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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

From the following, which is the best source of renewable energy?

  1. Petroleum

  2. Coal

  3. Forests

  4. Cattle
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
Renewable energy is generally defined as energy that comes from resources which are naturally renewed. The forest is the best source of renewable energy as the trees collect solar energy on a daily basis and convert this energy into their mass through photosynthesis. Such forest can be replenished by planting new trees.
So, the correct answer is 'Forests'
Multiple choice commercial applications water and air and their importance natural resources and their types promotion of renewable resources protecting our environment

Best source of renewable energy is

  1. Cattle

  2. Petroleum

  3. Coal

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

The resources which can be replenished again after their consumption are referred as the renewable sources of energy. The forests can be replenished again through the process of afforestation. In this method, new trees are planted to cover the area under forests. 

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

Select the non renewable resources from the following

  1. Forest

  2. Soil

  3. Water

  4. Fossil fuels
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Forests, soil and water are renewable resources because they are replaced naturally and hence can be repeatedly used.

Fossil fuels are obtained by the action of the environment on the dead plants and animals for hundreds of years. They are non renewable because they cannot be reused again as their actual form gets converted to a waste product or some other non-usable form.
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

Which alternative energy source has the least long-term impact on the environment?
I.    Solar power
II.  Wind power
III. Nuclear power

  1. I only

  2. II only

  3. III only

  4. I and II only

  5. II and III only
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
I.   Solar power is the energy generated from solar light i.e. the sunlight.
II.  Wind power is the energy generated by the wind.
III. Nuclear power is the energy generated through nuclear reactions.
Since solar light and wind has no danger and has least impact, so solar power and wind power have the least long-term impact on the environment.
So, the correct answer is 'I and II only'
Multiple choice commercial applications water and air and their importance natural resources and their types promotion of renewable resources protecting our environment

It's a non-renewable resource.

  1. Water

  2. Solar energy

  3. Coal

  4. Soil
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
  • There are different types of resources. 
  • The non-renewable forms of resources cannot be replenished again when the source gets exhausted. 
  • The coal is an example of a non-renewable source of energy. 
  • Soil, water, and solar energy are examples of the renewable sources of energy.
  • Thus, the correct answer is option C. 
Multiple choice commercial applications water and air and their importance natural resources and their types promotion of renewable resources protecting our environment

Which non-conventional method is used to produce electricity at Sardar Sarovar Dam?

  1. Wind energy

  2. Tidal energy

  3. Geothermal energy

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

Hydropower is a renewable, non-polluting and environmentally benign source of energy. Sardar Sarovar dam uses hyropower to produce electricity.

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

An inexhaustible non-conventional energy source is

  1. Coal

  2. Petroleum

  3. Solar radiations

  4. Electricity from nuclear plants
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Energy obtained by using wind, tides, solar etc. in renewable energy, also called non-conventional energy, solar energy is inexhaustible source of energy.

So, the correct answer is 'Solar radiations'

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

Best source of renewable energy is

  1. Cattle

  2. Petroleum

  3. Coal

  4. Trees
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
  • Renewable energy is energy generated from natural resources —such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, trees and geothermal heat—which are renewable (naturally replenished).
  • Trees are very important for us as a renewable resource. Trees are a natural resource that can be renewed by planting of trees and replacing the trees that are harvested for use by people.
  • Hence the Best source of renewable energy is trees.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Trees'.
Multiple choice commercial applications water and air and their importance natural resources and their types promotion of renewable resources protecting our environment

Renewable exhaustible natural resource of energy is

  1. Biomass/ forest

  2. Coal

  3. Petroleum

  4. Kerosene
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Renewable source of energy is a type of resource which can be replenished back easily. Coal, petroleum, kerosene will take millions of years to replenish back so, they are non-renewable source of energy.

So, the correct answer is 'Biomass/ forest'

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

Minerals, metals and fossil fuels are which type of resources of energy? 

  1. Renewable

  2. Non-renewable

  3. Biodegradable

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

A non-renewable resource (also called as finite resource) is a resource, that does not renew itself at a sufficient rate for sustainable economic extraction. Non-renewable resources are resources, that are not easily replenished by the environment. 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.