With reference to NTPC unit at Singrauli, which of the following statement/s is/are correct ?
1. It is situated in Northern part of Chhattisgarh State.
2. It is NTPC's oldest unit.
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With reference to NTPC unit at Singrauli, which of the following statement/s is/are correct ?
1. It is situated in Northern part of Chhattisgarh State.
2. It is NTPC's oldest unit.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
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Correct — B, Only 2. Statement 2 is true: the Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station was NTPC's very first power project — its first unit was commissioned in 1982, making it the corporation's oldest plant. Statement 1 is false: the plant stands at Shaktinagar in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh (on the UP–Madhya Pradesh border), not in Chhattisgarh. The Singrauli coal belt straddles UP and Madhya Pradesh, but the NTPC super thermal station itself lies in Uttar Pradesh. Hence only statement 2 is correct.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Wrong — statement 1 is false. The plant is at Shaktinagar in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, not in northern Chhattisgarh. (And statement 2 is in fact true.)  (c) Wrong — statement 2 is correct, but statement 1 misplaces the plant in Chhattisgarh; it is in Uttar Pradesh.  (d) Wrong — statement 2 is correct: Singrauli was NTPC's first and oldest plant, commissioned in 1982.

Concept: NTPC Limited (National Thermal Power Corporation), set up in 1975, is India's largest power-generation utility. Its first thermal project was the Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station, commissioned in 1982 at Shaktinagar in Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The surrounding Singrauli belt — a coal-rich region spanning Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh — is often called India's 'energy capital' for its cluster of coal mines and thermal plants.

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