Electricity in India - MCQs with answers - Part II

ANSWER: d) Industry

Industry with 44.84% share is the utility with highest electricity consumption followed by domestic with 22.01%, agriculture with 17.3%, commercial with 8.9% and traction with 1.85% share.

ANSWER: d) Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh is the state with the highest number of villages electrified followed by Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.

ANSWER: c) 1982

The DNES was upgraded to the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy sources in 1992.

ANSWER: c) 1987

IREDA is a Public Limited Government Company under the administrative control of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE). It promotes, develops and extends financial assistance for renewable energy.

ANSWER: c) 1986

The first wind farms were installed in coastal areas of Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Orissa.

ANSWER: a) Tamil Nadu

The wind turbine at Muppandal-Perungudi has the largest concentrations of wind farm capacity.

ANSWER: b) Maharashtra

Technical potential in wind power is the highest in Maharashtra followed by Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.

ANSWER: a) Gujarat

Gujarat is the leading state in wind power installed capacity followed by Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Maharashtra.

ANSWER: c) Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh has the highest estimated potential in biogas followed by Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.

ANSWER: b) Maharashtra

Maharashtra has the highest number of installed plants in biogas followed by Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat.

ANSWER: c) Tidal Energy

Tidal energy has the highest potential followed by wave energy, ocean thermal energy conversion and energy from waste.