Rivers, Dams and Lakes (Rajasthan)– Old Year Questions and Answers

• Sambhar Lake is situated 70 km west of Jaipur and is the largest lake of salty water in India.
• This lake has been listed in the ‘Ramsar convention on Wetlands of International Importance’.

• The correct match is :
  Water Body Place (District)

• The correct match is –
  Project  Districts

• The Madho Sagar Dam was constructed in the Dausa district of Rajasthan, located on the Banganga river, to help with irrigation and providing drinking water.

• The correct match is as follows :

• Banas is a stream that feeds into the Chambal river.
• This river then flows into the Yamuna and Ganga rivers, which eventually reach the Bay of Bengal.

• Jawai Dam is situated in Pali district and provides help to the Sirohi, Pali and Jalore districts.
• So, no choice can be made. The Rajasthan Public Service Commission has also removed this question from the assessment.

• Construction of the Parwan Dam Project has begun in December 2017 on the Parban river in Jhalawar District of Rajasthan.
• The Dam will be capable of holding 490 million cubic metres of water and will provide 50 million cubic metres of water to 1821 villages in Baran, Jhalawar and Kota districts.

• The main thermal power plants in Rajasthan that use lignite as a fuel source are Kapuradi, Jalipa, Barsingsar, Suratgar

• The Rana Pratap Sagar Dam in Chittorgarh and the Jawahar Sagar Dam in Kota were built as part of the Chambal project.
• The Jawai Sagar Project and Busalpur Projects are for providing drinking water and the Indira Gandhi Canal Project is for irrigation.

• Two hydroelectric power plants, located at Chittorgarh (Rana Pratap Sagar Dam) and Kota (Jawahar Sagar Dam), have been created under the Chambal project.
• The Jawai Sagar Project and Busalpur Projects are for providing drinking water and the Indira Gandhi Canal Project is related to irrigation.

• The Mahi-Bajaj Sagar Project began in 1959-60 in the Banswara district of Rajasthan on the Mahi river.
• It was created as a joint venture between Gujarat and Rajasthan, with each state owning 55 and 45 percent

• The Banas River is often referred to as Vanki Asha or Hope of the Forest, and it is a tributary of the Chambal.
• It starts in the Khamnor Hills of the Aravalis near Kumbhalgarh in Rajsamand District and passes through the area of Mewar.
• The main rivers that flow into it are the Berdach and Menali, which are on the right bank, and the Kothari, Khari, Dai, Dheel River, Sohadara River, Morel and Kalisil.

• The Luni River starts in the Nag Hills close to Ajmer in Rajasthan and ends at the Runn of Kutch.
• The Mahi River begins in the Mhow Hills in Madhya Pradesh and flows into the Gulf of Khambhat.
• The Parvati is a river that flows into the Chambal/Banas River and empties into the Bay of Bengal.
• The Jawai, a tributary of the Luni River, empties into the

• Banas is the longest river located in Rajasthan and is 480 km long.
• The Beesalpur Dam, which provides drinking water to Jaipur and Ajmer, is situated in Tonk on this river.

• The longest river with its whole drainage in Rajasthan is Banas.
• It completes a course of around 480 km through different districts of Rajasthan.
• Beesalpur Dam which provides drinking water to Jaipur and Ajmer is situated in Tonk on this river

• When it rains a lot, the Ghaghar River will reach Suratgarh and Anupgarh in Rajasthan

• There were 56 villages between Pratapgarh and Banswara, which is why the area is referred to as ‘Chhappan Basin’.
• This basin spreads across parts of Dungarpur, Banswara, Pratappur and Udaipur, and empties into the Arabian Sea

• In the Kota district, there are seven rivers: Ahu, Parban, Nibaj, Kali Sindh, Andheri, Parvati, and Chambal.
• The river Peepalaj flows in Jhalawar.

• In the Bikaner and Churu areas of Rajasthan, there are no rivers.

• The Panchbhadra Lake, situated in the Barmer district of Rajasthan, is a saltwater lake which produces salt that is of very high quality (containing 98% Sodium Chloride

• Statement (d) is incorrect. Rajsamand Lake is located in Nathdwara Block of Rajsamand district.
• The lake is filled with fresh water and was built by Maharaja Raj Singh in 1662.
• The lake is 6.4 km long and 2.82 km wide.

• The Panchana Dam in Karauli is the only dam in India made out of sand and clay.
• It stands at the convergence of five rivers, and construction started in 1977.

• Jakham and Banganga rivers are both tributaries of two other rivers, Mahi and Shambhala, respectively.
• Only option (c) has the two rivers flowing in the same district, Chittorgarh, of Rajasthan.
• The rivers of the other options are located in different districts.

• The correct match is as follows :

• Mahi – 16,611 sq. km.
• Sabarmati – 4130.12 sq. km.
• Vakal – 1850.55 sq. km.
• Western Banas – 1831.34 sq. km.

Thus, it is clear that the drainage area of the western Banas river is the smallest. Rajasthan PSC excluded this question from the evaluation.

• The Bhakhara-Nangal Dam in Ropar district of Punjab is India’s second-highest dam and can irrigate up to 10 million acres of land in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan.
• Ganganagar and Hanumangarh are the main districts that receive the most benefit from the dam, as a large portion of Hanumangarh is irrigated from it.

• Sambhar Lake is located in Jaipur, Rajasthan. The Temple of Shakambhari Devi is near the lake, which is well-known for its salt production.
• Another temple of Shakambhari Devi is located in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh.