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SSC MTS 2019 PYQ — Question 50

SSC MTS Previous Year - 02 August 2019 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q50

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Who among the following was popularly known as the 'parrot of India'?

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Correct answer: C

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The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Amir Khosrow.

Amīr Khosrow:
  • Poet and historian considered one of India’s greatest Persian-language poets.
  • Amīr Khosrow was the son of a Turkish officer in the service of Iltutmish, the sultan of Delhi.
  • Sometimes known as “the parrot of India,” Amīr Khosrow wrote numerous works, among them five divans, which were compiled at different periods in his life.