According to the Economic Survey 2024-25 of Madhya Pradesh, the solar energy capacity of Madhya Pradesh up to October, 2024 was:

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Correct — D, 61,660 Megawatt. This is the solar figure the Madhya Pradesh Economic Survey 2024-25 carries for the state as on October 2024, and the official MPPSC key marks (D). Note what the number actually is: 61,660 MW (61.66 GW) is the solar energy capacity assessed for Madhya Pradesh in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy's state-wise assessment — i.e. what the state's land and irradiance can support — not panels already on the ground. Madhya Pradesh's installed solar capacity in 2024 was only a few gigawatts. The other three options are the same digits reshuffled, so this is a pure figure-recall question: fix 61,660 and the shuffles collapse.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) A digit-shuffle of 61,660. No official document reports 60,166 MW for Madhya Pradesh's solar capacity.  (b) Another rearrangement of the same digits; not a figure from the Economic Survey or MNRE for the state.  (c) Also a shuffle, and the closest visually to the correct number — swapping the first two digits (61 → 66) is the standard way this option set is built.

Concept: There are three different 'solar numbers' for a state and exams move freely between them: assessed potential (what the state could ultimately install, from MNRE's state-wise assessment), sanctioned/under-construction capacity, and installed capacity (actually commissioned and feeding the grid). For Madhya Pradesh the assessed solar figure is about 61.66 GW — placing it among the top few states in the country after Rajasthan — while its installed solar capacity in 2024 stood at only a few GW. Madhya Pradesh is nonetheless a genuine solar leader in project terms, with the 750 MW Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Park and the Omkareshwar floating solar project on the Narmada reservoir.

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