Match List - I with List - II and choose the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List - I (Nuclear Power Plant)
A. Kudankulam
B. Kakrapar
C. Kaiga
D. Rawatbhata
List - II (State)
1. K

Question

Match List - I with List - II and choose the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List - I (Nuclear Power Plant)
A. Kudankulam
B. Kakrapar
C. Kaiga
D. Rawatbhata
List - II (State)
1. Karnataka
2. Tamil Nadu
3. Rajasthan
4. Gujarat

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Correct — B, A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3. Kudankulam is on the southern coast of Tamil Nadu (2), in Tirunelveli district, and runs Russian-supplied VVER-1000 reactors. Kakrapar is in Gujarat (4), in Surat district near the Tapi, and is where India's first indigenously designed 700 MWe pressurised heavy water reactor went into commercial operation. Kaiga is in Karnataka (1), in Uttara Kannada district on the Kali river. Rawatbhata is in Rajasthan (3), in Chittorgarh district beside the Rana Pratap Sagar reservoir on the Chambal. Option (b) is the only code that carries all four correctly.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Kaiga and Rawatbhata are placed correctly, but Kudankulam and Kakrapar are exchanged — Kudankulam is put in Gujarat and Kakrapar in Tamil Nadu. This is the intended trap, because both names begin similarly and both plants are in coastal states. Kudankulam is at India's southern tip in Tirunelveli district; Kakrapar is inland in Surat district, Gujarat.  (c) The first two pairs are right, but it then puts Kaiga in Rajasthan and Rawatbhata in Karnataka. Kaiga is in the Western Ghats of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka; Rawatbhata is a Chambal-basin site in Chittorgarh district, Rajasthan.  (d) All four pairs are wrong — it swaps Kudankulam with Kakrapar and Kaiga with Rawatbhata at the same time, making it the exact reverse of the correct code.

Concept: India's commercial nuclear power stations are built and operated by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), a public sector undertaking under the Department of Atomic Energy, with the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board as the safety regulator. The backbone of the fleet is the indigenous pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR), which uses natural uranium and heavy water; the exceptions are the American-built boiling water reactors at Tarapur and the Russian VVER pressurised water reactors at Kudankulam.

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