India’s National Genebank, located at ICAR-NBPGR, ranks where in the world by size?
- A.First
- B.Second
- C.Fifth
- D.Tenth
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Explanation
The correct answer is second. Speaking at the Foundation Day of the plant varieties authority, the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister noted that the National Genebank housed at the national bureau of plant genetic resources under the agricultural research council is the second largest in the world, and he linked that holding to the breeding of around 3,000 climate-resilient crop varieties by the national agricultural research system. Option A is wrong, because India’s collection is not the largest; the first position lies elsewhere. Options C and D are wrong as well, since neither rank was stated and both understate the standing of the collection considerably. For examination purposes, store the genebank with its parent institute and its global rank, and keep it separate from the count of agro-biodiversity hotspots in India, which is 22, and from the FAO recognition granted to Koraput in Odisha in 2012.
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Practice Questions
Which Foundation Day of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority was observed with the Plant Genome Saviour Award ceremony?
- A.12th
- B.20th
- C.22nd
- D.25th
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The authority observed its twenty-second Foundation Day together with the award ceremony that honours farmers and communities who have conserved plant genetic resources.
Read the full explanation →Koraput in Odisha was recognised by the Food and Agriculture Organization in which year as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System?
- A.2001
- B.2012
- C.2018
- D.2022
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Koraput was cited as a case of conservation driven by the community itself, and it carries the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System tag conferred by the Food and Agriculture Organization in that year.
Read the full explanation →Which town was ranked first in the new Swachh River Front Town category of Swachh Survekshan 2025-26?
- A.Varanasi
- B.Rewa
- C.Bilaspur
- D.Puri
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This edition of the survey introduced awards for river front towns, coastal towns and Himalayan cities for the first time, and in the Swachh River Front Town category the order was Rewa of Madhya Pradesh, Bilaspur of Chhattisgarh and Varanasi of Uttar Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →Who presented the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi?
- A.The President of India
- B.The Prime Minister
- C.The Vice-President
- D.The Union Home Minister
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President Droupadi Murmu honoured the cleanest cities of the country at the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26, held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
Read the full explanation →Which city was ranked first among the Clean Cities of the Super Swachh League in Swachh Survekshan 2025-26?
- A.Indore
- B.Surat
- C.Navi Mumbai
- D.Vijayawada
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In the Super Swachh League the top three Clean Cities were Navi Mumbai of Maharashtra, Surat of Gujarat and Vijayawada of Andhra Pradesh, in that order, so Navi Mumbai heads the list.
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