QOTD-General Knowledge-Geographical Indication Tags Related Question

2019-07-30 | Team PendulumEdu

Which of the following is not matched correctly?

	Geographical Indication	State
A.	Pochampally Ikat	Telangana
B.	Chanderi Sarees	Madhya Pradesh
C.	Thanjavur Paintings	Maharashtra
D.	Etikoppaka Toys	Andhra Pradesh

Explanation:

Geographical Indication is a tag given for certain products/goods that have their origination in a specific region. India being a signatory of WTO’s agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) enacted the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999. Darjeeling Tea was the first to get GI tag since then many of the products have been included in this list. The below-given table shows some of the GI tagged products and their corresponding states:

S.NO	Geographical Indication	States
1	Pochampally Ikat	Telangana
2	Chanderi Sarees	Madhya Pradesh
3	Thanjavur Paintings	Tamil Nadu
4	Ekitoppaka Toys	Andhra Pradesh
5	Kangra Tea	Himachal Pradesh
6	Phulkari	Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan
7	Moradabad Metal Craft	Uttar Pradesh

Hence, C is the correct answer.

Recently, Odisha Rasagola has got a GI tag. To know more about this, click here.

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