The biggest museum of the country depicting the story of the development of human civilization and also known as Indira Gandhi Manav Sangrahalaya is situated in

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Correct — A, Bhopal. The Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS) — the National Museum of Mankind — stands on the Shamla Hills overlooking the Upper Lake in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. It is a very large open-air-cum-indoor anthropological museum (spread over roughly 200 acres) that depicts the story of humankind and India's cultural and tribal diversity through recreated tribal dwellings and exhibits.

Why the other options are wrong — (b) New Delhi has the National Museum, the National Gallery of Modern Art and the National Crafts Museum — but the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya is not among them.  (c) Mumbai's landmark museum is the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (formerly the Prince of Wales Museum); it is not the Manav Sangrahalaya.  (d) Ahmedabad is famous for the Calico Museum of Textiles and the Sabarmati Ashram, but not for the Manav Sangrahalaya.

Concept: The IGRMS, Bhopal is an autonomous anthropological/ethnographic museum under the Union Ministry of Culture. Conceived as a national museum of mankind, it uses an open-air layout with life-size tribal dwellings drawn from across India to present the evolution and diversity of human culture. It is one of Madhya Pradesh's flagship cultural institutions.

State PCS 2019 Q38 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2019 Q38 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer