Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

India-People and Economy: Planning and Sustainable development in Indian Context

Question:

Assertion: All the lift canals of the Indira Gandhi Canal system originate at the left bank of the main canal .
Reasoning: In the lift canal, the water is lifted up to make it flow against the slope of the land.

Options:

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct, and R is the correct explanation of A.

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct, but R is not the correct explanation of A.

Assertion (A) is correct, but Reasoning (R) is incorrect.

Assertion (A) is incorrect, but Reasoning (R) is correct.

Correct Answer:

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct, but R is not the correct explanation of A.

Explanation:

Assertion: All the lift canals of the Indira Gandhi Canal system originate at the left bank of the main canal. This is correct.
Reasoning: In the lift canal, the water is lifted up to make it flow against the slope of the land. this is also correct.

However R does not explain A. The fact that lift canals are on the left bank has no causal link with the need to lift water against the slope.

"In the lift canal, the water is lifted up to make it flow against the slope of the land. All the lift canals of the Indira Gandhi Canal system originate at the left bank of the main canal while all the canals on the right bank of the main canal are flow channels."