Question

India’s first genetic bank for wildlife conservation has been inaugurated in which city?
[A] New Delhi
[B] Kolkata
[C] Hyderabad
[D] Chennai

Answer 1

India’s first genetic bank for wildlife conservation has been inaugurated in Hyderabad

.Therefore, Option C is the correct answer.

Explanation: National Wildlife Genetic Resource Bank was inaugurated at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) Laboratory of Conservation of Endangered Species (LaCONES) facility in Hyderabad, Telangana.

It is India’s first genetic resource bank where the genetic material will be stored for posterity which will further the cause of conservation of endangered and protected animals.