Question

Which of the following rivers is a river of inland waterway?
A) Yamuna
B) Narmada
C) Brahmaputra
D) Mahanadi

Answer 1

Hint:
An Inland Waterway can be defined as a navigable river or a canal. There are several rivers in India that are provided by the Indian rivers and the canals and most of these inland waterways are provided by long rivers.

Complete Step by Step Answer:
Sea trade has always been an important mode of business for India as transport by the waterways is fuel-efficient, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly way of carrying heavy goods from one place to another. Large rivers and backwaters provide 14, 500 kilometres of inland waterways in India where only 3700 kilometres of these are accessible to merchandised boats. In India, the inland waterways are provided by rivers such as Ganga, Brahmaputra, Godavari, Krishna, Brahmani, Barak, and canals like the East-West canal, West-coast canal, Buckingham canal, Damodar Valley Corporation canal, and the Sundarban areas.

Hence, the correct answer is option C, Brahmaputra.

Note:
National waterway 1 on Ganga that connects Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh to the Haldia Port in Bengal covers a distance of 1620 kilometres. National waterway 2 on Brahmaputra connects Sadiya in Arunachal Pradesh to Dhubri in Assam covering an area of 891 kilometres. National waterway 3 on the West coast canal in Kerala connects Kottapurma in the north to Ashtamudi Kayal in the south, covering a distance of 205 kilometres. For international trade, those ports are allowed that have the docking facilities of large vessels.