Arrange the following national waterways of India in descending order on the basis of their stretch.
A. National Waterway 1
B. National Waterway 2
C. National Waterway 4
D. National Waterway 5
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A, C, B, D
(A) National Waterway 1 — the Prayagraj-Haldia stretch of the Ganga, 1,620 km, the longest of the four.
(C) National Waterway 4 — stretches of the Godavari and the Krishna with the Kakinada-Puducherry canals, 1,078 km.
(B) National Waterway 2 — the Sadiya-Dhubri stretch of the Brahmaputra, 891 km.
(D) National Waterway 5 — stretches of the Brahmani and Mahanadi delta channels with the East Coast canals, 588 km.
NCERT (2025-26): “Inland Waterways … For the development, maintenance and regulation of national waterways in the country, the Inland Waterways Authority was set up in 1986. In order to create wide waterways network and to promote inland water transport in the country as an economical, environment friendly supplementary mode of transport to rail and road, 111 inland waterways (including 5 national waterways declared earlier, Table 7.3) were declared as National Waterways (NWs) by the National Waterways Act, 2016.…”
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