Question

Rishikesh plant is famous for the production of
A) Antibiotics
B) Heavy electrical
C) Fertilizers
D) Transistorized radios

Answer 1

Hint: The plant is located on the Haridwar-Joshimath in Uttarakhand on the bank of holy river Ganges. This plant was commissioned in 1967 that has large production capacity for manufacturing of tablets and capsules both with lactam and Non-Beta lactam.

Complete answer:
The Rishikesh plant was introduced in 1967 and had the largest antibiotics fermentation facilities. Now only formulation manufacturing facilities are in operation, and nearly 50 Formulations of the wide therapeutic range are being produced.

Additional information:
It manufactures Oral Contraceptive and Emergency Pills (OCPs & ECPs) and is the five regular suppliers of these pills to the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.
The production facilities are fully supported by a well equipped Quality Control Department with Good Laboratory Practices and a good Formulation Development Research Laboratory (FDRL).
It also has a modern Biological Treatment Plant (BTP), which measures the contribution to the development of clean technologies and innovative solutions for environmental problems.
Rishikesh plant received the National Award for the prevention of pollution in 1992 from the President of India on 6 August, 1994.
It is spread over a vast 833 acres of land and 44 different types of Fermentors for penicillin-G, Tetracycline, Oxytetracycline, and Streptomycin, etc. and their purification facilities.

So, the correct answer is antibiotics.

Note:
Antibiotics were used against bacterial infections, either by killing bacteria or slowing and suspending its growth.
Penicillin is the first discovered antibiotic that belongs to the beta lactam family.