Which district of Rajasthan is known as the food basket of the state?

The correct answer is C, Sri Ganganagar. The district lies in the extreme north-west, where the Gang Canal, opened in the colonial period, and later the Indira Gandhi Canal brought Sutlej and Beas water into country that had been desert. With assured canal water the district now grows wheat, cotton, mustard, gram and kinnow oranges, and its yields are the highest in the state, which is why it is called the food basket or granary of Rajasthan.

Option A, Kota, belongs to the Hadoti plateau and is known for soybean, coriander and Chambal irrigation, not for the title in the question. Option B, Udaipur, is a hilly southern district of maize and small holdings. Option D, Bharatpur, is a leading mustard district of the eastern plain and is often called the mustard belt, but the granary tag belongs to Sri Ganganagar. Link the title to canal irrigation and the answer follows at once.