Previous Year Questions: This question has been asked in the UPSC Civil Services Exam 2025 – Prelims – General Studies Paper I, held on Sunday, 25 May 2025.
Question: The first Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, a music training school, was set up in 1901 by Vishnu Digambar Paluskar in
(a) Delhi
(b) Gwalior
(c) Ujjain
(d) Lahore
प्रश्न: प्रथम गंधर्व महाविद्यालय, जो एक संगीत प्रशिक्षण महाविद्यालय था, विष्णु दिगंबर पलुस्कर द्वारा 1901 में कहाँ स्थापित किया गया था?
(a) दिल्ली
(b) ग्वालियर
(c) उज्जैन
(d) लाहौर
Topic: Indian Culture
Explanation:
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar was a Hindustani musician. On 5 May 1901, in Lahore he established the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, a school to impart formal training in Indian classical music with some historical Indian Music. In September 1908, Paluskar went to Bombay (now Mumbai) to establish another branch of the school.
