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SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 46

SSC CGL - 03 Dec 2022 - Shift 4 • General Awareness • Q46

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The headquarters of the National Institute of Oceanography of India is located at:

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Correct answer: D

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The correct answer is Option 4 i.e. Goa.

  • The National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) with its headquarters at Dona Paula, Goa, and regional centers at Kochi, Mumbai, and Visakhapatnam, is one of the 37 constituent laboratories of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi.
  • The institute has since grown into a multi-disciplinary oceanographic research institute of international repute.
  • The principal focus of research has been on observing and understanding special oceanographic characteristics of the Indian Ocean.
  • The major research areas include the four traditional branches of oceanography - biological, chemical, geological/geophysical, and physical as well as ocean engineering, marine instrumentation and marine archaeology.