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SSC CHSL 2022 PYQ — Question 45

SSC CHSL - 30 May 2022 - Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q45

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The Sangeet Natak Akademi is a body working under which of the following ministries of the Government of India?

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Ministry of Culture.

  • Sangeet Natak Akademi is an autonomous body of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

  • With the formation of the Akademi the Awards came to be known as Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards and the investiture became the responsibility of the Akademi.

  • The Presidential Awards for 1952 and 1953 were subsequently incorporated in the list of Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards.

  • The Sangeet Natak Akademi honours – Akademi Ratna and Akademi Puraskar not only symbolize the highest standard of excellence and achievements on a national basis in the field of the performing arts but also recognize the sustained individual work of the highest professional order and contribution to the practice and appreciation of these arts through teaching and scholarship.