Which rules has the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways amended to support E85 and E100 flex fuel vehicles?
- A.The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
- B.The Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989
- C.The Environment Protection Rules, 1986
- D.The Energy Conservation Rules, 2001
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Explanation
The correct answer is the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989. The Ministry notified amendments to these rules so that vehicles capable of running on E85 and other high ethanol fuels can be certified and brought into use. The amendments change the emission certification provisions to name E100 expressly alongside E85, update provisions relating to biodiesel, and make technical corrections; the rules take effect once published in the Official Gazette. Option A is wrong because the parent statute was not amended by this notification, which deals with the subordinate rules. Options C and D are wrong because neither set of rules is administered for vehicle emission certification by this Ministry, and neither was mentioned. An aspirant should also note the condition attached: a vehicle certified for these fuels must still meet the emission and safety requirements applicable to its own category.
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Practice Questions
E85 fuel contains up to what share of ethanol by volume?
- A.20 per cent
- B.50 per cent
- C.85 per cent
- D.100 per cent
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E85 is a blend of petrol and ethanol in which ethanol forms up to that share by volume. In this notation the letter E denotes ethanol while the number indicates the proportion of ethanol present in the fuel, which is why E100 refers to a fuel consisting predominantly of ethanol.
Read the full explanation →Which two countries were cited as already making wide use of flex fuel technology?
- A.Brazil and the United States
- B.Germany and Japan
- C.China and South Korea
- D.Australia and Canada
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While explaining the amendment, the Ministry noted that flex fuel technology is already in use in these countries, where vehicles are built to operate on a range of ethanol and petrol blends drawn from a single fuel tank.
Read the full explanation →Which State has the largest number of Ramsar Sites in India?
- A.Uttar Pradesh
- B.Gujarat
- C.Tamil Nadu
- D.Kerala
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The correct answer is Tamil Nadu, which accounts for 20 of the Ramsar Sites in the country, the highest for any State.
Read the full explanation →The Convention on Wetlands, known as the Ramsar Convention, was adopted in 1971 in which country?
- A.India
- B.Iran
- C.Switzerland
- D.Japan
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The treaty takes its name from Ramsar, the Iranian town where it was adopted on 2 February 1971, and it entered into force in 1975.
Read the full explanation →Which two wetlands were added to the Ramsar list in October 2026 as the newest Indian sites?
- A.Surha Tal and Glaw Lake
- B.Sukhna Wetland and Sauj Jheel
- C.Chilika Lake and Keoladeo National Park
- D.Kolleru Lake and Deepor Beel
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Sukhna Wetland lies in Chandigarh and is a rain-fed reservoir created in 1958 at the foot of the Shivalik hills; it shelters threatened species such as the Pallas's fish eagle, the common pochard and the black pond turtle, and migratory birds of the Central Asian Flyway winter there.
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