Which body's sub-committee invokes the stages of GRAP in the National Capital Region?
- A.Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
- B.Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM)
- C.India Meteorological Department (IMD)
- D.Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC)
Correct answer
Explanation
The correct answer is the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM). It is the CAQM's Sub-Committee on GRAP that met on 6 November 2026, studied the air quality data and forecasts, and decided to put Stage-III into effect across the whole NCR. Option A, the CPCB, is wrong because its role here was to publish the daily AQI bulletin that reported Delhi's average of 382; it supplied the data but did not take the decision. Option C, the IMD, is wrong because the meteorological department, along with IITM, provided forecasts showing that the AQI could turn 'Severe'; forecasting is an input, not the order. Option D, the DPCC, is wrong because it is one of the enforcing agencies, alongside the Pollution Control Boards of the NCR States, which have been asked to implement all three stages strictly during this period.
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Practice Questions
Which stage of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) was invoked across Delhi-NCR on 6 November 2026?
- A.Stage-I
- B.Stage-II
- C.Stage-III
- D.Stage-IV
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On 6 November 2026 the Sub-Committee on GRAP of the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) reviewed Delhi-NCR's air quality along with IMD and IITM forecasts and decided to invoke Stage-III in the entire NCR with immediate effect.
Read the full explanation →Delhi's daily average AQI on 6 November 2026, which led to the invoking of GRAP Stage-III, was:
- A.328
- B.382
- C.412
- D.450
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According to the daily AQI bulletin of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for 6 November 2026, Delhi recorded a daily average Air Quality Index of 382, which lies in the 'Very Poor' category.
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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