Question

Where is the Salar Jung Museum located? 
1. Kanpur 
2. Hyderabad 
3. Bhopal 
4. Bengaluru 

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Hyderabad 

The correct answer is Hyderabad.

• Salar Jung Museum located in Hyderabad. 
• The Salar Jung Museum is an art museum located at Dar-ul-Shifa, on the southern bank of the Musi River in the city of Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
  • It is one of the three National Museums of India
• It was established on 16 December 1951.
• The major portion of the collection of the museum was acquired by Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, popularly known as Salar Jung III.
• It has a collection of sculptures, paintings, carvings, textiles, manuscripts, ceramics, metallic artifacts, carpets, clocks, and furniture from Japan, China, Burma, Nepal, India, Persia, Egypt, Europe.
• It is one of the largest museums in the world.
• This sculpture is one of the most famous among the collection of artworks in the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad.
• One of the largest 'one-man-collection-museums' in the world, the Salar Jung Museum has the views of many streams of art from many different origins.