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  • 1. How many manuscripts are held in the National Museum of India?
A) Over 20,000
B) Over 14,000
C) About 1,000
D) Over 130,000
  • 2. Roughly how many manuscripts in the collection are illustrated?
A) 1,000
B) 14,000
C) 5,000
D) 100
  • 3. What is the historical range of the manuscripts in the museum?
A) 12th to 18th centuries
B) 1st to 15th centuries
C) 7th to 19th centuries
D) 6th century BC to 21st century
  • 4. Which material was used for the Asthasahasrika Prajnaparamita manuscript?
A) Paper
B) Birch-bark
C) Cloth
D) Palm Leaf
  • 5. In what language is the Baburnama manuscript written?
A) Hindi
B) Sanskrit
C) Persian
D) Prakrit
  • 6. How many coins are held in the reserve of the Coins Gallery?
A) Over 14,000
B) Over 130,000
C) 1,669
D) 5,000
  • 7. How many coins are currently displayed in the Coins Gallery?
A) 1,000
B) 1,669
C) 500
D) 130,000
  • 8. When are coins believed to have first appeared in India?
A) 6th century BC
B) 19th century AD
C) 15th century BC
D) 7th century AD
  • 9. Who collected the materials for the Central Asian Gallery?
A) Sir Aurel Stein
B) Local archaeologists
C) The British East India Company
D) Jayadeva
  • 10. How many expeditions did Sir Aurel Stein carry out along the Silk Route?
A) Two
B) Three
C) One
D) Four
  • 11. In what year was the Maritime Heritage Gallery set up?
A) 1900
B) 1991
C) 1950
D) 2000
  • 12. What format is the Gita Govinda manuscript presented in?
A) Scroll
B) Accordion
C) Tablet
D) Codex
  • 13. Which language is the Jain Kalpa sutras manuscript written in?
A) Sanskrit
B) Prakrit
C) Arabic
D) Persian
  • 14. What is the Balabodhini manuscript written on?
A) Metal
B) Birch-bark
C) Palm leaf
D) Paper
  • 15. Which century does the Baburnama manuscript date to?
A) 16th century
B) 18th century
C) 12th century
D) 7th century
  • 16. Which three collections are showcased in Decorative Arts Gallery 1?
A) Metalware, Jewellery, and Wood
B) Paintings, Ivory, and Wood
C) Ivory, Jade, and Ceramics
D) Ceramics, Textiles, and Jade
  • 17. What kind of religious figures are found in the Ivory group?
A) Hindu and Christian
B) Sikh and Christian
C) Islamic and Hindu
D) Jain and Buddhist
  • 18. What is showcased in the Jade section of Decorative Arts Gallery 1?
A) Ceramic tiles
B) Miniature paintings
C) Religious figures
D) Utilitarian objects
  • 19. What types of items are included in the Ceramic group?
A) Ivory carvings and jade tools
B) Metal pitikas and wooden Vahana
C) Glazed tiles and blue-white pottery
D) Jewelled thrones and rattles
  • 20. What are the two themes presented in Decorative Arts Gallery 1?
A) Miniature Paintings, and Ivory Figures
B) Wooden Vahana, and Ceramic Pottery
C) Thrones of India, and Games and Leisure in the Past
D) Mughal Jewellery, and Metalware
  • 21. What does the theme 'Thrones of India' showcase?
A) The manufacturing of metalware
B) The evolution of the seat of power
C) Religious rituals in home shrines
D) The history of the Mughal Empire
  • 22. Which specific throne is highlighted as a prime example of power?
A) Jewel studded throne of the King of Varanasi
B) The marble throne of the Jain rulers
C) The wooden throne of the Mughal Emperor
D) The ivory seat of the Rajasthani kings
  • 23. What are 'pitikas' used for in the context of the gallery?
A) Decorating jade utilitarian objects
B) Keeping idols for home shrines
C) Playing games like Chess
D) Storing miniature paintings
  • 24. Which items are specifically mentioned in the Games section?
A) Ivory figures, Glazed tiles, and Pottery
B) Rattles, Yo-Yo, Chess, and Chaupar
C) Tops, Vahana, and Jewellery
D) Pitikas, Thrones, and Metalware
  • 25. Which period is the Jade Collection in the museum associated with?
A) Sikh period
B) Company School period
C) Proto-historic period
D) Mughal period
  • 26. What materials are exhibited in Decorative Arts Gallery 2?
A) Thrones, rattles, and tops
B) Ivory, Jade, and Ceramics
C) Metalware, Jewellery, and Wooden objects
D) Paper, cloth, and bark
  • 27. What are the most notable wooden objects in Decorative Arts Gallery 2?
A) Vahana
B) Rattles
C) Pitikas
D) Thrones
  • 28. What does the National Museum claim about its Miniature Paintings collection?
A) It is the world's largest
B) It is the world's most expensive
C) It is the world's oldest
D) It is the world's smallest
  • 29. How many years do the miniature paintings span?
A) 900 years
B) 17,000 years
C) 100 years
D) 2,000 years
  • 30. What materials are miniature paintings in the collection made on?
A) Leather, canvas, and plastic
B) Metal, jade, and stone
C) Paper, cloth, bark, wood, and ivory
D) Ceramic, clay, and glass
  • 31. Which of these painting styles is mentioned in the museum text?
A) Pop Art
B) Modern Impressionism
C) Renaissance
D) Pala
  • 32. What are the 'pitikas' made of?
A) Metal
B) Jade
C) Wood
D) Ceramic
  • 33. The Gandhara School of Art was heavily influenced by which style?
A) Egyptian Sculpture
B) Persian Painting
C) Roman Architecture
D) Greek Iconography
  • 34. The Standing Buddha in the Kushana Gallery is made of what material?
A) Grey schist stone
B) Terracotta
C) Bronze
D) White marble
  • 35. Kuber, the Hindu god of Fortune displayed in the Kushana Gallery, originated from where?
A) Rajasthan
B) Mathura
C) Ahichchhatra
D) Sarnath
  • 36. Which goddess is featured as a marble statue from Pallu, Rajasthan, in the Late Medieval gallery?
A) Parvati
B) Lakshmi
C) Saraswati
D) Durga
  • 37. Decorative Arts are primarily prized for what?
A) Political status
B) Utility
C) Monetary value
D) Spiritual power
  • 38. Which of the following is listed as an example of Decorative Arts?
A) Cave paintings
B) Stone architecture
C) Rock-cut temples
D) Textiles
  • 39. Which dynasty controlled the East during the Early Medieval period?
A) Palas
B) Vardhanas
C) Maitrakas
D) Cholas
  • 40. What is depicted on the fragments of railings found in the gallery?
A) Abstract geometric patterns
B) The history of the Mauryan kings
C) Battles of the Satvahana dynasty
D) Episodes from Buddha's life
  • 41. Who is depicted visiting baby Siddharta in one of the major objects in the gallery?
A) Sage Drona
B) Sage Asita
C) King Ashoka
D) Ananda
  • 42. The Bharhut railings in the gallery depict a story related to relics associated with Buddha by which sage?
A) Sage Drona
B) Sage Asita
C) Sage Vishwamitra
D) Sage Vasistha
  • 43. How is Buddha portrayed in the sculptures of this specific period?
A) As a king on a throne
B) In physical human form
C) He is not represented at all
D) Through symbols only
  • 44. Which of the following is used as a symbol for Buddha in these sculptures?
A) A lotus flower
B) A sword
C) Dharmachakra
D) A trident
  • 45. Which tree is mentioned as a symbol for Buddha in the gallery's sculptures?
A) Mango tree
B) Ashoka tree
C) Bodhi tree
D) Banyan tree
  • 46. Who designed the current building of the National Museum?
A) Edwin L. Lutyens
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Mortimer Wheeler
D) Ganesh Bikaji Deolalikar
  • 47. When was the foundation stone of the National Museum building laid?
A) 15 August 1947
B) 18 December 2017
C) 12 May 1955
D) 18 December 1960
  • 48. Who inaugurated the National Museum on 18 December 1960?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Mortimer Wheeler
C) Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
D) Ganesh Bikaji Deolalikar
  • 49. The National Museum building was planned to eventually have which shape?
A) Circular
B) Square
C) Rectangular
D) Octagonal
  • 50. In which year was the second phase of the museum building completed?
A) 1989
B) 2017
C) 1955
D) 1960
  • 51. Where has the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) building moved?
A) Noida
B) Dharohar Bhawan
C) Lahore
D) Central garden court
  • 52. Which institution with 'deemed to be university' status is located on the first floor of the museum?
A) Central Imperial Museum
B) Archaeological Survey of India
C) Museum of Central Asian Antiquities
D) National Museum Institute
  • 53. What material is the 'Dancing Girl' made of?
A) Steatite
B) Terracotta
C) Clay
D) Bronze
  • 54. From which site was the skeleton in the Harappan gallery excavated?
A) Harappa
B) Daimabad
C) Rakhigarhi
D) Mohenjo Daro
  • 55. What is the Pasupati seal often interpreted as?
A) A priest king
B) Proto-Shiva
C) A dancing girl
D) Mother Goddess
  • 56. Who moved the important finds of Mohenjo Daro from Lahore to Delhi?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Sir Aurel Stein
C) Ganesh Bikaji Deolalikar
D) Mortimer Wheeler
  • 57. Which site was NOT mentioned as a source for Harappan collections discovered after 1947?
A) Mohenjo Daro
B) Rakhigarhi
C) Dholavira
D) Daimabad
  • 58. Which of these is a department listed in the National Museum?
A) Pre-History Archaeology
B) Wildlife Biology
C) Classical Music
D) Modern Architecture
  • 59. Which of the following art disciplines is included in the museum's collection?
A) Industrial design
B) Pop art
C) Digital art
D) Tanjore paintings
  • 60. Which department handles items related to coins and inscriptions?
A) Decorative Arts
B) Numismatics & Epigraphy
C) Conservation
D) Anthropology
  • 61. Which of these is a department specifically listed for the preservation of items?
A) Publication
B) Anubhav
C) Conservation
D) Public Relations
  • 62. In what year was the National Museum in New Delhi established?
A) 1946
B) 1949
C) 1960
D) 1955
  • 63. Where is the National Museum located?
A) Kolkata
B) Burlington House
C) Rashtrapati Bhavan
D) Janpath
  • 64. Which committee prepared the blueprint for the National Museum?
A) Gwyer Committee
B) Rajgopalachari Committee
C) Nehru Committee
D) Wheeler Committee
  • 65. Where was the exhibition of Indian art held in 1947–48?
A) Rashtrapati Bhavan
B) Burlington House, London
C) Janpath, New Delhi
D) Kolkata
  • 66. Who inaugurated the first display of the National Museum at the Rashtrapati Bhavan?
A) Grace Morley
B) Sir Maurice Gwyer
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) C. Rajgopalachari
  • 67. Who was the first director of the National Museum?
A) Grace Morley
B) Sir Maurice Gwyer
C) Sir Mortimer Wheeler
D) C. Sivaramamurti
  • 68. In what year was the current building at Janpath completed?
A) 1955
B) 1960
C) 1949
D) 1946
  • 69. What type of display system did Grace Morley implement?
A) Chronological storage
B) Digital cataloging
C) Visual storage
D) Interactive exhibits
  • 70. The Deccani style of painting is a fusion of Islamic idiom and what else?
A) Indigenous art styles
B) Chinese painting techniques
C) Ancient Greek pottery
D) Modern abstract art
  • 71. Which city's miniature paintings are famous for hunting scenes?
A) Kishangarh
B) Kota
C) Bikaner
D) Mewar
  • 72. What is the famous painting from Kishangarh representing an idealised woman called?
A) Radha Krishna
B) Durbar Scene
C) Bani Thani
D) Mughal Portrait
  • 73. Which ruler's patronage made Kangra the prominent centre for Pahari style?
A) Maharaja Suraj Mal
B) Maharaja Ranjit Singh
C) Maharaja Jai Singh
D) Maharaja Sansar Chand
  • 74. Where were the sacred relics of Buddha unearthed?
A) Piprahwa
B) Nalanda
C) Bharhut
D) Sarnath
  • 75. What material were the two additional caskets discovered at Piprahwa made of?
A) Gold
B) Soapstone
C) Bronze
D) Terra-cotta
  • 76. The site of Piprahwa has been identified as which ancient town?
A) Kapilavastu
B) Sravasti
C) Vaishali
D) Lumbini
  • 77. What is the 'Laughing Boy Head' from the Kushana period made of?
A) Red sandstone
B) Limestone
C) Bronze
D) Stucco
  • 78. Which city is known for its expertise in portraiture within Rajasthani miniature painting?
A) Jaipur
B) Mewar
C) Bundi
D) Bikaner
  • 79. What material is the 'Adoration of Stupa' from Nagarjunkonda made of?
A) Stucco
B) Red sandstone
C) Dark grey schist
D) Pale Green Limestone
  • 80. The 'Scenes from Buddha’s Life' from the Gupta period originates from which site?
A) Sarnath
B) Bharhut
C) Piprahwa
D) Nalanda
  • 81. The 'Elephants carrying Buddha’s Relics' specimen belongs to which period?
A) Gupta
B) Sunga
C) Kushana
D) Pala
  • 82. What does the 'Evolution of Indian Scripts and Coins Gallery' use to narrate its subject?
A) Large sized well-lit transparencies
B) Stone inscriptions
C) Interactive digital screens
D) Audio recordings
  • 83. Who designed the Bronze Gallery?
A) Shri Tejpal Singh
B) Local metal smiths
C) The Archaeology Department
D) Ms. Matrika, Mumbai
  • 84. Which agency executed the work for the Bronze Gallery?
A) Ministry of Culture
B) Archaeological Survey of India
C) Ms. Matrika
D) CPWD
  • 85. From which location were the four Buddha images found?
A) Nalanda, Bihar
B) Phophnar, Madhya Pradesh
C) Kashmir
D) Chamba, Himachal Pradesh
  • 86. What is the primary theme of the Pala bronzes from Nalanda?
A) Shaivite
B) Secular
C) Buddhist
D) Jain
  • 87. The Svachchhanda Bhairavi bronze showcases the skill of metal smiths from which region?
A) Chamba
B) Kashmir
C) Nalanda
D) Tamil Nadu
  • 88. The Nataraja bronze in the collection originates from which region?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Bihar
D) Kashmir
  • 89. Which dynasty is associated with the Nataraja bronze in the gallery?
A) Utpala
B) Pala
C) Chola
D) Gupta
  • 90. What is the origin of the Svachchhanda Bhairavi bronze?
A) Nalanda, Bihar
B) Phophnar, Madhya Pradesh
C) Utpala Chamba, Himachal Pradesh
D) Srinagar, Kashmir
  • 91. Which deity school focuses on forms of Shiva and Ganesha?
A) Buddhism
B) Shaivism
C) Jainism
D) Vaishnavism
  • 92. Where did the Mysore school of painting originate?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Kerala
C) South Karnataka
D) Andhra Pradesh
  • 93. How many paintings are currently on show in the Tanjore and Mysore gallery?
A) 50
B) 120
C) 88
D) 35
  • 94. Who donated the Pre-Columbian art collection to the museum?
A) A private collector from Mexico
B) Mr & Mrs Heeramaneek
C) The British Museum
D) Maharaja Mummudi
  • 95. The Olmec culture is associated with which modern-day country?
A) Costa Rica
B) Mexico
C) Peru
D) Panama
  • 96. Which theme portrays images of Krishna, Rama, and Vishnu?
A) Tantrism
B) Vaishnavism
C) Shaivism
D) Shaktism
  • 97. What is exhibited on the floor of the Royal Chamber in the Textiles Gallery?
A) Wooden planks
B) Embroidered silk carpet
C) Marble slabs
D) Stone tiles
  • 98. Pre-Columbian art refers to objects made before whose discovery?
A) Christopher Columbus
B) Amerigo Vespucci
C) Vasco da Gama
D) James Cook
  • 99. Who donated the collection for the Musical Instruments Gallery?
A) A local tribal chief
B) Sharan Rani Backliwal
C) A British collector
D) Anamika Pathak
  • 100. What is Sharan Rani Backliwal's musical profession?
A) Sarod Maestro
B) Flute virtuoso
C) Veena player
D) Tabla percussionist
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