Which of the following pair is NOT correctly matched? Irrigation Project – District
- (a)Bargi Project – Jabalpur
- (b)Tawa Project – Hoshangabad
- (c)Matiyari Dam Project – Mandla
- (d)Barna Ghati Project – Ujjain
Correct — D, Barna Ghati Project – Ujjain. The Barna Ghati (Barna Dam) project is built on the Barna river, a Narmada tributary, and lies in RAISEN district, not Ujjain. Ujjain, though a prominent Malwa-region city, has no such irrigation project; the mismatch is the paired district, not the project's identity.
- (a)Bargi Project – Jabalpur — Correctly matched — the Bargi Dam, on the Narmada river, stands near Jabalpur; construction began in 1975 and it was completed in 1988.
- (b)Tawa Project – Hoshangabad — Correctly matched — the Tawa Dam, on the Tawa river (a Narmada tributary), lies in Hoshangabad (now Narmadapuram) district; built between 1958 and 1978.
- (c)Matiyari Dam Project – Mandla — Correctly matched — the Matiyari Dam, on the Matiyari river (a Narmada tributary), is located in Mandla district.
Most of Madhya Pradesh's major irrigation projects sit on Narmada tributaries and are named for the river or valley they dam: Bargi (Narmada, near Jabalpur), Tawa (Tawa river, Hoshangabad/Narmadapuram), Matiyari (Matiyari river, Mandla), and Barna (Barna river, Raisen). The Barna Ghati project is genuinely a Narmada-basin scheme — the only error in option (d) is the paired district (Ujjain instead of the correct Raisen).
This is a classic 'project–district pair, one deliberately swapped' MPPSC format — three genuine pairs plus one project moved to a plausible-sounding but wrong district. Ujjain is a well-known Malwa city, which makes the swap tempting even though Ujjain itself has no Barna project.
- Bargi Dam — on the Narmada river, near Jabalpur.
- Tawa Dam — on the Tawa river (a Narmada tributary), Hoshangabad/Narmadapuram district.
- Matiyari Dam — on the Matiyari river (a Narmada tributary), Mandla district.
- Barna Dam (Barna Ghati project) — on the Barna river (a Narmada tributary), RAISEN district, not Ujjain.
- Assuming a well-known city name (like Ujjain) automatically anchors a nearby-sounding irrigation project
- Confusing dam names that follow the 'river of the same name' pattern (Tawa river/Tawa dam, Barna river/Barna dam)
MPPSC regularly tests project–district pairs for MP's Narmada-basin irrigation schemes, usually as a 'find the one incorrect pair' MCQ.
MPPSC_2022_PRE_PaperI_Q802022Which of the following pairs of irrigation projects and their location is incorrect? Irrigation Project — District
- (a) Barna — Raisen
- (b) Kolar — Sehore
- (c) Sukta — Betul
- (d) Punasa — Khandwa
Answer(c) Sukta — Betul
Same concept, and this 2022 MPPSC question independently confirms the same fact used here — that the Barna project is correctly paired with Raisen district.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Barna Ghati irrigation project of Madhya Pradesh, built on a Narmada tributary, lies in which district?
- (a)Ujjain
- (b)Raisen
- (c)Sehore
- (d)Vidisha
Answer(b) Raisen — the Barna Ghati project's actual district, not Ujjain.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Tawa Dam, an irrigation project of Madhya Pradesh, is built on a tributary of which river?
- (a)Narmada
- (b)Chambal
- (c)Betwa
- (d)Son
Answer(a) Narmada — the Tawa river is a Narmada tributary.