indian drainage irrigation rivers & projects section 3 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

The Indira Gandhi Canal is one of the biggest canal projects in India. It starts from the Harike Barrage at Sultanpur, a few kilometres below the confluence of the Sutlej and Beas rivers in Punjab state. Irrigation facilities to the north-western region of Rajasthan, a part of the Thar Desert.

It consists of the Rajasthan feeder canal (with the first 167 km in Punjab and Haryana and the remaining 37 km in Rajasthan) and 445 km of the Rajasthan main canal which is entirely within Rajasthan.

This canal enters into Haryana from Punjab near Lohgarh village of Haryana, then running in the western part of district Sirsa it enters into Rajasthan near Kharakhera village (Tehsil: Tibbi, district:-Hanumangarh) of Rajasthan.

The IGNP traverses seven districts of Rajasthan:

1. Barmer,
2. Bikaner,
3. Churu,
4. Hanumangarh,
5. Jaisalmer,
6. Jodhpur, and
7. Sriganganagar.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (a)

Nandgaon is a city and a municipal council in Nashik district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.There are two important dams in Nandgaon taluka. One is Girana Dam under major project and a nother is Nagyasakya under medium project.

Answer: (c)

West-flowing rivers in India such as Narmada and Tapti do not form deltas. They flow through the fault region created by the mountains Vindhya and Satpura which is rocky and devoid of any alluvial material.

Thus they don’t carry many sediments to form deltas.

Answer: (d)

Masonry dams are dams made out of masonry; mainly stone and brick. They are either the gravity or the arch type.

The largest masonry dam in the world is Nagarjunasagar Dam in India which is built across Krishna River at Nagarjunasagar in Guntur and Nalgonda districts of Andhra Pradesh.

Answer: (c)