RAS question
Narora Atomic Power Station (NAPS) is in which state?
Correct answer: (C) Uttar Pradesh.
Narora Atomic Power Station is located at Narora in Uttar Pradesh.
Explanation
Narora Atomic Power Station, or NAPS, belongs to Uttar Pradesh because NPCIL lists its location as Narora in Bulandshahar district, Uttar Pradesh. The station details also match the core clue in the question: NAPS has two pressurised heavy water reactor units, NAPS Unit-1 and NAPS Unit-2, each of 220 MW capacity. Their commercial operation dates are shown as January 1, 1991, and July 1, 1992, respectively. That makes Uttar Pradesh the only correct state among the options. The other choices are plausible only if one confuses NAPS with other atomic power stations: Tarapur in Maharashtra, Rawatbhata in Rajasthan, or Kakrapar in Gujarat.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Maharashtra is associated here with TAPS at Tarapur, not with Narora Atomic Power Station.
- (B) Rajasthan has RAPS at Rawatbhata, so choosing it confuses NAPS with a different atomic power station.
- (D) Gujarat has KAPS at Kakrapar, whereas NAPS is the Narora station in Uttar Pradesh.
Concept
This tests the mapping of major Indian nuclear power stations to their states. It is a useful elimination-style fact because the wrong options are states linked to other similarly abbreviated atomic power stations.