Question

Consider the following statements about 'Svalbard Global Seed Vault':
1. It is a facility that is situated on the Spitsbergen Island of Norway.
2. The vault facility is owned by Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO).
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

• A. 1 only
• B. 2 only
• C. Both 1 and 2
• D. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

1 only

• The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is located on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard region in the Arctic. It recently celebrated its 10th anniversary in Feburary, 2018.
  
• It secures the world's largest collection of seeds, to be used in the event of a global catastrophe or when some species is lost due to natural disasters.
• The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a secure seed bank on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen near Longyearbyen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago, about 1,300 kilometers from the North Pole.
• The vault is a joint venture of the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (which comes under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research) and the Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (under Defence Research and Development Organisation).