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Which is the first thermal power station of Gujarat?

  1. Kandla

  2. Dhuvaran

  3. Wanakbori

  4. Panandhro


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Dhuvaran Thermal Power Station is an Oil and Gas power plant located at Khambhat in Anand district, Gujarat. The power plant is under ownership of state owned Gujarat state Electricity limited.This was the first power plant of Gujarat Electricity Board, the parent company of Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited.

What is Obra?

  1. Copper project in Rajasthan

  2. Super thermal power project in Uttar Pradesh

  3. Atomic power plant at Kalpakkam

  4. Hydroelectric project in Uttar Pradesh


Correct Option: B

At present which is the biggest thermal power plant in India?

  1. Talcher

  2. Mundra

  3. Vindhyachal power station

  4. Digboi


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The largest Thermal power plant to the date in India is Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Plant (VSTPP). It has an installed capacity of 4760MW with 6 units of 210 MW and 7 units of 500MW. 

The Talcher Thermal Power Station is in _________.

  1. Odisha

  2. Maharashtra

  3. West Bengal

  4. Meghalaya


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Talcher Thermal Power station is located in Talcher sub-division of Angul district in the Indian state of Odisha. The power plant is one of the Coal based plants of NTPC. The coal for the power plant is sourced from Jagannath Mines of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited.

The Satpura Thermal Power Station is in ________.

  1. Uttar Pradesh

  2. Jammu and Kashmir

  3. Madhya Pradesh

  4. Maharashtra


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Satpura Thermal Power Plant is located at Sarni town in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh, India. The power plant is one of the coal-based power plants of Madhya Pradesh Power Generation Company Limited (MPPGCL). 

In which of the following state Rosa thermal power plant is located?

  1. Uttar Pradesh

  2. Madhya Pradesh

  3. Odisha

  4. Haryana

  5. Punjab


Correct Option: A

How many thermal power stations are using resources that are non-renewable?

  1. 300 power stations

  2. 200 power stations

  3. 400 power stations

  4. 500 power stations


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Thermal electricity is generated by using coal, petroleum and natural gas. The thermal power stations use non-renewable fossil fuels for generating electricity. There are over 310 thermal power plants in India.

The ultimate environmental hazard to mankind is 

  1. Air pollution

  2. Water pollution

  3. Noise pollution

  4. Nuclear pollution


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In modern times the biggest environmental threat to mankind is nuclear pollution as the effects of radiation pollution cannot be repaired or reversed. 

Other forms of pollution can be controlled and ill effects reversed but radiations affect coming generations through genetic mutations. Harmful effects of radioactive pollution were first recorded in 1909 in uranium miners as skin burns, cancers and mutations. Many plants are killed even at low level of radioactivity. Young and recently divided cells are more easily damaged. Delayed effects of radioactive pollution include tumors, cancers, mutations, genetic deformities, and shorter life span. These effects are clearly visible only in subsequent generations.

Who was the Indian scientist who was primarily responsible for setting of nuclear reactors in India?

  1. H. J. Bhabha

  2. V. A. Sarabhai

  3. Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

  4. G. Madhavan Nair


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Dr. Homi Jhehangir Bhabha was the first Indian scientist who initiated to set nuclear reactors in India. He is also known as the ''Father of Nuclear Science".

Nuclear accidents mostly release radioactive ______________ into the atmosphere

  1. Carbon

  2. Iodine

  3. Phosphorus

  4. Sulphur


Correct Option: B