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Roughly what share of rural household energy needs is met by firewood and cattle dung cake?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is burning cattle dung cake being discouraged?Read the answer and worked solution →What do decaying plants in swamps produce, with low carbon and high moisture content?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is a soft, low grade brown coal with high moisture content?Read the answer and worked solution →The principal lignite reserves used to generate electricity are in which state?Read the answer and worked solution →Which coal forms when coal is buried deep and exposed to increased temperatures?Read the answer and worked solution →Which high grade bituminous coal has special value for smelting iron in blast furnaces?Read the answer and worked solution →Which coal is the highest quality hard coal?Read the answer and worked solution →Roughly how old are the Gondwana rock series that hold India's major coal?Read the answer and worked solution →About how old are India's tertiary coal deposits?Read the answer and worked solution →Where are the major Gondwana metallurgical coal resources located?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is an important coalfield in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Tertiary coal deposits are found mainly in which part of India?Read the answer and worked solution →Why are heavy industries often located near coalfields?Read the answer and worked solution →Which energy source comes right after coal in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Petroleum refineries act as a nodal industry for which industries?Read the answer and worked solution →Most petroleum in India is linked with which rock structures?Read the answer and worked solution →What kind of rock layer usually holds oil so that it can flow?Read the answer and worked solution →Where does natural gas usually collect in a petroleum trap, because it is lighter?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the most important oil field of Gujarat?Read the answer and worked solution →The Digboi and Naharkatiya oil fields are located in which state?Read the answer and worked solution →When is natural gas released in an oil field?Read the answer and worked solution →Which form of natural gas is used as a transport fuel?Read the answer and worked solution →India's major natural gas reserves on the west coast are found in which field?Read the answer and worked solution →Which company built the first long gas pipeline from Mumbai High?Read the answer and worked solution →What are the two main ways in which electricity is generated?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is hydro electricity described as a renewable resource?Read the answer and worked solution →Which fuels do thermal power stations use to generate electricity?Read the answer and worked solution →Which multi-purpose project produces hydroelectric power in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two regions have uranium and thorium for atomic power?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Roughly what share of rural household energy needs is met by firewood and cattle dung cake?

  1. Over 70 per cent
  2. About 10 per cent
  3. About 25 per cent
  4. Under 5 per cent
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Correct answer: A. Over 70 per cent

One estimate puts the share of rural household energy from firewood and dung cake above 70 per cent.

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Why is burning cattle dung cake being discouraged?

  1. It raises local rainfall
  2. It burns more coal fuel
  3. It consumes valuable manure
  4. It melts polar glaciers
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Correct answer: C. It consumes valuable manure

Dung cake uses up manure that could otherwise enrich farm soil.

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What do decaying plants in swamps produce, with low carbon and high moisture content?

  1. Lignite coal beds
  2. Bituminous coal beds
  3. Anthracite coal beds
  4. Swamp peat deposits
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Correct answer: D. Swamp peat deposits

Peat forms from decaying swamp plants and has low carbon and high moisture, so its heating value is low.

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