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The Indian power and energy sector questions cover nuclear plants, renewable energy targets, and solar missions. These topics are essential for the general awareness preparation of multiple competitive exams. Practice these questions to stay informed about national energy policies.

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Indian Power and Energy Sector Questions

Multiple choice evs - i substances, objects and energy renewable and non-renewable resources renewable and non-renewable sources of energy solar energy and its applications renewable resources alternative fuels and energy sources alternative sources of energy

What percentage of energy requirement of India is met by nuclear power stations?

  1. 3%

  2. 5%

  3. 10%

  4. 20%
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Nuclear power contributes a small percentage to India's total energy mix, typically around 2-3% of total electricity generation.

Multiple choice biology carbon cycling mineral coal carbon cycle coal and its products coal petroleum and petrochemicals

In India, about ______ % of total power is generated by using nuclear energy.

  1. 2

  2. 3

  3. 4

  4. 6
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
3, India has a flourishing and largely indigenous nuclear power programme and expects to have $14.6 GWe$  nuclear capacity on line by 2024 and$ 63 GWe$ by 2032. It aims to supply 25% of electricity from nuclear power by 2050.
Because India is outside the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty due to its weapons programme, it was for 34 years largely excluded from trade in nuclear plant or materials, which has hampered its development of civil nuclear energy until 2009.
Due to earlier trade bans and lack of indigenous uranium, India has uniquely been developing a nuclear fuel cycle to exploit its reserves of thorium.
Since 2010, a fundamental incompatibility between India’s civil liability law and international conventions limits foreign technology provision.
Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

Government of India has adopted auto fuel policy to effectively cut down _________ in the automobiles exhausts.

  1. Sulphur

  2. Nitrogen oxides

  3. Both A and B

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

Government of India has adopted auto fuel policy to effectively cut down sulphur and nitrogen oxides in the automobiles exhausts.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

Government of India has adopted auto fuel policy to effectively cut down _____ in the automobiles exhausts.

  1. Sulphur

  2. Nitrogen oxides

  3. Both A and B

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

Government of India has adopted auto fuel policy to effectively cut down sulphur and nitrogen oxides in the automobiles exhausts.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

Government of India has adopted auto fuel policy to effectively cut down.

  1. Sulphur

  2. Nitrogen oxides

  3. Both A and B

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

Government of India has adopted auto fuel policy to effectively cut down sulphur and nitrogen oxides in the automobiles exhausts.

Multiple choice industries in tamil nadu human geography in tamil nadu geography

Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL) located at _____ is one of the six large units in electronics sector in India.

  1. Thiruchirapalli

  2. Thiruvarur

  3. Thiruppur

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

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited located at Thiruchirapalli is one among the six large units of India. It produces boilers generators and turbines used in the production of hydro-electricity.

Multiple choice geography mineral and energy resources - i iron and steel industries iron and steel industry mineral based industries

The steel plants set up during the second five year plan is ___________.

  1. Bhilai, Durgapur and Bokaro

  2. Jamshedpur, Durgapur and Bokaro

  3. Bhadravali, Bhilai and Rourkela

  4. Rourkela, Durgapur and Bhilai
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

  • Rourkela steel plant is located in Durgapur of Odisha state. It was the first integrated steel plant established when second five year plan was in action.
  • It was established with the help of German collaboration and operated by SAIL. This plant had installed capacity of one million tons in 1960s.

Multiple choice geography mineral and energy resources - i iron and steel industries iron and steel industry mineral based industries

The thermal power plant of Bokaro is located in _______.

  1. Bihar

  2. Chhattisgarh

  3. Jharkand

  4. Odisha
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Bokaro Thermal Power Station B is located at Bokaro district in Jharkhand, 44 km from the Bokaro Steel City and is about 55 km from Dhanbad city.. The nearest railway station is Bokaro Thermal. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of DVC.

Multiple choice economics sustainable development with equity liberalisation objectives of economic planning in india need for sustainable development introduction to social movements and its types social movements

Which of the following is the most indigenous atomic power plant in India?

  1. Kalapakkam

  2. Tarapur

  3. Kota

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

Madras Atomic Power Station located at Kalpakkam about 80 kilometres south of Chennai, India, is a comprehensive nuclear power production, fuel reprocessing, and waste treatment facility that includes plutonium fuel fabrication for fast breeder reactors.

Multiple choice commercial applications management of natural resources unequal distribution of resources protecting our environment rules are for everyone

Hot water of Manikaran is used for generating electricity. It is known as 

  1. Solar energy

  2. Biomass energy

  3. Geothermal energy

  4. Hydroelectric energy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
A. Solar energy is energy generated from heat of sun.
B. Biomass energy is generated from the biomass i.e. organic matter of plants and animals which in turn, contains the stored solar energy.
C. Geothermal energy is the energy generated from heat of earth. 
D. Hydroelectric energy is generated using water which is passed over turbines which flow at a high speed and electricity is generated.
Manikaran (located in Himachal Pradesh) hot springs are used to generate geothermal energy because the heat of the water is used to produce electricity.
So, the correct answer is 'Geothermal energy'.
Multiple choice commercial applications management of natural resources unequal distribution of resources protecting our environment rules are for everyone

Geothermal energy is produced in India from hot springs by a 5 KW geothermal power plant at

  1. Manikaran (HP)

  2. Puga (Ladhakh)

  3. Gulfs of Kutch

  4. Ankleshwar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
Geothermal energy is energy from the shallow ground hot water and hot rock found some miles or deeper to the extremely high temperatures of molten rock called magma. Geothermal activity in the Parbati Valley is due to the hot springs at Manikaran, a village situated on the banks of Parbati river in Himachal Pradesh. Thus the correct answer is option A.
Multiple choice commercial applications management of natural resources unequal distribution of resources protecting our environment rules are for everyone

Geothermal energy is used to obtain electricity in

  1. Tamil Nadu

  2. Bihar

  3. Himachal Pradesh

  4. Rajasthan
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In some places, the hot water comes to the earth surface as hot spring which can be used to generate electricity. In Himachal Pradesh, electricity is generated by this method.