Research Centres in India Part-2

📆 October 19, 2024

Total Questions: 6

1. The Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage are located at- [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2013]

(a) Ahmedabad
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Faridabad
(d) New Delhi

Correct Answer: (c) Faridabad

Solution:The Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage is located at Faridabad (Haryana). The Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage (DPPQS) is an agency of the Government of India that is responsible for plant protection, quarantine, and storage. It is the National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) of India. It's objective is to reduce crop losses from pests through integrated pest management, to promote safe trade by providing technical inputs, phytosanitary inspection, treatment, and certification, to regulate pesticides, to warn and control locusts, to train in desert areas, to build capacity in plant protection.

The DPPQS is located in the Old CGO Complex, NH IV, Faridabad, Haryana. The DPPQS provides services to Indian exporters and importers of agriculture commodities and the Indian Pesticide Industry.It provides services through two portals, Computerized Registration of pesticide (CROP) and Plant Quarantine Information System.

2. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2013]

List-I (Project Directorate of Crops)	List-II (Location)
A. DRR	1. Kanpur
B. DWR	2. New Delhi
C. DMR	3. Hyderabad
D. DPR	4. Karnal

Code:

	A	B	C	D
(a)	1	2	3	4
(b)	2	3	4	1
(c)	3	4	2	1
(d)	4	1	2	3

Correct Answer: (c)

Solution:The correctly matched list is as follows:

Project Directorate of Crops	Place
Directorate of Rice Research (DRR) [Now - Indian Institute of Rice Research]	Hyderabad
Directorate of Wheat Research (DWR) [Now - Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research]	Karnal
Directorate of Maize Research (DMR) [Now - Indian Institute of Maize Research]	New Delhi
Directorate of Pulses Research (DPR) [Now - Indian Institute of Pulses Research]	Kanpur

3. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2014]

List-I (Institutes)	List-II (Locations)
A. Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research	1. New Delhi
B. National Bureau of Plant Genetics Resources	2. Hyderabad
C. National Plant Protection Training Institute	3. Lucknow
D. Directorate of Wheat Research	4. Karnal

Code:

	A	B	C	D
(a)	1	2	3	4
(b)	3	1	2	4
(c)	4	3	2	1
(d)	2	3	4	1

Correct Answer: (d)

Solution:The correctly matched list is as follows:

Organisation	Location
Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research (IISR)	Lucknow
National Bureau of Plant Genetics Resources	New Delhi
National Plant Protection Training Institute	Hyderabad

While Directorate of Wheat Research (Now-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research) is located in Karnal, not in Kanpur.

4. The National Centre of Organic Farming (NCOF) is situated at [U.P. Lower Sub, (Pre) 2015]

(a) Hyderabad
(b) Chennai
(c) New Delhi
(d) Ghaziabad

Correct Answer: (d) Ghaziabad

Solution:National Centre of Organic Farming (NCOF) is situated at Ghaziabad. National Centre for Organic Farming has been renamed as National Centre for Organic and Natural Farming (NCONF), Ghaziabad in March, 2022

5. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [U.P. R.O/A.R.O. (Pre) 2017]

Institute	Location
(a) Indian Vegetable Research Institute	Varanasi
(b) Central Institute of Subtropical Horticulture	Srinagar
(c) Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research	Lucknow
(d) Indian Institute of Pulse Research	Kanpur

Correct Answer: (b)

Solution:Central Institute of Sub Tropical Horticulture located in Lucknow. It is an autonomous institute in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh that conducts research on sugarcane agriculture. It is part of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). The IISR was established in 1952 to increase sugarcane production and create new varieties. The Government of India took over the institute from the Indian Central Sugarcane Committee in 1954. In 1969, the institute was transferred to the ICAR. The IISR is located on Raibareli Road, Dilkusha (Post Office) in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. It is 4.8 km from Lucknow Railway Station (Charbagh), 8 km from Alambagh Bus Station, and 12 km from Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport Lucknow.

6. Arrange the following Indian Meteorological Headquarters in Chronological order of their establishment and select your correct answer from the rodes given below: [U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2018]

A. New Delhi

B. Kolkata

C. Shimla

D. Pune

Code:

	A	B	C	D
(a)	C	D	A	B
(b)	B	A	D	C
(c)	D	B	C	A
(d)	B	C	D	A

Correct Answer: (d)

Solution:The Indian Metorological Department was established in Kolkata in 1875, later shifted to Shimla in 1905 then to Pune in 1928 and finally to Delhi in 1944.

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1. The Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage are located at- [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2013]

2. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2013]

3. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2014]

4. The National Centre of Organic Farming (NCOF) is situated at [U.P. Lower Sub, (Pre) 2015]

5. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [U.P. R.O/A.R.O. (Pre) 2017]

6. Arrange the following Indian Meteorological Headquarters in Chronological order of their establishment and select your correct answer from the rodes given below: [U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2018]

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