Museums and Exhibitions

The Gandhi museum in Mumbai (Mani Bhavan) has a special exhibition with figurines depicting Gandhi's life, created by Sushila Patel. Mani Bhavan was Gandhi's residence in Mumbai from 1917-1934 and now houses a museum.

The Indian Museum in Kolkata is the largest and oldest museum in India, established in 1814. It houses over 1 million artifacts across 35 galleries and is widely recognized as the biggest museum in the country by both size and collection scale.

INS Chapal, a decommissioned missile boat of the Indian Navy, was turned into a museum. This allows visitors to learn about India's naval heritage and the vessel's service history. The ship serves as an educational exhibit showcasing maritime military history.

The British Museum in London is widely considered the largest museum in the world by exhibition space, with over 75,000 square meters (800,000+ square feet) of gallery space. Founded in 1753, it houses approximately 8 million works documenting human culture from its beginnings to the present. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is larger by total building size but has less exhibition space.

The Indian Museum in Kolkata is indeed the biggest and oldest museum in India, founded in 1814. It has one of the largest collections of artifacts in Asia with over 35 galleries. The museums in Bangalore, New Delhi, and Mumbai are significant but not as large as the Kolkata museum which spans across a massive building.

Sangrahalaya is a Hindi/Sanskrit word where 'Sangraha' means collection and 'alaya' means place/house. Thus, it translates directly to 'Museum', a place where collections are kept.

Indian Museum in Kolkata is India's largest and oldest museum, established in 1814. It has over 35 galleries and houses collections in art, archaeology, anthropology, geology, and zoology. The National Museum in Delhi is younger (1949) and has smaller collections.

India's first planetarium was the Birla Planetarium in Kolkata (Calcutta), established in 1963. It was the first of its kind in India and the second in the Commonwealth after London.

Correct option is (4).

The 'Government Museum' in New Delhi is the correct answer. The National Museum is also in Delhi but the other options are located in different cities - Salar Jung in Hyderabad, Prince of Wales (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya) in Mumbai.

The Winter Palace is located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and was the official residence of the Russian emperors. The Palace of Venaria is in Italy, Quirinal Palace is the presidential palace in Rome, and Apostolic Palace is in Vatican City.

The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, founded in 1683, is widely considered the world's first public university museum and one of the oldest museums in the world. The National Museum (various countries), Parka Museum, and Met Museum are all much more recent establishments.

The Rahul Sankrityayan Institute in Gorakhpur houses a diverse collection including stamps, various utensils, and coins. This reflects the institute's focus on preserving cultural and historical artifacts.

Amitabh Bachchan was the first living Asian to have a wax statue at Madame Tussaud's Museum in London (2000). This was a significant recognition of his global stardom and contribution to Indian cinema. Shahrukh Khan and other Indian celebrities were added later, but Bachchan holds this distinction.

 Numismatics is the study or collection of coins, banknotes, and medals.