Matching major reservoirs with their states

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Question

Consider the following pairs: Reservoirs States

1Ghataprabha Telangana

2Gandhi Sagar Madhya Pradesh

3Indira Sagar Andhra Pradesh

4Maithon Chhattisgarh

How many pairs given above are not correctly matched ?

Options

Only one pair

Only two pairs

Only three pairs

Answer

All four pairs

Explanation

Only Pair 2 is correct; Gandhi Sagar is located on the Chambal river in Madhya Pradesh. Three pairs are mismatched. Pair 1 is incorrect: Ghataprabha is in Karnataka (not Telangana). Pair 3 is incorrect: Indira Sagar is a massive dam on the Narmada in Madhya Pradesh (not Andhra). Pair 4 is incorrect: Maithon dam is on the Barakar river in Jharkhand (not Chhattisgarh).

Be highly alert to the "NOT correctly matched" phrasing; three out of four pairs are wrong, meaning the answer is "Only three pairs". Differentiate Indira Sagar (MP) from Indira Gandhi Canal (Rajasthan) and Nagarjuna Sagar (AP).

Answer: (c).