GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Indian Museum. 1. Short title and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the Indian Museum Act, 1910.

Detailed explanation-2: -The main objectives of the National Museum are as given under: To collect antiquities and art objects of Historical, Cultural and Artistic significance for the purpose of their protection and interpretation (research).

Detailed explanation-3: -This is the oldest and largest museum in India. Indian Museum was founded in 1814 by the Asiatic Society of Bengal in Kolkata. It has rare collections of various antiques, armor and ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies, and Mughal paintings collected over a period.