Chambal Canal Irrigation Project is related with

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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.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) 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) 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) The Tapti (Tapi) is a west-flowing river draining to the Arabian Sea, unconnected to the east-flowing Chambal–Yamuna system.

Concept: 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.

State PCS 2020 Q2 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2020 Q2 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer