By what name was the Indira Gandhi Canal known before 1984?
- A.Gang Canal
- B.Bhakra Canal
- C.Rajasthan Canal
- D.Marwar Canal
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, the Rajasthan Canal. The project was planned by the engineer Kanwar Sain in 1948 under that name, the foundation stone was laid on 31 March 1958, and the canal was renamed the Indira Gandhi Canal in 1984. Papers often ask the planner, the old name and the year of renaming together, so all three are worth memorising as one line.
Option A, the Gang Canal, is a separate and much older canal, opened in 1927 by Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner. Option B, the Bhakra canal, carries Rajasthan's share of Sutlej water from the Bhakra Nangal project into Hanumangarh and Sri Ganganagar and is part of a different inter state scheme. Option D, Marwar Canal, is not the name of any project and is placed only to catch a candidate who associates the desert with the Marwar region.
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Practice Questions
View allAbout 70% of the irrigation in Rajasthan is from:-
- A.Ponds and Lakes
- B.Taps and tube wells
- C.Nadi and Bawdi
- D.Rivers and Canal
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Although the Indira Gandhi Canal and the Chambal canals are the famous works of the state, they water only a part of it.
Read the full explanation →The Indira Gandhi Canal takes off from which barrage?
- A.Harike barrage
- B.Hussainiwala headworks
- C.Hathnikund barrage
- D.Kota barrage
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It stands in Punjab just below the point where the Beas joins the Sutlej, so it can command the combined flow of the two rivers.
Read the full explanation →Which is the oldest canal of Rajasthan, built in the reign of Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner?
- A.Indira Gandhi Canal
- B.Gang Canal
- C.Chambal right main canal
- D.Narmada canal
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It was opened in 1927, draws Sutlej water from the Hussainiwala headworks near Ferozepur and carries it into Sri Ganganagar, which became the first and for long the only canal irrigated district of Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →The Chambal Valley Project is a joint venture of Rajasthan and which other state?
- A.Gujarat
- B.Punjab
- C.Madhya Pradesh
- D.Uttar Pradesh
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The Chambal rises at Janapav hill in the Vindhyan highlands of Madhya Pradesh and then flows along and through Rajasthan, so the two states built the valley scheme together and share its cost and its benefits equally.
Read the full explanation →Which is the uppermost dam of the Chambal Valley Project?
- A.Rana Pratap Sagar
- B.Gandhi Sagar
- C.Jawahar Sagar
- D.Kota barrage
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The four structures of the project stand in a fixed order from upstream to downstream, and the order itself is the question: Gandhi Sagar in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh, then Rana Pratap Sagar at Rawatbhata in Chittorgarh, then Jawahar Sagar near Borawas in Kota, and last the Kota barrage…
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