Renewable Energy MCQ — 103 Practice Questions with Answers

Explanation

Ground-mounted installations formed 81.01 GW of India's 105.65 GW installed solar capacity as of 31 March 2025. The 105.65 GW figure is the wider installed-solar-capacity context named in the same fact, while 17.02 GW and 2.87 GW are not the reported ground-mounted figure, so those figures do not match the asked category.

Explanation

Special category areas under PM-KUSUM get central financial assistance of 50% of the benchmark or tender cost, whichever is lower, for standalone solar pumps. Standard areas are the near comparison with 30%. A five-year procurement-based incentive belongs to Component-A for DISCOMs, and the Rs 75,021 crore outlay belongs to PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, so those pairings do not match standalone-pump area categories.

Explanation

Off-grid solar systems accounted for 4.74 GW of India's installed solar capacity as of 31 March 2025. The 4.15 GW figure refers to wind capacity addition in FY 2024-25, 3.25 GW refers to wind capacity addition in FY 2023-24, and 0.53 GW refers to the off-grid and waste-to-energy component within bioenergy capacity.

Explanation

The correct matching is target number with solarisation of 35 lakh pumps, pump category with grid-connected agriculture pumps, and included mode with feeder-level solarisation. Matching the target number to grid-connected pumps, treating feeder-level solarisation as the pump category, or moving the 35 lakh figure away from the target description breaks the cited Component-C fact.

Explanation

Statement 1 is correct because solar parks under the scheme are generally required to be 500 MW or above. Statement 2 is also correct because smaller parks may be considered for difficult terrain or land scarcity. Statement 3 is wrong because the cited rule allows smaller parks in specified circumstances and does not impose an absolute 1,000 MW exclusion.