RAS question
Which of the following is the venue where tributes are paid to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in Mumbai on Mahaparinirvan Diwas?
Correct answer: (B) Chaitya Bhoomi.
Chaitya Bhoomi in Mumbai is the venue where tributes are paid to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on Mahaparinirvan Diwas.
Explanation
Chaitya Bhoomi is the correct venue because it is the Mumbai site associated with Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's cremation and with public homage to him on Mahaparinirvan Diwas. The PIB release from the Prime Minister's Office records the Prime Minister paying homage to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar on Mahaparinirvan Diwas and refers to a visit to Chaitya Bhoomi in Mumbai. That matches the question's focus: the place in Mumbai where leaders and followers offer tributes. The other three options are also memorial sites, but they commemorate different national leaders, so they do not answer an Ambedkar-specific Mahaparinirvan Diwas question.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Rajghat is associated with Mahatma Gandhi, not with Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's Mahaparinirvan Diwas tributes in Mumbai.
- (C) Shanti Van is linked to Jawaharlal Nehru, so it is not the Mumbai venue for paying homage to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.
- (D) Veer Bhoomi commemorates Rajiv Gandhi, whereas the Ambedkar tribute venue asked here is Chaitya Bhoomi.
Concept
This tests modern Indian history through memorial-site identification and the public commemoration of major national leaders. It recurs in RAS because such venues connect personalities, anniversaries and symbolic political memory in a compact factual question.