SSC CPO 2019 PYQ — Question 61

SSC CPO Tier I - 12th December 2019 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q61

Name the Sikh Guru who developed the Gurmukhi script for writing the Punjabi language.

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Guru Angad.

  • Guru Angad was the second of the ten Sikh gurus of Sikhism.
  • Gurmukhi is an abugida developed from the Landa scripts, standardized and used by the second Sikh guru, Guru Angad (1504–1552).
  • Commonly regarded as a Sikh script, Gurmukhi is used in Punjab, India as the official script of the Punjabi language.