Which of the following pairs of irrigation projects and their location is incorrect?
Irrigation Project — District

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Correct — C, Sukta – Betul is the incorrectly matched pair. The Sukta irrigation project is not situated in Betul district; the other three pairs are genuine — Barna (Raisen), Kolar (Sehore) and Punasa/Indira Sagar (Khandwa) are all correctly matched.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Correct pairing — the Barna Dam, on the Barna river (a Narmada tributary), is in Raisen district and has supplied irrigation since 1978.  (b) Correct pairing — the Kolar Dam, on the Kolar river (a Narmada tributary), is in Sehore district just south-west of Bhopal; it also supplies a large share of Bhopal's drinking water.  (d) Correct pairing — Punasa, in Khandwa district, is the site of the Indira Sagar Dam on the Narmada, India's largest reservoir by stored-water volume.

Concept: Madhya Pradesh's major irrigation and dam projects are mostly built on the Narmada or its tributaries, and MPPSC regularly tests project-to-district matching. Three of the four pairs here — Barna-Raisen, Kolar-Sehore, Punasa(Indira Sagar)-Khandwa — are correct and well documented; the exam plants exactly one wrong pairing (Sukta-Betul) to check whether the candidate has actually memorised the map rather than pattern-matching on 'sounds plausible'.

State PCS 2022 Q80 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2022 Q80 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer