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MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2011

GENERAL AWARENESS MCQs

1. When a body is taken from the earth to the moon :

(A) Its weight increases

(B) Its weight decreases

(C) Its weight remains unchanged

(D) It becomes completely weightless

2. Expansion during heating :

(A) Occurs only in solid

(B) Increases the weight of the material

(C) Decreases the density of the material

(D) Occurs at the same rate for all liquids and solids 3. Threat of global warming is increasing

due to increasing concentration of:

(A) Ozone

(B) Nitrous oxide

(C) Sulphur dioxide

(D) Carbon dioxide

4. The Finance Commission is primarily concerned with recommending to the President about :

(A) The principle governing grants-in-aid to be given to the States

(B) Distributing the net proceeds of the taxes between the Centre and the States

(C) Neither (A) nor (B)

(D) Both (A) and (B)

5. To be officially recognized by the Speaker of Lok Sabha as an Opposition Group, a party or

Coalition

of Parties must have at least :

(A) 50 members

(B) 60 members

(C) 80 members

(D) 1/3 of total members of the Lok Sabha

6. Hindu Rate of growth refers to the rate of growth of :

(A) GDP

(B) Population

(C) Foodgrains

(D) Per capita income

7. Which one of the following was favoured by Nehru but not favoured by Gandhiji?

(A) Truth

(B) Non-violence

(C) Untouchability

(D) Heavy industrialisation

8. Consider :

Assertion (A) : Nehru had no regard for the Upanishads.Reason (R) : His attitude was scientific.

Now select your answer from the following code :

Codes :

(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

(C) A is true but R is false.

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(D) A is false but R is true.

9. Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Muhammad Tughlaqs scheme of token currency was a failure.

Reason (R) : Muhammad Tughlaq had no proper control over the issuance of coins.

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

Codes :

(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

(C) A is true but R is false.

(D) A is false but R is true.

10. Rock cut architecture in Harapan culture context has been found at :

(A) Kalibangan

(B) Dhaulabira

(C) Kotdiji

(D) Amri

11. In India, national income is estimated by :

(A) Planning Commission

(B) Central Statistical Organization

(C) Indian Statistical Institute

(D) National Sample Survey Organization 12. Right to Education to all children between the age

of 6 to 14 years is :

(A) Included in the Directive Principles of State Policy

(B) A Fundamental Right(C) A Statutory Right

(D) None of the above

13. Who among the following designed the Indian National Flag :

(A) Pingali Venkayya

(B) Bahadur Yar Jung

(C) Alluri Sita Rama Raju

(D) Subhash Chandra Bose

14. Subroto cup is associated with which of the following games :

(A) Cricket

(B) Football

(C) Hockey

(D) Badminton

15.The poorest district in India Malkangiri is in which state?

(A) Sikkim

(B) West Bengal

(C) Andhra Pradesh

(D) Orissa

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3. This place is the wettest place on earth. Can you identify it from the given options?

a. Mount Waialeale

b. Cherapoonji

c. Mawsynram

d. None of these

4. The number of non-permanent members of the UN Security Council is

a. 5

b. 10

c. 15

d. 20

5. According to the la test population Census, the state with the least population density is

a. Sikkim

b. Mizoram

c. Andaman & Nicobar Islands

d. Arunachal Pradesh

6. The number of Union Territories in India is

a. 5

b. 6

c. 7

d. 8

7. The maximum duration for which the Presidents office can remain vacant is

a. 1 month

b. 2 months

c. 3 months

d. 6 months

8. Which of the following represents the minimum age required to become the member of the

Rajya Sabha?

a. 25 years

b. 30 years

c. 35 years

d. There is no age limit as such

9. Which of the following represents the percentage contribution of the agriculture sector to the

Growth Domestic Product of the Indian Economy (approximately)?

a 15%

b. 17%

c. 21%

d. 30%

10. Sakyamuni is another name of

a. Mahavir

b. Buddha

c. Lord Shiva

d. Lord Vishnu

11. The last amendment to the Preamble of the Constitution of India was carried out in the year

a. 1958

b. 1962

c. 1976

d. 1978

12. Which of the following is NOT a primary activity?

a. Fishing

b. Mining

c. Agriculture

d. Banking

13. How many Bharat Ratna awardees have won the Nobel Prize till date?

a. 1b. 2

c. 3

d. 4

14. Who discovered Ultrasound ?

a. Ian Donald

b. Roger Bacon

c. JP Merril

d. Joseph Lister

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a. Kalidas

b. Bharat Muni

c. Bhavabhuti

d. Vishnu Sharma

16. The work for which French Nobleman Baron Pierre de Coubertin is known for, isa. He was the founder of Scouts movement

b. He was the founder of Amnesty International

c. He was the founder of Red Cross Society

d. He was responsible for the revival of modern Olympic games.

17. Which of the following is NOT a recipient of Bharat Ratna?

a. Aruna Asaf Ali

b. PV Kane

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a. Dibru Saikhowa Assam

b. Dehang Debang Mizoram

c. Norkek Meghalaya

d. Pachmarhi Madhya Pradesh

19. The first cotton mill of India was set up at

a. Surat

b. Mumbai

c. Kanpur

d. Ahmedabad

20. Which Indian city is also known as the school capital of India?

a. Lucknow

b. New Delhi

c. Dehradun

d. Ajmer

21. Reserve Bank of India was nationalized in

a. 1949

b. 1952

c. 1955

d. 1964

22. We all know very well that the largest planet of the solar system is Jupiter. Can you identify

the

name of the second largest planet of the solar system?

a. a. Earth

b. b. Saturnc. c . Uranus

d. d. Venus

23. You would find Andes mountain range in

a. North America

b. South America

c. Europe

d. Australia

24. The worlds rarest element on earth is

a. Palladium

b. Astatine

c. Radium

d. None of these

25. Which of the following is the densest planet of the solar system?

a. Earth

b. Saturn

c. Jupiter

d. Mercury

26. Which of the follow ing is NOT based on the banks of river Danube?

a. Vienna

b. Belgrade

c. Budapest

d. Warsaw

27. Which of the follow ing cases highlighted that total reservation in the government jobs cannot

exceed

50% of total?

a. T.A. Pai case

b. Minerva Mills case

c. Keshvanand Bharti case

d. Indira Sawhney case

28. Ngultrum is the name of the currency of

a. Chile

b. Bhutan

c. Botswana

d. Bulgaria

29. International Committee of Red Cross has won the Nobel Peace Prize for record _____times.

a. Three

b. Four

c. Five

d. Six

30. Poise is the unit of

a. pressure

b. viscosity

c. luminous intensity

d. inductance

31. This personality is credited with the invention of Electro cardiogram (ECG). Can you identify

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a. Fluorine

b. Bromine

c. Chlorine

d. Xenon

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a. brain

b. liver

c. kidney

d. lungs

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a. Dublin

b. Istanbul

c. Amsterdam

d. Berne

37. Where would you find the Indian Textile Institute?

a. Suratb. Kanpur

c. Pune

d. Mysore

38. Which of the follow ing is the least populous union territory of India?

a. Pondicherry

b. Lakshadweep

c. Dadra and Nagar Haveli

d. Andaman & Nicobar Islands

39. The first Indian state where the Presidents rule was imposed in the year 1951 was ...

a. Uttar Pradesh

b. Rajasthan

c. Punjab

d. Orissa

40. Which of the follow ing Indian states has the lowest sex ratio (number of female s per thousand

males)?

a. West Bengal

b. Haryana

c. Punjab

d. Uttar Pradesh

41. Which of the following is NOT a work of Salman Rushdie?

a. Moors Last Sigh

b. Midnights Children

c. Shalimar The Clown

d. The Piano Teacher

42. International Labor Day is celebrated on ___every year.

a. August 1

b. March 1

c. September 1

d. May 1

43. Who wrote Ramayana?

a. Vishwamitra

b. Maharishi Valmiki

c. Tulasidas

d. None of these

44. Who is credited w ith the construction of the Grand Trunk road?

a. Tipu Sultan

b. Mohammed bin-Tughlaq

c. Shershah Suri

d. Jehangir

45. Which of the following is also known as Silicon valley of India?

a. Hyderabad

b. Bangalore

c. Chennai

d. Noida

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47. Peace Palace is the official headquarters of

a. WHO

b. FAO

c. ICJ

d. IBRD

48. Find the odd one out.

a. DOS

b. WINDOWS

c. LINUX

d. LISP

49. Which of the following is the capital of the land of midnight sun?

a. Vienna

b. Oslo

c. Helsinki

d. Prague

50. Christiana is the former name of which of the following cities?

a. Copenhagen

b. Oslo

c. Ottawa

d. Berlin

Answers1 b

2 b

3 c

4 b5 d

6 c

7 d

8 b

9 c

10 b

11 c

12 d

13 d

14 a

15 c

16 d

17 d

18 b

19 b

20 c

21 a

22 b23 b

24 b

25 a

26 d

27 d

28 b

29 a

30 b

31 c

32 b

33 c

34 c

35 b

36 a

37 b

38 b

39 c40 b

41 d

42 d

43 b

44 c

45 b

46 c

47 c

48 d

49 b

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S.No.Anti Poverty

Programmes

Year of

BeginningObjective/Description

1Antodaya

Yojana1977

To make the poorest

families of the village

economically

independent (only in

Rajasthan)

2

Swarnajayanti

Gram

Swarozgar

Yojana (SGSY)

1999

Assistance is given to

the poor families living

below the poverty line in

rural areas for taking upself employment.

4

Sampoorna

Gramin Rozgar

Yojana (SGRY)

2001

Providing gainful

employment for the

rural poor.

6

Employment

Assurance

Scheme

1993

To provide gainful

employment during the

lean agricultural season

in manual work to all

able bodied adults in

rural areas who are in

need and desirous of

work, but can not find it..

7

Pradhanmantri

Gramodaya

Yojana (PMGY)

2000

Focus on village leveldevelopment in 5 critical

areas, i.e. primary

health, primary

education, housing,

rural roads and drinking

water and nutrition with

the overall objective of

improving the quality of

life of people in rural

areas.

8

National RuralEmployment

Guarantee

Scheme

(NREGS)

2006

To provide legal

guarantee for 100 days

of wage employment to

every household in therural areas of the

country each year, To

combine the twin goals

of providing

employment and

asset creation in rural

areas

9

Swarnajayanti

Shahari

Rozgar Yojana

(SJRY)

1997

It seeks to provide

employment to the

urban unemployed lying

below poverty line and

educate upto IX

standard through

encouraging the settingup of self employment

ventures or provision of

wage employment.

10Antidaya Anna

Yojana2000

It aims at providing food

securities to poor

families.

11

National

Housing Bank

Voluntary

Deposit

Scheme

1991

To utilize black money

for constructing low

cost housing for the

poor.

12

Integrated

RuralDevelopment

Programme

(IRDP)

1980

All Round development

of the rural poor througha program of asset

endowment for self

employment.

Development

To provide suitable

opportunities of self


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13 of Women and

Chidren in

Rural Areas

(DWCRA)

1982 employment to the

women belonging to the

rural families who are

living below the poverty

line.

14

National Social

Assistance

Programme

1995To assist people living

below the poverty line.

15Jan Shree

Bima Yojana2000

Providing insurance

security to people below

poverty line.

16

Jai PrakashNarayan

Rojgar

Guarantee

Yojana

Proposed

in 2002-03

budget

Employment Guarantee

in most poor districts.

17Shiksha

Sahyog Yojana2001

Education of Children

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S.No.

Child

Welfare

Programmes

Year of

BeginningObjectives/Description

1

Integrated

Child

Development

Services

(ICDS)

1975

It is aimed at enhancing

the health, nutrition and

learning opportunities of

infants, young children

(O-6 years) and their

mothers.

2

Creche

Scheme for

the children

of working

mothers

2006

Overall development of

children, childhood

protection, complete

immunisation, awareness

generation among

parents on malnutrition,

health and education.

3

Reproductive

and Child

Health

Programme

1951

To provide quality

Integrated and

sustainable Primary

Health Care services to

the women in the

reproductive age group

and young children and

special focus on family

planning and

Immunisation.

4

Pulse Polio

Immunization

Programme

1995

To eradicate poliomyelitis

(polio) in India by

vaccinating all children

under the age of five

years against polio virus.

5

Sarva

Shiksha 2001

All children in school,

Education Guarantee

Centre, Alternate School,

' Back-to-School' camp

by 2003; all childrencomplete five years of

primary schooling by

2007 ; all children

complete eight years of

elementary schooling by

2010 ; focus on


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Abhiyan elementary education of

satisfactory quality with

emphasis on education

for life ; bridge all gender

and social category gaps

at primary stage by 2007

and at elementary

education level by 2010 ;

universal retention by

2010

6

Kasturba

Gandhi Balika

Vidyalaya

2004

To ensure access and

quality education to the

girls of disadvantaged

groups of society by

setting up residential

schools with boarding

facilities at elementary

level.

7Mid-day meal

Scheme1995

Improving the nutritional

status of children in

classes I VIII in

Government, Local Body

and Government aided

schools, and EGS and

AIE centres.Encouragingpoor children, belonging

to disadvantaged

sections, to attend school

more regularly and help

them concentrate on

classroom activities.

Providing nutritional

support to children of

primary stage in drought-

affected areas during

summer vacation.

8

Integrated

programme

for Street

Children

1993

Provisions for shelter,

nutrition, health care,

sanitation and hygiene,safe drinking water,

education and

recreational facilities and

protection against abuse

and exploitation to

destitute and neglected

street children.

9The National

Rural Health

Mission

2005

Reduction in child and

maternal mortality,

universal access to

public services for food

and nutrition , sanitation

and hygiene anduniversal access to

public health care

services with emphasis

on services addressing

women's and children's

health universal

immunization, etc.

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QUESTIONS

1. Which is the largest airport in the world?

(A) Singapore Airport

(B) The Kaulalumpur International Airport

(C) Heathrow at London

(D) The King Khalid airport at Saudi Arabia

2. Prithvi is a?

(A) Surface-to-air missile

(B) Surface-to-surface missile

(C) Air-to-surface missile

(D) Air-to-air missile

3. At the end of 2001, the Indian government approved the cultivation of B. T. Cotton. Which

multinational company is the major beneficiary of this deci sion?

(A)Cargil

(B) BASF

(C) Monsanto

(D) All of these

4. The World Literacy Day is celebrated on?

(A) 8th September

(B) 5th June

(C) 15th August

(D) 5th September

5. Which was the first University to be established in the world?

(A) Harvard University(B) Nalanda University

(C) Oxford University

(D) None of these

6. The speed of light will be minimum while passing through?

(A)glass

(B) vacuum

(C)air

(D) water

7. Which of the following chemicals has been recently allowed by the government of India to be

mixed with petrol?

(A) Methanol

(C) Kerosene

(B) Ethanol

(B) Butanol8. What is the name of the instrument used to measure blood pressure?

(A) Barometer

(B) Hygrometer

(C) Hydrometer

(D) Sphygmomanometre

9. Who was the Prime Minister of England when India got independence?

(A) Attlee

(C) Thatcher

(B) Churchill

(D) Wilson

10. Which, among the following, would you consider a historical source?

(A) Numismatics

(B) Epigraphs

(C) Rock paintings(D) Census reports

11. What is not correct about a soft loan?

1. It is a loan bearing no rate of interest

2. It has an interest rate which is above the true cost of the capital lent

3. The world bank gives soft loans to developing countries for long-term capital

projects

(A)Only 1

(B) Only 2

(C)2and3

(D) 1 and3

12. Which is the only historical monument which can be seen by

the naked eyes from the moon?

(A) The Leaning Tower of Pisa

(B) The Pyramids of Egypt

(C) The Statue of Liberty, NewYork

(D) The Great Wall of China

13. Formal services of Credit do not include?

(A) Self-help groups

(B) Cooperatives

(C) Employers


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(D) L.I.C.

14. The most common route for investments by MNCs in countries around the world is to?

1. Set up new factories

2. Buy existing local companies

3. Form partnerships with local companies

4. Invest in companies with low turn over

(A) 1,3 and 4

(B) 2and3

(C) 2,3and4

(D) All of the above

15. How many faces are there in an octahedron?

(A)4(B)6

(C)8

(D) 12

16. Night-blindness is caused by lackof which vitamin?

(A) Vitamin A

(B) Vitamin B

(C) Vitamin C

(D) Vitamin D

17. The most abundant element in Earths atmosphere is?

(A) Argon

(C) Oxygen

(B) Nitrogen

(D) Krypton

18. The breadth of the railway broadgauge is approximately?(A)2m

(B) 1.88 m

(C)1.67 m

(D) 1.33 m

19. Which is the richest soil among the following?

(A) Black soil

(B) Red soil

(C) Laterite soil

(D ) Alluvial soil

20. Sun rises in the east and sets in the west due to the?

(A) shape of earth

(B) revolution of earth around the sun

(C) rotation of earth on its axis

(D) movements of the sun21. A person of which of the following blood group can receive blood of any group?

(A)A

(B)AB

(C)B

(D)0

22. Evergreen type of forests are found in?

(A) Equatorial climate

(B) Monsoon climatic region

(C) Desert regions

(D) Mediterranean region

23. What is the other name for River Gangas?

(A) Sapthanadi

(B) Bhageerathi

(C) Savitri(D) Bhadravati

24. The earth is?

(A)Spherical

(B)Elliptical

(C)Oblate spheroid

(D) Pralate spheroid

25. Which of the following set can not enter into the list of fundamental quantities in any system

of units?

(A) Length, mass and velocity

(B) Length, time and velocity

(C) Mass, time and velocity

(D) Length, time and mass

26 Which of the following is / are the main agents of soil erosion?

(A) Wind and water

(B) Rocks

(C) Sand

(D) High temperature and humidity

27. Who is the Minister of Agriculture of India?

(A) Sharad Pawar

(B) Ran Vilas Paswan


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(C) Shiv Raj Patil

(D) None of these

28. Monsoon is caused by?

(A) Revolution of Earth

(B) Movement of Clouds

(C) Seasonal reversal of the winds

(D) Larger change in amplitude of seasonal cycle of land temperature

29. Which is the last letter of the Greek alphabet?

(A) Omega

(B) Sigma

(C) Zeta

(D) Chi30. Which is the birth place of Hitler?

(A) Germany

(B) Hungary

(C) Austria

(D) France

31. Who elects President of India?

(A) Lock Sabha

(B) Rajya Sahha

(C) People of India

(D) Parliament and State Assemblies

32. Which country is called the Land of Cakes?

(A)Britain

(B) Spain

(C)France(D) Scotland

33. Which of the following books is not written by Kalidas?

(A) Kathasaritsagar

(B) Meghdutam

(C) Raghuvansham

(D) Pushpavan Vikasam

34. In India, the Chief Minister of a State is not eligible to vote in the

Presidential elections if?

(A) he himself is a candidate

(B) he is yet to prove his majority in the State legislature

(C) he is a member of the upper house of the State legislature

(D) he is a caretaker Chief Minister

35. When can the Speaker exercise his right to vote in the house?

(A) Whenever he desires(B) Whenever the house desires

(C) In the event of equality of votes

(D) Whenever his party directs

36. which of the following is not a cash crop?

(A)Jute

(B) Paddy

(C)Cashew-nut

(D) Rubber

37. Which TV channel has been in the news for its coverage of the

Bin Laden crisis, especially for having carried out the broadcast

of Osama Bin Laden to audiences in West Asia?

(A) Star Asia

(B) B. B. C. Asia

(C) Al Jazeera(D) Khaleed Times

38. The oldest monarchy in the world is that of?

(A) Nepal

(B) U. K.

(C) Spain

(D) Japan

39. Who was Karl Marxs main collaborator on his famous works?

(A) V.I. Lenin

(B) Max Weber

(C) Fredrick Engels

(D) Joseph Stalin

40. Which is the first Asian country to host the Commonwealth

Games?

(A) South Korea

(B) Japan

(C)Malaysia

(D) China

Answers :

1 D

2 B


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Research Centers Of ICAR

S.No.

ICAR

Research

Center

Location

Year

Of

Estb.

Objective

1

National

Research

Centre on

Plant

Biotechnology

New Delhi 1985

To undertake

research,

teaching and

training

personnel in the

modern areas of

Molecular

Biology and

Biotechnology.

2

National

Centre for

Integrated

Pest

Management

(NCIPM)

New Delhi 1988

To cater to the

emerging plant

protection needs

of different agro-

ecological zones

of the country.

3

National

Research

Center ForNagpur 1985

To undertake

basic and

applied research

to develop

technologies for

improvement


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Citrus and increased

productivity in

citrus, etc.

4

National

Research

Center for

Grapes

Pune 1977

To undertake the

programmes

involving basic

and strategic

research for

resolving the

major biotic and

abiotic

constraints

affecting the

grapes

production,

productivity and

sustain

productivity and

promote

diversification to

wine production

and other value

added products

5

National

Research

Centre for

Banana

Tamil Nadu 1993

To undertake

basic and

strategic

research for

developing

technologies to

enhance

productivity and

utilization of

Banana. To

develop

improved

cultivars through

traditional and

biotechnological

methods and

conserve the

diversity.

6

National

Research

Center on

Seed species

Ajmer 2000

To conduct basic

and strategic

research to

enhance

production,

productivity and

quality of seed

spices with

special reference

to export and

domestic

demand, etc.

7

National

Research

Center on

Pomegranate

Maharashtra 2005

To develop

suitable varieties

with high yield

potential and

quality fruits

having

resistance to

biotic and abiotic

stresses.

8

National

Research

Center on

Orchids

Sikkim 1996

To collect,

conserve,

characterize and

evaluate

germplasm anddevelop National

repository of

orchids and

bulbous

flowering plants,

etc.


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9

National

Research

Center for

Agroforestry

Uttar

Pradesh1988

To under take

basic and

applied research

for developing

and delivering

technologies

based on

sustainable

agroforestry

prctices on

farms, marginal

and wastelandsfor different

agroclimatic

zones in INDIA,

etc.

10

National

Camel

Research

Center

Rajasthan 1984

To carryout

basic and

applied research

on camel

production and

health as

influenced by

different farming

practices, etc.

11

National

Research

Centre on

Equines

Rajasthan 1985

To improve and

conserve

Marwari Horses

and also to

produce french

male Donkeys

for improving

indigenous

donkeys and

mule production.

12

National

Research

Center on

Meat

Hyderabad 1999

To conduct basic

and applied

research in the

frontiner areas of

meat science

and technology

and to

develop human

resource for the

fast

growing meat

sector.

13

National

Research

Center on Pig

Assam ----

To bring in

excellence in pig

production,

health and

product

processing

through

innovative

research in order

to provide

technology

backstopping for

enhanced pork

production,

employment

generation and

poverty reduction

among socially

and

economically

weaker sections

through the

medium of pig

husbandry.

To establish a


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National

Research

Center on

Yak

West

Kemang1989

small herd of

pure yaks to

carry out

observations on

performances

under range and

semi-range

systems of

management, to

conduct

research on

improvement ofyak and its

products though

selection and

breeding with

exotic frozen

semen, etc.

15

NationalResearch

Institute on

Mithun

Nagaland 1988

Identifiation,

evaluation and

characterization

of mithun

germplasm

available in the

country.

Conservationand

improvement of

mithun for meat

and milk .

To act as a

repository of

germplasm and

information

centre on

mithun.

16

National

Centre for

Agricultural

Economics

and Policy

Research

(NCAP)

New Delhi 1991

To strengthen

agricultural

economics

research through

integration of

economics input

in planning,

designing, and

evaluation of

agricultural

research

programs and

enhancing the

competence in

agricultural policy

analysis within

the National

AgriculturalResearch

System.

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In India

S.No.

Health and

Medicinal

Research

Center

Location

Year

Of

Estb.

Objective


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1

All India

Maleria

Research

Institute

New Delhi 1977

To find short

term as well as

long term

solutions to the

problems of

malaria through

basic, applied

and operational

field research.

2

National

Tuberclosis

Institute

Bangalore 1959

To develop a

nationally

applicable

tuberculosis

control

programme on a

community

basis and to

train the key

personnel to

execute this

programme in

the states.

3

Indian Cancer

Research

Center

Mumbai 1952

To carry out

mission-oriented

research anddevelopment on

cancers

prevalent in the

Indian

subcontinent,

and where there

are

internationally

competitive

opportunities,

will use state-of-

the-art

technolog.

4

Indian

veterinary

Research

Institute

Mukteshwar

(H.P.),

Izzatnagar

(U.P.)

1889

To conductresearch,

provide

postgraduate

education and

transfer of the

technology in all

areas of animal

sciences with

emphasis on

animal health

and production,

etc.

5

Institute of

Ayurvedic

Studies and

Research

Jamnagar

(Gujarat)

2006-

07

To establish a

quality AyurvedaInstitute for

providing value

added and

globally relevant

education based

on eteral human

values.

6

Vallabh Bhai

Patel Chest

Institute

Delhi 1949

To conduct

research on

basic and

clinical aspects

of chest

medicine, to

train post

graduates in

Pulmonary

medicine and

allied subjects,

to develop new


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diagnostic

technology and

disseminate

scientific

knowledge

related to chest

medicine.

7Haffkine

InstituteMumbai 1899

to support the

Learning

Community,

Faculty,

Researchers

and Scientists in

their day-to-day

information

needs, to collect,

process,

organize and

disseminate the

scientific

information in

Print and other

media in the field

of Biomedicine

and allied

subjects, etc.

8

National

Institute of

Communicable

Diseases

Delhi 1963

To provide

training, service

and operational

research in the

field of

communicable

diseases and

their prevention

and control in

the country.

9

School of

Tropical

Medicine

Kolkata 1921

To provide

research

modules in the

feild of medicine

in tropical and

developing

countries.

10

Central

Leprosy

Training and

Research

Institute

Chingelpet 1955

To provide

diagnostic

treatment and

referral services

to leprosy

patients, training

aspects of

leprosy and its

control.

11

P. G.I. Medical

Education and

Research

Chandigarh 1962

To provide high

quality patient

care, to attain

self-sufficiency

in postgraduate

medical

education and to

meet the

countrys need

for highly

qualified medical

teachers in all

medical and

surgical fields,

etc.

12

National

Institute of Hyderabad 1918

To study the

health-related

nutrition and

food hygiene

problems and to


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Nutrition train nutrition

and food hygiene

specialists.

13

National

Institute of

Occupational

Health

Ahmedabad 1969

Epidemiological

and

environmental

monitoring and

corollary

toxicological

studies in

hazardous

occupations forrecognition and

evaluation of risk

factors,

development of

tools for early

diagnosis of

health

impairment and

design of

appropriate

intervention

measures for

the prevention of

hazards at workplaces., etc.

14

King Institute of

Preventive

Medicine

Guindy

(Chennai)1899

To revive the

manufacturing

unit according to

GMP norms

utilizing it as a

common facility

for the

production of

Anti snake

venom, cholera

and Typhoid

Vaccine, etc.

15

All India

Institute of

Hygiene &

Public Health

Kolkata 1932

To deliver

integrated

occupa-

tional health care

programme by

conducting short

term certificate

course in

occupational

health and safety

for the

medical/non-

medical

personnel

attached to

different

industries,

research studies

in the field of

occupational

health and

safety, etc.

16

Indian institute

of health

management

research

Jaipur 1984

Organization

and

management of

health system

based on

primary health

care with

particular

emphasis on

district health

system in urban

and rural areas.


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of Medical

Research

New Delhi 1911

To augment the

national

capability

strengthening of

the institutions

involved in both

basic and

clinical sciences

in the country,

etc.

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