Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List – I [Institute] A) Forest Research Institute B) Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute C) Central Arid Zone Research Institute D) Indian Agricultural Research Institute List – II a) Jodhpur b) New Delhi c) Dehradun d) Jhansi

Option B is correct: A-c, B-d, C-a, D-b. The core idea is that ICAR institutes are located by their regional mandate, so matching them to cities is a fact-recall exercise built on mandate plus location.

• Forest Research Institute is at Dehradun (c). It is the premier forestry research body under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education.
• Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute is at Jhansi (d), a centre for fodder and pasture research under ICAR.
• Central Arid Zone Research Institute is at Jodhpur (a), which covers desert and arid agriculture.
• Indian Agricultural Research Institute is in New Delhi (b). It was founded at Pusa, Bihar, and shifted to Delhi after the 1934 earthquake.

Options A, C and D each misplace at least one pair, most often by putting Dehradun or Jhansi in the wrong slot. Keep the city list for ICAR and DRDO-type bodies in one place in your notes, because such matching questions recur.

Trap: Aspirants swap Dehradun and Jhansi, or assume IARI is at Pusa because of its history. IARI is now in New Delhi.