The Central Food Technological Research Institute is situated in

Concept: CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) operates a network of specialized national laboratories across India. Each laboratory is headquartered in a specific city chosen for its own research focus, separate from CSIR's own administrative headquarters.

Application: The Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), established in 1950, is one such CSIR laboratory, dedicated to food science, technology, and nutrition research. It is headquartered in Mysore (Mysuru), Karnataka.

Cross-check: Comparing CFTRI's actual seat against each option offered:

• New Delhi houses CSIR's own headquarters (the parent body), not CFTRI's laboratory.

• Allahabad has no CSIR food-research facility associated with it.

• Lucknow hosts other CSIR laboratories (such as the Central Drug Research Institute), whose mandate is pharmaceuticals rather than food technology.

• Mysore (Mysuru) is where CFTRI has stood since 1950, matching the institute named in the question.

So among the offered cities, only Mysore correctly identifies where CFTRI is situated.