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SSC CGL 2019 PYQ — Question 39

SSC CGL - 10th June 2019 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q39

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Where did Nawab Shuja-ud-Daulah built the Tomb of Safdarjung, the Nawab of Oudh?

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

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

  • The Tomb of Safdarjung is one of the last monuments to be built in the Mughal style of garden tombs.
  • The mausoleum is often described by historians as the “last flicker in the lamp of Mughal architecture”.
  • It is located on Lodhi Road, Delhi.
  • It was built by Nawab Shuja-ud-Daulah for his father Mirza Muqim Abul Mansur Khan, the Subadar Nawab of Oudh.
  • Mughal Emperor Ahmad Shah Bahadur had given the Title of “Safdarjung” to Mirza Muqim Khan.