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Questions Related to need for sustainable development

Natural Gas is a ________.

  1. primary energy resource

  2. final energy resource

  3. both (a) and (b)

  4. neither (a) nor (b)


Correct Option: C

Electricity is a _____________.

  1. primary energy resource

  2. final energy resource

  3. both (a) and (b)

  4. neither (a) nor (b)


Correct Option: B

___________ measures the operational efficiency of a Thermal Plant.

  1. Power Load Factor

  2. Power Leakage Factor

  3. Plant Load Factor

  4. Plant Leakage Factor


Correct Option: C

Coal is a ______________.

  1. primary energy resource

  2. final energy resource

  3. both (a) and (b)

  4. neither (a) nor (b)


Correct Option: C

Which of the following are the problems relating to Thermal Power Plants in India?

  1. Operating inefficiency

  2. Operating below their installed capacity

  3. Transmission and Distribution Losses

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

Plant load factor, a measure of operational efficiency of a thermal plant varies across the regions in India. In which of the following regions it has been lowest in the year $2012-13$?

  1. Eastern

  2. Western

  3. Central

  4. Southern


Correct Option: A

Which of the following having the maximum PLF(Plant Load Factor)?

  1. State Electricity Boards

  2. Central Sector

  3. Private Sector Companies

  4. Both (b) & (c)


Correct Option: D

Calculate PLS from the following. Actual power generated is $300$ billion KWH and generating capacity $600$ billion KWH.

  1. $100\%$

  2. $25\%$

  3. $50\%$

  4. $75\%$


Correct Option: C

When the PLF is high which means Poor Efficiency of plant, is it __________.

  1. true

  2. false

  3. cannot decide

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: B

Which of the following statements is correct?

  1. Demand and supply of Fuel are almost equal

  2. Our Import Bill on account of oil has been decreasing since $1990$

  3. Oil Prices have been decreasing since $1973$

  4. Transmission and Distribution Losses of Power Companies are very high


Correct Option: D