UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Policy missteps
Q1. India's Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) facilities at Visakhapatnam, Mangaluru and Padur are constructed and managed by which one of the following entities?
- A. Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)
- B. Oil Industry Development Board (OIDB) directly
- C. Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited (ISPRL)
- D. Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC)
Q2. Under which of the following was the target of 20% ethanol blending in petrol advanced from 2030 to Ethanol Supply Year 2025-26?
- A. PM JI-VAN Yojana, 2019
- B. Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme launched in 2003
- C. National Bio-Energy Programme of MNRE, 2021
- D. National Policy on Biofuels, 2018 (as amended in 2022)
Q3. As per Government of India statements during the 2026 West Asia crisis, from approximately how many countries does India currently source its crude oil imports?
- A. About 27 countries
- B. About 33 countries
- C. About 40 countries
- D. About 55 countries
Q4. With reference to the amended Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN Yojana approved by the Union Cabinet in August 2024 vis-à-vis the original 2019 scheme, consider the following statements:
1. The implementation period of the scheme has been extended up to 2028-29.
2. Eligibility under the amended scheme is restricted to greenfield Second Generation (2G) ethanol projects only.
3. The feedstock scope has been widened to include lignocellulosic biomass, agricultural and forestry residues, industrial by-products and algae.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The implementation period of the scheme has been extended up to 2028-29.
- Eligibility under the amended scheme is restricted to greenfield Second Generation (2G) ethanol projects only.
- The feedstock scope has been widened to include lignocellulosic biomass, agricultural and forestry residues, industrial by-products and algae.
- A. 1 only
- B. 1 and 3 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3