What is the total project outlay approved for the Green Energy Corridor Phase-III scheme?

The correct answer is up to 135 GW. GEC-III strengthens the Intra-State Transmission System precisely so that renewable power of this scale can be moved from where it is generated into the grid inside states and union territories. Option A is wrong because no such figure is attached to the scheme. Option C is wrong as well; it is a plausible-looking round number but does not describe the evacuation capacity that the scheme targets. Option D is wrong because the only far larger number tied to this decision is the separate goal of installed non-fossil capacity of 900 GW by 2035, which is a generation target for the whole country and not a transmission figure for this scheme. Along with the wires, GEC-III funds 50 GWh of Battery Energy Storage Systems to smooth out intermittency, congestion, curtailment at peak hours and demand during non-solar hours.

The correct answer is Tariff Based Competitive Bidding, usually written as TBCB. Every greenfield project under the transmission component of GEC-III goes through this route, with Transmission Service Providers taking part on a Build-Own-Operate-Maintain model, abbreviated BOOM. Option B is wrong because the Cost Plus Basis is reserved for a different class of work, namely brownfield upgradation and jobs that strengthen an existing network. Option C is wrong because the scheme does not hand greenfield work to any undertaking by nomination; State Transmission Utilities are the overall implementing agency, but the projects themselves are bid out. Option D is wrong because no such method is part of this approval. The competitive route is one reason the government expects the scheme to keep transmission charges, and therefore consumer tariffs, in check.

The correct answer is 900 GW installed non-fossil capacity by 2035. The scheme is described as an aid to reaching that target, since new renewable capacity is of little use unless the power it makes can be carried to load centres. Options A, C and D name other combinations of capacity and year that are not part of this decision, and each mixes up either the quantity or the deadline. Beyond the capacity goal, the government expects GEC-III to add to long-term energy security and cut the country's carbon footprint. It is also presented as a source of employment: direct and indirect jobs in the power, manufacturing and construction sectors, fresh work in the domestic energy storage industry as batteries are made and installed, and lasting skilled jobs in operation, maintenance and grid management in the participating states.

The correct answer is Jaipur. The Dehlawas plant was built over 22.50 hectares during 2020-23 and has the highest sewage treatment capacity in Rajasthan, at 215 MLD. It is fully automated through a SCADA system and uses a Sequencing Batch Reactor, in which wastewater passes through a Parshall flume, a primary clarifier and a basin before the chlorine tank. Treated water is reused for irrigation and industry, part of it goes to a nearby colony for gardening, and the rest is discharged into the Dravyavati river, with more than 30,000 plants raised around the site. Options A, B and C name other large Rajasthan cities, Jodhpur, Udaipur and Kota, none of which hosts this plant. Link the plant name, the city and the capacity together.

The correct answer is 4,900 MLD, or million litres per day. Projects approved under Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 for setting up sewage treatment plants in small cities are expected to add exactly this much capacity, and the money behind them runs into several thousand crore rupees. Options A, B and D do not match the approved figure. For the examination, keep the pair together: the amount of money approved and the capacity it buys, both of which relate to small cities rather than the metros. Note also that this capacity sits alongside the Water Plus certification framework and the ODF++ protocols, which judge whether sewage, faecal sludge and septage are safely managed, so capacity alone is not the whole measure of a city’s performance.