RAS question
Which of the following is NOT a dam of the Chambal Valley Project?
Correct answer: (A) Bisalpur Dam.
Bisalpur Dam is not a dam of the Chambal Valley Project; it is on the River Banas in Tonk district.
Explanation
The Chambal Valley Project is a joint Rajasthan-Madhya Pradesh project built around three dams: Gandhi Sagar in Madhya Pradesh, Rana Pratap Sagar at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan, and Jawahar Sagar in Rajasthan. That makes Jawahar Sagar, Gandhi Sagar and Rana Pratap Sagar part of the project. Bisalpur is different. The Rajasthan Tourism page for Tonk identifies Bisalpur Dam as a gravity dam constructed on the River Banas near Deoli in Tonk district of Rajasthan. Since the question asks for the dam that is not part of the Chambal Valley Project, Bisalpur is the odd one out: it belongs to the Banas-Tonk context, not to the Chambal Valley Project list.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) Jawahar Sagar Dam is not the odd one out because it is the third dam of the Chambal Valley Project in Rajasthan.
- (C) Gandhi Sagar Dam is not the odd one out because it is the first and largest dam of the Chambal Valley Project, located in Madhya Pradesh.
- (D) Rana Pratap Sagar Dam is not the odd one out because it is at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan as the second dam of the Chambal Valley Project.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan drainage and multipurpose river-valley projects, especially the ability to separate Chambal-system dams from dams on other rivers. It recurs in RAS because dam-river-location matching is a standard factual pattern in Rajasthan geography.