UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2022

Consider the following pairs: Reservoir — State 1. Ghataprabha — Telangana 2. Gandhi Sagar — Madhya Pradesh 3. Indira Sagar — Andhra Pradesh 4. Maithon — Chhattisgarh How many of the above pairs are not correctly matched?

  1. Only one pair
  2. Only two pairs
  3. Only three pairs
  4. All four pairs

Answer

Correct Answer

Only three pairs

Explanation

Ghataprabha is in Karnataka (not Telangana), Indira Sagar is in Madhya Pradesh (not Andhra Pradesh), and Maithon is in Jharkhand (not Chhattisgarh) — three pairs are wrongly matched. Only Gandhi Sagar in Madhya Pradesh is correct.

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