Question

Indian lac research institute is situated at:
A)Ranchi
B)Mysore
C)Dehradun
D)Nagpur

Answer 1

Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums formerly known as Indian Lac research Institute is a nodal institute of national importance which works in research and development of lac and other natural resins and gums.

Complete answer:
Indian lac research Institute (ILRI) is an institute of National level and comes under Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). It works for research and development of Agricultural Products and Indian lac research Institute works specifically on naturally available resins and gums. This institute comes under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

ILRI was founded by Govt. of India on September 20, 1924 in Ranchi. Now ILRI is named as Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums (IINRG). All Institutional activities are controlled and coordinated by three divisions which are: Lac Production Division, Process and Product Development Division and Transfer of Technology Division.
It provides different facilities for research and development programs for students and scientists like Undertaking different projects and testing work on molecular and plant tissue culture as training courses. It also serves as a gene bank which is a database of germplasm.

Hence, the correct answer is option (A)

Note: ILRI works on different projects like:
1)To understand the nature of diversity in lac insects of Kerria spp. in India and the nature of any insect host interactions.
2)Lac cultivation and process unit establishment.