Energy | MCQs

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Diamer-Bhasha Dam is constructed, on the River Indus 

between Kohistan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Diamer district in Gilgit Baltistan

 Its foundation stone was laid by the then Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1998

Opened: 2028

Height: 272 m

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Around 70% of the world's electricity is generated from thermal power plants, which use coal, natural gas, or oil to generate electricity.

This remains the dominant source of electricity worldwide despite the growing use of renewable energy.

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Coal is a major source of energy.

It is used in power generation.

Pakistan has significant coal reserves, especially in the Thar region of Sindh.

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The Bhikki Power Plant is a natural gas-fired power plant located in Bhikki, Sheikhupura District, Punjab, Pakistan.

It is a combined cycle power plant with a generation capacity of 1,180 MW.

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• The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline, also known as the Trans-Afghanistan pipeline, is a natural gas pipe developed by  Galkynysh – TAPI Pipeline Company Limited with the participation of the Asian Development Bank.
  
• It is a line.  The pipeline transports natural gas from the Garkinish gas field in Turkmenistan via Afghanistan to Pakistan and then to India. 
• Construction of the project will begin in Turkmenistan on  December 13, 2015, 
• work on the Afghanistan section will begin in February 2018, and work on the Pakistan section will begin in December 2018.
  

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 Prime Minister Huseyn Suhrawardy established the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) in March 1956.

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قدرتی گیس ایک اہم معدنی وسیلہ ہے جو زمین کے اندر سے حاصل ہوتا ہے۔

پاکستان میں یہ توانائی کا بڑا ذریعہ ہے، خاص طور پر صنعتوں اور گھریلو استعمال کے لیے۔

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The Nandipur Power Project is situated at Nandipur near Gujranwala 

It is a 425 MW combined cycle thermal power plant
Being constructed by the China Dongfang Electric Corporation,

The project was began in 2008 and completed in March 2015.

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The Sui gas field is the biggest natural gas field in Pakistan.

It is located near Sui in Balochistan.

The gas field was discovered in late 1952 and the commercial exploitation of the field began in 1955.

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Green Computing refers to practices and technologies that reduce the electricity consumed and environmental waste generated by computers and related devices.

It involves designing, manufacturing, and disposing of computers and related products in an environmentally friendly way.