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)

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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.

Why the other options are wrong — (b) 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) 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) 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.

Concept: 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.

State PCS 2025 Q51 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2025 Q51 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer