The CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR, formerly Industrial Toxicology Research Centre - ITRC) was founded in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, in the year 1965 by Professor Sibte Hasan Zaidi.

• Lucknow (1965): Exact official location and year of establishment of CSIR-IITR.
• Delhi (1970): Incorrect.
• Gurgaon (1965): Incorrect.
• Hyderabad (1970): Home to CSIR-IICT and CCMB.

In field entomological bioassays and efficacy evaluations, the bio-efficacy of an applied insecticide is determined comprehensively by measuring: percent reduction in live pest counts over pre-treatment baselines, reduction in percentage crop damage (e.g. deadhearts, punctured bolls), and comparative economic crop yield differences over untreated controls.

• Reduction in the actual population counts at periodical intervals: Direct measure of mortality and pest knockdown.
• Percent damage: Quantitative indicator of crop protection achieved.
• Yield differences: Final economic demonstration of crop salvage.
• All of the above: All three evaluation metrics are standard components of insecticide field efficacy testing.

R. W. Fogleman in 1963 famously defined toxicology in chemical pharmacology and safety evaluation as: 'The study of the limits of the biological effect of a chemical or mixture of chemicals.'

• Lax Cornelia (1971): Historic Roman law, misattributed year.
• Sun (1968): Renowned for co-toxicity coefficient formulations.
• Fogleman (1963): Originator of this classic, formal toxicological definition.
• Du Bois and Geiling (1959): Authors of Textbook of Toxicology.