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. Codes :
- (a)Only 1
- (b)Only 2
- (c)Both 1 and 2
- (d)Neither 1 nor 2
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.
- (a)Only 1 — 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)Both 1 and 2 — Wrong — statement 2 is correct, but statement 1 misplaces the plant in Chhattisgarh; it is in Uttar Pradesh.
- (d)Neither 1 nor 2 — Wrong — statement 2 is correct: Singrauli was NTPC's first and oldest plant, commissioned in 1982.
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.
The trap is geography. 'Singrauli' is a district and town in Madhya Pradesh, so many assume the plant lies in MP — or, as option (a)/(c) offer, in Chhattisgarh. In fact NTPC's Singrauli station is across the border in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. Knowing that Singrauli was NTPC's FIRST plant (1982) confirms statement 2, and correcting the location kills statement 1 — leaving 'Only 2'.
- Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station was NTPC's first plant; its first unit was commissioned in 1982.
- It is located at Shaktinagar, Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh — not Chhattisgarh.
- The Singrauli coalfield belt spans Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh (India's 'energy capital').
- NTPC (established 1975) is India's largest power utility.
Only statement 2 is correct → option (b).
- Assuming the NTPC Singrauli plant is in Madhya Pradesh (the town) or Chhattisgarh — it is in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
- Confusing NTPC's 'largest' plant with its 'oldest' — Singrauli is the oldest/first
UPPSC often pairs a plant or institution with its State or a 'first/oldest' tag — memorise NTPC Singrauli = first plant (1982), Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh.
Consider the following statements: 1. NTPC is the largest power utility in India. 2. ONGC accounts for half of the LPG production in India. 3. Indian Oil Corporation operates all the oil refineries in India. 4. The Indian Ordinance Factory is the largest departmentally run industrial undertaking in the country. Which of these statements is/are correct?
- (a) 1 only
- (b) 2 and 3
- (c) 2, 3 and 4
- (d) 1 and 4
Answer(d) 1 and 4
Same subject — NTPC's national profile; it confirms NTPC is India's largest power utility, complementing the fact that its Singrauli plant was its first (oldest) unit.
- practice — not a real PYQ
NTPC's first (oldest) super thermal power station is located at
- (a)Korba
- (b)Singrauli
- (c)Ramagundam
- (d)Farakka
Answer(b) Singrauli — NTPC's first plant, commissioned in 1982 in Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The NTPC Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station is situated in which State?
- (a)Madhya Pradesh
- (b)Chhattisgarh
- (c)Uttar Pradesh
- (d)Jharkhand
Answer(c) Uttar Pradesh — at Shaktinagar in Sonbhadra district, though the Singrauli belt spans UP and MP.