Q. Which is the oldest botanical garden of India?

A
Royal Botanic Garden
B
Lal Bagh Botanical Garden
C
Manipur Zoological Gardens
D
Farhat Baksh Botanical Garden
Solution:

The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden (previously known as Indian Botanic Garden) is situated in Shibpur, Howrah near Kolkata. They are commonly known as the Calcutta Botanical Garden, and previously as the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. The gardens exhibit a wide variety of rare plants and a total collection of over 12,000 specimens spread over 109 hectares. It is under Botanical Survey of India (BSI) of Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.

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