SSC CPO 2022 PYQ — Question 82

SSC CPO - 10 Nov 2022 - Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q82

The famous musician Satyadev Pawar is associated with which musical instrument?

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is option 1 is violin.

  • Pandit Satya Dev Pawar began his study of music at the age of eleven in the quondam Jodhpur State of Rajasthan, India.
  • Late His Highness Maharaja Hanumant Singhji patronized youthful Pawar to train on the violin under Ustad Ali Akbar Khan( the notorious son of Baba Allauddin Khan) therefore continuing the unbroken musical lineage," the Seni Baba Allaudin Gharana," descended from Mian Tansen, the principal musician in the Moghul Emperor Akbar's court in 15th century India.
  • latterly, Satyadev Pawar apprenticed under Pandit Ravi Shankar, another outstanding Baba convert, gained fame as one of the best-known shishyas of these great Gurus.