The National Biodiversity Authority has its headquarters at
- A.New Delhi
- B.Chennai
- C.Dehradun
- D.Hyderabad
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Chennai. The Authority was set up under the Biological Diversity Act of 2002 and is based at Chennai in Tamil Nadu. It regulates access to India's biological resources and the sharing of benefits arising from their use, and it works through State Biodiversity Boards and Biodiversity Management Committees at the local level.
Option A, New Delhi, is where the ministry and the principal bench of the National Green Tribunal sit, and candidates often assume every national authority must be there. Option C, Dehradun, is the headquarters of the Forest Survey of India, of the Wildlife Institute of India and of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, so it belongs to a different set of bodies. Option D, Hyderabad, hosted the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2012, which is why it appears here as a distractor, but it is not the seat of the Authority.
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- A.Exide
- B.Bharat Rasayan Limited
- C.Union Carbide
- D.UPL Limited
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On the night of 2 and 3 December 1984, methyl isocyanate gas leaked from the pesticide plant of Union Carbide India Limited at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, killing thousands of people and injuring many more.
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- A.UNO
- B.IUCN
- C.WHO
- D.WWF
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- A.2000
- B.2001
- C.1998
- D.1999
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Read the full explanation →National Clean Air Programme was launched by the Central Government in which year?
- A.2018
- B.2017
- C.2020
- D.2019
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- A.1974
- B.1981
- C.1986
- D.1991
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