Which of the following is a non-renewable source of energy?
- A.Wind power
- B.Fossil fuels
- C.Solar power
- D.Hydel power
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, fossil fuels. Coal, petroleum and natural gas were formed over millions of years from buried plant and animal remains, so once a seam or a field is worked out it is not replaced in any human timescale. That is exactly why the coal of Singrauli, Sohagpur and Pench Kanhan is treated as a stock to be used carefully, and why states that depend on it also build hydel and solar capacity.
Option A, wind power, is renewable, since the wind blows again tomorrow. Option C, solar power, is the most abundant renewable source of all and is being harnessed in Madhya Pradesh at the Rewa, Neemuch and Agar parks. Option D, hydel power, is renewable as long as the rivers flow, which is the basis of the Narmada valley stations. All three are flow resources, while fossil fuels are a stock resource, and that distinction is what the question tests.
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Practice Questions
View allChoose the correct group of conventional sources of energy from the following:
- A.Hydro power, geothermal energy, tidal energy
- B.Nuclear energy, solar energy, hydel power
- C.Oil, natural gas, firewood
- D.Coal, firewood, biogas
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Conventional sources are those in long use before modern technology offered alternatives, that is coal, petroleum, natural gas, firewood, cattle dung cake and water power.
Read the full explanation →On the basis of status of development, how are resources classified?
- A.Biotic and abiotic
- B.Renewable and non-renewable
- C.Individual, international and national
- D.Potential, developed stock and reserves
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By status of development resources are grouped as potential resources, found in a region but not yet used; developed resources, surveyed and in use; stock, which exists but cannot be used for want of technology; and reserves, the part of the stock that can be drawn on in future with…
Read the full explanation →Diamonds are mined in which district of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Panna
- B.Balaghat
- C.Satna
- D.Jhabua
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Panna is the only place in India where diamonds are mined in any quantity.
Read the full explanation →The Malanjkhand copper deposit is located in which district of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Chhindwara
- B.Balaghat
- C.Katni
- D.Umaria
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Malanjkhand in Balaghat district is the largest copper ore deposit worked in India, mined and concentrated on the spot by Hindustan Copper, and the ore body lies in the ancient rocks of the Maikal range.
Read the full explanation →Which is the largest coalfield of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Sohagpur
- B.Johilla
- C.Singrauli
- D.Pench Kanhan
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The Singrauli field lies in the Gondwana basin of the east of the state and extends across the border into Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh.
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