Tag: infrastructure

Questions Related to infrastructure

About __________ of the villages in India do not have electricity supply at all.

  1. $90\%$

  2. $60\%$

  3. $50\%$

  4. $19\%$


Correct Option: D

'Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidhyutikiran' Programme focusses on ________.

  1. improving the quality of power

  2. rural electrification

  3. restructuring of SEBs

  4. encouraging private sector Investment in Power


Correct Option: B

All India Power Grid is also called __________.

  1. Thermal Power Grid

  2. Central Government Grid

  3. National Power Grid

  4. Nuclear Power Grid


Correct Option: C

Presently how many villages are not electrified?

  1. $50\%$

  2. $60\%$

  3. $15\%$

  4. None of these


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is a Non-Developmental Expenditure of the Government?

  1. Production of Energy

  2. Construction of Roads

  3. Expansion of Railway Network

  4. Subsidies


Correct Option: D

Transmission and distribution losses in power sector was around _________ in 2013.

  1. 20%

  2. 23%

  3. 25%

  4. 81%


Correct Option: B

According to the latest data $(2012-13)$ Plant Load Factor (PLF) is lowest in ___________.

  1. Southern Region

  2. Northern Region

  3. Western Region

  4. Eastern Region


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

According to the latest data $(2012-13)$ of the energy sector the Plant Load Factor (PLF) is lowest in Eastern region, i.e., $62\%$ in $2012 - 2013$.