Which of the following place and district in Madhya Pradesh is NOT associated with a Thermal Power Station?

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Correct — D, Dongaliya Mundi, Khargone. There is no thermal power station at Dongaliya (near Mundi) sitting in Khargone district — the plant actually located there is the Shree Singaji Super Thermal Power Project, but it falls in KHANDWA district, not Khargone. Khargone district does have its own plant, NTPC's Khargone Super Thermal Power Station, but that is sited near the separate villages of Selda and Dalchi. So the place–district pairing in option (d) is the mismatched one.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Correctly matched — the Satpura Thermal Power Station stands at Sarni (also spelt Sarani) in Betul district; it has run since 1967 and is one of MP's oldest coal-based plants.  (b) Correctly matched by district — the Amarkantak Thermal Power Station is sited at Chachai (near Amlai), which falls within Anuppur district, the same district named for the sacred Amarkantak plateau.  (c) Correctly matched — the Sanjay Gandhi Thermal Power Station stands at Birsinghpur in Umaria district and is commonly referred to by its location name.

Concept: Madhya Pradesh's coal-based thermal power stations cluster in its coalfield districts: Betul (Satpura TPS at Sarni), Anuppur (Amarkantak TPS at Chachai), Umaria (Sanjay Gandhi TPS at Birsinghpur), and Khargone (NTPC's ultra-supercritical Khargone Super TPS). A similarly-named plant, the Shree Singaji Super Thermal Power Project near Dongaliya/Mundi, is often confused with Khargone district's plant but actually sits in the neighbouring district of Khandwa.

State PCS 2021 Q83 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2021 Q83 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer