The Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station is situated in which district of Bihar?
- A.Begusarai
- B.Bhagalpur
- C.Patna
- D.Aurangabad
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Bhagalpur. The Kahalgaon super thermal power station, run by NTPC, stands at Kahalgaon on the Ganga in Bhagalpur district of eastern Bihar, close to the coal routes from the Jharkhand and Bengal fields and to the river that supplies its cooling water. The Bateshwar Sthan Ganga pump canal scheme lifts water for irrigation in the same stretch.
Option A, Begusarai, has the older Barauni thermal station and the refinery. Option C, Patna district, has the Barh super thermal station of NTPC on the Ganga. Option D, Aurangabad, has the Nabinagar stations, one of them the railway joint venture. Every option is a real power district of Bihar, so the only safe method is to memorise each station with its district rather than reasoning from the region.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich is the oldest and largest canal irrigation system of Bihar?
- A.Kosi canal system
- B.Gandak canal system
- C.Sone canal system
- D.Bagmati canal system
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Work on the Sone began in the colonial period with an anicut across the river at Dehri in Rohtas district, and the system has been extended ever since, the Indrapuri barrage replacing the old anicut in 1968.
Read the full explanation →The Indrapuri barrage, built across the Sone at Dehri, is located in which district of Bihar?
- A.Rohtas
- B.Aurangabad
- C.Bhojpur
- D.Kaimur
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Dehri on Sone lies in Rohtas district, and the Indrapuri barrage was built there in place of the old anicut, being completed in 1968.
Read the full explanation →The barrage of the Gandak project, built jointly with Nepal, stands at which place?
- A.Bhimnagar
- B.Valmiki Nagar
- C.Dehri
- D.Barauni
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The Gandak barrage was built at Valmiki Nagar in West Champaran district, on the border with Nepal, under an agreement between the two countries.
Read the full explanation →The Kosi barrage at Bhimnagar lies in which district of Bihar?
- A.Saharsa
- B.Madhepura
- C.Supaul
- D.Araria
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The Kosi barrage stands at Bhimnagar in Supaul district, where the river enters India from Nepal.
Read the full explanation →Which river of Bihar has traditionally been called the Sorrow of Bihar?
- A.Gandak
- B.Kosi
- C.Sone
- D.Punpun
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The Kosi comes down from Nepal carrying an enormous load of silt, drops it on the flat plain and so keeps raising its own bed.
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