With reference to NTPC unit at Singrauli which of the following statement/s is/are correct ? ' 1). It is situated in Northern part of Chhattisgarh State. 2). It is NTPC's oldest unit. Select the correct answer using the codes given below. Codes:

The correct answer is B (Only 2). Statement 2 is right and Statement 1 is wrong.

Statement 1 is wrong. NTPC Singrauli is not in Chhattisgarh. The Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station lies at Shaktinagar in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, close to the Madhya Pradesh border. The Singrauli coalfield spans both states. Northern Chhattisgarh is Surguja and its neighbouring districts, which have no connection to this plant.

Statement 2 is right. Singrauli was NTPC's first power station. Its first unit was commissioned in 1982, and NTPC was set up in 1975. The plant was built to be pithead-based, drawing coal from a nearby mine.

Core concept: pithead thermal power plants, and the logic of locating them near coal to cut transport cost. For Mains, this links to coal linkage policy, ash management and the environmental cost of coal-based generation.

Trap: aspirants often place Singrauli in Chhattisgarh because it sits in the same coal-rich belt. Check the state before trusting the location.