How much pumped storage potential has India identified in all, according to the PIB backgrounder?
- A.288.71 GW
- B.345.38 GW
- C.105.56 GW
- D.159.8 GW
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Explanation
The correct answer is 345.38 GW. Surveys have marked 320 pumped storage sites in India whose capacities add up to that figure, spread over all five regions of the country and at every stage of development, including schemes already running. Option A, 288.71 GW, is only the off-stream share of that total, carried by 258 schemes; the remaining 56.67 GW sits in 62 on-stream schemes. Option C is the cumulative capacity India would reach by 2035-36 if the roadmap of the Central Electricity Authority is met, since 100.81 GW of fresh commissioning would take the running total to that level. Option D is not an Indian figure at all: it is the world's installed pumped hydro capacity at the end of 2025 as counted by the International Renewable Energy Agency, of which India held 7.18 GW.
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Practice Questions
Which region of India holds the largest identified pumped storage potential?
- A.Southern Region
- B.Northern Region
- C.Western Region
- D.Eastern Region
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The Central Electricity Authority credits that lead to the landform of the region and the steep gradients of rivers that rise in the Western Ghats, which give engineers the height difference a pumped storage scheme needs.
Read the full explanation →How much energy storage capacity does the Central Electricity Authority project India will need by 2031-32?
- A.73.93 GW
- B.26.69 GW
- C.47.24 GW
- D.100.81 GW
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As solar and wind capacity grows, electricity has to be stored when generation runs ahead of demand and returned when it falls short, so the Central Electricity Authority projects a storage requirement of that size by 2031-32.
Read the full explanation →Where did India rank in installed pumped storage capacity at the end of 2025?
- A.Second
- B.Third
- C.Fourth
- D.Fifth
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The International Renewable Energy Agency put world installed pumped hydro capacity at 159.8 GW at the end of 2025. China held close to 66 GW of that, far ahead of the rest.
Read the full explanation →The e-waste mural installed by DoSEL at Kartavya Bhavan 2 was made from how much e-waste gathered by school students?
- A.25 kg
- B.50 kg
- C.75 kg
- D.150 kg
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To mark International e-Waste Day, which falls on 14 October, the Department of School Education and Literacy put up a mural made out of 50 kg of discarded electronics that school pupils had gathered, and installed e-waste bins alongside it at Kartavya Bhavan 2.
Read the full explanation →Which body leads the campus cleanliness and e-waste collection activities in schools under Special Campaign 6?
- A.National Service Scheme units
- B.Eco Clubs for Mission LiFE
- C.National Green Corps Rangers
- D.Bharat Scouts and Guides troops
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The school level work under Special Campaign 6 is carried out under their aegis. Schools across the country have taken up cleaning drives on their campuses so that classrooms and grounds stay hygienic, and have run e-waste awareness and collection drives aimed at both pupils and teachers.
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