SSC CHSL 2022 PYQ — Question 43

SSC CHSL - 26 May 2022 - Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q43

Ashish Sankrityayan is an exponent of _________ music.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Dhrupad.

  • Dhrupad is the oldest surviving classical style of Hindustani (or North Indian) vocal music.
  • Dhrupad music traditionally has three major parts - alap, jor-jhala, and composition. 
  • Dhrupad is introduced by a slow tempo-ed, rather sombre and controlled, recurrent set of syllables (non-words) known as an alap.