Chambal Canal Irrigation Project is related with
- (a)Sindh Basin
- (b)Ganga Basin
- (c)Yamuna Basin
- (d)Tapti Basin
Correct — C, Yamuna Basin. The Chambal is the largest tributary of the Yamuna, so a canal system fed by the Chambal falls in the Yamuna basin. The Chambal (Chambal Valley) canal network takes off from the Kota Barrage — the last structure of the Chambal chain (Gandhi Sagar → Rana Pratap Sagar → Jawahar Sagar → Kota) — and its Right and Left Main Canals irrigate parts of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
- (a)Sindh Basin — The Sindh is a separate river of northern MP that is itself a tributary of the Yamuna; the Chambal project has nothing to do with the Sindh.
- (b)Ganga Basin — Tempting, because the Yamuna finally merges into the Ganga so the Chambal lies within the wider Ganga system — but the commission's key wants the immediate, precise basin, which is the Yamuna.
- (d)Tapti Basin — The Tapti (Tapi) is a west-flowing river draining to the Arabian Sea, unconnected to the east-flowing Chambal–Yamuna system.
River basins nest inside one another: the Chambal drains into the Yamuna, and the Yamuna into the Ganga. So the Chambal belongs to the Yamuna sub-basin within the greater Ganga basin. When a question offers both the immediate parent river and the master river, pick the nearest one unless told otherwise.
Both 'Yamuna' and 'Ganga' feel defensible, which is exactly the trap. The Chambal never touches the Ganga directly — it reaches it only through the Yamuna — so the tightest correct basin is the Yamuna.
- Chambal = largest tributary of the Yamuna; rises near Janapav in the Vindhyas (MP).
- Chambal Valley dams: Gandhi Sagar, Rana Pratap Sagar, Jawahar Sagar; canals branch from the Kota Barrage.
- The Yamuna is itself a tributary of the Ganga, so the Chambal is in the Ganga system but the Yamuna sub-basin.
- Chambal, Sindh, Betwa and Ken are all right-bank tributaries of the Yamuna crossing MP northwards.
- Chambal Canal Project (Kota Barrage on the Chambal)
- Chambal River
- Yamuna River — the basin (correct answer)
- Ganga River
- Bay of Bengal
The Chambal drains into the Yamuna, so the project lies in the Yamuna basin — within, but more precise than, the wider Ganga system.
- Choosing 'Ganga basin' when the tighter answer 'Yamuna basin' is on offer.
- Confusing the Sindh (a Yamuna tributary in MP) with the Sindhu/Indus.
MPPSC leans on tributary-to-parent matching (Chambal, Betwa, Kshipra → their main rivers); UPSC frames it as 'tributary : main river' pairs. Fix Chambal → Yamuna.
Consider the following pairs: Tributary River – Main River 1. Chambal : Narmada 2. Sone : Yamuna 3. Manas : Brahmaputra Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
- (a) 1, 2 and 3
- (b) 1 and 2 only
- (c) 2 and 3 only
- (d) 3 only
Answer(d) 3 only
Same idea — the Chambal's parent river is the Yamuna, not the Narmada, so the 'Chambal : Narmada' pair is wrong.
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List-I (Tributary Rivers) a. Betwa b. Kshipra c. Vainganga d. Tawa List-II (Rivers) i. Chambal ii. Yamuna iii. Narmada iv. Godavari Codes: a b c d
- (a) iii iv ii i
- (b) ii i iv iii
- (c) iii iv i ii
- (d) i iii ii iv
Answer(b) ii i iv iii
Tests the same tributary-basin hierarchy (Kshipra→Chambal, Betwa→Yamuna) that places the Chambal within the Yamuna system.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Chambal is the largest tributary of which river?
- (a)Ganga
- (b)Yamuna
- (c)Narmada
- (d)Son
Answer(b) Yamuna.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Kota Barrage, from which the Chambal Valley project's main canals originate, lies on the:
- (a)Betwa
- (b)Chambal
- (c)Ken
- (d)Sindh
Answer(b) Chambal.