajya  Gayika’  by  the  Government  of 
 Maharashtra in 1969? 
 SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Gangubai Hangel    (b) Sundari Dasi 
 (c) Kesarbai Kerkar       (d) Nagarathnamma 
 Sol.387.(c)  Kesarbai  Kerkar  was  an 
 Indian  classical  vocalist  of  the 
 Jaipur-Atrauli  gharana.  She  was  awarded 
 the  Sangeet  Natak  Akademi  Award  in 
 1953,  followed  by  Padma  Bhushan,  in 
 1969.  The  Maharashtra  Government 
 awarded  her  the  title  Maharashtra  Rajya 
 Gayika.  Gangubai  Hangal  (Khyal,  Kirana 
 Gharana,  Karnataka).  Nagarathnamma 
 (Carnatic Singer, Bangalore). 
 Q.388.  Who  among  the  following  Indian 
 Carnatic  musicians  received  the  Padma 
 Vibhushan  award  in  1991  and 
 established  the  Academy  of  Performing 
 Arts and Research in Switzerland? 
 SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Kishan Maharaj 
 (b) Dr. Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna 
 (c) Ghulam Mustafa Khan 
 (d) Chhannulal Mishra 
 Sol.388.(b)  Dr.  Mangalampalli  Balamurali 
 Krishna  (Andhra  Pradesh)  was  an  Indian 
 Carnatic  vocalist,  he  also  played  the 
 kanjira,  mridangam,  viola,  and  violin.  He 
 was  conferred  with  many  prestigious 
 awards  Padma  Shri  (1971),  Padma 
 Bhushan,  Padma  Vibhushan  (1991), 
 Chevalier  of  the  Ordre  des  Arts  et  des 
 Lettres  (2005),  National  Film  Awards 
 (1976,  1987),  and  the  Sangeet  Natak 
 Akademi Award (1975). 
 Q.389.  Which  artist’s  musical  album  is 
 titled ‘Land of Gold’? 
 SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Mita Nag 
 (b) Anupama Bhagwat 
 (c) Anoushka Shankar 
 (d) Rajna Swaminathan 
 Sol.389.(c)  Anoushka  Shankar  (  British- 
 Indian  American  Sitar  player  )  won  a 
 Grammy  nomination  for  her  album,  “Land 
 of  Gold”.  Her  other  notable  albums  are 
 RISE,  Traveller,  Traces  of  You,  Home,  and 
 Love  Letters.  Anupama  Bhagwat  (Sitarist; 
 ‘Con?uence’,  ‘Ether’,  ‘Epiphany’,  ‘Colours 
 of  Sunset’,  ‘Sanjh’),  Rajna  Swaminathan 
 (acclaimed  mridangam  artist),  and  Mita 
 Nag (Sitarist from Bishnupur Gharana). 
 Q.390.  Famous  classical  dancer 
 Vidyagauri  Adkar  is  recognised  with 
 ____________  Gharana  of  Indian  classical 
 dance form. 
 SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Alwar  (b) Gwalior 
 (c) Banaras  (d) Jaipur 
 Sol.390.(d)  Jaipur  Gharana.  Vidyagauri 
 Adkar  (Mumbai)  is  a  Kathak  dance 
 exponent  in  India  .  Other  Kathak  dancers 
 of  Jaipur  Gharana  are  Sunder  Prasad 
 (Sundar  Chunnilal  Prasad),  Puru 
 Dadheech, and Mangala Bhatt. 
 Q.391.  Guru  Shyama  Charan  Pati,  was 
 conferred  the  Padma  Shri  for  his 
 contributions  to  mainly  which  of  the 
 following dance forms? 
 SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Kathi nacha  (b) Santali dance 
 (c) Chhau nritya  (d) Jhumair 
 Sol.391.(c)  Chhau  nritya,  a  martial  dance 
 form  of  India.  He  was  awarded  the 
 Padma Shri, in 2006, for his contributions 
 to Indian dance. 
 Q.392.  Pandit  Sunder  Prasad  who  was 
 awarded  with  the  Sangeet  Natak 
 Akademi Award in 1959 was a ______ 
 dancer. 
 SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Kathakali  (b) Odissi 
 (c) Kathak  (d) Mohiniyattam 
 Sol.392.(c)  Kathak.  Pandit  Sunder 
 Prasad  was  a  guru  (teacher)  of  Jaipur 
 Gharana.  He  was  honoured  by  Natak 
 Academy of Delhi in 1958. 
 Q.393.  Who  among  the  following  won 
 the  ?rst  National  Film  Award  for  Best 
 Choreography in 1992? 
 SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Saroj Khan 
 (b) Laxmibai Kolhapurkar 
 (c) Vaibhavi Merchant 
 (d) Shiamak Davar 
 Sol.393.(b)  Laxmibai  Kolhapurkar  .  Raju 
 Sundaram  won  67th  National  Award  in 
 choreography for Movie Maharshi. 
 Q.394.  Sartaj  Khan,  Sarwar  Khan, 
 Swaroop  Khan  and  Mame  Khan  are 
 famous for which of the following? 
 SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Rajasthani folk music 
 (b) Hindustani classical vocal 
 (c) Playing percussion instruments 
 (d) Playing string instruments 
 Sol.394.(a)  Rajasthani  folk  music  .  The 
 most  famous  Rajasthani  Maand  singer  is 
 Allah  Jilai  Bai  (Bikaner  Gharana).  Other 
 Rajasthani  folk  singers  are  Ila  Arun, 
 Rapperiya  Baalam,  and  Rajnigandha 
 Shekhawat. 
 Q.395.  Which  of  the  following  Hindustani 
 musical  Gharanas  is  the  oldest  among  all 
 the Khayal Gayaki styles? 
 SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Agra Gharana     (b) Kirana Gharana 
 (c) Atrauli Gharana  (d) Gwalior Gharana 
 Sol.395.(d)  Gwalior  vocal  Gharana  is 
 widely  regarded  as  the  oldest  Gharana 
 founded  by  Nathan  Pir  Bakhsh  and  Utsad 
 Nathu  khan.  Famous  artists  include  Dr. 
 Meeta  Pandit,  Ustad  Bade  Inayat  Hussain 
 Khan,  Krishnarao  Shankar  Pandit, 
 Narayanrao  Bodas,  etc.  Founders  of  Agra 
 Gharana  (Hajisujan  Khan),  Kirana  (Abdul 
 Wahid Khan) and Atrauli (Alladiya Khan). 
 Q.396.  The  important  singers  of 
 ___________Gharana  are  Faiyyaz  Khan, 
 Latafat Hussein Khan and Dinkar Kakini. 
 SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Patiala  (b) Mewati 
 (c) Agra  (d) Benaras 
 Sol.396.(c)  Agra  Gharana  is  a  tradition  of 
 Hindustani  classical  vocal  music 
 descended  from  the  Nauhar  Bani  (  during 
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 the  reign  of  Emperor  Alauddin  Khilji  of 
 Delhi).  Some  prominent  exponents  are 
 Faiyaz  Khan  “Prempiya",  Vilayat  Hussain 
 Khan  "Pran  Piya",  Khadim  Hussain  Khan 
 "Sajan  Piya",  Sharafat  Hussain  Khan 
 "Prem  Rang",  Shrikrishna  Narayan 
 Ratanjankar  "Sujan",  Babanrao  Haldankar 
 "Raspiya'', Zohrabai, etc. 
 Q.397.  Who  among  the  following  is 
 known as a vocalist in Carnatic Music? 
 SSC CHSL 01/06/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Gangubai Hangal 
 (b) GN Balasubramaniam 
 (c) Kaushiki Chakraborty 
 (d) Girija Devi 
 Sol.397.(b)  GN  Balasubramaniam  - 
 Carnatic  Vocalist.  Five  famous  Carnatic 
 Singers  -  Aruna  Sairam,  M. 
 Balamuralikrishna,  M.  S.  Subbulakshmi, 
 Nithyasree  Mahadevan,  Semmangudi 
 Srinivasa Iyer etc. 
 Q.398.  In  India,  the  tradition  of  singing 
 ghazal was established by _________. 
 SSC CHSL 01/06/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Hazrat Ali 
 (b) Hazrat Amir Khusrau 
 (c) Hazrat Nizamuddin 
 (d) Hazrat Shahenshahwali 
 Sol.398.(b)  Hazrat  Amir  Khusrau.  He  is 
 called  the  father  of  qawwali.  He  is  known 
 as  the  Parrot  of  India.  Famous  Books 
 written  by  him  are  Tughlaqnama, 
 Nuh-sipihr  and  Khaizan-ul-futuh.  He  was 
 the court poet of Alauddin Khalji. 
 Q.399.  Pandit  Bhimsen  Joshi  received 
 the  National  Film  Award  for  best  male 
 playback  singer  for  his  rendition  in  which 
 of the following Hindi movies of 1985? 
 SSC CHSL 01/06/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Ankahee  (b) Tansen 
 (c) Sandhya Raga  (d) Basant Bahar 
 Sol.399.(a)  Ankahee  .  Bhimsen  Joshi  is 
 an  Indian  Vocalist.  He  is  known  for  the 
 khayal  form  of  singing.  Awards  and 
 Honours:  1976  -  Sangeet  Natak  Akademi 
 Award.  1985  -  National  Film  Award  for 
 Best  Male  Playback  Singer.  1986  -  "First 
 platinum  disc".  2000  -  "Aditya  Vikram 
 Birla  Kalashikhar  Puraskar".  2002  - 
 Maharashtra  Bhushan.  2003  -  "Swathi 
 Sangeetha  Puraskaram"  by  Government 
 of  Kerala.  2005  -  Karnataka  Ratna.  2009 
 - Bharat Ratna. 
 Q.400.  Ricky  Kej  a  globally  acclaimed 
 musician  from  India  won  the  57th 
 Grammy  Award  for  which  of  the 
 following contributions? 
 SSC CHSL 01/06/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Divine Tides 
 (b) Winds of Samsara 
 (c) Mountain Dreams 
 (d) Mystic Mountains 
 Sol.400.(b)  Indian  musician  Ricky  Kej 
 won  his  ?rst  Grammy  (57th)  in  2015  for 
 “Winds  of  Samsara”  and  his  second  in 
 2022  (64th)  for  “Divine  Tides”.  His  other 
 important  notable  work  is  “Shanti 
 Samsara”  -  World  Music  for 
 Environmental  Consciousness.  Mountain 
 Dreams  (Ellie  Green)  and  Mystic 
 Mountain (Dunstan Massey). 
 Q.401.  Manjamma Jogati became India’s 
 ?rst  transgender  folk  dancer  to  receive  a 
 Padma  Shri  honour  for  her  contribution 
 to art in the year ____. 
 SSC CHSL 01/06/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) 2012  (b) 2021  (c) 2009  (d) 2018 
 Sol.401.(b)  2021  .  She  was  awarded 
 Padma  Shri  for  her  contribution  to  the 
 ?eld  of  folk  arts.  First  transgender 
 Padma  Shri  Awardee  (Narthaki  Nataraj; 
 Bharatnatyam dancer; 2019) 
 Q.402.  Who  among  the  following  wrote 
 two  books  on  the  history  and  dance 
 structure of Mohiniyattam? 
 SSC CHSL 02/06/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Kalamandalam Radhika 
 (b) Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma 
 (c) Kalamandalam Hymavathi 
 (d) Thankamani 
 Sol.402.(b)  Kalamandalam  Kalyanikutty 
 Amma  .  She  got  several  titles  and  awards 
 which  are  "Kavayithri'  title  given  by 
 Vallathol  (1940),  Sangeet  Natak  Akademi 
 fellowship  (1974),  Kerala  Sangeet  Natak 
 Akademi  fellowship  (1974),  'Keerthi 
 Shanku'  title  given  by  Kerala 
 Kalamandalam  (1980),  'Nrittapraveena' 
 title  by  Kerala  Fine  Arts  Society  (1984), 
 Kerala Sahitya Academy award (1985). 
 Q.403.  Malka  Jaan  of  Agra  Gharana  was 
 the  court  musician  at  the  durbar  of  which 
 of the following Nawabs of Calcutta? 
 SSC CHSL 02/06/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Shuza-ud-Daula 
 (b) Wajid Ali Shah 
 (c) Asaf-ud-Daula 
 (d) Mohammad Ali Shah 
 Sol.403.(b)  Wajid  Ali  Shah.  Malka  Jaan 
 of  Agra  was  one  of  Gauhar  Jaan's 
 contemporaries.  Shuja-ud-Daulah  was 
 the  Subedar  and  Nawab  of  Oudh.  Asaf 
 -ud-Daula  was  the  Nawab  wazir  of  Oudh 
 rati?ed by Shah Alam II. 
 Q.404.  Who  among  the  following  Indian 
 singers has written ‘Raag Sarita’ ? 
 SSC CHSL 02/06/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Pandit Kumar Gandharva 
 (b) Balasaheb Poonchwale 
 (c) Chintaman Raghunath Vyas 
 (d) Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande 
 Sol.404.(c)  Chintaman  Raghunath  Vyas  . 
 He  was  known  for  singing  khyal  style.  He 
 won  awards  Tansen  Samman  by 
 Government  of  Madhya  Pradesh  in  1999, 
 Master  Dinanath  Mangeshkar  Puraskar 
 in  1999,  Marathwada  Gaurav  Puraskar  in 
 1998,  Ustad  Ha?z  Ali  Khan  Award  in 
 1994,  Padma  Bhushan  in  1992, 
 Maharashtra  Gaurav  Puraskar  in  1990, 
 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1987. 
 Q.405.  Who  among  the  following 
 invented  and  perfected  India’s  classical 
 dance form Sattras ? 
 SSC CHSL 02/06/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Srimanta Sankardev 
 (b) K Uma Rama Rao 
 (c) Uday Shankar 
 (d) Guru Gopinath 
 Sol.405.(a)  Srimanta  Sankardev  .  He  is 
 famous  for  building  on  past  cultural 
 relics  and  devising  new  forms  of  music 
 (Borgeet),  theatrical  performance  (Ankia 
 Naat,  Bhaona),  dance  (Sattriya),  literary 
 language (Brajavali). 
 Q.406.  Kalamandalam  Kshemavathy 
 Pavithran  was  conferred  the  Padma  Shri 
 award  for  her  contribution  to  which  of  the 
 following dance forms? 
 SSC CHSL 02/06/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Kuchipudi  (b) Bharatanatyam 
 (c) Kathak  (d) Mohiniyattam 
 Sol.406.(d)  Mohinyattam.  Awards  of 
 Kalamandalam  Kshemavathy  Pavithran: 
 Padma  Shri  (2011),  Sangeet  Natak 
 Akademi  Award  (1998),  Kerala 
 Sangeetha  Nataka  Akademi  Award 
 (1975)  (for  Bharatanatyam)  and  the 
 Kerala  Sangeetha  Nataka  Akademi 
 Fellowship (2015). 
 Q.407.  C  V  Chandra  Shekhar  was 
 conferred  the  Padma  Bhushan  for  his 
 contributions  to  which  of  the  following 
 forms of Dance? 
 SSC CHSL 02/06/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Bharatanatyam    (b) Kathakali 
 (c) Manipuri  (d) Kathak 
 Sol.407.(a)  Bharatnatyam  .  In  2011,  C  V 
 Chandrashekhar  was  honoured  with  the 
 Padma  Bhushan  by  the  Government  of 
 India.  He  was  awarded  the  Sangeet 
 Natak  Akademi  Award  for  Bharatnatyam 
 in  1993.  He  also  received  the  Kalidas 
 Samman in 2008. 
 Q.408.  Who among the following Indian 
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 Q.357  .________  along  with  his  wife, 
 herself  a  dancer,  and  their  son  built  Srjan 
 in 1993. 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/ 2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Pankaj Charan Das 
 (b) Kelucharan Mohapatra 
 (c) Raghunath Dutta 
 (d) Deba Prasad Das 
 Sol.357.(b)  Kelucharan Mohapatra  . He is 
 an  exponent  of  Odissi  Dance.  he 
 choreographed  a  number  of  dance  - 
 dramas  in  Odissi  style,  including 
 "Panchapuspa",  "Krushna  Gatha",  "Geeta 
 Govinda",  "Urbashi",  "Krushna  Leela", 
 "Sakhigopal", "Konark" and "Sri Kshetra". 
 Q.358.  The  Nooran  Sisters  are  renowned 
 for  which  of  the  following  genres  of 
 Indian Music? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Qawwali      (b) Su? 
 (c) Ghazals       (d) HindustaniClassical 
 Sol.358.(b)  Su?.  The  Nooran  Sisters 
 (Jyoti  Nooran  and  Sultana  Nooran)  are  a 
 Su?  singing  duo  from  Jalandhar,  India. 
 They  perform  Sham  Chaurasia  gharana 
 classical music. 
 Q.359.  Which  of  the  following  Hindustani 
 vocalists  from  Allahabad,  along  with  her 
 famed  contemporary  Gauhar  Jaan,  had 
 the  privilege  of  performing  for  Emperor 
 George V at the Delhi Darbar in 1911 ? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Shobha Abhyankar   (b) Annupamaa 
 (c) Allah Jilai Bai             (d) Janki Bai 
 Sol.359.(d)  Janki  Bai.  She  was  popularly 
 known  as  “Chhappan  chhuri”  or  the 
 'woman  with  56  stab  wounds'.  Shobha 
 Abhyankar  (Pune)  -  Mewati  Gharana. 
 Annupamaa  (Chennai)-  Carnatic  Music, 
 Allah Jilai Bai (Rajasthan) - Folk Music. 
 Q.360.  Padma  Shri  awardee  Gopal 
 Prasad  Dubey  was  awarded  for  his 
 contribution to which of the following 
 dances? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Sattriya        (b) Panthi 
 (c) Chhau          (d) Mohiniyattam 
 Sol.360.(c)  Chhau.  Awards:  Padma  Shri 
 (2012),  Suvarna  Shankhu  (2010),  Natya 
 Shri  title  from  Nataraj  Music  Academy 
 (2010). 
 Q.361.  Who  is  the  ?rst  Indian  musician  to 
 win  the  Oscar  award  for  Best  Original 
 Score? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Bhanu Athaiya  (b) Resul Pookutty 
 (c) Mehboob Khan   (d) A.R. Rahman 
 Sol.361.(d) AR Rahman  . Resul Pookutty 
 won  an  oscar  award  for  best  sound 
 mixing.  Bhanu  Athaiya  won  an  Oscar  for 
 costume  design  for  her  work  on 
 “Gandhi”.  Mehboob  Khan  was  the 
 Director  of  the  movie  Mother  India  which 
 was  nominated  in  the  best  foreign  ?lm 
 category. 
 Q.362.  Shamshad  Begum,  one  of  the  ?rst 
 women  to  sing  playback  for  Hindi 
 movies,  was  conferred  with  the 
 prestigious  OP  Nayyar  Award  for  her 
 contribution  to  Hindi  ?lm  Music  in  the 
 year _____. 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) 2001  (b) 2009  (c) 2012  (d) 2005 
 Sol.362.(b)  2009.  Awarrds:  Padma 
 Bhushan (2009). 
 Q.363.  Meenakshi  Srinivasan  received 
 the  Ustad  Bismillah  Khan  Yuva  Puraskar 
 2011  for  which  of  the  following  dance 
 forms? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Sattriya  (b) Mohiniyattam 
 (c) Kuchipudi  (d) Bharatanatyam 
 Sol.363.(d)  Bharatanatyam  .  In  2018 
 (Last  Awarded)  -  Durgesh  Gangani 
 (Kathak),  Dr  Manju  Elangbam  (Manipuri), 
 Madhulita Mohapatra (Odissi) . 
 Q.364.  Which  of  the  following  dancers  of 
 Mohiniyattam  form  of  Indian  classical 
 dance  was  given  the  Devadasi  National 
 Award in 2013? 
 SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Smitha Rajan   (b) Jayaprabha Menon 
 (c) Sunanda Nair   (d) Gopika Verma 
 Sol.364.(b)  Jayaprabha  Menon  .  Prerana 
 Deshpande,  a  kathak  dancer,  has  been 
 awarded  the  Devadasi  National  Award 
 for  her  contribution  to  Kathak  dance  in 
 2016. 
 Q.365.  Tulsidas  Borkar,  who  was 
 awarded  with  the  Padma  Shri  in  2016, 
 was a _________ player. 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) nadhaswaram  (b) shehnai 
 (c) bansuri  (d) Harmonium 
 Sol.365.(d)  Harmonium  player.  Famous 
 harmonium  players  are  RK  Bijapure, 
 Sudhir  Nayak,  Vidyadhar  Oke,  Aditya  Oke, 
 Kedar Naphade, Santosh Ghante etc. 
 Q.366.  Who  among  the  following  Sadir 
 dancers received the Padma Shri 2022? 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Tsering Namgyal 
 (b) Sulochna Chavan 
 (c) R Muthu Kannammal 
 (d) Thavil Kongampattu Murugaiyan 
 Sol.366.(c)  R  Muthu  Kannammal  . 
 Bharatanatyam  traces  its  lineage  to  the 
 ancient  dance  of  Sadir  Attam.  Sulochana 
 Chavan  is  an  Indian  singer,  known  for  her 
 lavanis  in  Marathi.  R  Muthu  Kannammal 
 is  a  seventh  generation  veteran  Sadir 
 dancer  from  the  Indian  State  of  Tamil 
 Nadu.  She  is  the  only  surviving  person 
 among the 32 Devadasis. 
 Q.367.  Haleem  Khan  is  associated  with 
 which of the following classical dances ? 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Mohiniyattam  (b) Kathak 
 (c) Kuchipudi  (d) Bharatanatyam 
 Sol.367.(c)  Kuchipudi  . 
 Q.368.  Guru  Makar  Dhwaja  Darogha,  was 
 conferred  the  Padma  Shri  award  for  his 
 contribution  to  which  form  of  dance  in 
 India ? 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Panthi             (b) Saila 
 (c) Chhau             (d) Raut Nacha 
 Sol.368.(c) Chhau.  Padma Shri (2011). 
 Q.369.  Padma  Shri  awardee  Guru  Amubi 
 Singh  was  conferred  the  award  for  his 
 signi?cant  contributions  in  which  of  the 
 following dance forms ? 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Kathak  (b) Manipuri 
 (c) Bharatanatyam     (d) Odissi 
 Sol.369.(b)  Manipuri  .  Padma  Shri 
 (1970), Sangeet Natak Akademi  (1956). 
 Q.370.  __________  was  ?rst  trained  in 
 classical  music  under  her  father  Ustad 
 ‘Baba’  Allauddin  Khan,  and  established 
 the Maihar-Senia gharana with his help. 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Anupama Bhagwat 
 (b) Annapurna Devi 
 (c) Roopa Panesar 
 (d) Sahana Banerjee 
 Sol.370.(b)  Annapurna  Devi  was  an 
 Indian  surbahar  (bass  sitar)  player  of 
 Hindustani  classical  music.  She  was 
 given  the  name  'Annapurna'  by  former 
 Maharaja  Brijnath  Singh  of  the  former 
 Maihar state. 
 Q.371.  Due  to  the  service  done  by  the 
 poet  ___________,  the  Kathakali  dance 
 form  received  a  new  impetus  and  today, 
 many  innovations  are  also  being  made  to 
 suit the needs of a changing society. 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Purandara Dasa 
 (b) Vallathol Narayana Menon 
 (c) Satchidanandan 
 (d) Gopal Bhatta 
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 Sol.371.(b)  Vallathol  Narayana  Menon 
 was  a  poet  in  the  Malayalam  Language. 
 His  famous  poem  is  "Ente  Gurunathan" 
 ("My  Great  Teacher").  He  was  one  of  the 
 triumvirate  poets  of  modern  Malayalam, 
 along  with  Kumaran  Asan  and  Ulloor  S. 
 Parameswara Iyer. 
 Q.372.  Padma  Shri  awardee  Guru 
 Gangadhar  Pradhan  is  an  accomplished 
 dancer  of  which  of  the  following  dance 
 forms ? 
 SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Manipuri  (b) Kathakali 
 (c) Odissi  (d) Kathak 
 Sol.372.(c)  Odissi  .  He  was  awarded  the 
 Sangeet  Natak  Akademi  Award  in  1998 
 and  the  Padma  Shri  (India's  fourth 
 highest civilian award) in 2008. 
 Q.373.  Who  among  the  following 
 personalities  was  awarded  the  O?cer  of 
 the Legion of Honour award? 
 SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Asha Bhosle  (b) Shamshad Begum 
 (c) S Janaki  (d) Lata Mangeshkar 
 Sol.373.(d)  Lata  Mangeshkar  (  2009)  . 
 The  Legion  of  Honour  is  the  highest 
 French  Honour.  Shri  A.S  Kiran  kumar 
 conferred  “Knight  of  the  Legion  of 
 Honour”.  Azim  Premji  also  was  conferred 
 with the Legion of Honour award. 
 Q.374.  Who  among  the  following 
 versatile  musicians  of  India  won  the  Best 
 Music  Director  National  Award  for  the 
 Hindi  movie  ‘Rudaali’  and  was  also 
 known as the ‘Bard of Brahmaputra’? 
 SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Bhupen Hazarika (b) Manas Robin 
 (c) Joi Barua              (d) Jayanta Hazarika 
 Sol.374.(a)  Bhupen  Hazarika  .  He 
 received  Bharat  Ratna  Award  in  2019.  He 
 is from Assam. 
 Q.375.  Ashish  Sankrityayan  is  an 
 exponent of _________ music. 
 SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Odissi  (b) Dhrupad 
 (c) Thumri  (d) Kajari 
 Sol.375.(b)  Dhrupad  .  In  Hindustani 
 music,  there  are  ten  main  singing  styles: 
 Dhrupad,  Tappa,  Chaturang,  Ragasagar, 
 Dhamar,  Hori,  Khayal,  Tarana,  Sargam, 
 and  Thumri.  Every  composition  in  the 
 Carnatic  style  is  made  up  of  several 
 parts: Pallavi, Anu Pallavi, Varnam and 
 Ragamalika. 
 Q.376.  The  nineteenth  century  saw  the 
 golden  age  of  Kathak  under  the 
 patronage of Wajid Ali Shah, the last 
 Nawab of __________. 
 SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Hyderabad  (b) Rampur 
 (c) Oudh  (d) Jaunpur 
 Sol.376.(c)  Oudh.  He  patronised  the 
 Lucknow Gharana of Kathak. 
 Q.377.  Which  Manipuri  Classical  Dancer 
 opened  the  ‘Govindji  Narthanalaya’  dance 
 school for women in Imphal? 
 SSC CHSL 26/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Chandrakanta Singh 
 (b) Bipin Singh 
 (c) Senarik Rajkumar 
 (d) Nileshwar Mukherjee 
 Sol.377.(b)  Bipin  Singh  (Manipuri 
 Dancer)  opened  the  ‘Govindji 
 Narthanalaya’  dance  school  for  women 
 in Imphal. 
 Q.378.  Who  among  the  following  is  an 
 Indian  Singer  of  Hindustani  Classical 
 Music? 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) L Subramaniam 
 (b) Shubha Mudgal 
 (c) Kishan Maharaj 
 (d) Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu 
 Sol.378.(b)  Shubha  Mudgal  .  Award: 
 Padma  Shri  (2000).  Rajiv  Gandhi  National 
 Sadbhavana  Award  (2016).  L 
 Subramaniam  -  Violinist.  Kishan  Maharaj 
 -  Tabla  Player.  Dwaram  Venkataswamy 
 Naidu - Violinist. 
 Q.379.  Shobana  Chandrakumar,  a 
 recipient  of  Padma  Shri,  is  a  dancer  of 
 which  of  the  following  Indian  classical 
 dance forms? 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Manipuri  (b) Bharatanatyam 
 (c) Kathak  (d) Odissi 
 Sol.379.(b)  Bharatnatyam  .  Padma  Shri 
 (2006).  She  won  the  Kalaimamani  (Tamil 
 Nadu)  award  in  2011.  She  won  the 
 Kalarathna (Kerala) award in 2013. 
 Q.380.  Who  among  the  following  is 
 known  as  a  descendant  of  Ishwari 
 Prasad, the ?rst Kathak teacher? 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Sambhu Mahara   (b) GopiKrishna 
 (c) Lacchu Maharaj    (d) Birju Maharaj 
 Sol.380.(d)  Pandit  Birju  Maharaj  .  He  was 
 an  exponent  of  the  Lucknow  "Kalka 
 -Bindadin"  Gharana  of  Kathak.  He  was  a 
 descendant  of  the  Maharaj  family  of 
 Kathak  dancers,  which  includes  his  two 
 uncles,  Shambhu  Maharaj  and  Lachhu 
 Maharaj,  and  his  father  Acchan  Maharaj. 
 Gopi  Krishna  was  also  a  Kathak  dancer 
 who  received  the  title  of  “Nataraj"  (King 
 of  Dancers)  at  the  All  Bengal  Music 
 Conference at the age of 15. 
 Q.381.  The  ?rst  recipient  of  the  National 
 Award  for  Best  Music  Direction  was 
 _______  who  was  honoured  for  his 
 composition  in  the  Tamil  ?lm  Kandan 
 Karunai. 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) KV Mahadevan   (b) Vidyasagar 
 (c) Deva  (d) Karthik Raja 
 Sol.381.(a)  K.  V.  Mahadevan  .  He  was 
 again  awarded  the  same  in  1979  for 
 Sankarabharanam  (Telugu  ?lm). 
 National  Award  for  Best  Music  Direction 
 2019:  D.  Imman  was  awarded  for 
 Viswasam (Tamil ?lm). 
 Q.382.  In  which  of  the  following  years 
 did  Pandit  Bhimsen  Gururaj  Joshi  give 
 his ?rst ever live performance? 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) 1937  (b) 1945   (c) 1941   (d) 1950 
 Sol.382.(c)  Pandit  Bhimsen  Gururaj 
 Joshi  (Pandit),  was  one  of  the  greatest 
 Indian  vocalists  from  Karnataka  and 
 belongs  to  the  Kirana  gharana  tradition 
 of  the  Hindustani  classical  tradition.  He 
 gave  his  ?rst  live  performance  in  1941  at 
 the age of 19. 
 Q.383.  Padma  Shri  awardee  Chittani 
 Ramachandra  Hegde  is  known  for  his 
 contribution  to  which  of  the  following 
 dance forms in India? 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Sattriya  (b) Kuchipudi 
 (c) Yakshagana  (d) Kathakali 
 Sol.383.(c)  Yakshagana  .  He  was  the  ?rst 
 Yakshagana  artist  to  be  awarded  the 
 Padma  Shri  Award  by  the  Government  of 
 India  in  2019.  His  style  is  so  popular  that 
 it  is  called  Chittani  Gharana.  Other 
 Yakshagana  artists  include  Balipa 
 Narayana  Bhagavatha,  Naranappa 
 Uppoor,  Parameshwar  Hegde,  Kalinga 
 Nevada,  Keremane  Shivarama  Hegde, 
 etc. 
 Q.384.  Who  among  the  following  Khayal 
 singers  of  the  19th  century  was  given  the 
 title  of  ‘Tanras”  by  Bahadur  Shah  Jaffar, 
 the last Mughal Emperor of India? 
 SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Bade Ustad Ghulam Ali Khan 
 (b) Meer Qutub Baksh 
 (c) Ustad Amir Khan 
 (d) Sadarang 
 Sol.384.(b)  Meer  Qutub  Baksh.  He  was 
 also  a  member  of  the  Qawwal  Bachchon 
 Ka  Delhi  Gharana.  His  tomb  in  Hyderabad 
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 is  near  Khamas  Shah  Dargah.  Ustad 
 Bade  Ghulam  Ali  Khan  (vocalist,  from 
 Patiala  Gharana),  Ustad  Amir  Khan 
 (founder  of  the  Indore  gharana)  and 
 Sadarang (Khayal Gharana). 
 Q.385.  Who  among  the  following  Indian 
 Playback  Singers  holds  the  Guinness 
 world  record  for  singing  the  highest 
 number of songs in one day? 
 SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Alka Yagnik  (b) Kumar Sanu 
 (c) Kavita Krishnamurthy (d) Udit Narayan 
 Sol.385.(b)  Kumar  Sanu  holds  the 
 Guinness  world  record  for  singing  the 
 highest  number  of  28  songs  in  one  day 
 in  1993.  Honours-  Maharashtra  Ratna 
 Awards  (2014),  Mahanayak  Samman 
 Lifetime  Achievement:  as  Bengali 
 Playback  Singer  (2014),  Dr.  Babasaheb 
 Ambedkar  Nobel  Award  (2017),  Bishesh 
 Sangeet Mahasanman (2019). 
 Q.386.  Padma  Shri  Guru  Mayadhar 
 Raut’s  pioneering  spirit  revived  which  of 
 the  following  dances  in  the  1950s  and 
 rede?ned  the  grammar  and  Abhinaya 
 vocabulary of the dance form? 
 SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Bharatanatyam  (b) Odissi 
 (c) Manipuri  (d) Kuchipudi 
 Sol.386.(b)  Odissi  .  Guru  Mayadhar  Raut: 
 Awards-  Sangeet  Natak  Akademi  Tagore 
 Ratna  (2011),  Sahitya  Kala  Parishad 
 Award (1984). 
 Q.387.  Who  among  the  following 
 Hindustani  classical  vocalists  was 
 awarded  the  Padma  Bhushan  by  the 
 Government  of  India  and  the  title  of 
 ‘Rajya  Gayika’  by  the  Government  of 
 Maharashtra in 1969? 
 SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Gangubai Hangel    (b) Sundari Dasi 
 (c) Kesarbai Kerkar       (d) Nagarathnamma 
 Sol.387.(c)  Kesarbai  Kerkar  was  an 
 Indian  classical  vocalist  of  the 
 Jaipur-Atrauli  gharana.  She  was  awarded 
 the  Sangeet  Natak  Akademi  Award  in 
 1953,  followed  by  Padma  Bhushan,  in 
 1969.  The  Maharashtra  Government 
 awarded  her  the  title  Maharashtra  Rajya 
 Gayika.  Gangubai  Hangal  (Khyal,  Kirana 
 Gharana,  Karnataka).  Nagarathnamma 
 (Carnatic Singer, Bangalore). 
 Q.388.  Who  among  the  following  Indian 
 Carnatic  musicians  received  the  Padma 
 Vibhushan  award  in  1991  and 
 established  the  Academy  of  Performing 
 Arts and Research in Switzerland? 
 SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Kishan Maharaj 
 (b) Dr. Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna 
 (c) Ghulam Mustafa Khan 
 (d) Chhannulal Mishra 
 Sol.388.(b)  Dr.  Mangalampalli  Balamurali 
 Krishna  (Andhra  Pradesh)  was  an  Indian 
 Carnatic  vocalist,  he  also  played  the 
 kanjira,  mridangam,  viola,  and  violin.  He 
 was  conferred  with  many  prestigious 
 awards  Padma  Shri  (1971),  Padma 
 Bhushan,  Padma  Vibhushan  (1991), 
 Chevalier  of  the  Ordre  des  Arts  et  des 
 Lettres  (2005),  National  Film  Awards 
 (1976,  1987),  and  the  Sangeet  Natak 
 Akademi Award (1975). 
 Q.389.  Which  artist’s  musical  album  is 
 titled ‘Land of Gold’? 
 SSC CHSL 30/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Mita Nag 
 (b) Anupama Bhagwat 
 (c) Anoushka Shankar 
 (d) Rajna Swaminathan 
 Sol.389.(c)  Anoushka  Shankar  (  British- 
 Indian  American  Sitar  player  )  won  a 
 Grammy  nomination  for  her  album,  “Land 
 of  Gold”.  Her  other  notable  albums  are 
 RISE,  Traveller,  Traces  of  You,  Home,  and 
 Love  Letters.  Anupama  Bhagwat  (Sitarist; 
 ‘Con?uence’,  ‘Ether’,  ‘Epiphany’,  ‘Colours 
 of  Sunset’,  ‘Sanjh’),  Rajna  Swaminathan 
 (acclaimed  mridangam  artist),  and  Mita 
 Nag (Sitarist from Bishnupur Gharana). 
 Q.390.  Famous  classical  dancer 
 Vidyagauri  Adkar  is  recognised  with 
 ____________  Gharana  of  Indian  classical 
 dance form. 
 SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Alwar  (b) Gwalior 
 (c) Banaras  (d) Jaipur 
 Sol.390.(d)  Jaipur  Gharana.  Vidyagauri 
 Adkar  (Mumbai)  is  a  Kathak  dance 
 exponent  in  India  .  Other  Kathak  dancers 
 of  Jaipur  Gharana  are  Sunder  Prasad 
 (Sundar  Chunnilal  Prasad),  Puru 
 Dadheech, and Mangala Bhatt. 
 Q.391.  Guru  Shyama  Charan  Pati,  was 
 conferred  the  Padma  Shri  for  his 
 contributions  to  mainly  which  of  the 
 following dance forms? 
 SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Kathi nacha  (b) Santali dance 
 (c) Chhau nritya  (d) Jhumair 
 Sol.391.(c)  Chhau  nritya,  a  martial  dance 
 form  of  India.  He  was  awarded  the 
 Padma Shri, in 2006, for his contributions 
 to Indian dance. 
 Q.392.  Pandit  Sunder  Prasad  who  was 
 awarded  with  the  Sangeet  Natak 
 Akademi Award in 1959 was a ______ 
 dancer. 
 SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Kathakali  (b) Odissi 
 (c) Kathak  (d) Mohiniyattam 
 Sol.392.(c)  Kathak.  Pandit  Sunder 
 Prasad  was  a  guru  (teacher)  of  Jaipur 
 Gharana.  He  was  honoured  by  Natak 
 Academy of Delhi in 1958. 
 Q.393.  Who  among  the  following  won 
 the  ?rst  National  Film  Award  for  Best 
 Choreography in 1992? 
 SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Saroj Khan 
 (b) Laxmibai Kolhapurkar 
 (c) Vaibhavi Merchant 
 (d) Shiamak Davar 
 Sol.393.(b)  Laxmibai  Kolhapurkar  .  Raju 
 Sundaram  won  67th  National  Award  in 
 choreography for Movie Maharshi. 
 Q.394.  Sartaj  Khan,  Sarwar  Khan, 
 Swaroop  Khan  and  Mame  Khan  are 
 famous for which of the following? 
 SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Rajasthani folk music 
 (b) Hindustani classical vocal 
 (c) Playing percussion instruments 
 (d) Playing string instruments 
 Sol.394.(a)  Rajasthani  folk  music  .  The 
 most  famous  Rajasthani  Maand  singer  is 
 Allah  Jilai  Bai  (Bikaner  Gharana).  Other 
 Rajasthani  folk  singers  are  Ila  Arun, 
 Rapperiya  Baalam,  and  Rajnigandha 
 Shekhawat. 
 Q.395.  Which  of  the  following  Hindustani 
 musical  Gharanas  is  the  oldest  among  all 
 the Khayal Gayaki styles? 
 SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Agra Gharana     (b) Kirana Gharana 
 (c) Atrauli Gharana  (d) Gwalior Gharana 
 Sol.395.(d)  Gwalior  vocal  Gharana  is 
 widely  regarded  as  the  oldest  Gharana 
 founded  by  Nathan  Pir  Bakhsh  and  Utsad 
 Nathu  khan.  Famous  artists  include  Dr. 
 Meeta  Pandit,  Ustad  Bade  Inayat  Hussain 
 Khan,  Krishnarao  Shankar  Pandit, 
 Narayanrao  Bodas,  etc.  Founders  of  Agra 
 Gharana  (Hajisujan  Khan),  Kirana  (Abdul 
 Wahid Khan) and Atrauli (Alladiya Khan). 
 Q.396.  The  important  singers  of 
 ___________Gharana  are  Faiyyaz  Khan, 
 Latafat Hussein Khan and Dinkar Kakini. 
 SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Patiala  (b) Mewati 
 (c) Agra  (d) Benaras 
 Sol.396.(c)  Agra  Gharana  is  a  tradition  of 
 Hindustani  classical  vocal  music 
 descended  from  the  Nauhar  Bani  (  during 
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 the  reign  of  Emperor  Alauddin  Khilji  of 
 Delhi).  Some  prominent  exponents  are 
 Faiyaz  Khan  “Prempiya",  Vilayat  Hussain 
 Khan  "Pran  Piya",  Khadim  Hussain  Khan 
 "Sajan  Piya",  Sharafat  Hussain  Khan 
 "Prem  Rang",  Shrikrishna  Narayan 
 Ratanjankar  "Sujan",  Babanrao  Haldankar 
 "Raspiya'', Zohrabai, etc. 
 Q.397.  Who  among  the  following  is 
 known as a vocalist in Carnatic Music? 
 SSC CHSL 01/06/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Gangubai Hangal 
 (b) GN Balasubramaniam 
 (c) Kaushiki Chakraborty 
 (d) Girija Devi 
 Sol.397.(b)  GN  Balasubramaniam  - 
 Carnatic  Vocalist.  Five  famous  Carnatic 
 Singers  -  Aruna  Sairam,  M. 
 Balamuralikrishna,  M.  S.  Subbulakshmi, 
 Nithyasree  Mahadevan,  Semmangudi 
 Srinivasa Iyer etc. 
 Q.398.  In  India,  the  tradition  of  singing 
 ghazal was established by _________. 
 SSC CHSL 01/06/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Hazrat Ali 
 (b) Hazrat Amir Khusrau 
 (c) Hazrat Nizamuddin 
 (d) Hazrat Shahenshahwali 
 Sol.398.(b)  Hazrat  Amir  Khusrau.  He  is 
 called  the  father  of  qawwali.  He  is  known 
 as  the  Parrot  of  India.  Famous  Books 
 written  by  him  are  Tughlaqnama, 
 Nuh-sipihr  and  Khaizan-ul-futuh.  He  was 
 the court poet of Alauddin Khalji. 
 Q.399.  Pandit  Bhimsen  Joshi  received 
 the  National  Film  Award  for  best  male 
 playback  singer  for  his  rendition  in  which 
 of the following Hindi movies of 1985? 
 SSC CHSL 01/06/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Ankahee  (b) Tansen 
 (c) Sandhya Raga  (d) Basant Bahar 
 Sol.399.(a)  Ankahee  .  Bhimsen  Joshi  is 
 an  Indian  Vocalist.  He  is  known  for  the 
 khayal  form  of  singing.  Awards  and 
 Honours:  1976  -  Sangeet  Natak  Akademi 
 Award.  1985  -  National  Film  Award  for 
 Best  Male  Playback  Singer.  1986  -  "First 
 platinum  disc".  2000  -  "Aditya  Vikram 
 Birla  Kalashikhar  Puraskar".  2002  - 
 Maharashtra  Bhushan.  2003  -  "Swathi 
 Sangeetha  Puraskaram"  by  Government 
 of  Kerala.  2005  -  Karnataka  Ratna.  2009 
 - Bharat Ratna. 
 Q.400.  Ricky  Kej  a  globally  acclaimed 
 musician  from  India  won  the  57th 
 Grammy  Award  for  which  of  the 
 following contributions? 
 SSC CHSL 01/06/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Divine Tides 
 (b) Winds of Samsara 
 (c) Mountain Dreams 
 (d) Mystic Mountains 
 Sol.400.(b)  Indian  musician  Ricky  Kej 
 won  his  ?rst  Grammy  (57th)  in  2015  for 
 “Winds  of  Samsara”  and  his  second  in 
 2022  (64th)  for  “Divine  Tides”.  His  other 
 important  notable  work  is  “Shanti 
 Samsara”  -  World  Music  for 
 Environmental  Consciousness.  Mountain 
 Dreams  (Ellie  Green)  and  Mystic 
 Mountain (Dunstan Massey). 
 Q.401.  Manjamma Jogati became India’s 
 ?rst  transgender  folk  dancer  to  receive  a 
 Padma  Shri  honour  for  her  contribution 
 to art in the year ____. 
 SSC CHSL 01/06/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) 2012  (b) 2021  (c) 2009  (d) 2018 
 Sol.401.(b)  2021  .  She  was  awarded 
 Padma  Shri  for  her  contribution  to  the 
 ?eld  of  folk  arts.  First  transgender 
 Padma  Shri  Awardee  (Narthaki  Nataraj; 
 Bharatnatyam dancer; 2019) 
 Q.402.  Who  among  the  following  wrote 
 two  books  on  the  history  and  dance 
 structure of Mohiniyattam? 
 SSC CHSL 02/06/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Kalamandalam Radhika 
 (b) Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma 
 (c) Kalamandalam Hymavathi 
 (d) Thankamani 
 Sol.402.(b)  Kalamandalam  Kalyanikutty 
 Amma  .  She  got  several  titles  and  awards 
 which  are  "Kavayithri'  title  given  by 
 Vallathol  (1940),  Sangeet  Natak  Akademi 
 fellowship  (1974),  Kerala  Sangeet  Natak 
 Akademi  fellowship  (1974),  'Keerthi 
 Shanku'  title  given  by  Kerala 
 Kalamandalam  (1980),  'Nrittapraveena' 
 title  by  Kerala  Fine  Arts  Society  (1984), 
 Kerala Sahitya Academy award (1985). 
 Q.403.  Malka  Jaan  of  Agra  Gharana  was 
 the  court  musician  at  the  durbar  of  which 
 of the following Nawabs of Calcutta? 
 SSC CHSL 02/06/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Shuza-ud-Daula 
 (b) Wajid Ali Shah 
 (c) Asaf-ud-Daula 
 (d) Mohammad Ali Shah 
 Sol.403.(b)  Wajid  Ali  Shah.  Malka  Jaan 
 of  Agra  was  one  of  Gauhar  Jaan's 
 contemporaries.  Shuja-ud-Daulah  was 
 the  Subedar  and  Nawab  of  Oudh.  Asaf 
 -ud-Daula  was  the  Nawab  wazir  of  Oudh 
 rati?ed by Shah Alam II. 
 Q.404.  Who  among  the  following  Indian 
 singers has written ‘Raag Sarita’ ? 
 SSC CHSL 02/06/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Pandit Kumar Gandharva 
 (b) Balasaheb Poonchwale 
 (c) Chintaman Raghunath Vyas 
 (d) Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande 
 Sol.404.(c)  Chintaman  Raghunath  Vyas  . 
 He  was  known  for  singing  khyal  style.  He 
 won  awards  Tansen  Samman  by 
 Government  of  Madhya  Pradesh  in  1999, 
 Master  Dinanath  Mangeshkar  Puraskar 
 in  1999,  Marathwada  Gaurav  Puraskar  in 
 1998,  Ustad  Ha?z  Ali  Khan  Award  in 
 1994,  Padma  Bhushan  in  1992, 
 Maharashtra  Gaurav  Puraskar  in  1990, 
 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1987. 
 Q.405.  Who  among  the  following 
 invented  and  perfected  India’s  classical 
 dance form Sattras ? 
 SSC CHSL 02/06/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Srimanta Sankardev 
 (b) K Uma Rama Rao 
 (c) Uday Shankar 
 (d) Guru Gopinath 
 Sol.405.(a)  Srimanta  Sankardev  .  He  is 
 famous  for  building  on  past  cultural 
 relics  and  devising  new  forms  of  music 
 (Borgeet),  theatrical  performance  (Ankia 
 Naat,  Bhaona),  dance  (Sattriya),  literary 
 language (Brajavali). 
 Q.406.  Kalamandalam  Kshemavathy 
 Pavithran  was  conferred  the  Padma  Shri 
 award  for  her  contribution  to  which  of  the 
 following dance forms? 
 SSC CHSL 02/06/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Kuchipudi  (b) Bharatanatyam 
 (c) Kathak  (d) Mohiniyattam 
 Sol.406.(d)  Mohinyattam.  Awards  of 
 Kalamandalam  Kshemavathy  Pavithran: 
 Padma  Shri  (2011),  Sangeet  Natak 
 Akademi  Award  (1998),  Kerala 
 Sangeetha  Nataka  Akademi  Award 
 (1975)  (for  Bharatanatyam)  and  the 
 Kerala  Sangeetha  Nataka  Akademi 
 Fellowship (2015). 
 Q.407.  C  V  Chandra  Shekhar  was 
 conferred  the  Padma  Bhushan  for  his 
 contributions  to  which  of  the  following 
 forms of Dance? 
 SSC CHSL 02/06/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Bharatanatyam    (b) Kathakali 
 (c) Manipuri  (d) Kathak 
 Sol.407.(a)  Bharatnatyam  .  In  2011,  C  V 
 Chandrashekhar  was  honoured  with  the 
 Padma  Bhushan  by  the  Government  of 
 India.  He  was  awarded  the  Sangeet 
 Natak  Akademi  Award  for  Bharatnatyam 
 in  1993.  He  also  received  the  Kalidas 
 Samman in 2008. 
 Q.408.  Who among the following Indian 
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 musicians  introduced  shehnai  to  the 
 concert  stage  and  was  selected  to 
 perform  for  the  ceremony  at  Delhi’s 
 historic  Red  Fort  on  the  occasion  of 
 India’s  Independence  Day  on  15  August 
 1947 ? 
 SSC CHSL 02/06/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Ali Bakhsh  (b) Anant Lal 
 (c) Bismillah Khan  (d) Ali Ahmad Hussain 
 Sol.408.(c) Ustad Bismillah Khan  . 
 Q.409.  Which  of  the  following  Indian 
 classical  Bharatanatyam  dancers 
 received  the  honours  of  Padma  Shri  in 
 1981 and Padma Bhushan in 2003 ? 
 SSC CHSL 02/06/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Savitha Sastry 
 (b) Mallika Sarabhai 
 (c) Rukmini Devi 
 (d) Padma Subrahmanyam 
 Sol.409.(d)  Padma  Subrahmanyam 
 (Tamil  nadu)  was  awarded  the  Sangeet 
 Natak Akademi Award (1983). 
 Q.410.  Allah  Jilai  Bai,  a  singer  from 
 Rajasthan  is  famous  for  which  of  the 
 following? 
 SSC CHSL 03/06/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Ghazals  (b) Folk songs 
 (c) Bhajans  (d) Hindustani classical music 
 Sol.410.(b)  Folk  songs.  Allah  Jilai  Bai 
 was  well  versed  in  Maand,  Thumri, 
 Khayal  and  Dadra.  Her  best-known  piece 
 is  Kesaria  Balam.  She  was  awarded  the 
 Padma  Shri  (1982)  and  Sangeet  Natak 
 Akademi Award (1988). 
 Q.411.  Rama  Vaidyanathan  was  awarded 
 with  the  honour  of  the  Devadasi  National 
 Award  in  2013  for  her  contribution  in 
 which  of  the  following  Indian  dance 
 forms? 
 SSC CHSL 03/06/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Mohiniyattam  (b) Odissi 
 (c) Kuchipudi  (d) Bharatnatyam 
 Sol.411.(d)  Bharatnatyam  .  She  was 
 awarded  the  Sangeet  Natak  Akademi 
 Award  (2017),  the  National  Excellence 
 Award  by  the  All  India  National  Unity 
 Conference  (1999),  and  the  dance  title  of 
 "Bharatha Rathna '' (Sri Lanka; 1998). 
 Q.412.  Who  among  the  following  got  the 
 Sangeet  Natak  Akademi  2017  for  her 
 contribution to Odissi dance? 
 SSC CHSL 06/06/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Sujata Mohapatra 
 (b) Shobha Koser 
 (c) Rama Vaidyanathan 
 (d) L N Oinam Ongbi Dhoni Devi 
 Sol.412.(a) Sujata Mohapatra  . She was 
 awarded the Central Sangeet Natak 
 Akademi  Award  (2017),  Bhimeswar 
 Pratikha  Samman  (2004),  Raaza 
 Puruskar  (2008).  Shobha  Koser  (Kathak 
 dancer),  Rama  Vaidyanathan 
 (Bharatnatyam),  and  L  N  Oinam  Ongbi 
 Dhoni Devi (Manipuri). 
 Q.413.  Padma  Shri  awardee  Guru 
 Keezhpadam  Kumaran  Nair  was  a  dancer 
 of  which  of  the  following  classical 
 dances of India? 
 SSC CHSL 06/06/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Mohiniyattam  (b) Odissi 
 (c) Kathak  (d) Kathakali 
 Sol.413.(d)  Kathakali.  Keezhpadam 
 Kumaran  Nair  is  a  recipient  of  the 
 Padma  Shri  award  (2004),  the  Central 
 Sangeet  Natak  Akademi  award  (1988), 
 the  Kerala  Sangeetha  Nataka  Akademi 
 Fellowship,  and  the  Kalamandalam 
 award. 
 Q.414.  Who  among  the  following  was 
 honoured  with  the  Padma  Shri  in  2011 
 for  his/her  excellence  in  Chhau,  a 
 semi-classical  dance  form  of  Eastern 
 India? 
 SSC CHSL 06/06/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Kedarnath Sahoo 
 (b) Gopal prasad Dubey 
 (c) Suddhenra Narayan Singhdeo 
 (d) MakarDhwaja Darogha 
 Sol.414.(d)  MakarDhwaja  Darogha 
 (  Jharkhand)  is  known  for  his  expertise  in 
 the classical dance form of Chhau. 
 Q.415.  Who  among  the  following  Indian 
 musicians  founded  Harmony  and 
 Universality  through  Music  (HUM)  to 
 perform  in  different  parts  of  the  world 
 and  draw  people’s  attention  to 
 specially-abled children? 
 SSC CHSL 06/06/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Kumar Bose 
 (b) Sandeep Das 
 (c) Swapan Chaudhuri 
 (d) Anindo Chatterjee 
 Sol.415.(b)  Sandeep  Das  (Born:  Patna; 
 Benaras  Gharana)  is  an  Indian  Tabla 
 player  and  composer  currently  based  in 
 Boston,  Massachusetts,  United  States. 
 He  won  a  Grammy  Award  for  Best  World 
 Music  Album,  in  2017,  for  the  album  Sing 
 Me Home. 
 Q.416.  Guru  MK  Saroja  has  been 
 conferred  with  the  Padma  Shri  for  the 
 relentless  pursuit  of  which  of  the 
 following dances? 
 SSC CHSL 07/06/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Bharatanatyam     (b) Mohiniyattam 
 (c) Odissi                     (d) Kuchipudi 
 Sol.416.(a)  Bharatanatyam.  Guru  MK 
 Saroja  was  awarded  the  Padma  Shri 
 (2011),  Sangeet  Natak  Akademi  Tagore 
 Ratna  (2011),  Sangeet  Natak  Akademi 
 Award (1995). 
 Q.417.  Famous  playback  singer  Kishore 
 Kumar was born in 1929 in _________. 
 SSC CHSL 07/06/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Bhopal  (b) Calcutta 
 (c) Delhi  (d) Khandwa 
 Sol.417.(d)  Khandwa  (Madhya  Pradesh). 
 He  was  awarded:  Filmfare  Award  for 
 Best  Male  Playback  Singer  (8  times), 
 Bengal  Film  Journalists'  Association  – 
 Best  Male  Playback  Award  (4  times),  and 
 Lata  Mangeshkar  Award.  In  1997, 
 Madhya  Pradesh  Government  initiated  an 
 award called the "Kishore Kumar Award". 
 Q.418.  Maguni  Charan  Das  was  awarded 
 Padma  Shri  for  his  contribution  to  which 
 of the following forms of dances? 
 SSC CHSL 07/06/2022 (Evening) 
 (a) Gotipua  (b) Chhau 
 (c) Jhumair  (d) Kharia 
 Sol.418.(a)  Gotipua  .  Awards-  Padma  Shri 
 award  (2004),  Odisha  Sangeet  Natak 
 Akademi Award, and Tulsi Award. 
 Q.419.  Who  among  the  following  is  a 
 19th  century  exponent  of  the  Kathak 
 dance? 
 SSC CHSL 08/06/2022 (Morning) 
 (a) Jatin Goswami 
 (b) Kalka Prasad 
 (c) Bhabhananda Barbayan 
 (d) Krishna Panicker 
 Sol.419.(b)  Maharaj  Kalka  Prashad 
 belonged to the Lucknow Gharana. He 
 used  to  live  in  Banaras  and  promoted 
 Kathak-style  dance  and  Thumri  singing. 
 He  plays  Tabla  and  Pakhawaj.  Jatin 
 Goswami  (Sattriya),  Bhabhananda 
 Barbayan  (Sattriya),  and  Krishna  Panicker 
 (Mohiniyattam). 
 Q.420.  Which  dancer  was  awarded  in 
 1968  with  a  gold  medal  by  the  Mexican 
 Government  for  her  choreography  for  the 
 Ballet Folklorico of Mexico? 
 SSC CHSL 08/06/2022 (Afternoon) 
 (a) Sonal Mansingh 
 (b) Shovana Narayan 
 (c) Mrinalini Sarabhai 
 (d) Rukmani Arundale 
 Sol.420.(c)  Mrinalini  Sarabhai  (Kerala) 
 was  an  expert  dancer  in  Bharatanatyam, 
 and  Kathakali.  Awards  -  Padma  Shri 
 (1965)  and  Padma  Bhushan  (1992).  Her 
 autobiography  -  ‘The  voice  of  the  Heart- 
 an autobiography’. 
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