Correct answer: (b) Jamnagar
Explanation
- A
Bhavnagar
(a) Bhavnagar. Bhavnagar is a Saurashtra port city, not the stored National Centre for Marine Biodiversity seat.
- B
Jamnagar
(b) Jamnagar. India’s first National Centre for Marine Biodiversity was set up at Jamnagar, Gujarat, on the Gulf of Kachchh. That stored city is the official key.
- C
Mumbai
(c) Mumbai. Mumbai has marine institutes and the coast, but not this named first NCMB.
- D
Puducherry
(d) Puducherry. Puducherry is a Coromandel coastal UT, not the NCMB city.
Summary. Official key is (b) Jamnagar. The first NCMB is at Jamnagar on the Kachchh gulf. Bhavnagar, Mumbai and Puducherry are other coastal names. Neighbouring facts are Gujarat, Gulf of Kachchh and Marine National Park nearby. Honour Jamnagar.
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