Research Centre of India

1. The headquarter of Indian Agriculture Research

Institute (ICAR) or PUSA Institute is located in
which city ?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Lucknow
(d) Kerala

Ans – (a) New Delhi

▪ The Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), commonly known as
the PUSA Institute, is India's national institute for agricultural
research, education and extension.
▪ Formation - 1 April 1905
▪ Purpose - Agricultural research and education
▪ Location - PUSA Road, Delhi
▪ Director - Dr. Tilak Raj Sharma

2. Where the Central Rice Research Institute / National Rice Research

Institute is located ?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Cuttack (Odisha)
(c) Lucknow (UP)
(d) Kerala

Ans – (b) Cuttack (Odisha)

▪ The Central Rice Research Institute is located in Cuttack, Odisha. The
CRRI is one of the Institutes of the ICAR under the Division of Crop
Sciences.

The Institute has two research stations-

▪ Central Rainfed Upland Rice Research Station (CRURRS), Hazaribagh,
in Jharkhand,

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▪ Regional Rainfed Lowland Rice Research Station (RRLRRS), Gerua, in
Assam.
▪ Government decided to establish a Central Institute for Rice Research
and this culminated in the establishment of the Central Rice Research
Institute (CRRI) on April 23, 1946, at Bidyadharpur, Cuttack, Odisha.

3. Where the Sugarcane Breeding Institute is located ?

(a) Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)
(b) Cuttack (Odisha)
(c) Lucknow (UP)
(d) Kerala

Ans – (a) Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)

▪ Sugarcane Breeding Institute is a central research institute in
Coimbatore, India.
▪ It was established in 1912 and is affiliated to Indian Council of
Agricultural Research. It was established to promote research efforts
in sugarcane production and is the only sugarcane research institute in
the country.

4. Where the Central Potato Research Institute is located ?

(a) Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)
(b) Cuttack (Odisha)
(c) Lucknow (UP)
(d) Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)

Ans – (d) Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)

▪ The ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute (also called ICAR-CPRI
Shimla) is India's public non-profit potato research institute located
in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.
▪ It is an autonomous institute under the Indian Council of Agricultural
Research, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare of the
Government of India.
▪ Director - Dr Brajesh Singh

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5. Where the Central Tobacco Research
Institute is located ?
(a) Cuttack (Odisha)
(b) Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh)
(c) Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)
(d) Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)

Ans – (b) Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh)

▪ The Central Tobacco Research Institute is located at Rajahmundry
district of the Southern state of Andhra Pradesh. The institute is
engaged in conducting research on all aspects of quality tobacco
production.
▪ It was established in 1947.
▪ Director - Dr. Maganti Sheshu Madhav

Where the Forest Research Institute (FRI) is

located ?
(a) Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
(b) Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh)
(c) Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)
(d) Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)

Ans – (a) Dehradun (Uttarakhand)

▪ The Forest Research Institute is a Natural
Resource Service training institute of the
Indian Council of Forestry Research and
Education and is an institution in the field of
forestry research in India .
▪ Established - 1906

6. Where the National Sugar Research Institute (FRI)

is located ?
(a) Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
(b) Kanpur (UP)
(c) Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)
(d) Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)

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Ans – (b) Kanpur (UP)
▪ The National Sugar Institute (NSI) established in 1936, is involved in
research, training and advisory services to the sugar and allied
industry, and functions under the Department of Food and Public
Distribution of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution.
▪ Established – 1936
▪ "First women Director"- Mrs. Seema Paroha

Some Other Important Institute

❑ Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums (Earlier it
was Indian Lac Research Institute) – Ranchi (Jharkhand)
❑ Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology – Pune
❑ Raman Research Institute - Bengaluru

✓ The Raman Research Institute (RRI) is an institute for

scientific research located in Bengaluru, India.
✓ It was founded by Nobel laureate Sir C. V. Raman in
1948.

7. National Dairy Research Institute is located in ?

(a) Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
(b) Karnal (Haryana)
(c) Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)
(d) Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)

Ans – (b) Karnal (Haryana)

▪ National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) is India's
premier institute for dairy research located in Karnal,
Haryana , having been accorded with the status of Deemed University
since 1989.
▪ NDRI operates under the aegis of Indian Council of Agricultural
Research.

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8. Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research is
located in ?
(a) Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
(b) Karnal (Haryana)
(c) Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)
(d) Dhanbad (Jharkhand)

Ans – (d) Dhanbad (Jharkhand)

▪ CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research CSIR-CIMFR,
previously known as Central Mining Research Institute and Central Fuel
Research Institute, is based in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India.
▪ Established 2007
▪ Chairman Prime Minister of India
▪ Director A. K. Mishra

9. Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) is located in ?

(a) Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
(b) Karnal (Haryana)
(c) Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
(d) Dhanbad (Jharkhand)

Ans – (c) Chennai (Tamil Nadu)

▪ Central Leather Research Institute or CLRI is the world's largest
leather research institute in terms of research papers and patents.
▪ The institute located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu was founded on 24 April
1948 as a constituent laboratory under the Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research.

10. Central Drug Research Institute is located

in ?
(a) Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
(b) Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)
(c) Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
(d) Dhanbad (Jharkhand)

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Ans – (b) Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)
▪ Central Drug Research Institute is a multidisciplinary research
laboratory in Lucknow, India, employing scientific personnel from
various areas of biomedical sciences.
▪ The research institute was formally inaugurated on 17 February 1951
by the prime minister, Jawahar Lal Nehru.

Some Other Important Institute

❑ Central Scientific Instruments Organization – Chandigarh
❑ National Metallurgical Laboratory – Jamshedpur
❑ Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute – Bhavnagar
❑ Central Planation Crops Research Institute – Kasargod Kerala
❑ Textile Industrial Research Institute – Ahmedabad
❑ ALL India Institute of Medical Science – New Delhi

11. Archaeological Survey of India is located in ?

(a) Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
(b) Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)
(c) Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
(d) New Delhi

Ans – (d) New Delhi

▪ The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is an Indian government
agency that is responsible for archaeological research and the
conservation and preservation of cultural historical monuments in the
country.
▪ It was founded in 1861 by Alexander Cunningham during the British
Raj who also became its first Director-General.
▪ It works under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

12. Where is Central Jute Technological and Research

Institute located ?
(a) Barrackpore
(b) Gandhinagar
(c) New Delhi
(d) Gurgaon

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Ans – (a) Barrackpore
▪ Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibers (CRIJAF)
founded in 1938.
▪ It is a research institute on jute & allied fiber crops.
▪ It works under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research of
Government of India.
▪ This institute is located in Nilganj,Barrackpore, West Bengal, India.

13. National Aerospace Laboratory is located in ?

(a) Bengaluru
(b) Kolkata
(c) Chennai
(d) Pune

Ans – (a) Bengaluru

▪ The National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL)
is India's first and largest aerospace
research company established by the Council
of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
in Delhi in 1959.
▪ Established : 1 June 1959
▪ Field of research : Aerospace
▪ Director : Abhay Pashilkar
▪ Location : Bangalore, India

14. National Institute of Oceanography is located in ?

(a) Bengaluru (Karnataka)
(b) Kolkata (West Bengal)
(c) Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
(d) Dona Paula (Goa)

Ans – (d) Dona Paula (Goa)

▪ The National Institute of Oceanography, founded on 1 January 1966
as one of 38 constituent laboratories of the CSIR, is a self-governing
research organization in India that conducts scientific research and

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 studies on the unique oceanographic features of the northern Indian
Ocean.
▪ It is headquartered in Goa and has regional offices in Kochi, Mumbai,
and Visakhapatnam.

15. National Geophysical Research Institute

(NGRI) is located in ?
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Kolkata (West Bengal)
(c) Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
(d) Dona Paula (Goa)

Ans – (a) Hyderabad

▪ The National Geophysical Research Institute
(NGRI) is a geoscientific research organization established in 1961
under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India's
largest Research and Development organization.
▪ Location : Hyderabad (Telangana)

16. Indian Institute of Petroleum is located in ?

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

Ans – (b) Dehradun

▪ The Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP), established in 1960, is one
of the 37 constituent laboratories of the Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research (CSIR), dedicated to R&D in the hydrocarbon
sector.
▪ Director - Dr. Harender Singh Bisht (IIP)

17. Central Building Research Institute is located in ?

(a) Chamoli
(b) Dehradun
(c) Roorkee
(d) Haridwar

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Ans – (c) Roorkee
▪ Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), located at Roorkee,
Uttarakhand, India, is a constituent establishment of Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research responsible for "generating,
cultivating and promoting building science and technology" in India.
▪ Established : 1947
▪ Director : Pradeep Kumar Ramancharla

18. Central Road Research Institute is located in ?

(a) Chamoli
(b) Dehradun
(c) Roorkee
(d) New Delhi

Ans – (d) New Delhi

▪ Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) established in 1952 is a
constituent laboratory of India's Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research (CSIR). The CRRI is located on Mathura road in Okhla, New
Delhi and conducts research and development in the areas of design,
construction, maintenance and management of roads and airport
runways.
▪ It also works in area of traffic and surface transportation planning.
▪ President : Prime Minister of India
▪ Director : Prof. Manoranjan Parida

Some Other Important Institute

❑ Tata Institute of Fundamental Research -
Mumbai
❑ High Institute Research Laboratory –
Gulmarg
❑ National Botanical Research Institute –
Lucknow
❑ Central Food Technological Research Institute – Mysuru
❑ Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute – Kolkata

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19. National Environment Engineering Research
Institute is located in ?
(a) Nagpur
(b) Dehradun
(c) Roorkee
(d) New Delhi

Ans – (a) Nagpur

▪ The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) in
Nagpur was originally established in 1958 as the Central Public Health
Engineering Research Institute (CPHERI).
▪ It has been described as the "premier and oldest institute in India.
▪ Established - 8 April 1958
▪ President - Prime Minister of India
▪ Director - Dr. Atul Vaidya
▪ Zonal Location - Nagpur (Head Quarters), Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai,
Kolkata, Hyderabad

20. Central Electrochemical Research Institute

is located in ?
(a) Karaikudi
(b) Naliganj
(c) Roorkee
(d) Dehradun

Ans – (a) Karaikudi

▪ Central Electro Chemical Research Institute is one of a chain of forty
national laboratories under the aegis of the Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research in New Delhi.
▪ Founded on 25 July 1948 at Karaikudi in Tamil Nadu, CECRI came into
existence in January 1953.

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21. Indian Institute of Chemical Biology is located in ?
(a) Kolkata
(b) Bangalore
(c) Chennai
(d) Visakhapatnam

Ans – (a) Kolkata

▪ Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB) is a biomedical research
centre in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
▪ Established in 1935 as Indian Institute of Experimental Medicine
(IIEM), it was inducted under the aegis of the Council of Scientific &
Industrial Research (CSIR) in 1956 and renamed to its present form
in 1982.

22. Industrial Toxicology Research Centre is located

in ?
(a) Karaikudi
(b) Lucknow
(c) Kanpur
(d) Dehradun

Ans – (b) Lucknow

▪ The Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (previously the Industrial
Toxicology Research Centre) is a laboratory run under the aegis of
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
▪ Established : 1965
▪ Director : Dr. Bhaskar Narayan

23. Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute

is located in ?
(a) Karaikudi
(b) Lucknow
(c) Durgapur
(d) Surat

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Ans – (c) Durgapur
▪ The Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (also known as
CSIR-CMERI Durgapur or CMERI Durgapur) is a public engineering
research and development institution in Durgapur, West Bengal, India.
▪ Established 26 February 1958
▪ Chairman Prime Minister of India
▪ Director Dr. Naresh Chandra Murmu
▪ Director General Dr. N. Kalaiselvi

24. Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology is

located in ?
(a) Karaikudi
(b) Lucknow
(c) Durgapur
(d) Hyderabad

Ans – (d) Hyderabad

▪ The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology
(CCMB) is an Indian fundamental life science research establishment
located in Hyderabad that operates under the aegis of the Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research.
▪ Established - 1977
▪ Director - Vinay K. Nandicoori

Some Other Important Institute

❑ Indian Meteorological Department – New Delhi
❑ National Institute of Immunology – New Delhi
❑ India Security Press – Nashik
❑ Central Coir Research Institute – Alappuzha
❑ National Coir Research & Management Institute - Thiruvananthapuram

25. Centre for Ecological Science is located in ?

(a) Karaikudi
(b) Lucknow
(c) Durgapur
(d) Bengaluru

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Ans – (d) Bengaluru
▪ The Ecological science center in India is located in Bengaluru.
▪ This ecological science center was established in 1983 with the help of
the "Ministry of Forest and Environment", Government of India".
▪ The Center for Ecological Science works under the aegis of the Indian
Institute of Science.

26. Survey of India is located in ?

(a) Dehradun
(b) Lucknow
(c) Durgapur
(d) Bengaluru

Ans – (a) Dehradun

▪ The Survey of India is India's central engineering agency in charge of
mapping and surveying.
▪ Set up in 1767 to help consolidate the territories of the British East
India Company, it is one of the oldest Engineering Departments of the
Government of India.

27. National Highways Authority of India is

located in ?
(a) Dehradun
(b) Lucknow
(c) Durgapur
(d) New Delhi

Ans – (d) New Delhi

▪ The National Highways Authority of India is an autonomous agency of
the Government of India, set up in 1995 (Act 1988) and is responsible
for management of a road network of over 50,000 km of National
highways out of 1,32,499 km in India.
▪ Formation - 1995
▪ Chairman - Santosh Kumar Yadav

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28. Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics
(CDFD) -is located in ?
(a) Lucknow
(b) Durgapur
(c) New Delhi
(d) Hyderabad

Ans – (d) Hyderabad

▪ Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad.
▪ The Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) is an
autonomous organization funded by the Department of Biotechnology
(DBT), Government of India.

Some Other Important Institute

❑ National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual
Disabilities (Divyangjan) - Dehradun
❑ Indian Institute for Ecology and Environment - New Delhi
❑ Institute of Microbial Technology – Chandigarh
❑ Plasma Research Centre - Ahmedabad
❑ Indian Institute of Geomagnetism - Mumbai

Some Other Important Institute

❑ Diesel Locomotive Works - Varanasi
❑ Central Tractor Institute - New Delhi
❑ National Brain Research Centre - Gurugram
❑ Bharat Electronics Limited – Bengaluru
❑ Indian Institute of Pulses Research - Kanpur
❑ Central Water and Power Research Station – Pune

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 Nuclear & Space Research Centre in INDIA

29. Who is head of the Indian Space Research

Organization (ISRO) ?
(a) S. Somnath
(b) Yaswant Reddy
(c) Ritu Karidhal
(d) Sameer Joshi

Ans – (a) S. Somnath

▪ Founded : 15th August 1969 by Vikram Sarabhai
▪ Headquarters : Bengaluru
▪ Director : S. Somnath
▪ Objective : This organization aims to develop
space technology and use it for various
national needs.
▪ This organization is responsible for launching
the many missions on the behalf of India .

30. Who has taken over as Secretary and Chairman of

Defence Research and Development Organization
(DRDO) ?
(a) Gyanesh Kumar
(b) Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu
(c) Rajeev Kumar
(d) Sameer Kamath

Ans – (d) Sameer Kamath

▪ Established: 1958
▪ Headquarters: New Delhi
▪ Chairman: Sameer V. Kamat

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31. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)
headquarters is located in which city ?
(a) Trombay (Mumbai)
(b) Chennai
(c) Madurai
(d) Bangalore

Ans – (a) Trombay (Mumbai)

▪ Established: 3 January 1954
▪ Founder : Homi J. Bhabha
▪ Headquarters: Mumbai, India
▪ Director : Vivek Bhasin
▪ Parent organization : Department of Atomic
Energy

32. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics headquarters

is located in which city ?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Kolkata
(c) Bangalore
(d) Lucknow

Ans – (b) Kolkata

▪ The Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) is an institution of basic
research and training in physical and biophysical sciences located in
Bidhannagar, Kolkata, India. The institute is named after the famous
Indian physicist Meghnad Saha.
▪ Motto - "Advancement of Knowledge"
▪ Established - 1949
▪ Founder - Meghnad Saha
▪ Director - Gautam Bhattacharyya

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33. The headquarter Uranium Corporation of India
Ltd. is located in which city ?
(a) Jaduguda
(b) Nasik
(c) Surat
(d) Pune

Ans – (a) Jaduguda

▪ Uranium Corporation of India Ltd., with its headquarter at Jaduguda
has been operating six underground mines, one opencast mine and two
ore processing plants in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand.
▪ Founded - 1967
▪ Headquarters - Jadugora India
▪ Chairman & MD - Dr. C.K.Asnani
▪ Products - Uranium

34. The headquarter Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)

is located in which city ?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Kolkata
(c) Chennai
(d) Patna

Ans – (a) Mumbai

▪ The Atomic Energy Commission of India is the governing body of the
Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India. The DAE
is under the direct charge of the Prime Minister.
▪ Formed - 3 August 1948
▪ Preceding agency - Department of Scientific Research
▪ Headquarters - Mumbai, Maharashtra
▪ Chairman - Dr. Ajit Kumar Mohanty
▪ Parent department - Department of Atomic Energy, Government of
India

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35. The headquarter of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is located in which
city ?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
(d) Visakhapatnam

Ans – (c) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

▪ The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre ( VSSC) is a major space research
centre of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), focusing on
rocket and space vehicles for India's satellite program.
▪ It is located in Thiruvananthapuram, in the Indian state of Kerala.
▪ The centre had its beginnings as the Thumba Equatorial Rocket
Launching Station (TERLS) in 1962.
▪ It was renamed in honour of Dr Vikram Sarabhai, often regarded as
the father of the Indian space program.
▪ Formed - 21 November 1963
▪ Director - Dr. S. Unikrishnan Nair

36. The headquarter of Satish Dhawan Space Centre is located in which

city ?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Thiruvananthapuram
(d) Sriharikota

Ans – (d) Sriharikota

▪ Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) or Sriharikota Range (SHAR) is a
rocket launch centre (spaceport) operated by the Indian Space
Research Organization (ISRO).
▪ It is located in Sriharikota, Nellore in Andhra Pradesh.
▪ Sriharikota Range was renamed in 2002 after ISRO's former chairman
Satish Dhawan.
▪ Sriharikota island was chosen in 1969 for a satellite launching station.
▪ The centre became operational in 1971 when an RH-125 sounding
rocket was launched.

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Some Other Important Space Centre
❑ Department of Space – Bangalore / Bangaluru
❑ Physical Research Laboratory – Ahmedabad
❑ Nuclear Fuel Complex – Hyderabad
❑ Indian Scientific Satellite Project – Bengaluru / Bangaluru

Nuclear Power Plants in INDIA

Nuclear Power Plants in India – Operational

Name Of Nuclear Power Station Location
▪ Kakrapar Atomic Power Station – 1993 Gujarat
▪ (Kalpakkam) Madras Atomic Power Station – 1984 Tamil Nadu
▪ Narora Atomic Power Station - 1991 Uttar Pradesh
▪ Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant -2000 Karnataka
▪ Rajasthan Atomic Power Station – 1973 Rajasthan
▪ Tarapur Atomic Power Station – 1969 Maharashtra
▪ Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant – 2013 Tamil Nadu

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