Question

The largest irrigation canal in india is __________
A. Indira Gandhi canal
B. Upper Bari Doab canal
C. Yamuna canal
D. Sirhind canal

Answer 1

Hint:1. In India, irrigation involves a network of major and minor Indian river canals, well-based groundwater networks, tanks, and other agricultural rainwater harvesting projects
2. A canal is a man made waterway that enables the movement of boats and ships from one body of water to another. Canals are also used for irrigation and other human uses to convey water.
3. Canals can be divided into two categories, waterways used for navigation or transport, and water ducts used for irrigation and consumption of drinking water and other general uses.

Complete answer:
The canal is also known as navigation when it parallels the river and separates part of its waters and drainage basin, and leverages its resources by constructing dams and locks to raise and lengthen its slow water levels while remaining in its valley.

A. Indira Gandhi canal : This Canal is India's longest canal and the world's biggest irrigation project. Indira Gandhi Canal is 649 km long and consists of Rajasthan feeder canal and Rajasthan main canal and runs 167 km in Punjab and Haryana and 492 km in Rajasthan.It is a huge canal in northwestern India that carries water from the Harike Barrage on the Sutlej River to the Thar Desert of Rajasthan.

B. Upper Bari Doab canal :The Upper Bari Doab Canal, which originates at Madhopur, near Pathankot. It was the first canal to be excavated for irrigation purposes in Punjab; at that time, however it was simply known as the Bari Doab Canal system. The prefix 'Upper' was only added when a second canal was dug, known as the Lower Bari Doab Canal. Emperor Shah Jahan dug this 130-mile-long canal to carry water from the River Ravi to his garden in Lahore.

C. Yamuna canal : Satluj Yamuna Link Canal or SYL, as it is popularly called, is a 214 kilometre (133 mi) long canal under construction in India to connect the rivers Sutlej and Yamuna. The plan did, however, face challenges and was referred to the Supreme Court of India. River water sharing between the states of Punjab and Haryana is established.

D. Sirhind canal :The Sirhind Canal is a large irrigation canal in Punjab state, India that carries water from the Sutlej River. It is one of the Indus river system's oldest and largest irrigation works, and was inaugurated in 1882 CE.The canal, which was built between 1958 and 1961, is 149.53 km long in the Punjab districts of Ferozepur, Muktsar and Faridkot.

Thus the correct answer is option (A).

Note:
1. To be agriculturally viable, Rajasthan requires extensive irrigation. The state receives a great deal of water from the Punjab Rivers, from the Western Yamuna Canal in Haryana and the Agra Canal in Uttar Pradesh, and from the Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh projects of Sabarmati and Narmada Sagar.
2. The Indira Gandhi Canal (formerly named the Rajasthan Canal), which carries water some 400 miles (640 km from the Beas and Sutlej rivers in Punjab, irrigates desert land in northwestern and western Rajasthan.
3. Rajasthan shares with Punjab and Haryana the Bhakra Nangal project and Madhya Pradesh the Chambal Valley project; both are used to supply water for irrigation and drinking purposes.