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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2021 — General Studies · Question 140 of 200

Q140
Current Affairs & General KnowledgeScience, Technology, Space & Defence
Central Rice Research Institute is located in
  1. a.Cuttack
  2. b.Dhanbad
  3. c.Kanpur
  4. d.Coimbatore

Answer: (A) Cuttack

The Central Rice Research Institute was established at Cuttack, Odisha, in 1946 in the aftermath of the Bengal Famine of 1943; it works under ICAR and is now called the National Rice Research Institute (NRRI). The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is at Los Banos, Philippines. Dhanbad has the Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research and IIT (ISM); Kanpur has the National Sugar Institute and the Indian Institute of Pulses Research; Coimbatore has the Sugarcane Breeding Institute. Others: jute - Barrackpore; potato - Shimla; cotton - Nagpur.

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