Question

The Salar Jung Museum of _____ is probably one of the best known in the country.
a. New Delhi
b. Hyderabad
c. Banglore
d. Lucknow

Answer 1

Hint:
 The city is located in the Indian state of Telangana. It is a metropolitan city. The city is famous for the technology industry. The city was established in 1951 by Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah. Its official language is Telugu and Urdu.

Complete solution:
The Salar Jung Museum was founded in 1951. It is owned by the Government of India. It is an art museum. It is located on the southern river “ Musi”. The origin of the Musi river is “ Ananthgiri hills” Vikarabad. The bridges constructed over this river is Purana pul and Naya pul. The dams built on this river are “ Himayat Sagar” and “ Osman Sagar”. The earlier name of this river was “ nerva” during the time of the Qutub Shahi period. It flows into the Krishna river near the Golconda district.

The Salar Jung Museum has a collection of around 1.1 million objects. Nawab Mir Yusuf Ali Khan is a notable person of the Salar Jung family who has served as the Prime Minister of Hyderabad. He is also known as “ Salar Jung III”. His burial place is “ Daira Mir Momin” of Hyderabad.

Additional Information – The Salar Jung museum is also declared as the manuscript conservation centre and has also signed a memorandum of understanding with the “ National mission for manuscripts”. It is an autonomous organization under the ministry of culture.

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

Note:
 The collection of the museum includes jade crafted daggers of Shah Jahan and Jahangir and the weapons belonging to Tipu Sultan, Bahadur Shah, and Aurangzeb are also well preserved in this Museum.