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RAS question

How many lift canals are there in the IGNP system?

Correct answer: (B) 7.

The Indira Gandhi Canal Project system has seven lift canals.

  1. (A)

    9

  2. (B)

    7

  3. (C)

    5

  4. (D)

    3

Explanation

The IGNP, earlier called the Rajasthan Canal, includes seven lift canals. These are Kanwar Sen, Panna Lal, Veer Tejaji, Dr. Karni Singh, Guru Jambheshwar, Jai Narayan Vyas, and Sagarmala lift canals. The point of a lift canal is not just distribution; it is to carry water to higher areas where ordinary gravity-flow canals cannot reach. The Rajasthan Canal project was renamed the Indira Gandhi Canal, and the project has seven lift canals. So the number asked in the MCQ is fixed at seven, not an approximate count of canals in the wider irrigation network.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) Nine overcounts the IGNP lift canals; the count is seven.
  • (C) Five leaves out two of the seven named lift canals in the IGNP system.
  • (D) Three is too low because the system uses seven lift canals to serve areas beyond the reach of gravity canals.

Concept

This tests Rajasthan irrigation geography, especially the structure of the Indira Gandhi Canal Project. It recurs in RAS because canal systems, lift irrigation, and arid-region water management are standard Rajasthan Geography themes.

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