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 ?
- (a) Only one pair
- (b) Only two pairs
- (c) Only three pairs ✓ UPSC's answer
- (d) All four pairs
Why the answer is (c)
• The question asks how many pairs are NOT correctly matched.
• Pair 2 is correct: Gandhi Sagar dam on the Chambal is in Mandsaur district, Madhya Pradesh.
• Pair 1 is wrong: Ghataprabha reservoir (Hidkal dam) is in Belagavi district, Karnataka, not Telangana.
• Pair 3 is wrong: Indira Sagar dam on the Narmada is in Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh, not Andhra Pradesh; pair 4 is wrong: Maithon dam on the Barakar is in Jharkhand (Damodar Valley), not Chhattisgarh.
• Hence three pairs are incorrect, option (c).
Why the other options are wrong
- (a) Only one pair
- Three pairs (1, 3 and 4), not one, are wrong.
- (b) Only two pairs
- Three pairs are wrong, not two.
- (d) All four pairs
- Gandhi Sagar-Madhya Pradesh is correct, so not all four are wrong.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2022, held on 5 June 2022. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.