Which of the following is NOT correctly matched?
- (a)Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences – Nainital
- (b)College of Defence Management – Secunderabad
- (c)Central Institute of Indian Languages – Mumbai
- (d)Indian Institute of Science – Bengaluru
Correct — C. The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) is actually located at Mysuru (Mysore), Karnataka, not Mumbai — making this the incorrectly matched pair. The other three pairs are correctly matched: ARIES is at Nainital, the College of Defence Management is at Secunderabad, and IISc is at Bengaluru.
- (a)Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences – Nainital — This pair is correctly matched — ARIES, an autonomous astronomy/astrophysics institute under the Department of Science & Technology, is indeed located at Nainital, Uttarakhand.
- (b)College of Defence Management – Secunderabad — This pair is correctly matched — the CDM, which trains senior armed-forces officers in management, is located at Secunderabad, Telangana.
- (d)Indian Institute of Science – Bengaluru — This pair is correctly matched — IISc, India's premier research university, is located at Bengaluru, Karnataka.
'Not correctly matched' institute-location questions test whether you know each institute's actual host city, not just that it is a real, respected institute — the trap is usually one institute quietly assigned to a plausible but wrong city (here, CIIL to Mumbai instead of its real home, Mysuru).
CIIL is easy to mis-locate because Mysuru is less exam-salient than a metro like Mumbai — but it has been headquartered in Mysuru since its founding in 1969, chosen to be close to South Indian language and linguistics scholarship.
- Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) — Mysuru (Mysore), Karnataka; founded 1969
- Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) — Nainital, Uttarakhand
- College of Defence Management (CDM) — Secunderabad, Telangana
- Indian Institute of Science (IISc) — Bengaluru, Karnataka
CIIL is the odd one out — its real home is Mysuru, not Mumbai.
- Assuming a language-research institute would naturally sit in a metro like Mumbai or Delhi
- Skipping past the three genuinely correct pairs too quickly instead of checking each one
A recurring MPPSC/UPPSC format: list institute-city pairs and ask which is NOT matched — almost always exactly one pair is wrong, and it is usually the least-famous institute's location.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) is headquartered at:
- (a)Mumbai
- (b)Mysuru
- (c)New Delhi
- (d)Pune
Answer(b) Mysuru — CIIL has been headquartered there since 1969.
- practice — not a real PYQ
ARIES (Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences), an autonomous astronomy institute, is located at:
- (a)Nainital
- (b)Bengaluru
- (c)Pune
- (d)Dehradun
Answer(a) Nainital, Uttarakhand.