Irrigation and Canals

Irrigation and Canals

Total Questions: 39

31. The water-carrying capacity of Farakka canal is: [I.A.S. (Pre) 1997]

Correct Answer: (c) 40,000 Cusecs
Solution:The Farakka Barrage Project with headquarters at Farakka in Murshidabad, West Bengal was designed to serve the need of preservation and maintenance of Calcutta Port by improving the regime and navigability of the Bhagirathi-Hoogly river systems in 1975. The water-carrying capacity of Farakka canal is 40,000 cuses.

32. Mangalam Irrigation Project is located in: [U.P. Lower Sub.(Pre) 1998]

Correct Answer: (b) Kerala
Solution:In Palakad district of Kerala, 11 irrigation projects on Bharath Puzha river and its tributaries have been completed. The project was commissioned in 1957 and the canal system was completed in 1966.

The dam has a capacity of 25,340,000 cubic feet (718,000 m3). The canal system irrigates 3,440 hectares of land. The project also supplies water for the second crop and supplements rainfall.

33. The Saran irrigation canal is drawn from the river [44th B.P.S.C.(Pre) 2000]

Correct Answer: (d) Gandak
Solution:A 740 metre long barrage has been built across the Gandak river in Balmiki Nagar from where few canals have been drawn. Saran Irrigation canal is one of them.

34. Indira Gandhi Canal has its source at: [U.P.P.C.S.(Pre) 1999]

Correct Answer: (c) Harike Barrage
Solution:Indira Gandhi Canal originates at Harike Barrage near the confluence of Satluj and Beas rivers in Firozpur district of Punjab. The total length of the main canal system is 649 km. Ganganagar, Bikaner, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer district of western Rajasthan are mainly irrigated by Indira Gandhi Canal.

35. Harike Barrage (the source of water for Indira Gandhi Canal) is at the confluence of the rivers [Uttarakhand U.D.A./L.D.A. (Mains) 2006]

Correct Answer: (d) Beas and Satluj
Solution:Indira Gandhi Canal originates at Harike Barrage near the confluence of Satluj and Beas rivers in Firozpur district of Punjab. The total length of the main canal system is 649 km. Ganganagar, Bikaner, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer district of western Rajasthan are mainly irrigated by Indira Gandhi Canal.

36. Rajasthan (Indira) Canal originates from? [U.P.P.C.S.(Pre) 1992]

Correct Answer: (e) Beas & Satluj
Solution:Indira Gandhi Canal originates at Harike Barrage near the confluence of Satluj and Beas rivers in Firozpur district of Punjab. The total length of the main canal system is 649 km. Ganganagar, Bikaner, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer district of western Rajasthan are mainly irrigated by Indira Gandhi Canal.

37. The Construction of the Indira Gandhi Canal started in the year 1958 and its origin is from: [R.A.S./R.T.S (PRE) 2007]

Correct Answer: (d) Harike Dam on Satluj river.
Solution:Indira Gandhi Canal originates at Harike Barrage near the confluence of Satluj and Beas rivers in Firozpur district of Punjab. The total length of the main canal system is 649 km. Ganganagar, Bikaner, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer district of western Rajasthan are mainly irrigated by Indira Gandhi Canal.

38. Indira Gandhi Canal receives its water supply from [U.P.P.S.C.(GIC) 2010]

1. Beas

2. Chenab

3. Ravi

4. Satluj

Select the correct answer from the code given below:

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Correct Answer: (d) 1, 3 and 4
Solution:Indira Gandhi Canal receives its water supply from Satluj, Beas and Ravi. The canal originates at the Harike Barrage in Punjab. It runs through the states of Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan.

It ends in the Thar Desert in Rajasthan. It was originally called the Rajasthan Canal. It was renamed in 1984 after the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The canal was conceived by hydraulic engineer Kanwar Sain.

39. Which one of the following river projects utilises the water of the Pong barrage of Beas river? [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2013]

Correct Answer: (a) Indira Gandhi Canal Project
Solution:The Beas project is joint project of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan states. Under this project, a dam was built on the Pong river to maintain water flow in Indira Gandhi canal during winter.