Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is  A-III, B - III, C - II, D - I.

Key Points

• List of medium-scale irrigation projects in Rajasthan:

The correct answer is option 3 i.e Kota.

• Irrigation Management and Training Institute:
  • It is located in the Command Area of Chambal Valley Development Project, Kota.
  • Three Dam & a barrage viz. Gandhi Sagar Dam, Rana Pratap Sagar Dam, Jawahar Sagar Dam and Kota Barrage are situated near Kota.
  • IMTI Kota was established in August 1984, under the assistance of the United States Agency for International Development Programme (USAID).
  • It is an apex Institute of Rajasthan State for imparting training to the Officers/Officials in :
    • Water Resources Department,
    • CAD & Water Utilization Department,
    • Agriculture Department & Farmers

The correct answer is Iron-Ore.

• Iron Ore mines in Rajasthan are:
  • Udaipur - Natha ki Pal, Thur Hunder
  • Sikar - Dabla
  • Dausa - Lalsot
  • Jaipur - Morija-banol, Neemla-Raisalo
  • Bhilwara - Pur banera belt

Additional Information

• Limestone mines in Rajasthan are:
  • Ajmer - Sheopura, lulwa & Kesarpura
  • Bundi - lakheri and Stur
  • Chittorgarh - Nimbhahera, Parsoli
  • Jodhpur - Bilara & Basa
• Gold mines in Rajasthan are:
  • Banswara – Bhukhia - Jagpura - Delwara belt

The correct answer is Gold.

• Gold is a valuable mineral that is never found freely it is found with silver or other metals.

Key Points

• Anandpur-Bhukia ,Jagpura in Banswara are famous for gold production.
• Hindustan Zinc Ltd. is exploring Gold in these Areas.
• Khenda-Mundiyawas(Alwar), Dokan(sikar),  Dhanota(JhunJhunu), and Rampur-Kheda (Udaipur) are also famous for Gold mineral.

Additional Information

• Kolar Mine (Karnataka)  is also famous for Gold exploration in India.

The correct answer is Kanwar Sen

• Kanwar Sen was an eminent civil engineer from Rajasthan.
• He was the Chief Engineer in the Bikaner state who came up with the idea of the Rajasthan Canal. He successfully implemented the Ganga canal project too.
• The idea of bringing the waters from the Himalayan Rivers flowing through Punjab and into Pakistan was conceived by him in the late 1940s.
• He proposed that 2,000,000 ha (20,000 km²) of desert land in Bikaner and the northwest corner of Jaisalmer could be brought under irrigation from the waters of Punjab rivers. 

Key Points

• The Indira Gandhi Canal is the longest canal in India.
• This project is previously known as the Rajasthan Canal Project.
• The canal is one of the projects of the Green revolution in India.
• It starts from the Harike Barrage at Harike, a few kilometers below the confluence of the Satluj and Beas rivers in the Indian state of Punjab, and terminates in irrigation facilities in the Thar Desert in the northwest of Rajasthan state.
• Indira Gandhi Canal is 649 km long and consists of the Rajasthan feeder canal and Rajasthan main canal and runs through 167 km in Punjab and Haryana and remaining 492 km in Rajasthan.
• The canal traverses 7 districts of Rajasthan: Barmer, Bikaner, Churu, Hanumangarh, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, and Sriganganagar.