2022 · GeographyPrevious Year Question
Q70.
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
D. All four pairs
Answer

C

Explanation

Pair 1 is incorrectly matched: Ghataprabha River flows in North Karnataka (Belagavi district) — NOT Telangana. Pair 2 is correctly matched: Gandhi Sagar Dam is on the Chambal River in Mandsaur district, Madhya Pradesh. Pair 3 is incorrectly matched: Indira Sagar Dam is on the Narmada River at Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh — NOT Andhra Pradesh. Pair 4 is incorrectly matched: Maithon Dam is on river Barakar, located about 48 km from Dhanbad, Jharkhand — NOT Chhattisgarh. Three pairs (1, 3, and 4) are incorrectly matched.