The first Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, a music training school, was set up in 1901 by Vishnu Digambar Paluskar in:

1. A

   Delhi

   Delhi. A later music city, not the 1901 founding.

2. B

   Gwalior

   Gwalior. Paluskar’s training ground, not the first school’s city.

3. C

   Ujjain

   Ujjain. Another music town in the same belt; not this founding.

4. D

   Lahore

   Lahore. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar opened the first Gandharva Mahavidyalaya there in 1901.

Summary. Official Set A key is (d) Lahore. In 1901 Paluskar set up the first Gandharva Mahavidyalaya in Lahore to teach Hindustani music outside the gharana court. Gwalior is where he trained; Delhi and Ujjain are other centres. The founding city on this paper is Lahore.