Question

In India the largest Aquarium is situated in
A) Bombay
B) Delhi
C) Madras
D) Calcutta

Answer 1

An aquarium is basically a facility to manage and maintain freshwater or marine fishes. The fishes are displayed and even studied. Aquatic plants are also grown in an aquarium.

Complete answer:
- Aquariums are facilities where aquatic animals are confined within tanks and displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred.
- Taraporewala Aquarium or Taraporewala Aquarium is India's oldest aquarium and one of the city's main attractions. It hosts marine and freshwater fishes. The aquarium is located on Marine Drive in Mumbai.
- The Aquarium is maintained by the Department of Fisheries itself. In the aquarium's 16 sea water tanks and 9 Fresh water tanks, there are 31 types of fish, while 32 tropical tanks contain 54 kinds of fishes.
- The tropical section of the aquarium already features different ecosystems such as the "moss aquarium" for pregnant fishes, "plantation aquarium" that features imported varieties of water lilies and other aquatic plants and "island aquarium".
- This small aquarium has over 100 species of marine and freshwater fish and underwater creatures, including turtles, morays, sharks and recently added varieties of coral fish from the Lakshadweep islands.
- Here are several species of fish here, such as damselfish, butterfly fish, tiger fish, angelfish, moss, sea urchins, sea cucumber, marine eels, tube worms, tangs, batfish, puffer fish, tangs, jellyfishes, orandas etc. that make this aquarium a highly diverse collection of marine life. There are a total of thirty-two tropical tanks in the building.

Hence the correct answer is option A.

Note: Taraporewala Aquarium India's oldest aquarium and one of the city's main attractions. It hosts marine and freshwater fishes. The aquarium is located on Marine Drive, Mumbai. It was built in 1951 and the volume of its largest tank is 22,000 litres.