{"id":1726,"date":"2024-03-29T13:54:25","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T08:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=1726"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:14:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:44:43","slug":"q-consider-the-following-statements-66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-statements-66","title":{"rendered":"Q. Consider the following statements:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Coal sector was nationalized by the Government of India under Indira Gandhi.<br>2. Now, coal blocks are allocated on lottery basis<br>3. Till recently, India imported coal to meet the shortages of domestic supply, but now India is&nbsp;<strong>self-sufficient<\/strong>&nbsp;in coal production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which of the statements given above is\/are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 2 and 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (a) 1 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes-hd-66066c5d6683e\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/coal-reserves-in-india-upsc\/\">coal<\/a>&nbsp;sector was&nbsp;<strong>nationalized in two phases under Indira Gandhi Government in 1972.<\/strong>&nbsp;The&nbsp;<strong>Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973<\/strong>&nbsp;was enacted during the Prime Ministership of Indira Gandhi.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Presently, coal blocks are&nbsp;<strong>allocated through auctions<\/strong>&nbsp;and not on a lottery basis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>coal sector is the monopolistic sector<\/strong>&nbsp;in India. India holds&nbsp;<strong>5th biggest coal reserves&nbsp;<\/strong>in the world but due to incapacity of coal production by monopolistic firms,&nbsp;<strong>it imports coals to meet the shortages of domestic supply.<\/strong>&nbsp;But still the country is not self-sufficient in coal production.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"coal\">Coal<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is a type of fossil fuel found in the form of&nbsp;<strong>sedimentary rocks&nbsp;<\/strong>and is often known as&nbsp;<strong>\u2018Black Gold\u2019.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is a&nbsp;<strong>conventional source of energy<\/strong>&nbsp;and is widely available. It is used as a domestic fuel, in industries such as iron and steel, steam engines and to generate electricity. Electricity from coal is called thermal power.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The leading coal producers of the world include&nbsp;<strong>China, US, Australia, Indonesia, India.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/coal-reserves-in-india-upsc\/\">Distribution of Coal in India:<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Gondwana Coal Fields (250 million years old):<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Gondwana coal makes up to 98 % of the total reserves<\/strong>&nbsp;and 99 % of the production of coal in India.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gondwana coal forms India\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>metallurgical grade<\/strong>&nbsp;as well as superior quality coal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is found in Damodar (Jharkhand-West Bengal), Mahanadi (Chhattisgarh-Odisha), Godavari (Maharashtra), and Narmada valleys.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tertiary Coal Fields (15 \u2013 60 million years old):<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Carbon content is very low but is rich in moisture and Sulphur.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tertiary coalfields are mainly confined to extra-peninsular regions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Important areas include Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Himalayan foothills of Darjeeling in West Bengal, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Kerala.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Coal sector was nationalized by the Government of India under Indira Gandhi.2. Now, coal blocks are allocated on lottery basis3. Till recently, India imported coal to meet the shortages of domestic supply, but now India is&nbsp;self-sufficient&nbsp;in coal production. Which of the statements given above is\/are correct? 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