Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists : List-I (District): (i) Damoh (ii) Bhind (iii) Satna (iv) Morena; List-II (Cement industry): 1. Malanpur 2. Narsinghgarh 3. Banmore 4. Maihar Codes : (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
- (a)2, 1, 4, 3
- (b)4, 2, 1, 3
- (c)3, 4, 2, 1
- (d)1, 3, 2, 4
Correct — A, the code 2, 1, 4, 3. Read it pair by pair. (i) Damoh → 2. Narsinghgarh: Narsinghgarh village in Damoh district houses the old Diamond Cement works, today HeidelbergCement India's 'Mycem' plant, which the Damoh district administration itself lists among the district's industries. (ii) Bhind → 1. Malanpur: Malanpur is Bhind district's large MPIDC industrial area, just outside Gwalior, and is the cement-linked industrial centre of that district. (iii) Satna → 4. Maihar: Maihar sits in the Satna limestone belt and carries Madhya Pradesh's biggest cement cluster (Maihar Cement, UltraTech's Birla Cement unit, KJS Cement); Maihar was carved out of Satna as a separate district only in 2023, and MPPSC still uses the classic Satna–Maihar pairing. (iv) Morena → 3. Banmore: Banmore is the MPIDC industrial town of Morena district — MPPSC's own 2019 paper, with the official key, confirmed that the Banmore Industrial Development Centre lies in Morena. Only option A produces all four of these pairs.
- (b)4, 2, 1, 3 — Reads Damoh–Maihar, Bhind–Narsinghgarh, Satna–Malanpur, Morena–Banmore. Only the last pair survives: Maihar belongs to the Satna belt, not Damoh, and Malanpur is Bhind's industrial area, not Satna's.
- (c)3, 4, 2, 1 — Reads Damoh–Banmore, Bhind–Maihar, Satna–Narsinghgarh, Morena–Malanpur. Every pair is misplaced — most obviously Banmore, which is a Morena town, and Maihar, which is a Satna-belt town.
- (d)1, 3, 2, 4 — Reads Damoh–Malanpur, Bhind–Banmore, Satna–Narsinghgarh, Morena–Maihar. It swaps the two Gwalior–Chambal industrial areas (Malanpur is in Bhind, Banmore in Morena) and detaches Maihar from Satna altogether.
Cement is a classic raw-material-oriented (weight-losing) industry: about 1.5 tonnes of limestone go into one tonne of cement, so plants sit on the limestone, not on the market. Madhya Pradesh's integrated plants therefore cluster on the Vindhyan limestone of the Satna–Katni–Rewa–Damoh belt, while the Gwalior–Chambal districts (Bhind, Morena) contribute through their MPIDC industrial areas at Malanpur and Banmore.
A four-pair match is never solved by knowing all four. Lock the pairs you are sure of and let the code eliminate the rest: Maihar is unmistakably Satna's, and Banmore is unmistakably Morena's. Any option that breaks either of those two anchors dies immediately — and here that leaves only option A.
- Narsinghgarh in Damoh district hosts the HeidelbergCement India (Mycem, earlier Diamond Cement) plant — not to be confused with the better-known Narsinghgarh town of Rajgarh district.
- Maihar, in the Satna limestone belt, is MP's largest cement cluster; Maihar became a separate district (out of Satna) only in 2023.
- Malanpur (Bhind) and Banmore (Morena) are MPIDC industrial areas in the Gwalior–Chambal region, a few tens of kilometres apart.
- MP's integrated cement plants follow Vindhyan limestone — Satna, Maihar, Katni (Kymore) and Damoh are the core centres.
Reading the codes in List-I order (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) gives 2, 1, 4, 3 — option A.
- Confusing Narsinghgarh in Damoh district with the far better-known Narsinghgarh town of Rajgarh district
- Swapping Malanpur (Bhind) with Banmore (Morena) — both are Gwalior–Chambal industrial areas and sound alike
- Assuming Maihar is now only 'Maihar district' — MPPSC still tests it as Satna's cement town
MPPSC's favourite state-geography format: a district ↔ industrial-town match with bare code rows. Solve it by anchoring the two pairs you are certain of and eliminating; you rarely need all four.
The rough outline map given shows centres of cement industry labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4. Match these centres with the following sets of names: Names A. Katni B. Tirunelveli C. Sikka D. Churk Select the correct answer using the codes given below: Codes:
- (a) A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
- (b) A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3
- (c) A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3
- (d) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
Answer(b) A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3
The identical concept in UPSC form — locating cement centres on the map, with Katni (Madhya Pradesh) among the four names.
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List I (Places) — List II (Industries) I. Jamnagar — A) Aluminium II. Hospet — B) Woollen Textile III. Korba — C) Fertilizers IV. Haldia — D) Cement E) Iron and Steel
- (a) I-D, II-C, III-A, IV-B
- (b) I-B, II-E, III-A, IV-C
- (c) I-D, II-E, III-B, IV-A
- (d) I-B, II-A, III-D, IV-C
Answer(b) I-B, II-E, III-A, IV-C — Jamnagar: woollen textile, Hospet: iron & steel, Korba: aluminium, Haldia: fertilizers.
Same 'place ↔ industry' match-the-pairs skill at national scale, with cement as one of the industries in the list.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Kymore cement plant of Madhya Pradesh is located in which district?
- (a)Katni
- (b)Satna
- (c)Damoh
- (d)Rewa
Answer(a) Katni — the ACC works at Kymore lie in Katni district, on the same Vindhyan limestone belt.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The cement industry is located close to its raw-material source mainly because:
- (a)it is a weight-losing industry
- (b)it needs a large skilled labour force
- (c)it is market-oriented
- (d)it depends on imported machinery
Answer(a) it is a weight-losing industry — limestone loses much of its weight during manufacture, so transporting the ore is costlier than transporting the cement.