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SSC CHSL 2022 PYQ — Question 26

SSC CHSL - 30 May 2022 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q26

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The Sangeet Natak Akademi was set up in the year _____.

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. 1953.

  • Sangeet Natak Akademi – India’s national academy of music, dance and drama – is the first national academy of the arts set up by the Republic of India.
  • It was created by a resolution of the (then) Ministry of Education, Government of India, dated 31 May 1952, which was notified in the Gazette of India of June 1952.
  • The Akademi became functional the following year, with the appointment of its first Chairman, Dr P.V. Rajamannar, and the formation of its all-India council of representatives, the General Council.
  • The first President of India, Dr Rajendra Prasad, inaugurated it on 28 January 1953 at a special function held in the Parliament House.