1. Museum is a

Storage of Knowledge through its Collections

Seasonal organisation

Place of entertainment

Place of pic-nic

2. Who was the founder of Indian Museum Kolkata

Prof. R.D. Bhandarkar

Sir William Jhones

Sir Asutosh Mukherji

Lord carzon

3. What is the modern name of Prince of Wales Museum Mumbai

Chatrapati Sivaji Vastu Sangrahalaya

Bharat Kala Bhavan

Manav Sangrahalaya

Bharat Bhavan

4. Which is the oldest Museum in India

State Museum Lucknow

National Museum New Delhi

Mathura Museum

Indian Museum

5. Name any one museum famous for preservation of archeological objects

National Museum for Natural History Delhi

National Science Museum Kolkata

Indian Museum Kolkata

National Railway Museum Delhi

6. Who started archeological site Museum in India

A. Cunninghum

A. Kumarswamy

Sir Jhon Marshal

Dr. Grace Morley

7. What is the importance of the documentation in a museum

To Maintain the Correct identity of the objects

To maintain the accounts

To aware the visitors about the museum

To Prepare Picture Post card

8. Museum Should discard .

Cultural activities

Political activities

Art Activities

Research and training

9. Registration of Museum objects is done .

After display

During display

Prior to display

After cataloguing

10. Display of Museum objects should be similar in all the galleries

True

False
11. What is the importance of diorama in a museum

To depict the total life and environment

For accuracy of registration

Cataloguing

Documentation

12. How for Museum education is useful for a layman

To aware of him about the heritage, environment and scientific advancement

To Collect money

To collect the original objects

To damage the objects

13. Who is the author of the book "Dance of Siva "

A. Coomarswamy

C. Sivaramamurthy

V.S. Agrwal

Motichandra

14. Who is the famous President of the Museum Association of India

Motichandra

V.S. Agrwal

Rai Bahadur K.N. Dikshit

Rai Krishna Das

15. Which among them is a site Museum

Mathura Museum

National Museum, New Delhi

Vijaynagar Museum

Bharat Kala Bhavan, Varanasi


16. Which is the important publication in a museum for common visitor

Catalogue

Guide book

Brochure of Galleries

Folder of publicity material

17. For an untrained personal which method of conservation is necessary of to know

Cunative

Preventive 18. Which of the following objects are organic

Sword of iron

Shield of iron

Bronze sculpture

Manuscript

19. In case of decay/disease in any organic object it should the shifted to .

Conservation Lab

Gallery

Store

Out side the museum

20. What is museum marketing

Article purchasing

Museum attraction

Purchase on the Street

Processing objects for museums

21. Maraine archeology Museum is located at .
Delhi
Kolkata
Hyderabad
Goa (Panjim)

22. Famous site for prehistoric painting is .

Ajanta

Ellora

Bagh

Bhimbaithka

23. Bronze image of Nataraj is very famous from which of the following style sculpture

Pallav

Gupta

Chola

Sunga
24. Where is situated the National Museum of Natural History

Kolkata

Bhopal

Delhi

Guwahati
25. Name the institution which started Museology course in India first

Mathura Museum

National Museum Institute, New Delhi

Meghalaya State Museum

M.S. University, Baroda

26. Famination of Paper object is against the Principles of conservation

True

False
27. Name any one of the abbreviations of which Head-quarter is in India
ICOM

ICCOROM

MAI

UNESCO
28. Match the following

Harappan period 300 BC

Mauryan period 200 BC

Sunga period 2500 BC

Kushan period 200 A.D

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29. Arrange the following dynasties in order

Indogreek
Mauryan
Hunas
Kushanas









30. Write in chronological order the emergence of the following museums

British Museum, London
Louvre Museum, Paris
Indian Museum, Kolkata
Asmolean Museum, Oxford








31. Arrange the following museums in order of sequence

Indian Museum, Kolkata
National Museum, New Delhi
Salarjung Museum, Hyderabad
Egmore Museum (State Museum), Chennai









32. Who has produced the first directory of museums in India

J. Ph. Vagel

M. P. Mankham, V. H. Hangrason

C. Shivramamurthy

Usha Agrwal


33. Find out the correct sequence of museums in numerical strength

Natural History Museums
Archeological Museums
Anthropological Museums
Folklore Museums Codes









34. Match the following
National Museum Hyderabad
Salarjung Museum New Delhi
Chatrapati Sivaji Vastu Sangrahalaya Kolkata
Indian Museums Mumbai


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35. Who were the first director of the following museums
Indian Museum Kolkata Grace Morley
National Museum, New Delhi Nathaniel Wallich
Salarjung Museum, Hyderabad Motichandra
Chatrapati Sivaji Vastu Sangrahalaya, Deoxar Mumbai



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36. Assertion Museum may collect any thing but not every thing.
Reasoning Objects of illegal authority cannot be collected by any museum.

Both and correct

is correct is wrong

is wrong is correct

Both and are wrong


37. Assertion Image of a museum is created by proper read systematic communication method.
Reasoning Public likings create image of a museum because of direct contact.

Both and are true

is true is wrong

is wrong is correct

Both and are wrong

38. "Bhojapatra" is made of

Birch root

Birch wood

Birch bark

Birch leaf
39. Assertion Museums in Arunachal Pradesh are mostly of Anthropological objects.
Reasoning Arunachal Pradesh is a tribal dominated state.

Both and are true

is wrong is correct

is correct is wrong

Both and are wrong

40. Assertion Manipur State Museum has only tribal and folk art objects.
Reasoning This state does not have anything except tribal art.

is wrong. is correct

and are wrong

is correct and is wrong

and are wrong

The scarcity of trained and skilled staff in the Indian Museums is, however, serious problem. The Museums Association of India has held special Seminars to create awareness amongst museum personnel. A number of two year courses in Museology leading to a degree or diploma are offered by the Baroda, Banaras, Aliggharh, Bhopal and Calcutta Universities. A few short term comes are also arranged by some of the bigger institutions, like the National Museum, New Delhi, Salarjung Museums, Hyderabad and the Government Museum, Chennai to provide inservice traing to their staff members. The Department of Culture has also been arranging consumer camps to train the junior staff. The salarjung museum is planning to run an in-service training course for one year in collaboration with Osmania University, Hyderabad.
41. Is it a fact that Indian Museums are experiencing scarcity of trained and skilled staff.
Yes

No

42. What is the outcome of Museology courses in the museums

Productive

Unproductive
43. What is the result of short-term training courses run by some institutions like National Museum, Salarjung Museum, Government Museum, Chennai

Productive

Unproductive
44. Salarjung Museum plans to run an one year in-service course in conservation. But is this museum has qualified personnel to run the course

Yes

No
45. The Headquarters of the Archeological survey of India is in

Bangalore

Chennai

New Delhi

Aizol
46. Museum fatigue is caused by

Too many objects in a gallery

Less objects in a gallery

Long levels of exhibits

Long gallery

47. Physical verification is a

Conservation method

Display procedure

Educational medium

Stock-checking method

48. Whether museum objects should be

Touched

Smelt

Seen

Rubbed
49. Arrange chronologically the following scholars
V.D. Krishnaswamy
C. Sivaramamurthy
Nirmal Kumar Bose
C. Ashok Ghosh
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50. Arrange chronologically the following acts
Antiquities Export Control act
Ancient Monuments Preservation act
Montaque Chemsford Reforms
Archeological Monuments and sites remains act
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