Indian Music: UPSC Previous Year Questions (Art and Culture)
1 previous year UPSC Prelims question on Indian Music (Art and Culture). Choose an option to see the answer and explanation.
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UPSC 2025Art and Culture · Indian Music
Q1. The first Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, a music training school, was set up in 1901 by Vishnu Digambar Paluskar in
Explanation
Date & Founder: Established on May 5, 1901, by Vishnu Digambar Paluskar. Location: Set up in Lahore. Name: Named Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, a music school. Facilities: Included a hostel, instrument repair section, and Sangeet Printing Press. Purpose: Aimed to publish and disseminate musical material for easier communication with the educated elite. Hence option (d) is correct.
Option (d) is correct: Vishnu Digambar Paluskar founded the first Gandharva Mahavidyalaya in Lahore in 1901. His aim was to make classical music education accessible to the public beyond the traditional guru-shishya parampara (teacher-disciple system). Gandharva Mahavidyalaya became a landmark institution for the systematic teaching of Hindustani classical music. Later, due to political and other reasons, the school’s activities expanded to other places, including Mumbai.
Answer key for these questions
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2025
(d) Lahore
Frequently asked questions
How many previous year UPSC questions are there on Indian Music?
This page covers 1 previous year UPSC Prelims GS Paper-I questions on Indian Music (Art and Culture), asked from 2012 to 2025. Each has the correct answer and an explanation.
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Attempt each question first, then open the answer and read the explanation for every option. Repeat by chapter, and track which statements UPSC reuses across years. Previous year questions show the exam pattern and difficulty level.
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Questions on Indian Music (Art and Culture) are available for 3 years, from 2012 to 2025. Use the Year filter to practise a single paper.
