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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Hyderabad. Union Minister of State Science and Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated India’s first unique Rock Museum in Hyderabad.

Detailed explanation-2: -The new rock museum on the campus of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Geophysical Research Institute (CSIR-NGRI), houses around 35 different types of rocks from different parts of India with ages ranging from 3.3 billion years to around 55 million years.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hyderabad is blessed with a unique landscape – spectacular rock formations which are about 2, 500 million years old; among the oldest and hardest rocks in the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -In November 2021, Union Minister Piyush Goyal virtually launched India’s first digital food museum in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. Thanjavur is the birthplace of the FCI that’s why Thanjavur was chosen as the site for India’s first digital food Museum.

Detailed explanation-5: -Union Minister of State for Science & Technology inaugurated India’s first open rock museum at CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad.