Correct answer: (c) Only three pairs
Explanation
- A
Only one pair
Only one pair not matched. Three of the four state tags are wrong.
- B
Only two pairs
Only two pairs not matched. Under-counts the mismatches.
- C
Only three pairs
Only three pairs not correctly matched. Gandhi Sagar–Madhya Pradesh holds. Ghataprabha is Karnataka, Indira Sagar is Madhya Pradesh, Maithon is Jharkhand.
- D
All four pairs
All four pairs wrong. Gandhi Sagar is correctly placed in MP.
Summary. Official key is (c) only three pairs are not correctly matched. Gandhi Sagar (Chambal, MP) is right. Ghataprabha is in Karnataka, Indira Sagar (Narmada) in Madhya Pradesh not Andhra, Maithon (Barakar) in Jharkhand not Chhattisgarh.
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