Civil Services Prep

Prelims 2022 · Geography · Question 70

Consider the following pairs: Reservoirs - States 1. Ghataprabha - Telangana 2. Gandhi Sagar - Madhya Pradesh 3. Indira Sagar - Andhra Pradesh 4. Maithon - Chhattisgarh. How many pairs given above are not correctly matched?

  1. Only one pair
  2. Only two pairs
  3. Only three pairs
  4. All four pairs

Answer

Only three pairs

  1. Ghataprabha – Telangana: Incorrect. Ghataprabha reservoir/project is in Karnataka.
  2. Gandhi Sagar – Madhya Pradesh: Correct. Gandhi Sagar Dam is on the Chambal in Madhya Pradesh.
  3. Indira Sagar – Andhra Pradesh: Incorrect. Indira Sagar Project is in Madhya Pradesh on the Narmada.
  4. Maithon – Chhattisgarh: Incorrect. Maithon Dam/reservoir is on the Barakar near Jharkhand–West Bengal, not Chhattisgarh.

So, three pairs are not correctly matched.

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