Gaayanaacharya Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar

Where was Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar born?

a) Pune
b) Mumbai
c) Kurundwad ✅
d) Nagpur

Who was the king of Kurundwad during Pandit Vishnu Digambar’s childhood?

a) Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad
b) Shreemant Dajisahib Parwardhan ✅
c) Raja Bhoj
d) Maharana Pratap

What was the profession of Pandit Vishnu Digambar’s father?

a) Musician
b) Teacher
c) Kirtankar ✅
d) Court poet

How did Pandit Vishnu Digambar lose his eyesight?

a) Illness
b) Accident while playing
c) Poisonous gas from fireworks ✅
d) Born blind

Where was Vishnu Digambar sent for treatment after losing his eyesight?

a) Baroda
b) Mumbai
c) Miraj ✅
d) Delhi

Who was Pandit Vishnu Digambar’s music teacher?

a) Pandit Omkarnath Thakur
b) Pandit Balkrishnabua Ichalkaranjikar ✅
c) Ustad Alladiya Khan
d) Pandit Bhimsen Joshi

What style of singing did Pandit Vishnu Digambar master?

a) Dhrupad
b) Gwalior Gharana’s taan pradhan gaayakee ✅
c) Carnatic
d) Thumri

Why was classical music not respected in society during his time?

a) It was associated with ill-repute ✅
b) It was too difficult
c) Only kings listened to it
d) It was illegal

In which year did Pandit Vishnu Digambar leave Miraj to spread classical music?

a) 1890
b) 1896 ✅
c) 1901
d) 1910

Which queen wrote recommendation letters for him?

a) Queen Victoria
b) Queen Jamanabai ✅
c) Queen Lakshmibai
d) Queen Padmini

Why did Pandit Vishnu Digambar refuse positions as a court musician?

a) He disliked kings
b) He wanted to focus on teaching ordinary people ✅
c) He wanted to be famous
d) He wanted to be a performer

Where did a monk advise Pandit Vishnu Digambar to start his work?

a) Delhi
b) Gujarat
c) Punjab ✅
d) Rajasthan

What was the name of the music school Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar established?

a) Sangeet Kala Academy
b) Gandharva Mahavidyalaya ✅
c) Vishnu Digambar Academy
d) Gwalior Music School

In which year was Gandharva Mahavidyalaya founded in Lahore?

a) 1896
b) 1901 ✅
c) 1908
d) 1915

What happened to the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya building in Mumbai?

a) It was destroyed in a fire
b) It was converted into a palace
c) It was auctioned due to financial difficulties ✅
d) It became a museum

Where did Pandit Vishnu Digambar spend his last years?

a) Delhi
b) Pune
c) Nasik ✅
d) Baroda

What major contribution did Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar make to music notation?

a) Created the Swaralipi system ✅
b) Introduced Western notation
c) Invented a new instrument
d) Wrote music in Sanskrit

What was the name of the music magazine Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar published?

a) Sangeet Samrat
b) Sangeetaamrut Pravaah ✅
c) Swara Ganga
d) Naad Bindu

Which of the following was NOT a student of Pandit Vishnu Digambar?

a) Pandit Vinayakrao Patwardhan
b) Pandit Omkarnaath Thakur
c) Pandit Bhimsen Joshi ✅
d) Pandit Narayanrao Vyas

How did Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar make classical music more accessible?

a) He performed in only royal courts
b) He taught only male students
c) He included compositions from poets like Tulsidas and Surdas ✅
d) He banned women from learning music

What was Pandit Vishnu Digambar’s primary goal in music?

a) To perform in royal courts
b) To make classical music accessible to the common people ✅
c) To become a famous musician
d) To compose film songs

In which year did he establish a branch of Gandharva Mahavidyalaya in Mumbai?

a) 1901
b) 1908 ✅
c) 1912
d) 1920

What was a surprising aspect of Pandit Vishnu Digambar’ music schools?

a) They were only for men
b) They were free for all students
c) Around 150 women joined the schools ✅
d) He only taught instrumental music

What did Pandit Vishnu Digambar teach his students besides music?

a) Yoga and meditation
b) Clean and disciplined living ✅
c) Business management
d) Painting

How did Pandit Vishnu Digamba finance his music schools?

a) Government grants
b) His own performances ✅
c) Donations from kings
d) Selling musical instruments

What other contribution did Pandit Vishnu Digamba make to the field of music?

a) Invented a new raga
b) Opened a printing press for publishing music books ✅
c) Created the harmonium
d) Became a court musician

Which city housed the grand four-story building of Gandharva Mahavidyalaya?

a) Pune
b) Mumbai ✅
c) Delhi
d) Kolkata

Why did the Mumbai branch of Gandharva Mahavidyalaya face financial trouble?

a) Declining interest in music
b) Government interference
c) Insufficient income from performances ✅
d) The building was damaged in a fire

What was one of Pandit Vishnu Digambar’s key efforts to spread music?

a) Organizing music conferences where musicians performed and discussed music theory ✅
b) Training musicians only for private performances
c) Writing novels about music
d) Keeping classical music exclusive to certain groups

When did Pandit Vishnu Digambar pass away?

a) 1925
b) 1931 ✅
c) 1940
d) 1952

What was the name of the ashram where Pandit Vishnu Digambar spent his last years?

a) Sangeet Ashram
b) Ramnam Aadhar Ashram ✅
c) Vishnu Sangeet Gurukul
d) Digambar Bhavan

How many books did Paluskar publish in the field of music?

a) 30
b) 50
c) Over 60 ✅
d) 100

Which of the following activities did Pandit Vishnu Digambar promote to spread music?

a) Conducting public concerts ✅
b) Limiting music education to royal families
c) Keeping classical music a secret
d) Training only professional musicians

Who were some of Paluskar’s prominent students?

a) Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Bismillah Khan
b) Pandit Vinayakrao Patwardhan and Pandit Omkarnath Thakur ✅
c) Lata Mangeshkar and Kishori Amonkar
d) Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and Tansen

How did Pandit Vishnu Digambar help women and children in classical music?

a) He trained them separately
b) He composed music using lyrics from poets like Surdas and Kabirdas ✅
c) He restricted their participation
d) He opened a separate school only for women