India's first port-based e-methanol production facility is coming up at which port?
- A.Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Maharashtra
- B.Deendayal Port, Kandla, Gujarat
- C.Paradip Port, Odisha
- D.Cochin Port, Kerala
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Explanation
The correct answer is Deendayal Port, Kandla, Gujarat. The foundation stone of the country's first port-based e-methanol plant was laid at the Deendayal Port Authority at Kandla in Gandhidham on 26 September 2026 by the Chief Ministers of Gujarat and Assam along with the Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. The plant will make 150 tonnes of the green fuel a day for ships using the Asia-Europe International Trade Corridor. Option A, Jawaharlal Nehru Port, option C, Paradip Port, and option D, Cochin Port, are wrong because the plant announced on this day belongs to the Deendayal Port Authority alone; Cochin Shipyard Limited appears in the news only as the partner in a separate shipbuilding project at Vadinar worth 1,520 crore rupees. Candidates should tie the port to the state, Gujarat, and to the partner from Assam.
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Practice Questions
What is the total investment announced for the port-based e-methanol facility at Kandla?
- A.1,200 crore rupees
- B.1,520 crore rupees
- C.2,300 crore rupees
- D.3,500 crore rupees
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The plant is being set up in two scalable phases: the first adds 50 tonnes a day at a cost of 1,200 crore rupees and is targeted for January 2027, while the second adds another 100 tonnes a day for 1,100 crore rupees by March 2027, taking the total to…
Read the full explanation →Which organisation has joined the Deendayal Port Authority to build the e-methanol plant at Kandla?
- A.Assam Petro-Chemicals Limited
- B.Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- C.Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation
- D.Oil India Limited
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Capital is shared between them in the ratio 76:24, the port authority contributing 567.32 crore rupees of equity along with 75 acres of land, desalinated water and renewable energy in the form of green hydrogen.
Read the full explanation →Since ethanol supply year 2014-15, how much foreign exchange has the ethanol blending programme saved?
- A.More than Rs 62,000 crore
- B.More than Rs 1.01 lakh crore
- C.More than Rs 1.66 lakh crore
- D.More than Rs 1.97 lakh crore
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The ministry listed four cumulative outcomes of the blending programme since ethanol supply year 2014-15: foreign exchange savings above that amount, substitution of about 316 lakh metric tonnes of crude oil, avoidance of about 952 lakh metric tonnes of carbon dioxide, and transfers of more than Rs 1.66 lakh crore…
Read the full explanation →What ethanol content was recorded on average in the samples tested in Karnataka?
- A.19.30 per cent
- B.21.50 per cent
- C.26 per cent
- D.31 per cent
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All 56 samples tested in Karnataka, taken from different locations and from all three oil marketing companies, conformed to the prescribed specification, with ethanol content ranging between 19 and 20 per cent and averaging that figure.
Read the full explanation →Which Bureau of Indian Standards specification applies to ethanol-blended motor gasoline?
- A.IS 1460
- B.IS 2796
- C.IS 17021
- D.IS 15607
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This is the Bureau of Indian Standards specification for ethanol-blended motor gasoline, and E20 petrol supplied by the three public sector oil marketing companies across the country is required to conform to it.
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