Renewable Energy Practice Test 2

1. How do clouds block the outgoing long-wave radiation (OLR)?

By absorption and adsorption

By adsorption and scattering

By scattering and absorption

By emission

2. Which of the following best describes the reason for projected increase in transportation energy in developing countries?

Energy demand per capita increases and hence the net energy required in every process increases

Energy demand per capita decreases and hence the net energy required in every process decreases

Energy demand per capita increases and hence the net energy required in every process decreases

Energy demand per capita decreases and hence the net energy required in every process increases

3. Renewable energy has the potential to mitigate climate change.

True

False

4. If not all, most of the outgoing long-wave radiation is emitted to space ________

in the absence of greenhouse gases and cloud cover

in the absence of greenhouse gases but presence of cloud cover

in the presence of greenhouse gases but absence of cloud cover

in the presence of greenhouse gases and cloud cover

5. Which among the following is the best reflector?

Rock

Iron

Aluminum

Snow

6. When the solar radiation is scatted by suspended particles in air, they act ______ and produce different colours.

like a rock

like a solar concentrator

like a mirror

like a prism

7. What is the biggest nuclear power plant in India?

Muppandal

Kudankulam

Vindhyachalul

Mundra

8. What type of radiation does earth emit?

Visible

Longitudinal

Infrared

9. Why can’t the government exploit the hydroelectric potential of Godavari, Narmada and other rivers flowing through central India?

Because disputes between central and respective state governments

Because of poor land quality

Because of opposition from tribal population

Because of finances

10. What is indirect solar radiation?

Cosmic radiation directly received by earth’s surface

Solar radiation received by earth’s surface after scattering

Solar radiation directly received by earth’s surface from sun

Cosmic radiation received by earth’s surface after reflection