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Total Questions: 50

31. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2007]

Nuclear Plant	Year of Commissioning
(a) Kota	1989
(b) Kakrapara	1984
(c) Kaiga	1999
(d) Kalpakkam	1995

Correct Answer: (e) None of the above

Solution:The year of commissioning of nuclear plant given in the question is not correctly matched. The year of commissioning of nuclear plants is Kota-1973, Kakrapara-1993, Kaiga-2000 and Kalpakkam 1984.

32. Consider the following statements: [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2006]

Assertion (A): Nuclear energy is a promising source of futuristic demand for energy supply in India.

Reason (R): Nuclear minerals are ubiquitously available in India.

Select correct answer by using codes given below:

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(c) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Correct Answer: (c) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

Solution:Nuclear energy is a promising source of future demand for energy supply in India. India has large reserves of benend for minerals such as ilmenite, rutile, zircon, monazite, sich sund and garnet. The first four being categorized as a prescribito substance for use in the production of atomic energribed related research and development activities. These ergy and are mostly located in the coastal stretches of peninsular Indis with exception of few inland deposits but nuclear minerals dia not presently available in India. According to National Power Portal data as on 31 December, 2023 total nuclear power capacity was 7480 MW i.e. 1.74% of the total established Power capacity.

33. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2007]

List-I (Atomic Power Plants/ Heavy Water Plant)	List-II (State)
A. Thal	1. Andhra Pradesh
B. Manuguru	2. Gujarat
C. Kakrapara	3. Maharashtra
D. Kaiga	4. Rajasthan
	5. Karnataka

Code:

	A	B	C	D
(a)	2	1	4	5
(b)	3	5	2	1
(c)	2	5	4	1
(d)	3	1	2	5

Correct Answer: (d)

Solution:

List-I	List-II
Thal	Maharashtra
Manuguru	Andhra Pradesh (Now in Telangana)
Kakrapara	Gujarat
Kaiga	Karnataka

34. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2015]

Plant	State
(a) Kaiga	Karnataka
(b) Rawat Bhata	Rajasthan
(c) Muppandal	Tamil Nadu
(d) Ennore	Meghalaya

Correct Answer: (d)

Solution:In the given option, Ennore is situated in Tamil Nadu, not in Meghalaya. Other options are correctly matched.

35. The given figure shows a portion of Southern India. The proposed site Kudankulam for the construction of two 1000 MW nuclear power plants has been labelled in the map as - [I.A.S. (Pre) 1999]

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Correct Answer: (b) B

Solution:Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power station in Kattabomman in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu which is located on map by point B.

36. Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is being established in- [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2011]

(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Kerala
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Karnataka

Correct Answer: (a) Tamil Nadu

Solution:Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power station in Kattabomman in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu which is located on map by point B.

37. Russia has agreed to install how many units of nuclear reactors in Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant? [U.P. Lower S ub. (Pre) 2004]

(a) 02
(b) 04
(c) 05
(d) 06

Correct Answer: (d) 06

Solution:An Inter-Government Agreement (IGA) on the project was signed in 1988 and the then Soviet head of State Mikhail Gorbachev, for the construction of two reactors to be installed at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu.

38. India is constructing its 25th Nuclear Plant at - [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2011]

(a) Bargi (Madhya Pradesh)
(b) Fatehabad (Haryana)
(c) Kakrapar (Rajasthan)
(d) Rawat Bhata (Rajasthan)

Correct Answer: (d) Rawat Bhata (Rajasthan)

Solution:

25th Nuclear Power Plant of India is located at Rawatbhata in the State of Rajasthan where its construction began from July, 2011.

39. The twentieth nuclear power station of India is [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2013, U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Spl) (Pre) 2010]

(a) Tarapur
(b) Rawatbhata
(c) Kaiga (Karnataka)
(d) Narora (U.P.)

Correct Answer: (c) Kaiga (Karnataka)

Solution:The twentieth nuclear power station of India is located in Kaiga, Karnataka.

40. Which of the following places does not have Heavy- water plant for atomic energy? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2013]

Correct Answer: (a) Kalpakkam

Solution:

Heavy water plants for atomic energy are located in Hazira (Gujarat), Vadodara (Gujarat), Kota (Rajasthan), Manuguru (Telangana), Talcher (Odisha), Thal (Maharashtra) and Tuticorin (Tamilnadu). Hence (a) is the correct answer.

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31. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2007]

32. Consider the following statements: [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2006]

33. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2007]

34. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2015]

35. The given figure shows a portion of Southern India. The proposed site Kudankulam for the construction of two 1000 MW nuclear power plants has been labelled in the map as - [I.A.S. (Pre) 1999]

36. Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is being established in- [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2011]

37. Russia has agreed to install how many units of nuclear reactors in Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant? [U.P. Lower S ub. (Pre) 2004]

38. India is constructing its 25th Nuclear Plant at - [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2011]

39. The twentieth nuclear power station of India is [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2013, U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Spl) (Pre) 2010]

40. Which of the following places does not have Heavy- water plant for atomic energy? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2013]

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