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SSC CHSL 2022 PYQ — Question 39

SSC CHSL - 25 May 2022 - Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q39

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 __________ was first trained in classical music under her father Ustad ‘Baba’ Allauddin Khan, and established the Maihar-Senia gharana with his help.

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Correct answer: B

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The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Annapurna Devi.

  • First wife of sitar maestro Pt. Ravishankar, Annapurna Devi was born in 1927 in Maihar, Madhya Pradesh in 1927, She was a prominent figure of Hindustani classical music.

  • She was first trained in classical music under her father Ustad ‘Baba’ Allauddin Khan and established the Maihar-Senia gharana with his help.

  • She trained many popular musicians like Hariprasad Chaurasia (Bansuri), Aashish Khan (Sarod), Amit Bhattacharya (Sarod), Bahadur Khan (Sarod), Basant Kabra (Sarod), etc.