The Western Yamuna Canal, the main canal of Haryana, takes off from which barrage?
- A.Okhla barrage
- B.Hathnikund barrage
- C.Bhimgoda barrage
- D.Narora barrage
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, the Hathnikund barrage. The barrage stands on the Yamuna in Yamunanagar district, where the river enters the plains, and it feeds the Western Yamuna Canal of Haryana on one bank and the Eastern Yamuna Canal of Uttar Pradesh on the other. The canal itself is very old, first cut in the medieval period and rebuilt by British engineers, and it carries water to Karnal, Panipat, Jind, Rohtak and Hisar.
Option A, the Okhla barrage near Delhi, is the head of the Agra Canal, which also supplies the Gurgaon canal of southern Haryana. Option C, Bhimgoda at Haridwar, is the head of the Upper Ganga Canal. Option D, Narora in Bulandshahr, is the head of the Lower Ganga Canal and the site of an atomic power station. All four are real head works of the region, so the question is really asking you to attach the right river and the right state to each.
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Practice Questions
View allHaryana came into existence as a separate state on which date?
- A.1 November 1956
- B.1 November 1966
- C.1 April 1966
- D.15 August 1966
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Haryana was carved out of the Hindi speaking districts of the former state of Punjab on that day, and the date is observed every year as Haryana Day.
Read the full explanation →The dwarf high yielding wheat varieties that began the Green Revolution in India were first bred in which country?
- A.Mexico
- B.Japan
- C.Australia
- D.Soviet Union
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The dwarf wheat varieties Lerma Rojo and Sonora 64 were bred in Mexico at the research programme where Norman Borlaug worked, and seed of these varieties was imported into India in the mid nineteen sixties.
Read the full explanation →Who is known as the father of the Green Revolution in India?
- A.Verghese Kurien
- B.M. S. Swaminathan
- C.Norman Borlaug
- D.C. Subramaniam
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He was the geneticist who brought the Mexican dwarf wheat to India, worked with Indian breeders to adapt it, and persuaded the government and the farmers to take it up, so he is called the father of the Green Revolution in India.
Read the full explanation →Which crop led the first phase of the Green Revolution in India?
- A.Rice
- B.Wheat
- C.Cotton
- D.Sugarcane
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The first high yielding varieties available to Indian farmers were dwarf wheats, and they were planted in the irrigated north western plains where water and fertiliser could be supplied on time.
Read the full explanation →Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, one of the largest agricultural universities in Asia, is located at which place?
- A.Karnal
- B.Hisar
- C.Rohtak
- D.Kurukshetra
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The agricultural university of Haryana was set up at Hisar soon after the state was formed and was later named after Chaudhary Charan Singh.
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