UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — ₹20,000 cr. earmarked for carbon capture, storage scheme

Question 1

Which one of the following is the nodal Department that prepared India's first 'R&D Roadmap to enable India's Net Zero Targets through Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS)' released in December 2025?

Accepted Answer

Department of Science and Technology

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Department of Scientific and Industrial Research

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Department of Biotechnology

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Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

Question 2

India's first R&D Roadmap for Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS), launched in December 2025, was unveiled under the aegis of which one of the following authorities?

Accepted Answer

Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India

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Chairperson, NITI Aayog

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Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change

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Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs

Question 3

In the context of Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS), the term 'Utilisation' is most accurately defined as:

Accepted Answer

Conversion or use of captured CO₂ as a feedstock for products such as urea, synthetic fuels and building materials

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Permanent injection of captured CO₂ into deep saline aquifers or depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs

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Trading of captured CO₂ tonnes as offsets on a compliance carbon market

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Combustion of biomass coupled with the capture of the resulting CO₂ emissions

Question 4

NITI Aayog has constituted how many technical inter-ministerial committees to develop India's CCUS framework, covering standards, storage, transportation and utilisation of CO₂?

Accepted Answer

Four

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Two

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Three

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Six

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — ₹20,000 cr. earmarked for carbon capture, storage scheme

Q1. Which one of the following is the nodal Department that prepared India's first 'R&D Roadmap to enable India's Net Zero Targets through Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS)' released in December 2025?

Q2. India's first R&D Roadmap for Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS), launched in December 2025, was unveiled under the aegis of which one of the following authorities?

Q3. In the context of Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS), the term 'Utilisation' is most accurately defined as:

Q4. NITI Aayog has constituted how many technical inter-ministerial committees to develop India's CCUS framework, covering standards, storage, transportation and utilisation of CO₂?