UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Maiden Edition of India’s Biggest Electricity Show – Bharat Electricity Summit 2026 Commences

Q1. The Bharat Electricity Summit 2026 is best described as which one of the following?

  • A. India's maiden dedicated electricity (generation–transmission/distribution–storage) conference-cum-exhibition, hosted by the Ministry of Power
  • B. India's flagship renewable-energy investors' meet and expo hosted by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
  • C. India's largest oil-and-gas conference hosted by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
  • D. India's annual climate-finance summit hosted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Q2. The transmission blueprint for integrating over 900 GW of non-fossil capacity by 2035-36, released at BES 2026, was prepared by which one of the following bodies?

  • A. Central Electricity Authority (CEA)
  • B. Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC)
  • C. Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID)
  • D. NTPC Limited

Q3. Under India's Panchamrit pledge at COP26, the commitment relating to the 'carbon intensity of the economy' refers to which one of the following?

  • A. Reducing the carbon intensity of the economy by 45 per cent by 2030, over 2005 levels
  • B. Reducing the carbon intensity of the economy by 33–35 per cent by 2030, over 2005 levels
  • C. Reducing absolute carbon emissions to net-zero by 2030
  • D. Reducing the carbon intensity of the economy by 50 per cent by 2030, over 2005 levels

Q4. Consider the following pairings of energy/power-sector events with their nodal Union ministries. Which of the pairs is NOT correctly matched?

  1. India Energy Week — Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
  2. RE-Invest — Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
  3. Bharat Electricity Summit — Ministry of Power
  4. Bharat Electricity Summit — Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
  • A. 1 and 2
  • B. 2 and 3
  • C. 4 only
  • D. 3 and 4

Q5. RE-Invest 2024, organised by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, was which edition of the Global Renewable Energy Investment Meet & Expo?

  • A. Second
  • B. Third
  • C. Fourth
  • D. Fifth

Q6. The CEA transmission planning document of 2022, the immediate predecessor to the 900 GW blueprint, was titled to enable integration of which one of the following?

  • A. Over 500 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030
  • B. Over 900 GW of non-fossil fuel capacity by 2035-36
  • C. Over 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022
  • D. Over 450 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030

Q7. At the inaugural session of the Bharat Electricity Summit 2026, the Ministry of Power released how many key strategic planning reports, of which the National Resource Adequacy Plan was one?

  • A. One
  • B. Two
  • C. Three
  • D. Four

Q8. Yashobhoomi (India International Convention & Expo Centre), Dwarka — the venue of BES 2026 — is a Government of India enterprise developed and managed under which one of the following?

  • A. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry
  • B. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
  • C. Ministry of Tourism
  • D. Ministry of Culture