UPSC Prelims 2022 Question:

Consider the following pairs:

Sl. No.	Reservoirs		States
	Ghataprabha	:	Telangana
	Gandhi Sagar	:	Madhya Pradesh
	Indira Sagar	:	Andhra Pradesh
	Maithon	:	Chhattisgarh

How many pairs given above are not correctly matched?

Explanation:

• • Ghataprabha reservoir is located across Ghataprabha river near Ghataprabha village in Gokak taluk of Belgaum district of Karnataka. The Ghataprabha reservoir serves the purpose of irrigation and drinking water requirements in the region. So, pair 1 is not correctly matched.
    
    
  • Gandhi Sagar reservoir is located in Madhya Pradesh. It is one of the five water reservoirs of national importance. Gandhi Sagar Dam was constructed in 1960 to provide drinking water to several districts of Rajasthan and generate 115 megawatts of electricity. So, pair 2 is correctly matched.
    
    
  • Indira Sagar Dam is a multipurpose dam project at Madhya Pradesh in Central India. It was built on Narmada River which flows from Central India to Western India. It is a multipurpose River Valley Project for development of water resources of Narmada. So, pair 3 is not correctly matched.
    
    

• Maithon is located on the banks of river Barakar. The Maithon Dam is located about 48 kms from the Coal City of Dhanbad in Jharkhand. The dam with an underground power station is one of its kinds in the whole of South East Asia. So, pair 4 is not correctly matched.
  
  

Therefore, option (3) is the correct answer.

Subject: Economics|Infrastructure