Question

NTPC (National Thermal Power Cooperation) has its only thermal power generating unit in West Bengal at _________.
(a) Durgapur
(b) Bakreshwar
(c) Farakka
(d) Katwa

Answer 1

Hint:
NTPC stands for National Thermal Power Corporation Limited. It is involved in the production of electricity. On 7 November 1975, the company was formed. NTPC operates in India from around 55 sites, Sri Lanka from one location and Bangladesh from 2 locations.

Complete solution:
An Indian electricity generation company is the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). The organization reports that it has an installed generation capacity of 28,840 megawatts (MW) which it owns. Over 86 per cent of this falls from coal-fired power stations. NTPC also has investments through joint ventures in an additional 2,864 megawatts of coal and gas fired electricity.[1] NTPC describes itself as the largest thermal power generating company in the country". Facing water shortages at NTPC's Farakka thermal power station, West Bengal is unlikely to have power cuts, leading to the forced shutdown of generating units, officials from the company said. With NTPC, enough capacity is required to fulfil any state requirements. The cumulative allocation of NTPC stations for West Bengal is 786 MW. This, officials argue, can be completely met by NTPC from its stations if Bengal needs power. In fact, the generation capacity at the thermal power stations of Farakka and Kahalgaon is not completely exploited, leading to partial loading.

Hence, the correct answer is option C.

Note:
The thermal power station is situated under the NTPC thermal power generation unit in West Bengal. P.O. is the real location. Nabarun, Dist. -742 236. Murshidabad, Bengal in the West.