1. Prologue
2. Energy
   1. NCERT: Energy
   2. NIOS: Energy
3. IYB: Ch11 Energy
   1. What to IGNORE?
   2. [High Priority] Organizations
   3. [High Priority] Schemes and Projects
   4. [High Priority] Acts and Policies
   5. [Low priority] Public sector undertakings
   6. [Low priority] Misc. Chillar Organizations
4. IYB Ch25: Sci-tech (Nuke Energy)
   1. Nuke energy: org
   2. Nuke Energy: 3 stage program
   3. Nuke Energy-Location & terms
5. 12^th FYP: Vol2 Ch14. Energy
6. Mock MCQs from IYB Ch11,25 and 12^thFYP Ch14
7. Answers/Hints

Prologue

This article series deals with how to handle India 2014 || Bharat 2014 (+12^th Five year plan + sample MCQs).

So far we are done with

1. ch1 (land and people), ch30 (state and UT) click me
2. ch12 (Environment and Forest) click me

Today, we’ll see how to handle the Energy topic.

Energy

Energy topic hurts at four places:

1. Sci-tech: basics of electricity, combustion and its principles, terms
2. Geography: locations (India and world), physical geography related
3. Environment: pollution, renewable energy / clean energy, nuke plants vs jholachhap NGOs, coalmines vs policy paralysis vs energy security and so on.
4. Economy: infrastructure, inflation, CAD angle and so on.

Accordingly, you’ve to prepare the base material from the following sources:

NCERT, NIOS	for basic theory on science, geography and environment angle. (Chapter list given below)
India Yearbook (IYB)	ch.11 Energy (coal, petroleum and renewable) Ch.25 sci-tech (Nuclear Energy and its three stages)
12th Five year plan	chapter 14 Energy
Mrunal.org/geography	Location factors: coal mine vs steel plants, refineries vs synthetic fibers and so on.

Parallel notes making from newspapers and magazines. But first things first: start with….

NCERT: Energy

class	book	chapter
7	sci.	14
8	sci.	5,6,14
	Geo	3
10	sci.	12, 13
	geo	5
12	geo*	7

*Class 12: India people and economy

NIOS: Energy

Read following chapters

28B	Nonrenewable sources of energy
22	point 22.5 onwards (nuclear hazard). Since ch28 gives basics Nuclear energy, so first read Ch28, then come back to 22 for nuke hazards.
29B	Renewable sources of energy I
30B	Renewable sources of energy II
31B	Energy conservation

both NCERT and NIOS, available at Mrunal.org/download

IYB: Ch11 Energy

Once you’re done with NCERT and NIOS, proceed to Ch11 of India 2014 || Bharat 2014.

What to IGNORE?

Ignore following topics because:

• they’re mostly bolbachachan filler info
• they give outdated information, talk about 11^th FYP or 2012 era.

ch	topic to ignore	English	Hindi
11	first three para (cap. addition, power generation, hydro cap.)	255	225
11	Ignore the big list of CEA regulation	257	not given
11	Ignore APDRP and present status of R-APDRP	258-59	Not given
11	Transmission sector	260	230
11	Special packages for Arunachal, Ladakh, J&K etc.	283	253
11	Research and development	283-84	254
11	International cooperation	284	254

[High Priority] Organizations

ch	topic	English	Hindi
11	Ministry of power	254	224
11	List of PSU & ORG. under power ministry	254	224
11	Ministry of petroleum and gas	271	242
11	Central Electricity authority (statutory)	256	226
11	Appellate tribunal for electricity	258	228
11	Bureau of energy efficiency BEE	262	241-42
11	Ministry of new and renewable energy-MNRE	280	Not given
25	Dept. of Atomic Energy	792	830
25	AERB	799	839
25	NPCIL falls under DAE and its functions	793	831
25	Uranium corp. of India	795	833
25	Heavy water board	796	834

[High Priority] Schemes and Projects

ch	topic	English	Hindi
11	Ultra-mega power projects- their features and sites . (Power finance corporation ltd. is the nodal agency)	255-56	225
11	New sites for thermal projects	259	Not given
11	National mission on enhanced energy efficiency, its four initiatives	262	Not given
11	Captive power plants	260	Not given
11	Open access of transmission, distribution of power FDI	261	Not given
11	National grid	261, 265-266	263
11	National electricity fund	262	242
11	Rajiv Gandhi gramin vidhyutikaran Yojana (And rural electrification ltd.)	264	233
11	Bharat Stage- III / IV	275	247
11	Renewable power- grid interactive	280	Not given
11	Renewable power- Offgrid- its benefits	281	252
11	Renewable purchase obligation RPO	280	Not given
11	Jawaharlal National solar mission	281	252
11	National biomass cook stoves initiative	282	253
11	Solar cities	283	Not given
11	Ladakh renewable energy initiative	283	254

[High Priority] Acts and Policies

IYB hasn’t talked about any act/policy in detail, except the salient features of electricity Act. Meaning you need to dig NET/PIB to get details about…

ch	topic	English	Hindi
11	Electricity act- 2013	257-58	227
11	National electricity policy	258	228
11	Policy initiative private sector	259-60	228-30
11	New hydro policy (not given only term mentioned)	—	—
11	Mega power policy	261	231
11	NELP- New exploration licensing policy- maintain current notes for 10th round	271	243
11	Coal bed methane policy (CBM)	272	243
11	Pricing of petroleum products	275	248

[Low priority] Public sector undertakings

• Important: In Your School Atlas ,locate the oil refinery sites given on Page. 274’s Table.(In Hindi Year book, check page. 246)
• In the PSU topics, they gave long bolbachan speech about their ‘evolution’, recent acquisition, turnover, production etc. (although data is mostly old- from 2012 era).
• At most, you should focus on the chronology / main area of expertise of the given PSU and which ministry controls which PSU.
• Beyond that, don’t waste lot of time in this topic, because cost : benefit is bogus.
• although for IR/bilateral angle, you do need to maintain notes about ONGC videsh etc.

ch	topic	English	Hindi
11	NHPC- National Hydro-electric power corporation ltd. and its sites	263	231
11	NTPC- National thermal power corporation ltd.	264	232
11	Rural electrification corporation ltd. (IMP. because it implements Rajiv Gandhi vidhyutikaran Yojana)	265	235-36
11	Power grid corporation of India ltd.	265	236
11	Power finance corporation ltd. (IMP- because it develops ultra mega power projects)	266-67	236
11	National power exchange limited	267	238
11	Satluj Jalvidhyut nigam limited	267	238
11	Bhakhra Beas management board	271	241
11	ONGC, ONGC videsh	272	243-244
11	GAIL- Gas authority of India limited	273	245
11	OIL- Oil India ltd.	273	244
11	IOCL- Indian Oil Corporation ltd.	276	248
11	HPCL-Hindustan Petroleum Corporation ltd.	276	249
11	BPCL-Bharat Petroleum Corporation ltd.	277	250
11	Coal India ltd.	279	Not given
11	Neyveli lignite corporation	279	Not given

[Low priority] Misc. Chillar Organizations

ch	topic	English	Hindi
11	National power training institute	268	239
11	Central research power institute	268-69	240
11	North Eastern electric power corporation limited	269	241
11	PCRA- Petroleum conservation research association	278	Not given

IYB Ch25: Sci-tech (Nuke Energy)

While Chapter 11 dealt with coal, petroleum and renewable. But it missed nuclear energy. So, after finishing ch11, directly move to Ch25.

Nuke energy: org

ch	topic	English	Hindi
25	Dept. of Atomic Energy	792	830
25	AERB	799	839
25	NPCIL falls under DAE and its functions	793	831
25	Uranium corp. of India	795	833
25	Heavy water board	796	834

Nuke Energy: 3 stage program

ch	topic	English	Hindi
25	Overview of three stage program	793	830-31
25	First stage of nuclear program	794	831
25	Stage -2 of nuclear program	798	837
25	Stage-3 of nuclear program	798	838

Nuke Energy-Location & terms

Nuke energy application in agriculture, healthcare = that we’ll see separately during sci-tech portion. right now, it’ll break the flow. so only focus on the “energy/reactor” angle:

ch	topic	English	Hindi
25	Location of deposits	794-95	833
25	Location of underground mines and opencast mines of uranium	795	833
25	Vitrification- nuke waste management	796	835
25	Mobscan, Ropman, Rohytam	797	836
25	Bhavini, Kamini	798	837-38
25	ADS, SODAR, IREMON, CERMS	799	839
25	List of research reactors	800	841

12^th FYP: Vol2 Ch14. Energy

CLICK ME to download 12^th Five year plan. (Available in both Hindi, English available)

relevance	12th FYP: Ch 14 Energy	Page# of PDF file
MCQ	Introduction: first sentence for MCQ	156
MCQ	definition of energy intensity of GDP- and Implication of its rise and fall
MCQ	table 14.5 for ascending-descending type MCQ	160
fodder	Energy security –definition , how to achieve	160-61
fodder	review of 11th fyp: to get the “Criticism/limitation” points	161
MCQ/fodder	Ultra-Mega Power Projects; and challenges faced by them (last sentence).	164
MCQ	14.28 Supercritical technology	164
fodder	why distribution companies make losses? (= the Kejriwal vs Anil Ambani fight)	165-66
MCQ	14.35. R-APDRP scheme- only the purpose	166
MCQ	14.37 Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidhyutikaran (prepare in detail because IYB gave shallow coverage) + its limitation/challenges given on page170	168
MCQ	14.42 Open Access to electricity- meaning given on first sentence.	170
MCQ	Table 14.18 for Hydro. electric potential (Ascending-descending type MCQs)	174
MCQ/fodder	14.63 National grid	176
fodder	14.66 North East: why difficult to extract hydro power	177
fodder	benefits of PPP and privatization in electricity distribution	180
fodder	Universal electrification	180
MCQ	14.95 Nation mission on Energy Efficiency NMEEE	183
fodder	14.99 policy reform suggestions	184
MCQ	14.103: lignite production ascending descending order for MCQs	186
MCQ	14.112 coal benefication	188
MCQ	14.113 coal bed methane: the fact about its pricing policy	188
fodder	14.129: Challenges in coal import (last two sentences)	192
MCQ	14.130: underground mining of coal (For MCQs) + table 14.29	192
fodder	14.145: need for amendment of Coal mines act	195
MCQ/mains	statutory body: PNGRB	199
MCQ	14.157: NELP block prioritization order (although this is changed recently, after Kerjiwal went to SC and Moily allotted majority of gas to city gas distribution companies)	199
MCQ	14.175: fact that commercial scale production of Coal bed methane already started in Raniganj, WB	205
MCQ	shale gas exploration, coal gasification, gas hydrate program – although PDF hardly gives any info. so, dig NET for principle,benefits,MCQs.	205
MCQ	14.180 fact that flaring of gas = wasteful for economy.	205
fodder	14.184 reforms required in oil and gas sector. (for mains/interview)	208
fodder	14.187 Wind energy potential in india	209
fodder	14.188: problems in using renewable energy	209
MCQ	table 14.43 last column for ascending descending order MCQ.	211
MCQ	dig net for Bagasse cogeneration	—
MCQ	Renewable Energy Development Fund	214
fodder	Bioenergy mission	215
MCQ	fact that India is the second largest wind turbine manufacturer next to China. Higher hub height of wind mill increases its electricity output	216
fodder	12th FYP physical targets on energy: (not all, but a few need to be remembered so you can “throw” data at the examiner).	220

Dig net for following topics/terms

(Because they’re mentioned the 12^th FYP but not elaborated. And these topics sound good enough to be asked under MCQs.)

1. bagasse cogeneration: principle, benefits
2. Solar cooker has two types: Box vs dish. so what’s the difference in their mechanism/ which one is better?
3. Solar air heating- what’s the use?
4. biofuels
5. shale gas, gas hydrates
6. green township
7. alternate fuel vehicle: principle, benefit
8. fuel cell vehicle
9. power generation from hydrogen: principle, benefits

Mock MCQs from IYB Ch11,25 and 12^thFYP Ch14

Q1. Consider following statements about Coal bed Methane

1. It is a nature gas found in anthracite coal mines but no in lignite coal mines.
2. Its commercial production is yet to start in India.
3. The market prices of coal bed methane are administered by Director General of Hydrocarbons (DGH).

Correct statements

1. only 1 and 2
2. only 1 and 3
3. only 1
4. None.

Q2. Under NELP auction

1. The Public sector oil companies are given first preference over private sector Indian companies and foreign companies.
2. Indian companies are given first preference over foreign companies
3. National oil companies, private sector Indian companies and foreign companies are given equal opportunity to bid for the exploration licenses.
4. None of above.

Q3. What is the purpose of National electricity fund?

1. Give interest subsidy to power utilities companies- to improve their distribution network.
2. provide interest subsidy to private sector companies involved in Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidhyutikaran Yojana
3. Provide interest subsidy to private sector companies involved in generation of electricity from municipal waste, solar and wind sources.
4. None of above.

Q4. Consider the following entities

1. Union government
2. Punjab State government
3. Himachal State government
4. Uttarakhand State government

Q4. Which of them are the stakeholders in Sutluj Jal Vidhyut Nigam?

1. only 1, 3 and 4
2. only 2 and 4
3. only 1 and 3
4. only 2, 3, 4

Q5. Among the given regions of India, which one has lowest potential for hydroelectricity generation?

1. Northern
2. Western
3. Southern
4. Eastern

Q6. Which among the following, provides highest amount of clean energy to India?

1. Solar energy
2. Biomass
3. Small hydropower
4. Wind energy

Q7. Which of the following refinery is not located in Assam?

1. Bongaigaon
2. Noonamati
3. Numaligarh
4. Tatipaka

Q8. Consider the following statements about Energy Intensity

1. Energy intensity is the amount of energy required to produce a unit of GDP.
2. In India, Energy intensity has increased in the last three decades
3. Falling level of energy intensity implies that the growth in energy used is less than the growth of GDP

Correct statements are

1. Only 1 and 2
2. Only 1 and 3
3. only 2 and 3
4. only 3

Q9. Consider following

1. first stage: Pressurized Heavy water reactors
2. second stage: Thorium-Uranium 233 cycle
3. third stage: fast breeder reactors

which of the above are wrongly matched?

1. Only 1 and 2
2. Only 1 and 3
3. only 2 and 3
4. only 3

Q10. Consider following statements about radioactive elements:

1. uranium is produced by irradiation of thorium
2. thorium is produced by irradiation of plutonium
3. plutonium is produced by irradiation of thorium
4. plutonium is produced by irradiation of uranium

which of the above statements are correct?

1. 12
2. 34
3. 14
4. 24

Q11. Which of the following are examples of coastal sites for nuclear plants: Kumharia, Bargi, Haripur, Mithi Virdi, Kovvada

1. all except Haripur and Kumharia
2. all except Bargi and Kovvada
3. all except Kumharia and Bargi
4. all of them

Q12. Consider following states: Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Meghalaya and Andra. Which of them uranium deposits?

1. only Jharkhand and Rajasthan
2. only Meghalaya and Jharkhand
3. all except Andra
4. all of them

Q13. Which of the following, is an example of open cast uranium mine

1. Jaduguda
2. Bhatin
3. Banduhurang
4. none of above

Q14. What do you understand by the term Vitrification

1. It is an advanced technology for nuclear waste Management.
2. vitrification converts nuclear waste into a liquid, which can be used as a substitute of heavy water in the nuclear power plants.
3. Both A and B
4. neither A nor B

Q15. Consider following pairs

1. SODAR: radiation monitoring network
2. IREMON: robot to handle emergencies in nuclear powerplant
3. ROHYTAM: prototype fast breeder reactor

Correct pairs are

1. Only 1 and 2
2. Only 1 and 3
3. only 2 and 3
4. None of them

Q16. Which of the following are examples of research reactors in India

1. Apsara, Bhavini, Purnima
2. Bhavini, Kamini, Purnima
3. Apsara, Kamini, Purnima
4. None of above

Q17. what is the purpose of Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme (R-APDRP)?

1. increase the share of renewable energy in the total energy production of india.
2. address the distribution losses in electricity network
3. exploit the hydroelectricity potential of north east
4. none of above

Q18. consider following statements about Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY)

1. electrification of all un-electrified villages
2. free connection to all BPL families
3. Implemented via Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) as the nodal agency.

Correct statements are

1. Only 1 and 2
2. Only 1 and 3
3. only 2 and 3
4. all of them.

Q19. National electricity grid

1. Aims to connect the four regional grids of North, South, East and West into one national grid.
2. once completed, it’ll be the second largest system in the world after China.
3. Both A and B
4. Neither A nor B

Q20. Consider following statements

1. Coal beneficiation is a technology to extract coal from deep underground mines without use of manual labor.
2. In China, majority of the coal output comes from Underground mines.
3. Although Underground mines are considered less harmful to ecology, but technologically they’re unfeasible in the Indian forests.

Incorrect statements are

1. Only 1 and 2
2. Only 1 and 3
3. only 2 and 3
4. All of them.

Answers/Hints

1. D. as per IYB pg272
   1. CBM is found in lignite seams=#1 wrong.
   2. CBM commercial production has already started from Raniganj since 2007 =>#2 also wrong.
   3. 12th FYP topic 14.113: CBM prices are determined by the developer, subject to Government approval. The word “administered” makes the statement wrong.
2. C: equal opportunity
3. A
4. C. Sutluj Jal Vidhyut= Union + HP
5. B. Western India has lowest potential.
6. D. Wind energy largest [12^th FYP table 14.18]
7. D. Tatipaka=Andhra.
8. B only 1 and 3
9. C: 2 and 3. IYB pg 793
10. C: 1 and 4.ura238=>plu; thorium=>ura233. IYB pg 793
11. C: all except kumharia and bargi. pg794
12. D all of them. pg795
13. C. Banduhurang in Singhbhum
14. A only first correct. pg796
15. D. none of them. pg797, 799
16. C. Bhavini = company that produces fast breeder reactors. pg798. remaining are research reactors, full list at pg800.
17. B. distribution losses. 12^th FYPvol2, pg166
18. D. all of them
19. D. Both wrong. there are five zones and it’ll be largest in the world. 12^th FYPvol2, pg176
20. C. 1 and 3 are wrong. 12^th FYPvol2, 188, 192

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