UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — NTPC Plans Setting Up of Nuclear Power Projects

Q1. The Mahi Banswara Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (MBRAPP), being set up in Rajasthan by ASHVINI, is to consist of how many indigenous 700 MW Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) units?

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

Q2. ASHVINI (Anu Shakti Vidyut Nigam Ltd.) is significant as which one of the following?

  • A. The first nuclear power project in India to be set up by a joint venture of two Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs)
  • B. The first wholly foreign-owned nuclear power company in India
  • C. The first Indian company licensed to operate a fast breeder reactor
  • D. The first privately-promoted small modular reactor developer in India

Q3. The Nuclear Energy Mission with an outlay of ₹20,000 crore announced in the Union Budget 2025-26 is operationalised primarily by which one of the following?

  • A. Department of Atomic Energy
  • B. Ministry of Power
  • C. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
  • D. Ministry of Heavy Industries

Q4. The generation of nuclear power in India is presently governed under which one of the following statutes?

  • A. The Atomic Energy Act, 1962
  • B. The Electricity Act, 2003
  • C. The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010
  • D. The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986

Q5. Consider the following pairs of public sector entity and its administrative ministry/department. Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

  1. NTPC Ltd. — Ministry of Power
  2. NPCIL — Department of Atomic Energy
  3. BHAVINI — Department of Atomic Energy
  4. NPUNL — Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
  • A. 1, 2 and 3
  • B. 2 and 4 only
  • C. 1 and 4 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 4

Q6. In India's nuclear public-sector landscape, BHAVINI (Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd.) is best described as which one of the following?

  • A. The PSU set up to build and operate India's 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam
  • B. The PSU that operates the fleet of Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors across India
  • C. NTPC's wholly-owned subsidiary for developing captive nuclear plants
  • D. The joint venture of NTPC and NPCIL for the Mahi Banswara project

Q7. Under the Nuclear Energy Mission, the 220 MWe Bharat Small Modular Reactor (BSMR-200) is being jointly designed and developed by NPCIL together with which one of the following?

  • A. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)
  • B. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR)
  • C. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
  • D. NTPC Parmanu Urja Nigam Ltd. (NPUNL)