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SSC CHSL 2020 PYQ — Question 29

SSC CHSL - 14th October 2020 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q29

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The patriotic song ‘Sare Jahan Se Accha’ was composed by:

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e Allama Muhammad Iqbal.

  • Sare Jahan se Accha" formally known as "Tarānah-e-Hindi" is an Urdu language patriotic song for children written by poet Muhammad Iqbal in the ghazal style of Urdu poetry.
  • The poem was published in the weekly journal Ittehad on 16 August 1904.
  • The song, an ode to Hindustan—the land comprising present-day Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, was later published in 1924 in the Urdu book Bang-i-Dara.