Question

India’s first National Center of Marine Biodiversity (NCMB) is located in:
A. Bhavnagar
B. Jamnagar
C. Mumbai
D. Pondicherry

Answer 1

Hint: Variety and variability of life on earth is known as biodiversity. It is typically a measure of variation at the level of genetic, species, and ecosystem. Due to the warm weather and high primary productivity biodiversity is higher on the equator compared to the polar side. The distribution of biodiversity is not even on earth.

Complete step by step answer:
-The marine biodiversity is usually higher along the coasts in the western Pacific due to the higher sea surface temperature.
-Marine life is a vast resource which is providing food, medicine, and many raw materials.
-India hosts four different biodiversity hotspots which are the Himalayas, the Western Ghats, the Indo-Burma region, and Sunland.
-There are more than 13,000 recorded marine species in India. The coastal zones of India have a variety of habitats.
-In 2011 India’s first National Center of Marine Biodiversity (NCMB) was stable in Jamnagar. The goal of this center is safeguarding the biodiversity of coastal areas which have high marine biodiversity.
-This center is close to India's only Marine National park in the Gulf of Kutch.
So the correct option is (B).

Note: National Center of Marine Biodiversity (NCMB) mission will be to support the management of coastal and marine biodiversity. This center will study marine resources and they will recommend the steps to be taken for protecting biodiversity. Conservation programs of India generally ignore marine biodiversity and now there are many species of fish and amphibians have been listed as critically endangered. Establishing this type of center can help in protecting marine biodiversity.