VAE-0002
QUESTION
The Animal Welfare Board of India set up in 1962 has headquarters at?
OPTIONS
(A) Chennai
(B) Gujarat
(C) New Delhi
(D) Ludhiana
ANSWER
(C) New Delhi
EXPLANATION
The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) was established in 1962 under Section 4 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, and at the time relevant to the JKPSC VAS 2012 examination its headquarters was in Chennai; therefore, option (A) Chennai is correct, while Gujarat, New Delhi, and Ludhiana were not its headquarters. The headquarters was subsequently shifted from Chennai. Currently, AWBI is located at 42 Milestone, Delhi–Agra Highway, NH-2, Village Seekri, Ballabhgarh, Faridabad, Haryana – 121004.