SSC CHSL 2022 PYQ — Question 28

SSC CHSL - 2 June 2022 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q28

Malka Jaan of Agra Gharana was the court musician at the durbar of which of the following Nawabs of Calcutta?

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is Option 2. i.e. Wajid Ali Shah.

  • Mirza Wajid Ali Shah was the eleventh and final King of Awadh.
  • He reigned from 13 February 1847 to 11 February 1856.
  • He is considered as a poet, playwright, dancer, and patron of the arts.
  • He nurtured the Lucknow Gharana of Kathak dance and enriched the light classical form of thumri.