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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 treasure under the ground conservation of mineral resources distribution and conservation of mineral resources indian mineral and power resources

Bio-gas is an example for _________________.

  1. Hydro-electric energy

  2. Non-conventional energy

  3. Thermal energy

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

Energy which is generated by using wind, tides, solar, geothermal heat, and biomass including farm and animal waste as well as human excreta is known as non-conventional energy. All these sources are renewable or inexhaustible and do not cause environmental pollution. Bio-gas is an example for non-conventional energy. It is based upon the use of dung to produce gas which is used as domestic fuel especially in the rural areas. This technique is based on the decomposition of organic matter in the absence of air to yield gas consisting of methane (55%) and carbon dioxide (45%) which can be used as a source of energy.

Multiple choice commercial applications treasure under the ground conservation of mineral resources distribution and conservation of mineral resources indian mineral and power resources

The inexhaustible source of energy among the following is __________.

  1. Solar energy

  2. Coal

  3. Petroleum

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

Solar energy is the energy which is available from the sun. It is most readily available source of energy. It is the inexhaustible source of energy because energy from sun will never exhaust. It is also the most important of the non-conventional sources of energy because it is non-polluting and, therefore, helps in lessening the greenhouse effect.

Multiple choice commercial applications treasure under the ground conservation of mineral resources distribution and conservation of mineral resources indian mineral and power resources

Under which of the following type of resources can tidal energy be put?

  1. Replenishable

  2. Human-made

  3. Abiotic

  4. Non-recyclable
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Tidal energy is a replenishable energy. The replenishable resources are capable of being used over and over again and are capable of regeneration. They are inexaustible resources and their quantity is vast, unlimited, e.g., water, wind, plant.

Multiple choice commercial applications treasure under the ground conservation of mineral resources distribution and conservation of mineral resources indian mineral and power resources

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

  1. Solar energy

  2. Geothermal energy

  3. Tidal energy

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Non- conventional sources of energy are those which have been developed in the recent past as an alternative to conventional sources of energy. These include solar energy, wind energy, tidal energy, geothermal energy, nuclear energy and biogas. They are renewable and therefore, inexhaustible, non-polluting, less expensive and easy to maintain.

Solar energy: Energy from sun is called solar energy and it is the most abundant source of energy.

Geo-thermal energy: It is the heat energy contained in the rock and fluid that fills the fractures and pores within the rock in the earth's crust. It is clean and sustainable.

Tidal energy: Energy generated from tides is called tidal energy. Tidal energy can be harnessed by building dams at narrow openings of the sea. The Gulf of Kuch is best suited for tidal energy.

Multiple choice commercial applications treasure under the ground conservation of mineral resources distribution and conservation of mineral resources indian mineral and power resources

Sunlight, water, wind and biomass are the  __________.

  1. Conventional sources of energy

  2. Non-conventional sources of energy

  3. Instant sources of energy

  4. Latent sources of energy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Sunlight, water, wind and biomass are the non-conventional sources of energy. Non-conventional sources are replenishable and safe to ecology. Non-conventional means not widely in use.

Multiple choice commercial applications treasure under the ground conservation of mineral resources distribution and conservation of mineral resources indian mineral and power resources

Solar energy, wind energy, tidal wave energy, geo-thermal energy, bio-fuel energy and energy from bagasse is called _____.

  1. Conventional energy

  2. Non-conventional energy

  3. Atomic energy

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Solar energy, wind energy, tidal wave energy, geo-thermal energy, bio-fuel energy and energy from bagasse is called Non-conventional energy.
Energy generated by using wind, tides, solar geothermal heat and biomass including farm and animal waste as well as human excreta is known as non-conventional energy. All these sources are renewable or inexhaustible and do not cause environmental pollution. Moreover, they do not require heavy expenditure.

Multiple choice commercial applications treasure under the ground conservation of mineral resources distribution and conservation of mineral resources indian mineral and power resources

Which of the following is not an example of non-conventional energy source _____________.

  1. Solar energy

  2. Wind energy

  3. Biomass

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

Energy generated from natural sources like wind, tides, solar, geothermal heat, and biomass including farm and animal wastes is called non-conventional energy. It has following features like: it is pollution free, they are renewable and are abundant in nature. Among the given options petroleum is not an example of non-conventional energy resource.

Multiple choice commercial applications treasure under the ground conservation of mineral resources distribution and conservation of mineral resources indian mineral and power resources

Which of the following are features of non-conventional energy sources ______________.

  1. Pollution free

  2. Renewable

  3. Abundant

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Energy generated from natural sources like wind, tides, solar, geothermal heat, and biomass including farm and animal wastes is called non-conventional energy. It has following features like: it is pollution free, they are renewable and are abundant in nature.

Multiple choice

Which of the following does NOT describe a use of kinetic energy?

  1. water flowing downstream

  2. horses running

  3. a skier at the top of a hill

  4. a car moving on the highway
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A skier at the top of a hill is stationary, meaning they possess gravitational potential energy rather than kinetic energy. The other options describe objects currently in motion.