First State of India that started keeping DNA database of unidentified dead…

Concept: A current-affairs first-state question asks which state first operationalized the specific initiative, rather than which institution ran an earlier pilot. The relevant criterion here is a state-level, searchable DNA-profile database used for unidentified deceased persons.

Application: Himachal Pradesh began creating this database in April 2022. Its Directorate of Forensics Services reported in April 2023 that 150 DNA profiles of unidentified bodies had been stored, making Himachal Pradesh the first Indian state to establish this kind of database.

Cross-check and contrast: The alternatives can be distinguished by the nature and scope of their documented initiatives:

• Himachal Pradesh: its official 2022-23 administrative report records the first state-level DNA database for cold cases, repeat offences, and unidentified deceased persons.

• Goa: its police portal contains records of unidentified bodies, but a searchable police record is not the same as the stated DNA-profile database.

• Madhya Pradesh: central support for strengthening DNA-analysis facilities concerns laboratory capacity, not this first-state database milestone.

• More than one of the above: the official record identifies one state as the first to reach the stated milestone.

• None of the above: the official record expressly names an offered state, so the empty-set interpretation does not fit the documented event.

Result: Therefore, the answer is Himachal Pradesh.