Energy Resources


 
 
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Energy Resources

Energy Resources: Energy is required for all activities. Resources which are used as power to run industries are called Energy Resources. Fuel minerals like coal, petroleum, natural gas, uranium and electricity can generate energy. Energy resources can be either conventional or non-conventional as Follows :-

  • Conventional sources: like coal and petroleum have been used for a long time. They take millions of years to form again. Thus, they are finite and non-renewable.
  • Non-conventional sources of energy: Have come into use recently. These include wind power, solar energy, tidal energy, geothermal energy, atomic energy and bio gas energy. They are freely available, usually inexhaustible and renewable.
  • NOTE: Firewood and cattle dung cake are most common in rural India. According to one estimate, more than 70% energy requirement in rural households is met by these two. Use of dung cake is discouraged because it consumes valuable manure which can be used in agriculture and produces lot of smoke.

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    Question : 1

    The refineries located near the sea are ____________________

    Right Option : A
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    Question : 2

    Natural energy of the hot springs at Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh is ____________

    Right Option : A
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    Question : 3

    The first oil refinery in India was set up at __________

    Right Option : D
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