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प्रश्न
Why is there a pressing need for using renewable energy sources in India? Explain any five reasons.
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उत्तर
Following are the five important reasons why there is a pressing need to use renewable energy sources in India:
i) The mind blowing rate at which the consumption of energy is increasing has compelled India to be dependent on fossil fuels like coal, gas and oil which are finite. Hence the use of sustainable energy resources like solar, wind, water needs to be enhanced.
ii) The phenomenal rise in oil and gas prices and their imminent shortages have put a question mark on future energy security. This in turn leads to uncertainty regarding the future of the national economy.
iii) Use of fossil fuels also leads to environmental pollution and degradation of soil, water and air.
iv) Renewable energy sources, on the other hand, are pollution free and eco friendly.
v) Renewable energy sources are infinitely cheaper than the conventional ones and tend to be available in the nature in abundance.
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Why has the ‘Chhotanagpur Plateau Region’ the maximum concentration of iron and steel industries? Analyse the reasons.
(30.1) Two features A and B are marked on the given political outline map of India. Identify these features with the help of the following information and write their correct names on the lines marked in the map:
A. Iron – ore mines
B. Terminal station of East – West corridor
(30.2) On the same political map of India, locate and label the following:
Vishakhapatnam – Software Technology Park
Name the State that is the largest producer of coal
Give a geographic reason for the following:
Petroleum is called the ‘fossil fuel’.
Give a geographic reason for the following:
Coal is called a versatile mineral.
Name two coastal and two inland oil- refineries in India.
Copper is used to make electric wires.
India’s location is advantageous for the generation of solar power.
(B) Locate and label any three of the following with appropriate symbols on the same given outline political map of India.
(i) Kalpakkam – Nuclear Power Plant
(ii) Vijayanagar – Iron and Steel Plant
(iii) Noida – Software Technology Park
(iv) Paradeep – Sea Port
(v) Sardar Sarovar – Dam
(B) Locate and label any three of the following with appropriate symbols on the same given outline political map of India.
(i) Kalpakkam – Nuclear Power Plant
(ii) Vijayanagar – Iron and Steel Plant
(iii) Noida – Software Technology Park
(iv) Paradeep – Sea Port
(v) Sardar Sarovar – Dam
