The Nabinagar power plant of Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Limited in Bihar is a joint venture of NTPC with which organisation?
- A.Coal India Limited
- B.Indian Railways
- C.Damodar Valley Corporation
- D.Steel Authority of India
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Indian Railways. Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Limited was formed as a joint venture between NTPC and the Ministry of Railways to build a coal fired station at Nabinagar in Aurangabad district, with most of its power dedicated to the traction and other needs of the railways. It is one of the few power stations in the country built specifically for a single bulk consumer.
Option A, Coal India, supplies the fuel for such stations but is not a partner in this company. Option C, the Damodar Valley Corporation, generates power in the Damodar basin of Jharkhand and West Bengal and was a major supplier to undivided Bihar before 2000. Option D, the Steel Authority of India, runs captive plants at its steel works, not here. Keep the pair Nabinagar and Indian Railways, since the station is regularly described in papers as the railway power plant.
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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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