Direction (6 – 20) : In each the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case. As the country embarks on planning ----------(6)------- the 12th Plan (2012-17) period, a key question mark ------------(7)---------- hangs over the process is on the energy requirements. Growth is energy hungry and the aspirations of growing at 9-10% will ---------(8)---------- huge demands on the energy resources of the country. In this energy jigsaw, renewable energy will -----------(9)-------------- like never before in the 12th Plan and -------------(10)-----------------. ibps po exam questions By the rule of the thumb, India will ----------(11)------------- about 100 gigawatts – 100000 megawatts of capacity addition in the next five years. Encouraging trends of energy efficiency and sustained -----------(12)------------ by some parts of the government – the Bureau of Energy Efficiency in particular needs to be complimented for this – have let to substantially lesser energy intensity of economic growth. How ever even the tempered demand numbers are -----------(13)----------- to be below 80 Gw. As against this need the coal supply from domestic sources is unlikely to support more than 25 Gw equivalent capacity. Important coal can add some more, but at a much --------------(14)-------------- cost. Gas-based electricity generation is unlikely to contribute anything substantial in view of the unprecedented gas supply challenges. Nuclear will be ----------(15)------------ in the foreseeable future. Between imported coal, gas, large hydro and nuclear no more than 15-20 Gw equivalent can be -------------(16)-------------- to be added in the five year time block.
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