2007 General Studies, all questions

UPSC Prelims 2007 · General Studies

Question 32: Science and Technology

Which one of the following organizations won the CSIR Award for Science and Technology Innovations for Rural Development, 2006?

aCLRI
bIARI
cNDDB
dNDRI

AnswerThe answer is (a).

The CSIR award for rural development innovations in 2006 is credited to CLRI, the Central Leather Research Institute in Chennai, which is itself a CSIR laboratory. IARI (Pusa, Delhi) and NDRI (Karnal) come under ICAR, and NDDB is the dairy board at Anand, so none of those is a CSIR laboratory.

Why each option is right or wrong
  • (a) Correct: CLRI won the award.
  • (b) IARI is an ICAR institute, not a CSIR laboratory.
  • (c) NDDB is the National Dairy Development Board.
  • (d) NDRI is an ICAR dairy research institute.

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