The Vindhyachal thermal power station, one of the largest in India, is located in which district of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Singrauli
- B.Khandwa
- C.Betul
- D.Guna
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Singrauli. The Vindhyachal super thermal power station of NTPC stands at Vindhyanagar in Singrauli district, close to the coalfields that feed it, and it is among the largest thermal power plants in the country by installed capacity.
Option B, Khandwa, is in the Narmada valley and is associated with the Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar projects, which are hydro-electric and not thermal. Option C, Betul, has the Sarni or Satpura thermal power station, a much older and smaller plant, which is why it is placed here as a distractor. Option D, Guna, lies in the north-west of the state and has no major power station. The logic of the location is the one worth remembering: a large thermal station comes up on the coalfield, so Singrauli, with its coal and its reservoirs for cooling water, carries the biggest plants in central India.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich of the following is NOT the work of the legislature?
- A.Making law
- B.Budgeting
- C.Passing of budget
- D.Control on the executive
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Preparing the budget, that is estimating the receipts and the expenditure of every department and putting the estimates together, is the work of the executive: in Madhya Pradesh the Finance Department prepares it and the Finance Minister presents it.
Read the full explanation →The legislature of Madhya Pradesh, before which the state budget is laid, consists of:
- A.Only the Vidhan Sabha, with the Governor
- B.The Vidhan Sabha and the Vidhan Parishad
- C.Only the Vidhan Parishad
- D.The Vidhan Sabha and a joint council of districts
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Madhya Pradesh has a unicameral legislature: the Governor and one House, the Vidhan Sabha, whose strength is 230. The annual financial statement under Article 202 is therefore laid before that single House, which votes the demands for grants and passes the Appropriation Bill.
Read the full explanation →Madhya Pradesh is the only state in India that produces which mineral?
- A.Diamond
- B.Gold
- C.Petroleum
- D.Uranium
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The Majhgawan pipe near Panna is the only working diamond mine in the country, which makes Madhya Pradesh India’s sole diamond-producing state, and the stones are sold through the government diamond office at Panna.
Read the full explanation →Madhya Pradesh is the largest producer in India of which crop, because of which it is called the soya state?
- A.Groundnut
- B.Soyabean
- C.Mustard
- D.Sunflower
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The black soil of the Malwa plateau and the Narmada valley suits soyabean, and the districts around Indore, Ujjain, Dewas and Sehore grow so much of it that the state is called the soya state and Indore became the centre of the soyabean oil and cake trade.
Read the full explanation →The Malanjkhand mine of Madhya Pradesh, which holds the largest copper ore reserves in India, is in which district?
- A.Balaghat
- B.Panna
- C.Jhabua
- D.Shahdol
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The Malanjkhand copper project of Hindustan Copper Limited, in Balaghat district on the eastern edge of the state, works the largest copper ore deposit in the country, and its concentrate feeds smelters outside the state.
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