MPPSC 2018 Prelims Q35: Nepanagar is related to which of the following

Q: What is the answer to MPPSC 2018 Prelims Q35?

B. Correct — B, Newsprint paper. Nepanagar, a town in Madhya Pradesh (Burhanpur district), grew up around the National Newsprint and Paper Mills (NEPA) — India's pioneer newsprint factory, set up in the years after Independence to make the cheap paper used for printing newspapers. The town was itself built as a planned township for that mill.

MPPSC 2018 Prelims Paper-I · Question 35 of 100

Verified against the official question paper. Answer as per the official MPPSC answer key.

Nepanagar is related to which of the following industries?

(a)Fertilizer
(b)Newsprint paper
(c)Sugar
(d)Woolen textile

Answer

Why

Correct — B, Newsprint paper. Nepanagar, a town in Madhya Pradesh (Burhanpur district), grew up around the National Newsprint and Paper Mills (NEPA) — India's pioneer newsprint factory, set up in the years after Independence to make the cheap paper used for printing newspapers. The town was itself built as a planned township for that mill.

Why the others are wrong

(a)Fertilizer — Nepanagar is not a fertilizer centre; the commission's key ties it to newsprint, not chemical fertilizers.
(c)Sugar — Sugar mills sit in cane-growing belts; Nepanagar's identity is the newsprint mill, not sugar.
(d)Woolen textile — Woollen textiles are associated with places like Ludhiana or Kanpur, not with Nepanagar.

Concept

Newsprint is the low-cost paper on which newspapers are printed. India long depended on imported newsprint, so a domestic mill was established at Nepanagar to reduce that dependence — making it a landmark in the country's paper industry. It is a classic 'place → industry' association in Madhya Pradesh geography.

The question tests one fixed fact: Nepanagar = newsprint. The distractors are unrelated industries. Memorise MP's industrial towns by their product (Nepanagar–newsprint, Bhilai–steel in the wider region, Neemuch/Ratlam–others) to answer such matches quickly.

Key facts

Nepanagar (Burhanpur district, Madhya Pradesh) is a newsprint town.
It houses the National Newsprint and Paper Mills (NEPA), India's pioneer newsprint factory.
It was built as a planned township for the mill after Independence.
Newsprint is the cheap paper used to print newspapers.

Study next

Industrial towns of Madhya Pradesh and their productsThe Indian paper and pulp industry (raw materials: bamboo, wood, bagasse)Public-sector industrial townships set up after IndependenceLocation factors for paper/newsprint mills (forests, water, power)Import substitution in early Indian industrial policy

Common traps

Guessing a generic 'paper/sugar/fertilizer' without fixing Nepanagar = newsprint
Confusing Nepanagar with other MP towns known for different industries

MPPSC asks 'Place X is related to which industry?' or matches towns to products. Anchor: Nepanagar = newsprint paper.

Related PYQs

No directly related past PYQ was found.

Practice

practice — not a real PYQ
The National Newsprint and Paper Mills (NEPA), one of India's early newsprint units, is located at:
- (a)Nepanagar (Madhya Pradesh)
- (b)Ballarpur (Maharashtra)
- (c)Titagarh (West Bengal)
- (d)Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh)
Answer(a) Nepanagar (Madhya Pradesh).
practice — not a real PYQ
'Newsprint' produced at mills such as Nepanagar is mainly used for:
- (a)printing newspapers
- (b)packaging cartons
- (c)currency notes
- (d)photographic film
Answer(a) printing newspapers.