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Energy Resources and Storage

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Energy Resources questions explore conventional and renewable energy sources, including wind, hydropower, and biomass technologies. These concepts are crucial for SSC, UPSC, and state competitive exams. Practice these questions to understand energy generation and storage technologies better.

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Energy Resources and Storage Questions

Multiple choice commercial applications water and air and their importance natural resources and their types promotion of renewable resources protecting our environment

Which one is a non-renewable resource ?

  1. Coal and minerals

  2. Plants and coal

  3. Water and natural gas

  4. Energy and water
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
  • A nonrenewable resource is a resource of economic value that cannot be readily replaced by natural means on a level equal to its consumption. For example, Most fossil fuels, such as oil, natural gas, and coal and earth metals, minerals.
  • These resources are considered non-renewable because their formation takes billions of years.
  • Hence coal and minerals are examples for the non-renewable resource.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Coal and minerals'.
Multiple choice commercial applications water and air and their importance natural resources and their types promotion of renewable resources protecting our environment

Metallic minerals and fossil fuels are

  1. Non-renewable resources

  2. Inexhaustible resources

  3. Renewable

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Resources are of two types, renewable and nonrenewable. Renewable resources are those resources that can be renewed and replenished. Nonrenewable resources are those resources that cannot be renewed or replenished. Examples of renewable resources include water, solar, wind. Examples of nonrenewable resources include metallic minerals and fossil fuels. 

Thus, the correct answer is 'Non-renewable resources'.

Multiple choice commercial applications water and air and their importance natural resources and their types promotion of renewable resources protecting our environment

Non-conventional source of energy is

  1. Wood

  2. Biogas/Solar Energy

  3. Coal

  4. Petroleum
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  1. Non-conventional sources of Energy. Natural resources like wind, tides, solar, biomass, etc generate energy which is known as “Non-conventional resources.
  2. Solar energy is the most important non-conventional source of energy and it gives non-polluting environment-friendly output and is available in abundant.
  3. Biogas can be produced from raw materials such as agricultural waste, manure, municipal waste, plant material, sewage, green waste or food waste. Biogas is a renewable energy source. so, option biogas / solar energy.
Multiple choice commercial applications water and air and their importance natural resources and their types promotion of renewable resources protecting our environment

Which of the following is a renewable?

  1. Wood

  2. Organic remains

  3. Biogas

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
A. Wood is basically secondary xylem formed from secondary growth in the stems of plants. 
B. Organic remains are the mineralized remains of plants and animals.
C. Biogas is produced from the breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen, by the action of microorganisms.
Renewable sources are the ones that can be replenished naturally over a period of time. Wood, organic remains and biogas are replenished naturally. Hence, all these are renewable.
So, the correct answer is 'All of the above'.
Multiple choice commercial applications water and air and their importance natural resources and their types promotion of renewable resources protecting our environment

Which of the following is a renewable resource?

  1. Fossil fuel

  2. Metals

  3. Sunlight

  4. Both A and B
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Renewable source of energy can be replenished in a very short period of time, sunlight is the constant and inexhaustible source of energy.

So, the correct answer is 'Sunlight'

Multiple choice commercial applications water and air and their importance natural resources and their types promotion of renewable resources protecting our environment

A non-renewable and non-inexhaustible resource is

  1. Forest

  2. Coal/Petroleum

  3. Water

  4. Wildlife
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Coal/petroleum come under the category of non-renewable resource, once finished it cannot be replenished in a short period of time.

So, the correct answer is 'Coal/Petroleum'

Multiple choice commercial applications water and air and their importance natural resources and their types promotion of renewable resources protecting our environment

Which one of the following is renewable resource ?

  1. Water

  2. Metals

  3. Fossil fuel

  4. All the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Metals & fossil fuels are non- renewable sources because they cannot be replenished in a shorter period of time, while water is a renewable resource.

So, the correct answer is 'Water'

Multiple choice commercial applications water and air and their importance natural resources and their types promotion of renewable resources protecting our environment

Which one of the following is an non-conventional source of energy?

  1. Hydroelectric energy

  2. Biomass energy

  3. Solar pond

  4. Fossil fuel energy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
  • Solar pond is a non-conventional source of energy, which is renewable or inexhaustible and do not cause environment pollution. More over they do not require heavy expenditure. Energy generated by using wind, tides, solar geothermal heat are also non-conventional energy sources.
  • Hydroelectric energy, biomass energy and fossil fuel energy are conventional sources of energy, since they are non-renewable or exhaustible and cause environmental pollution. 
  • So the correct answer is 'Solar pond'.
Multiple choice commercial applications water and air and their importance natural resources and their types promotion of renewable resources protecting our environment

Which one is a non-renewable energy resource?

  1. Hydropower

  2. Tidal power

  3. Geothermal power

  4. Nuclear energy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Non-renewable energy resource is a resource that is limited in quantity. It cannot be recycled or replenished. The examples include coal, petroleum, natural gas, nuclear energy. The renewable energy resources include hydropower (wind), tidal power (water), geothermal power (solar energy).

Thus, the correct answer is 'Nuclear energy.'

Multiple choice commercial applications water and air and their importance natural resources and their types promotion of renewable resources protecting our environment

Which of the following is not a renewable source of energy?

  1. Coal

  2. Wood

  3. Cow dung

  4. Agriculture waste
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
Non-renewable energy sources are those that cannot be reused again as their actual form gets converted to a waste product or some other non-usable form. Coal is obtained from the Earth's crust by the decomposition of dead matter for long period of time. It is commonly used as the source of energy. There are limited deposits of coal and it takes a long time to be formed. Hence it is a non-renewable form of energy.  Thus the correct answer is option D.
Multiple choice commercial applications water and air and their importance natural resources and their types promotion of renewable resources protecting our environment

Hydropower is

  1. Inexhaustible and renewable resource

  2. Inexhaustible and nonrenewable resource

  3. Exhaustible and nonrenewable resource

  4. Exhaustible and renewable resource
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Hydropower is a method of generating power by flowing water, which spins the turbines, it is a renewable source of energy and also it is inexhaustible

So, the correct answer is 'Inexhaustible and renewable resource'

Multiple choice commercial applications water and air and their importance natural resources and their types promotion of renewable resources protecting our environment

Coal and petroleum are non-renewable inexhaustible resource.

  1. True

  2. False

  3. Nither

  4. Either
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Coal and petroleum are non-renewable exhaustible natural resources as once used they are lost forever. They are not replenished by nature and their formation takes a very long period of time. 

On the other hand, inexhaustible resources are renewable resources that get replenished by nature and hence, they don't get depleted when used. For example, forests, water etc.
Hence the statement given in the question is not correct.
So, the correct answer is 'False'.

Multiple choice commercial applications water and air and their importance natural resources and their types promotion of renewable resources protecting our environment

Petroleum resource is

  1. Renewable

  2. Non renewable

  3. Synthetic and biodegradable

  4. Infinite and unconventional
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

A non-renewable resource is a resource that does not renew itself at a sufficient rate for sustainable economic extraction. They are found in fixed amounts and are being used faster than they can be replenished. An example is carbon-based, organically-derived fuel. The original organic material, with the aid of heat and pressure, becomes a fuel such as oil or gas. Earth minerals and metal ores, fossil fuels (such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas), nuclear fuels, and groundwater in certain aquifers are all non-renewable resources

So, the correct answer is 'Non renewable'

Multiple choice commercial applications water and air and their importance natural resources and their types promotion of renewable resources protecting our environment

The example of non-renewable source of energy is

  1. Alcohol fuel

  2. Petroleum

  3. Biogas

  4. Fuel wood
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Non-renewable resources are resources for which there is a limited supply. The supply comes from the Earth itself and it typically takes millions of years to develop. Non-renewable resources can generally be separated into two main categories; fossil fuels and nuclear fuels. Fossil fuels are derived from organic matter which has been trapped between layers of sediments within the Earth for millions of years. Crude oil/petroleum is a non-renewable resource that builds up in liquid form between the layers of the Earth's crust. The other form of non-renewable resource used to produce energy, nuclear fuels, is primarily obtained through the mining and refining of uranium ore. Renewable energy includes biomass, wind, hydro-power, geothermal and solar sources. 

Thus, the correct answer is option B.