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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

The thermal project 'Kathagudam' is located in

  1. Tamil Nadu

  2. Uttaranchal

  3. Gujarat

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

Kothagudem Thermal Power Station is located in Kothagudem, Telangana. At the time this question was written, Telangana was part of Andhra Pradesh, so the answer reflects the historical administrative boundaries before Telangana became a separate state in 2014.

Multiple choice

Oil and Natural Gas Commission is headquartered at

  1. Haldia

  2. Dehradun

  3. Ankleshwar

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

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is headquartered in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. It was established in 1956. Haldia has a refinery, Ankleshwar and Cambay (Khambhat) are oil/gas fields in Gujarat, not the headquarters location.

Multiple choice

A committee, established by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, under the chairmanship of Sunita Narain, director general of Centre for Science and Environment, has slapped a penalty of Rs. 200 crore on the Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone for inflicting harm to mangroves, creeks and the local environment at the project site. Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone is a project initiated by which of the following business groups of India?

  1. Tata Group

  2. Ruia Group

  3. Birla Group

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

The Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone is an Adani Group project. In 2013, the Sunita Narain committee imposed a Rs. 200 crore penalty on Adani's Mundra project for environmental damage, including destruction of mangroves and creeks. The committee was formed following complaints about environmental violations during the project's construction. The Adani Group, led by Gautam Adani, is a major infrastructure and logistics conglomerate.

Multiple choice

Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPP) are a series of ambitious power projects planned by the Government of India to overcome the chronic deficiency of power in India. What is the minimum power generating capacity that allows a power project to be categorized as UMPP?

  1. 10000 MW

  2. 7000 MW

  3. 4000 MW

  4. 2000 MW
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPP) are classified as power projects with a minimum generating capacity of 4000 MW. These large-scale projects were conceived to address India's substantial power deficit through economies of scale. Options like 2000 MW, 7000 MW, and 10000 MW are either below the threshold or set at arbitrary higher levels not defined in the UMPP framework.

Multiple choice

Which of the following reactors was shut down on December 31, 2010, as a part of Indo-US Nuclear Accord?

  1. Apsara

  2. Dhruva

  3. CIRUS

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

CIRUS stands for Canada-India Reactor, U. S. CIRUS was supplied by Canada in 1954, but uses heavy water (deuterium) supplied by the United States. It is the second oldest reactor in India. Even if the reactor has a life of twenty more years, India had declared that this reactor would be shut down by 2010 in accordance with the Indo-US nuclear accord reached between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President George W. Bush. The reactor was shut down on 31 December 2010.

Multiple choice

Beginning from the highest, arrange the following energy resources in decreasing order of their proportion of consumption in India:

Crude oil, coal, natural gas

  1. Crude oil, coal, natural gas

  2. Coal, crude oil, natural gas

  3. Natural gas, coal, crude oil

  4. Coal, natural gas, crude oil
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

About 70% of India's energy generation capacity is from fossil fuels, with coal accounting for 40% of India's total energy consumption, followed by crude oil and natural gas at 24% and 6%, respectively.

Multiple choice

Consider the following facts about nuclear power in India:

  1. Nuclear power is the fourth largest source of electricity in India.
  2. India has huge uranium reserves, which it exports to other countries developing nuclear technology for civilian use.

Which of the statements given above is/are true?

  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. Neither 1 nor 2
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Nuclear power is the fourth largest source of electricity in India after thermal, hydroelectric and renewable sources of electricity. India's domestic uranium reserves are small and the country is dependent on uranium imports to fuel its nuclear power industry. Since early 1990s, Russia has been a major supplier of nuclear fuel to India.

Multiple choice

Consider the following facts about Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission -

  1. It is a sub-mission launched under Electricity Act, 2003
  2. The key-implementing agency for this plan would be National Thermal Power Corporation.
  3. The Solar Mission aims to generate 22 GW (or 22,000 MW) of solar energy capacity by the end of 15th five year plan.

Which of the above are not true?

  1. 1 and 2

  2. 2 and 3

  3. 1 and 3

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

India's pet mission - the National Solar Mission under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), was launched on 11th January 2010, nearly two years after the release of the NAPCC in June 2008.

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) will be the key implementing agency for the solar mission. However, the power-trading arm of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) will be focal point for power purchase over the next three years. The Solar Mission aims to generate 22 GW (or 22,000 MW) of solar energy capacity by 2022 which marks the end of India's thirteenth Five Year Plan.

Multiple choice

Consider the following facts about World Energy Council -

  1. It was set up in 1923.
  2. It is not UN-recognized
  3. India is a member of WEC.

Which of the above are true?

  1. 1 and 2

  2. 2 and 3

  3. 1 and 3

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

The World Energy Council (WEC) is the principal impartial network of leaders and practitioners promoting an affordable, stable and environmentally sensitive energy system for the greatest benefit of all. Formed in 1923, WEC is the UN-accredited global energy body.

Multiple choice

Which is the first railway project in the world to have earned carbon credits after being registered with UN under Clean Development Mechanism?

  1. Shanghai Metro

  2. Delhi Metro

  3. New York City Subway

  4. Buenos Aires Metro
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Delhi Metro has won awards for environment friendly practices from organisations including the United Nations, RINA and the International Organisation for Standardisation, becoming the second metro in the world, after the New York City Subway, to be ISO 14001 certified for environmentally friendly construction.  It is also the first railway project in the world to earn carbon credits after being registered with the United Nations under the Clean Development Mechanism and has so far earned 400,000 carbon credits by saving energy through the use of regenerative braking systems on its trains.