Which of the following is NOT correctly matched? Institute - Location
- (a)International Centre for Research on Agro-Forestry - Nairobi
- (b)Indian Institute of Forest Management - Bhopal
- (c)Central Agro-Forestry Research Institute - Banda
- (d)Tata Energy Research Institute - New Delhi
Correct — C is the pair that is NOT correctly matched. The Central Agroforestry Research Institute (ICAR-CAFRI, formerly the National Research Centre for Agroforestry) is located at Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh, not at Banda — so 'Central Agro-Forestry Research Institute — Banda' is the wrong match. The other three pairs are correct: the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF / World Agroforestry Centre) is headquartered in Nairobi; the Indian Institute of Forest Management is at Bhopal; and the Tata Energy Research Institute (now The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI) is at New Delhi.
- (a)International Centre for Research on Agro-Forestry - Nairobi — Correctly matched, so not the answer — the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (World Agroforestry Centre) is indeed headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.
- (b)Indian Institute of Forest Management - Bhopal — Correctly matched — the Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) is located at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
- (d)Tata Energy Research Institute - New Delhi — Correctly matched — the Tata Energy Research Institute (now The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI) is headquartered at New Delhi.
This is a 'find the odd pair' item on where research institutes are located. Anchor on agroforestry — integrating trees with crops and livestock: it has a global centre (ICRAF, the World Agroforestry Centre, at Nairobi) and India's national institute, ICAR-CAFRI at Jhansi (UP), which was set up as the National Research Centre for Agroforestry in 1988 and upgraded to CAFRI in 2014.
In a 'NOT correctly matched' question, verify each pair and pick the single mismatch. Three pairs here are standard — ICRAF–Nairobi, IIFM–Bhopal, TERI–New Delhi — while the planted error is CAFRI's city: it is Jhansi, not Banda.
- ICAR-CAFRI (Central Agroforestry Research Institute) — at Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh (NRC for Agroforestry 1988; CAFRI 2014).
- ICRAF / World Agroforestry Centre — headquartered at Nairobi, Kenya.
- Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) — at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
- TERI (formerly Tata Energy Research Institute) — headquartered at New Delhi.
CAFRI is at Jhansi, UP — the 'Banda' pairing is the mismatch.
- Assuming a UP institute must sit in a big city — CAFRI is at Jhansi, not Banda or Kanpur.
- Confusing the global ICRAF (Nairobi) with India's CAFRI (Jhansi).
UPSC/UPPSC 'which pair is (not) correctly matched' on institutes and their headquarters — memorise institute–city pairs, especially the national/UP ones.
Match List I (Institute) with List II (Located At): List I: (A) Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (B) International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (C) Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (D) Tropical Forestry Research Institute List II: 1. Coimbatore 2. Mumbai 3. Jabalpur 4. Hyderabad
- (a) 2 3 1 4
- (b) 1 4 2 3
- (c) 2 4 1 3
- (d) 1 3 2 4
Answer(c) 2 4 1 3
Same concept — matching research institutes (including a forestry research institute) to their locations, exactly as this question does.
Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? Institute — Location 1. National Centre for Cell Science : Mysore 2. Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics : Hyderabad 3. National Brain Research Centre : Gurgaon
- (a) 1, 2 and 3
- (b) 1 and 2 only
- (c) 2 and 3 only
- (d) 1 and 3 only
Answer(c) 2 and 3 only
Same 'institute — location correctly matched?' format; here NCCS (Pune, not Mysore) is the mismatch, mirroring the CAFRI-location trap.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute (CAFRI) is located at:
- (a)Jhansi
- (b)Banda
- (c)Bhopal
- (d)Dehradun
Answer(a) Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh — set up as the NRC for Agroforestry in 1988.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The headquarters of the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) is at:
- (a)Rome
- (b)Nairobi
- (c)Manila
- (d)Hyderabad
Answer(b) Nairobi, Kenya.