Industrial and Scientific Institutions and Production Centres (Uttar Pradesh) (Part – I)

Total Questions: 50

1. In Uttar Pradesh I.T. City is being established in [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2013, U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2013]

Correct Answer: (c) Lucknow
Solution:The establishment of HCL I.T. City is situated in Lucknow and Ansal IT city and Park is situated in Noida.

2. In Uttar Pradesh the place where Indian Institute of Information technology has been established is - [U.P.P.C.S. (Spl.) (Pre) 2008]

Correct Answer: (a) Allahabad
Solution:The Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) is situated in Prayagraj. It is founded in '1999'.

3. Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology for handicapped is situated at- [U.P. R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2014, U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Pre) 2010, U.P.R.O/A.R.O. (Spl.) (Mains) 2010]

Correct Answer: (c) Kanpur
Solution:

Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology for Handicapped is an autonomous institution established in 1997 under Department of Technical Education, Govt. of U.P., and situated at Kanpur.

4. In which of the following states the Japanese Encephalitis Research Center is going to be established? [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Pre) 2017]

Correct Answer: (b) Uttar Pradesh
Solution:Government of India announced to set up the Japanese encephalitis Centre in Uttar Pradesh after many children lost their lives in Gorakhpur. The facility was to be built jointly by the Indian Council for Medical Research and the National Institute of Virology.

5. Which one of the following pairs (Institute - Place) is not correctly matched ? [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Pre) 2023]

Correct Answer: (d) Indian Institute of Farming System Research Varanasi
Solution:The correct match is follows as:

Central Institute for Research on Goats - Makhdoom village, Mathura district

Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute - Jhansi

National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Micro organisms  - Mau

Indian Institute of Farming System Research - Meerut

Thus option (d) will be correct answer.

6. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [U.P.RO/ARO (Pre)-2017]


InstituteLocation
A.  Indian Vegetable Research Institute1. Varanasi
B.  Central Institute of Subtropical Horticulture2. Srinagar
C.  Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research3. Lucknow
D.  Indian Institute of Pulse Research4. Kanpur
Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:Central Institute of Subtropical Horticulture is located in Lucknow. Rest all are correctly match.

7. Which of the following regarding Uttar Pradesh is not correctly matched - [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2009]

Sr. NoNameLocation
(a)Food Research and Analysis CentreLucknow
(b)Food ParkNoida
(c)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Agricultural UniversityMeerut
(d)Indian Pulse Research InstituteAgra
Correct Answer: (d)
Solution:Indian Pulses Research Institute is located in Kanpur, not in Agra. Food Research and Analysis Centre is situated in Lucknow, Food Park is in Noida and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Agricultural University is located in Meerut.

8. Indian Pulse Research Institute is located in: [U.P.P.C.S. (Spl.) Pre 2008]

Correct Answer: (b) Kanpur
Solution:Indian Pulses Research Institute is located in Kanpur, not in Agra. Food Research and Analysis Centre is situated in Lucknow, Food Park is in Noida and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Agricultural University is located in Meerut.

9. In which of the following cities of U.P., the Indian Institute of Pulses Research is situated? [U.P.B.E.O. (Pre) 2019]

Correct Answer: (c) Kanpur
Solution:The Indian Institute of Pulses Research (IIPR) is situated in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. It was established in the year 1983 by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

10. National Chamber of Industries and Commerce, U.P. is located in [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2017]

Correct Answer: (c) Agra
Solution:National Chamber of Industries and Commerce, UP, is located in Agra and was established in 1949.