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Which statement best explains Patiala’s Rajasthan link in the cited cultural source?

Correct answer: (A) The Patiala khayal tradition is linked to training under Kalu Khan at Jaipur and a stay at Tonk..

Patiala's Rajasthan link is the Patiala gharana's connection with Mian Kalu Khan's instruction and Ali Baksh's later service at Tonk near Jaipur before returning to Patiala.

  1. (A)

    The Patiala khayal tradition is linked to training under Kalu Khan at Jaipur and a stay at Tonk.

  2. (B)

    Patiala is named as the gharana whose originator was Manrang of Rajasthan.

  3. (C)

    Patiala is presented as the Mewati gharana begun by Ghaghe Nazir Khan of the Jodhpur court.

  4. (D)

    Patiala is described as the Dagar gharana developed by Bahram Khan in dhrupad-dhamar.

Explanation

Patiala's Rajasthan connection here is a musical link, not a political or architectural one. In the International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts article's section on music, Raja Narinder Singh developed the Patiala gharana, Mian Kalu Khan instructed performers of this gharana, and Ali Baksh, one of the musicians associated with Patiala, went to Tonk near Jaipur to serve as the nawab's court musician before returning to Patiala under Maharaja Bhupindra Singh. That chain matches option A: the Rajasthan clue is the gharana's training and movement through Jaipur/Tonk-linked musical circles. The other options confuse this Patiala passage with nearby gharana references to Jaipur, Mewati or Dagar traditions.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (B) Manrang is tied to the Jaipur gharana in the surrounding material, whereas the Patiala passage names the Patiala gharana and its own performers.
  • (C) Ghaghe Nazir Khan belongs to the Mewati gharana reference, so using him to explain Patiala's Rajasthan link mixes two separate traditions.
  • (D) Bahram Khan is associated with the Dagar line and dhrupad-dhamar, while the Patiala passage points to khayal-linked performers and Tonk.

Concept

This tests how Rajasthan's cultural history syllabus links courts, gharanas and artist mobility rather than memorising place names in isolation. It recurs in RAS because music traditions are often asked through patronage, training lineages and princely-state connections.

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