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SSC CHSL 2022 PYQ — Question 31

SSC CHSL - 25 May 2022 - Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q31

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Padma Shri awardee Guru Gangadhar Pradhan is an accomplished dancer of which of the following dance forms?

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Correct answer: C

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The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Odissi.

  • The late Padma Shri Guru Gangadhar Pradhan was an eminent Odissi exponent, choreographer and teacher who founded both the prestigious Orissa Dance Academy in Bhubaneswar, India as well as Konark Natya Mandap.  
  • He was a member of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi and served as the President of the Odissa Sangeet Natak Akademi.
  • He was awarded the Sanjukta Panigrahi Memorial National Award (2002), the Sanskruti Bharatee Award from the National Council of Asian Indian Associations (2002), the Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar Award (2010) and the Republic of India Padma Shri (2008).