The khadin system of water harvesting and farming is traditionally associated with which region of Rajasthan?
- A.Jaisalmer
- B.Kota
- C.Bharatpur
- D.Banswara
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Jaisalmer. A khadin is an earthen bund built along the lower edge of a rocky slope in the desert. The run off from the rock gathers behind the bund, soaks deep into the soil, and a rabi crop of wheat, gram or mustard is then sown on the stored moisture without any further watering. The system is credited to the Paliwal community of the Jaisalmer region and is studied today as a model of dryland farming.
Option B, Kota, belongs to the canal irrigated south east fed by the Chambal barrage, where no such structure was needed. Option C, Bharatpur, lies in the eastern plains and is known for the Ajan bund and the Keoladeo wetland rather than for khadins. Option D, Banswara, is in the wet southern hills, where the Mahi Bajaj Sagar and ordinary tanks serve the fields.
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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 →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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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.
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.
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