UPSC Quiz – 2019 : IASbaba’s Daily Current

Affairs Quiz [Day 129]

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Q.1) Consider the following statements with respect to ‘Chiller Star Labelling Program’

1. It has been formulated by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE)
2. It envisages providing rating in terms of its energy performance

Select the correct statements

1. 1 Only
2. 2 Only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

Q.2) PRAAPTI App and web portal is associated with

1. Power Purchases
2. Coal Block Allocation
3. Road Safety
4. Trafficking of Women and Children

Q.3) Which one of the following is a purpose of ‘UDAY’, a scheme of the Government?

1. Providing for financial turnaround and revival of power distribution companies
2. Providing technical and financial assistance to start-up entrepreneurs in the field of renewable sources of energy
3. Providing electricity to every household in the country by 2020
4. Replacing the coal-based power plants with natural gas, nuclear, solar, wind and tidal power plants over a period of time

Q.4) Consider the following statements about Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana –“Saubhagya”

1. Poor households identified using Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 would be provided with free electricity
2. Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC) is the nodal agency for the operationalisation of the scheme
3. Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) and Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) have been subsumed under the ‘Saubhagya’ scheme

Select the correct statements

1. 1 and 2
2. 2 Only
3. 1 and 3
4. 1, 2 and 3

Q.5) Consider the following statements with respect to ‘Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS)’

1. It focuses on feeder separation (households & agricultural)
2. It focuses on strengthening of sub-transmission & distribution infrastructure including metering at all levels in rural areas

Select the correct statements

1. 1 Only
2. 2 Only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

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