First National Centre for Marine Biodiversity (NCMB) of India is situated at -

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Correct — B, Jamnagar. India's first National Centre for Marine Biodiversity (NCMB) is located at Jamnagar in Gujarat, alongside the Gulf of Kutch — home to the country's first Marine National Park and Marine Sanctuary, a region rich in coral reefs, mangroves and marine fauna. Siting the centre here places it at the heart of India's most studied marine-biodiversity zone.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Puducherry hosts other marine and coastal institutions but not India's first National Centre for Marine Biodiversity.  (c) Mumbai is a major coastal city with fisheries and oceanographic bodies, but the NCMB is not located there.  (d) Bhavnagar is also in coastal Gujarat, which makes it a tempting trap, but the NCMB is at Jamnagar, on the Gulf of Kutch, not Bhavnagar on the Gulf of Khambhat.

Concept: The National Centre for Marine Biodiversity (NCMB) is a dedicated institution to document, study and conserve India's marine biological diversity. Its choice of location — Jamnagar, Gujarat — reflects the exceptional marine ecosystem of the Gulf of Kutch, which holds India's first Marine National Park (notified 1982) and first Marine Sanctuary, with extensive coral reefs, mangroves, seagrass beds and associated fauna.

State PCS 2023 Q105 — Environment & Ecology PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2023 Q105 — Environment & Ecology PYQ with Answer